C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails
by River & Wren
Welcome to C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, a bewitching podcast that delves deep into the world of witchcraft, magic, and the mysteries of the unseen. Join us every Friday on a journey of exploration as we uncover the ancient arts, modern practices, and timeless wisdom that weave together the tapestry of the witching world. Hosts River Kane and Wren Graves, seasoned practitioners with a heart full of curiosity and a cauldron full of knowledge, each episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails invites you to step into a realm where spells, rituals, and potions dance with the energies of the cosmos. Whether you're a seasoned witch or a curious seeker, this podcast is your spellbinding guide to all things mystical. In each episode, we'll dive deep into a variety of enchanting topics, from the history of witchcraft across cultures to the practical art of casting spells. We'll explore the properties of herbs and crystals, share recipes for potent poti
Episodes
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Episode 232: The Last Harvest: Samhain Magick for Letting Sh*t Go
Let's Chat!! You can release what no longer serves you—but apparently the forty-seven jars are still under review. As Samhain arrives, River is taking stock of unfinished projects, inherited expectations, and the favors that somehow became permanent job descriptions. What deserves to come with…
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Mini Episode 28: The Veil Is Thin. Your Boundaries Don’t Have to Be
Let's Chat!! Ancestors welcome. Jump scares declined. As Samhain approaches, River brings a little common sense to the thinning veil. We’re talking ancestor remembrance, spiritual boundaries, and why a mysterious crash should prompt a cat investigation before a séance. Plus, meet Hazel—a witch…
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Episode 231: Borrow My Salt, Not My Luck: Witchy Folklore & Borrowing Magick
Let's Chat!! Can lending your neighbor salt send your luck walking out the door? Why would borrowing fire on Monday morning cause concern—and how did one inconsiderate borrower ruin the fairy lending library for everybody? This week on C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, we’re exploring…
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Episode 230: Garlic Magick: Fangs, Flavor & F*ck Off Energy
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! Can your dinner ingredient double as a witchy reminder to protect your peace? Boo, bitches—we’re talking garlic magick! Join River for a deliciously sassy exploration of garlic folklore, vampire legends, kitchen witchery, and boundaries that don’t require a forty-minute...
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Mini Episode 27: Your Tarot Deck is Not Your Supervisor
Let's Chat!! Has your one-card tarot reading become an entire committee meeting? River is calling that meeting to order—and then shutting it down. In this sassy mini episode of Cauldrons of Chaos, we’re talking about pulling “just one more” clarifying card, switching decks for a more agreeable...
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Episode 229: Apple Magick: Sweetness, Spice & Some Witchy Sh*t
Let's Chat!! An apple a day keeps… absolutely nobody from asking what’s for dinner. Join River for apple magick, autumn folklore, and kitchen witchery—because apparently, we can’t just buy groceries. Explore the star inside an apple, old Halloween love-divination customs, and orchard wassailing...
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Episode 228: Cursed Objects: The Demon Is Included at No Extra Charge | After Dark Rerun
Let's Chat!! Some antiques come with history. Others allegedly come with an entity and a complete disregard for your peace. While River recovers, we’re reopening the After Dark vault for a rerun all about cursed objects! From the Hope Diamond and Annabelle to the Dybbuk Box, the Crying Boy...
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Mini Episode 26: Autumn Witchcraft: Release Your Bullshit, Keep Your Cardigans
Let's Chat!! Boo, Bitches! Autumn is here, and we’re releasing our bullshit—but keeping our cardigans. In this Cauldrons of Chaos mini episode, River explores simple autumn witchcraft for messy, busy, very human lives: release rituals, celebrating your personal harvest, protecting your peace, and...
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Episode 227: Graveyard Magick — Dirt, Spirits & Cemetery Etiquette | After Dark Rerun
Let's Chat!! Boo, Bitches! River is back from DragonCon and Alaska, but her voice is still recovering—so this week, she’s opening the coven vault. This After Dark episode was previously available only to paying members. What is graveyard magick, and why do witches work with cemeteries? River...
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Episode 226: Alcohol Magick (an After Dark re-run) - Witch, Please, Pour Another
Let's Chat!! No new episode? No problem. While we’re off surviving DragonCon, enjoy this After Dark replay all about alcohol magick. We’re talking correspondences for vodka, rum, tequila, wine, beer, whiskey, gin, brandy, and mead—plus libations, divination with drinks, and how to respectfully...
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Episode 225: Mirror, Mirror, What the Hell? — The Witchy Art of Reflection Scrying
Let's Chat!! What happens when you stare into a mirror long enough and ask it to spill your business? This week on C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, River is diving into the strange, ancient, occasionally creepy world of reflection divination and scrying. We're traveling from an ancient Greek...
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Mini Episode 25: The Sacred Butter Knife - Witchcraft on a Budget
Let's Chat!! You open a witchcraft book and apparently you're supposed to own an engraved athame, an elaborate chalice, a crystal wand, seventeen specialized bowls and an altar that looks like the magical section of Pottery Barn. Meanwhile, you're standing in the kitchen holding a butter knife…
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Episode 224: The Green Man - Leaf Daddy Has Entered the Chat
Let's Chat!! This week on C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails, River is heading into the weeds—literally—to investigate one of witchcraft's most recognizable and surprisingly complicated figures: the Green Man. You know him. The mysterious leafy face carved into medieval churches, lurking in…
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Episode 223: Lock & Key Magick - ADT, But Make It Haunted
Let's Chat!! Not everyone gets a key, witches. This week, we're digging into Lock & Key Magick—the witchcraft of protection, boundaries, access, opportunity, and knowing when you're standing in front of the wrong fucking door. We're looking at the surprisingly weird history of keys, from Viking…
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Mini Episode 24: Travel Witch: Chaos Magick in Airports, Gas Stations & Questionable Hotels
Let's Chat!! Boo, Bitches! 'In this mini episode, we’re hitting the road, the runway, and that one deeply haunted rest stop bathroom. This one’s for my beautiful disasters and little chaos gremlins whose altar is a carry-on, whose offerings are gas station snacks, and whose hotel rooms definitely...
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Episode 222: The Midnight Man: Worst Houseguest Ever (An After Dark Rerun)
Let's Chat!! Don't knock. Don't invite him in. And whatever you do... don't let the candle go out. This week we're opening the vault and revisiting one of our favorite After Dark episodes: The Midnight Man. Is it just another internet creepypasta... or is it based on something much older? We dig...
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Episode 221: Episode 221 Kitchen Crimes & Cauldrons Is Food Really Magical?
Let's Chat!! Ever wondered who looked at a cinnamon stick and decided it could fix their finances? Same. This week we're investigating the surprisingly weird history of food magick. We're digging into garlic, salt, cinnamon, honey, apples, bread, and all the magical pantry staples that witches…
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Mini Episode 23: Weird Witches Welcome
Let's Chat!! Cauldrons of Chaos: Your Weird Is Welcome Here Think you're too weird to be a witch? Perfect. You're going to fit in just fine. In this week's Cauldrons of Chaos, River is throwing open the coven doors for every witch who's ever whispered "thank you" to a crystal, rescued a...
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Episode 220: The Practical Witch: Everyday Spells That Actually Fit Your Life
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! Magic doesn't have to wait for a full moon. In this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails, River takes you through an entire magical day—from the moment your alarm goes off until your head hits the pillow. Learn thirteen simple everyday spells inspired by...
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Episode 219: Stealing the Weather & Other Witch Crimes
Let's Chat!! What happens when bad weather, spoiled butter, missing milk, and mysterious injuries all have one convenient suspect? Apparently...witches. In this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails, we're opening history's most ridiculous case files and investigating some of the…
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Mini Episode 22: Salt Circles & Spicy Spirits
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! Today's mini cauldron of chaos episode answers one of witchcraft's biggest mysteries: Why does every spell seem to require enough salt to season Thanksgiving dinner? Protection spells. Ghost stories. Kitchen witchcraft. Ancient history. What do they all have in common?...
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Episode 218: The Magick of Numbers: Angel Numbers, CIA Codes & Witchcraft
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! This week on C3, we're counting our way into chaos! From 11:11 screenshots to CIA conspiracy theories, TikTok manifestation codes, ancient numerology, and witches assigning magical meaning to absolutely everything, we're exploring one of the internet's biggest spiritual...
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Episode 217: Shell Yeah! The Magick, Myth, and Weirdness of Turtles & Tortoises
Let's Chat!! Boo, Bitches! This week on C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, we're slowing things way down as we dive shell-first into the magical world of turtles and tortoises. Join River as she explores turtle folklore, the World Turtle myth, turtle spirit animals, unusual turtle magick,...
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Mini Episode 22: The Great Jar Problem - Glass Half Full, Cabinets Completely Full
Let's Chat!! Boo, Bitches! In this week's mini Cauldrons of Chaos, we're tackling one of modern witchcraft's greatest challenges: the overwhelming urge to save every single glass jar we've ever encountered. From pasta sauce jars to emotional support wine bottles, we're discussing why witches…
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Episode 216: Doll Magick: More Than Creepy Toys (an After Dark re-post)
Let's Chat!! Boo, Bitches! Welcome to this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, where today we're opening the toy box and stepping into the surprisingly ancient practice of doll magick. We'll talk about healing poppets, protection dolls, manifestation work, and the darker practices…
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Episode 215: The Witchcraft of Tiny Things - Pocket Full of Witchcraft
Let's Chat!! Boo, Bitches! This week on C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, we're exploring the surprisingly magical world of tiny things. From lucky pennies and mysterious buttons to acorns, feathers, pocket charms, and tiny altars, we're uncovering the folklore, superstitions, and witchcraft...
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Mini Episode 21: Has your Rosemary Seen Things??? AKA - The Great Herb Graveyard
Let's Chat!! Boo, Bitches! Welcome to this week's Cauldrons of Chaos! Today we're taking a guided tour through one of the most haunted places in modern witchcraft: the herb cabinet. Join me as we discuss mystery leaves, emotional support herbs, retired rosemary, and the jars we bought for exactly...
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Episode 214: Ancient Witches Used WHAT?! The Grossest Ingredients in Witchcraft History
Let's Chat!! Boo, witches. Today we're opening a door that maybe should have stayed closed. Join River as she dives into the grossest ingredients ever used in historical magic. Animal hearts, bones, teeth, hair, blood, grave dirt, and more all played important roles in magical traditions around…
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Episode 213: The Magick of Not Being Seen
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! In this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails, we're exploring the magick of not being seen. From hidden witches and invisibility folklore to glamour magic, energetic cloaking, liminal spaces, and the modern fear of being perceived, we'll uncover why humans have...
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Mini Episode 20: Hot Witch Summer: Spiritually Sweaty & Slightly Feral
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches… This week’s Cauldron of Chaos is dedicated to every witch currently trying to remain mystical while sweating through their eyeliner. We’re talking: 🌙 Hot Witch Summer 🌙 porch sitting as sacred Appalachian magic 🌙 thunderstorms as free therapy 🌙 mosquitoes with...
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Episode 212: Moon Magick - Humanity vs. The Moon: A Toxic Relationship
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches! This week we’re talking about the moon — but not the cute “moon water in a mason jar” version. No. We’re diving into the WEIRD moon stuff: lunar madness, creepy folklore, werewolves, haunted moonlight, dark moon rituals, unsettling dreams, ancient superstitions, and why...
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Episode 211: Protection Magick - Tiny Wards With Big Opinions
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches! This week on episode 211 of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, we’re diving deep into protection magick — and not the dramatic “everything is cursed” kind. We’re talking REAL protection for real witches living real lives. Energy shielding, home wards, wearable...
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Mini Episode 19: Accidental Altars: When Clutter Becomes Sacred
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! So ... you didn’t cleanse it. You didn’t plan it. You barely noticed it. And yet… there it is. A suspiciously powerful pile of objects in your home that has ✨vibes✨. In this chaotic mini cauldron of chaos, we’re diving into accidental altars—how they form, why they feel...
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Episode 210: Near-Death Experiences & the Veil Beyond
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches… Tonight we’re stepping into one of the most mysterious topics humans have ever faced: Near-Death Experiences. From tunnels of light and spirit guides to terrifying voids and shadowy realms, people across cultures have reported experiences that challenge everything we...
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Episode 209: Demons, Delusions, or Just a Bad Week? (After Dark Rewind)
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! What is demonic possession, really? Is it a spiritual invasion, a psychological phenomenon, or something shaped by culture and belief? In this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails (an After Dark revisit), we explore religious teachings, medical explanations,...
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Mini Episode 18: Potion or Pinot? Let’s Be Honest.
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches! This week’s mini cauldron of chaos asks a very important question: If you call your drink a potion… does that make it a ritual? We’re diving into wine witching, intentional crafting, and the very real difference between a magical moment and an emotional support beverage...
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Episode 208: An After Dark Double Feature: Potions, Spirits & a Little Bit of Trouble
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches! Today on this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, we’re diving into the After Dark vault with a moody little double feature. We’re talking alcohol magick, ritual use, libations, and the fine line between intentional spellwork and… just having a drink with a...
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Episode 207: The Lifecycle of a Spell - From Intention to “Why Isn’t It Working??
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! Most witches think a spell is a moment. Light the candle, say the words, boom—done. Yeah… not quite. In this episode, we’re breaking down the full lifecycle of a spell—from the pre-casting prep you’re probably skipping, to the casting itself, to the part where most…
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Mini Episode 17: Is That a Spirit Guide… or Just Your Brain Being Dramatic?
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches! Today we’re talking about that voice in your head. You know the one: Sometimes wise. Sometimes unhinged. Sometimes telling you to “just go for it” in ways that will absolutely ruin your life. Is it a spirit guide? Your intuition? Or your brain doing full-blown...
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Episode 206: Energy Vampires - Spot Them, Stop Them, Survive Them
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches! In Episode 206 of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, we’re talking about energy vampires—the people who leave you emotionally exhausted, mentally foggy, and questioning your life choices after a single conversation. From emotional dumpers to boundary breakers, we’re...
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Mini Episode 16: Weather Witch Chaos: Spring Has No Loyalty
Let's Chat!! Boo, Witches!! Spring has entered the chat… and it’s unhinged. In this chaotic mini episode, we’re talking wind that steals your dignity, rain that forces emotional breakthroughs, thunder that hypes your spells, and pollen that personally victimizes your sinuses. If the weather is...
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Episode 205: Scatterbrained Spellwork - The ADHD Witch Survival Guide
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches! Today, in episode 205 of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, we’re diving into the chaotic, powerful, and wildly misunderstood world of the ADHD Witch—where spells start strong, attention wanders, and somehow… the magic still works. This isn’t just about ADHD. It’s...
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Episode 204: Spring Cleansing - Clean Your Space, Fix Your Vibe
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! Spring is here—and it’s not asking politely. In this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & cocktails, we’re diving into energetic spring cleaning: clearing physical clutter, emotional baggage, relationship residue, and yes… your spiritually haunted phone. Because…
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Mini Episode 15: Potion in a Pinch: Spring Awakening (Chaos, Cocktails & Pollen Attacks)
Let's Chat!! Spring has entered the chat… and she chose chaos. In this mini episode of Potion in a Pinch, we’re serving up witchy spring potions for glow-ups, fresh starts, and surviving whatever pollen is currently trying to end us. From floral cocktails that make you feel like a forest deity…
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Episode 203: Every Day Magick - Witches, Love Languages & Emotionally Supportive Pebbles
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! What do witchcraft and the five love languages have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode, River dives into magical care — the art of turning everyday kindness into spellwork. We’re talking about: enchanted sticky notes blessing someone’s coffee emotional...
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Episode 202: Smoke Spirits & Other Rude Little Apparitions
Let's Chat!! In this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails, River explores one of the strangest paranormal experiences people report: smoke ghosts. From shadow figures and mist apparitions to folklore about smoke spirits and eerie smoke snakes, we’re diving into why humans keep seeing...
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Mini Episode 14: Is My Vibration Supposed to Be Fluorescent?
Let's Chat!! In this C3 mini-episode, River takes on the internet’s obsession with “high vibrations.” Do you really need to glow like a spiritual highlighter to manifest your dreams? Or is something else going on? We’re talking nervous systems, witchcraft energy raising, and why drinking water…
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Episode 201: Egregores - Digital Familiars & Collective Magic
Let's Chat!! Boo Bitches! In this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails, we explore egregores, thoughtforms, fandom culture, algorithms, and the possibility that the internet functions like a modern ritual space. Are we accidentally feeding collective entities with our attention? What is…
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Episode 200: Magickal Misinformation - Fact-Checking the Cauldron
Let's Chat!! Boo, bitches — we’re fact-checking the cauldron. In this episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, we take a calm, clear look at some of the loudest myths floating around witchy spaces: • “You didn’t cleanse enough.” • “You’ll accidentally summon a demon.” • “Doubt cancels…
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Mini Episode 13: Fitbit Says I’m Hexing Too Hard
Let's Chat!! Welcome back to this mini episode of Cauldrons of Chaos—where the spells are strong, the vibes are aligned, and no one remembers where they put the athame. In this mini episode, we’re talking about witchcraft fitness—the very real, very sweaty workout you didn’t sign up for but…
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About this show
Welcome to C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, a bewitching podcast that delves deep into the world of witchcraft, magic, and the mysteries of the unseen. Join us every Friday on a journey of exploration as we uncover the ancient arts, modern practices, and timeless wisdom that weave together the tapestry of the witching world.
Hosts River Kane and Wren Graves, seasoned practitioners with a heart full of curiosity and a cauldron full of knowledge, each episode of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails invites you to step into a realm where spells, rituals, and potions dance with the energies of the cosmos. Whether you're a seasoned witch or a curious seeker, this podcast is your spellbinding guide to all things mystical.
In each episode, we'll dive deep into a variety of enchanting topics, from the history of witchcraft across cultures to the practical art of casting spells. We'll explore the properties of herbs and crystals, share recipes for potent poti
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