Episode Summary: Communicating with the Dead — Symbols, Smoke, and Psychic Language
Originally recorded in 2022 and reposted for the public pod, this Mystic Theory episode explores the wild and wonderful question: how do the dead speak to us—and how do we learn to speak back?
Inside this chatty and thought-provoking episode:
→ Language of the unconscious: why the dead (and your intuition) speak in symbols, not English
→ A story of incense smoke spelling hello (yes, really)
→ Mediumship mechanics: how psychics develop a symbolic “vocabulary” with spirit
→ Reflections on Day of the Dead altars, ancestral lineage, and what we might be carrying in our cells
→ Thoughts on Rebecca Rosen’s book Spirited and the messy overlap of imagination and intuition
Plus:
→ Do the dead always know what’s going to happen?
→ Are mediums reading the spirits… or reading us?
This episode is one big beautiful spiral of curiosity—with no answers, just expansive questions.
If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if your grandma called you from the afterlife on a psychic landline… you’re in the right place.
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Spirited - book by Rebecca Rosen
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Fossil Fuels - Smithsonian Ocean
99% of plastic - Center for International Environmental Law
Every Cell In Your Body Is Infused With The Collapse Of A Star - Huffpost
How the Sun was born - Nat Geo
Fossil Record Tetrapod - UC Berkeley
Ancient 4-limbed fish reveals origin of human hand
Maranasati Meditation - Mindfulness of Death
Want to feel thrilled to be alive? Try death meditation - LA Times
Episode Summary: What Are Ghosts, Really? Scientific Theories, Apparitions, and Consciousness Beyond Death
Originally recorded in 2021 and part of Luchiana’s Season of the Witch series on Patreon, this spooky and philosophical throwback episode of Mystic Theory is a perfect dive into all things paranormal.
Inside this Halloween special:
→ Scientific theories on what ghosts could be (pareidolia, sleep paralysis, infrasound & more)
→ Personal ghost stories—including the tale of a dog apparition only she could hear
→ Types of apparitions: memory imprints, trauma loops, trickster spirits, dream visitations
→ Consciousness beyond the brain: does it die, or just relocate?
→ Plus: time loops, EMF meters, and a pizza that un-sliced itself...
Whether you’re a skeptic, a believer, or just curious, this episode is a deep and eerie spiral into one question: If ghosts are real... what does that mean about us?
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6 Scientific Reasons for Ghosts - The Scientific American
I’m a Scientist, and I Believe in Ghosts - medium.com
Sleep Paralysis (Demon in The Bedroom) - Web MD
Coffee & Cauldrons Podcast - "Ghosts" Part 1
Coffee & Cauldrons Podcast - "Ghosts" Part 2
VIDEO: Ghost Particles with Dan Hooper - National Geographic
What is Consciousness - nature.com
Decoding the neuroscience of consciousness - nature.com
What is Consciousness? - LiveScience.com
History Tea Time with Lindsay - Ghastly Tales of Tudor Ghosts
Identity Threads, Embodiment, and the Soft Animal of Your Body
In this winding, intimate, and wildly relatable episode of Mystic Theory, Luchiana pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to reinvent yourself. From Notion boards to late-night note reviews, she shares the messy, magical, deeply personal process of becoming who you were always meant to be—one micro-shift at a time.
Inside this episode:
→ How to use “themes of the year” to guide your evolution
→ Why reinvention isn’t about becoming someone else—it’s about unleashing what’s already inside
→ The missing piece of embodiment: feeling it in your body, not just your mind
→ Tips for creating internal safety so new parts of you can emerge
→ Why you need a private, ridiculous menu of weird hacks that work
This is one of those episodes you’ll return to when you’re in a chrysalis. It's tender, nonlinear, and quietly powerful—just like reinvention itself.
In this episode, Luchiana announces a new schedule, gives some behind-the-scenes insights and pulls two cards for listeners.
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In this episode, Luchiana explores gentleness through the lens of a tarot card, modern life, social media, reactiveness, instinct, and animality.
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Strength Card in the Tarot (RWS)
Love Expert Reveals Why 80% Of Modern Relationships FAIL… | Esther Perel
In this episode Luchiana explores, the bodymind, the animalistic body and the effects we have on one another's bodies. Where does it all tie in?
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LINKS & THINGS MENTIONED
Calm article on Body-mind connection
Secondhand Stress - Harvard Biz Review
Living with a Narcissist has physical symptoms
What happens in the brain when you give someone a compliment
Here’s the reason why women need more sleep than men
(Outdated ?) Time Article on the sweaty T-shirts
Later study on the same topic that seems to debunk-slash-recommend more info for future studies
Unravelling the mystery of attraction the the varsity, Toronto
MHC-correlated odour preferences in humans and the use of oral contraceptives
Here's another really cool article on this topic from the Scientific American!
Medium Article on Peter Levine's book "Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma"
In this episode Luchiana explores the "weighing of the heart" ceremony of Egyptian myth, the scales of Ma'at, community love and self love. What is the sacredness of it all?
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LINKS:
The book of death: weighing your heart - National Library of Medicine
OBJECTS AND SPELLS: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD - Evansville Museum - See Spells 30A and 30B
Not all emotions are created equal: The negativity bias in social-emotional development - National Library of Medicine
In this episode, Luchiana explores LOVE from multiple perspectives.
LINKS:
All About Love - by Bell Hooks
Listening Path - The Creative Art of Attention by Julia Cameron
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
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In this episode, Luchiana explores receptivity within the self-dialogue as well as offerings, help and asking. This is explored both in the lens of real life and divinity.
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In this episode, Luchiana explores the biggest concept yet... God.
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In this episode, Luchiana introduces the podcast, the concept of "Mystic Theory" and intentions for this ongoing project.
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Join my Patreon for over five years worth of my content NOTES, SOURCES AND/OR THINGS MENTIONED: Are we really made of stardust? - Natural History MuseumWe Are Stardust - American Museum of Natural History Fermilab Scientist Explains Still-Present Remnants of Big BangAre We Really All Made of Stars? -Live ScienceWe Are Made of Star-Stuff - Quote InvestigatorGoldy locks: Scientists synthesize gold nanoparticles inside human hair - Science nodeAsk Dr. Universe: Do we drink the same water dinos drank? - Washington State University
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Episode Summary :Remember looking at clouds when you were a kid? It wasn't just a cloud... it was a giraffe, a car, a castle, a spaceship. Turns out humans have been doing this for a long time. Shapes in spilled wine divine the future. Shapes in the bottom of your teacup predict the day. Shapes in the smoke are messages from the dead. Why do we do this? and more importantly... how can we use this as a modern (and fun) tool for self-reflection, clarity & insight? That's not just foam on top of your latte... it's a MESSAGE. This is modern, every day, ordinary, run-of-the-mill DIVINATION.
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NOTES, SOURCES AND/OR THINGS MENTIONED: - Divination , Open Education Sociology Dictionary- Hermann Rorschach, Britannica- What's behind the Rorschach inkblot test? - Dr. Mike Drayton , BBC- Methods of Divination List, Wikipedia- Pareidolia: Seeing Faces in Unusual Places - LiveScience- Take The HarvardEx Course: PredictionX- Its FREE on Youtube! Watch David Carrasco describe theAztec belief of "The Breath on a Mirror".- See and Be Seen: (‘Smoking’) Mirrors (The Aztecs)
Episode Summary:Why is Day of Dead around the same time as Halloween? Why is All Saints Day on Nov 1st? Why is All Souls' Day on Nov 2nd? Why is all of this Dead People Stuff in this same 3-Day Clump? SIT TIGHT, WITCH ... We're going on a wild ride through a couple different Underworlds and Lands of The Dead.
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Join my Patreon for over five years worth of my content NOTES, SOURCES AND/OR THINGS MENTIONED: - Ancient Origins of Halloween , History.com- Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), History.com- Day of the Dead: How Ancient Traditions Grew Into a Global Holiday, History.com- History of Halloween, World History Encyclopedia- EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS AT FES, Yale School of the Environment Blog- How to Pronounce Mictlan, Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl - I tried , I'm sorry!- How The Ancient Romans Gave Us 'Bones Of the Dead' Cookies For Halloween, Kristina Killgrove - Archaeologist - Lemuria the Ancient Roman Day of the Dead , ThoughtCo- The Weirdest Facts We Could Find About the True History of Halloween- Misunderstood Moments - The Celtic Origins of Halloween - Invicta Video- 8 Facts About the Celts, History.com- Who Were Celts, History.com- Day of the Dead: From Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican celebration, Kirby Farah - Assistant Professor of Anthropology, USC - Mictecacihuatl: the Goddess of Death in Aztec Religious Mythology - Learn Religions- Images of Mictecacihuatl , a google search - (just so you can see what she looks like!) - The Secret History of 'Bonfire' - A good fire made of bones - Merriam Webster- All Soul's Day , Brittanica - Why All Souls Day was established by this Benedictine monk , Aleteia
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In this episode, we talk about how witchcraft is not synonymous with occultism. You can be a witch and not believe in anything spiritual. Witchcraft boils down to symbolic action. Are you already practicing it?
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In this episode I talk to about a term that is typically taboo out there in the "real" world. Occultism. But is it really all dark and ceremonial and moody? Or are there other facets too? In this solo episode I discuss my views on the subject. We dive into the ties between witchcraft and occultism... are all witches actually occultists too? We define terms like ”supernatural” and how that definition informs our practice.
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