104. Recovering from Burnout & Ritual Play w/ J.S. Groves

J.S. aka Jeffrey Groves https://www.patreon.com/cw/jsgroves returns to speak with Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata about how to recover from creative or magical burnout, and what to do when you’re starting to realize you're experiencing it. Jeffrey also shares about writing the series, The Prince’s Fighter’s, “ritual play” and xier photography work, including capturing magical operations like invocation, experimenting with spirit photography and more. Luxa shares about the experience of modeling for such shoots, communion with Austin Osman Spare and invoking Venus Victrix. Diversions include paranormal investigation photography, talismanic jewelry, botthole haikus and more!Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to [email protected] or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.socialGreen Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ Ask for a link to our Discord server!Merch! https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries?ref=shop_profile&listing_id=1880570110Jeffrey Groves http://jsgroves.com/ The Prince’s Fighters novel https://princesfighters.jsgroves.com/The Sorcerer's Workbench https://www.etsy.com/shop/sorcerersworkbench/?etsrc=sdtReferenced in today’s episode:66. Dionysus and the Sorcerer’s Workbench w/ JS Groves & the Game of Identity w/ Art Worldbuilding https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/66--Dionysus-and-the-Sorcerers-Workbench-w-JS-Groves--the-Game-of-Identity-w-Art-Worldbuilding-e28numnVoid House Presents: Trauma Informed Practices or “Just the TIPs”https://youtu.be/gCrTpfsAAHcLeopold von Sacher-Masochhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_von_Sacher-MasochCool People Who Did Cool Stuff Podcast Part One: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogshttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-one-riot-dogs-are-very-115624059/?embed=trueCool People Who Did Cool Stuff Podcast Part Two: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogshttps://www.tapesearch.com/episode/part-two-riot-dogs-are-very-good-dogs/NFEvDfVGVECcS3HywsnVy4‘The Tradition’ by Jericho Brown https://poets.org/poem/traditionFind Luxa’s work published in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/Lux Occult is produced by Luxa Strata. All rights reserved. 2025.