C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails
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 potions, and discuss the ethics and responsibilities that come with wielding magical power. Are you ready to embrace the mysteries of the moon, summon the energies of the elements, and unlock the secrets of the universe? Tune in to C3: Crystals, Cauldrons, & Cocktails, and let the enchantment begin.
Episodes
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 answer, and asking the same question in a different spiritual hat. Plus, try a simple one-card practice to turn reflec...
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 with its surprisingly considerate tree snacks. Then bring the magick home with apple wish spells, prosperity pr...
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 paintings, the Basano Vase, and the Myrtles Plantation mirror, we explore the eerie legends, alleged misfortunes, and reasons to approach th...
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 cozy magick that doesn’t require eleven chopped vegetables.
Grab your favorite mug and join us for practi...
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 explores ancestor work, spirit communication, the folklore of graveyard dirt, cemetery guardians, and spells tied to protection...
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 share your spirits with deities, ancestors, and the fae.
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 mirror oracle to John Dee's mysterious obsidian mirror, digging into old Halloween rituals for spotting your future spouse, exploring th...
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 and thinking, “Pointy enough.”
Welcome to Cauldrons of Chaos.
This week, River is talking about the reality of witchy tools: what we...
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 garden centers, and staring back from enough witchy décor to make you wonder exactly when the forest got a spokesperson.
But who&...
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 Age graves and divine gatekeepers to church keys used in folk healing and love magick. Then we're bringing it into modern witchcraft...
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 need warding.
We’ll talk roadside offerings (yes, the spirits will accept Doritos), rest stop cleansing r...
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 into the strange history of the Midnight Man ritual, the terrifying rules of the game, why it became one of the internet's most infamou...
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 have been using for centuries. But are these correspondences actually ancient... or did somebody on the internet make them up with a really co...
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 suspiciously magical-looking stick, carried an emotional support crystal (or three), or stared at a cool rock in a parking lot like they'd just discover...
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 folklore, history, and modern witchcraft, including coffee magic, glamour magick, protection rituals, travel blessings, kitchen witchery, ...
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 strangest crimes ever blamed on witches.
Discover the folklore behind:
• stealing storms and selling the wind
• milking broomsticks
• fairy kidnappi...
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? Salt. This bite-sized chaos episode explores why one ordinary pantry staple has become one of the most enduring magical symbols in human...
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 obsessions.
Are numbers truly magical...or are they simply powerful tools for intention and focus?
Grab your Synchronicity Spritz ...
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, familiars, weird turtle facts, and why these ancient little creatures may hold the secret to living a more magical life.
Plu...
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 can't throw anything away and why we're all apparently one thrift store trip away from becoming glass goblins.
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