Hi all! It's time for another minisode - I mean MOONYSODE!. Today, we're talking about the December super moon - the Cold Moon.

Jump in while we talk about the moon, rituals for this time of year, and drink a full moon martini (recipe below).

During the pod, we mention that we are going to try to recreate the energy/look of the martini with a different recipe since neither of us loved this version enough to want to drink more of them - so look for a future mini-moony-sode when we reveal our winners!

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Full Moon Martini (energy: protection, rebirth, tranquility)

• Ingredients:
  • 2 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz pomegranate liqueur*
  • Edible blue glitter (or butterfly pea flower tea)
  • Large ice sphere
• Directions:
  • Add all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir for 30 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass over a large ice sphere.
  • Note on tea: Butterfly pea flowers create an intense indigo blue color that change to purple when acid is added. It’s a perfect replacement for edible blue glitter for rich, vibrant color. Simply brew it strong, cool it, and add about ½ oz in place of the glitter.
  • * If you don’t have access to pomegranate liquor, simply replace it with pomegranate syrup, or a mix of pomegranate syrup and triple sec.

During this episode, we're talking to Samantha Hargrove again - this time about the science of crystals. (For our first interview with Sam, look for Episode 10 wherever you're listening!)

Pour yourself a glass of wine (we're drinking Three Witches from http://anichecellars.com/) or a Manhattan, and settle in for rock talk and Caftan Coven shenanigans.

This week's cocktail is a Manhattan. Recipe at the bottom of the show notes & a short video up on YouTube!

This week's links -

Oracle Deck: Kim Krans the Wild Unknown Archetypes: https://kimkrans.com/the-wild-unknown

Find Samantha at: https://www.satyaspace.com/

Finally - watch us on YouTube at https://youtu.be/C3Ow-Ygj4y4

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Manhattan (Energy: healing, renewal, transformation)

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces rye
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Directions:

Combine the rye, sweet vermouth and bitters in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Stir until chilled. Strain the mixture into a coupe or martini glass and serve straight up (no ice). Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Welcome to Minisode #6! Today, our craft topic is Craft Cocktails, and we're going to take you through a Persephone's Kiss. The recipe is below if you want to follow along as we make it and discuss the magical properties of all the ingredients!


Recipe

Ingredients:
2 oz tequila (rejuvenation)
1.5 oz pomegranate juice (life, death, rebirth, fertility, and abundance)
1 oz orange liqueur (positivity, abundance, and joy)
3/4 oz lime juice (spiritual protection, purification, and promoting peace of mind)
1/2 oz hot honey syrup*** (love, prosperity, and community; used in spells to attract good fortune and bind things together)

Instructions:
Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled. Strain into a glass filled with ice, and enjoy!



***Hot Honey Syrup:

½ cup honey
½ cup water
1 pepper habanero, jalapenos, red pepper or 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes, OR use hot honey (protection from evil and negativity, and as a tool for passion, energy, and luck)
Heat all ingredients on the stove on medium-low heat for 3-4 minutes.
Remove from heat and allow to steep for 5 minutes.
Strain and place into an airtight jar.
Store in fridge for up to two weeks.


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Today's interviewee is none other than 1/3 of the Caftan Coven (and pod co-host) Amy Cissell! We'll discuss her upcoming series - Silver City Shifters, as well as French 75s, pomegranates, manifestation, and the Beaver Supermoon!

Pour yourself a drink, get cozy, and dive into the episode!

This week's cocktail is a Pomegranate French 75. Recipe at the bottom of the show notes.

This week's links -

Oracle Deck:

Laura May – The Ritual Kitchen on IG:

https://www.instagram.com/lauramayritualkitchen/

Sadly, her tarot deck is sold out, but she has a book called Kitchen Magic which Shéa recommends: https://amzn.to/4h6SdN2

Preorder Wolf Pack of the Apocalypse, book 1 in Amy's upcoming new series Silver City Shifters: https://books2read.com/wolfpackoftheapocalypse

Amy's website https://www.amycissell.com/

Amy's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/acissellwrites/

Finally - watch us on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jhI5weOheMQ

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Pomegranate French 75 (Energy: new beginnings, growth, prosperity)

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces gin
• 2 ounces pomegranate juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• Sparkling wine

Directions:

Combine the gin, pomegranate juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake for about 15 seconds until chilled. Strain the mixture into a champagne flute and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with desired amount of pomegranate seeds.

Pour yourself a Hades Snare (recipe at the end) and join us for an overview on the history of the Western European celebration of Samhain.

Today's Oracle deck is Juliet Diaz and Lorraine Anderson's Seasons of the Witch Samhain Deck, and our card is "Pumpkin." Key words: Protection, fertility, and prosperity! https://www.rockpoolpublishing.com/seasons-of-the-witch-samhain-oracle

And you definitely need to get Shea's latest Halloween-themed book, A Haunt Mess. (It's available all over, but here's the 'Zon link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FVWCDFG8

Finally - watch us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@cliffhangersandcocktails/videos

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Hades Snare (Energy: good fortune, prosperity, spiritual awareness, divination)

For the spiced pomegranate juice:

• 1 cup Pomegranate juice
• Zest of 1 orange
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 2 star anise

For the cocktail:

• Ice
• 2 ounces gin
• 2 ounces spiced pomegranate juice
• 4-5 ounces tonic water

Fill glass with ice. Pour in gin and pomegranate syrup. Top with tonic. Stir slowly.

Our 14th full episode features an interview with the amazing Lee Savino & Renee Rose, and we couldn't be more excited about it!

Join us to talk about money magic, abundance journeys, co-authorship, and of course, general shenanigans.

This week's cocktails are a cucumber gimlet (Renee's) and a jalapeño margarita (Lee's). Recipes at the bottom of the show notes.

This week's links -

Kelly Burton (tarot deck): https://sacredsoultarot.com/butterfly-tarot

Write to Riches https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RW43WWS

Adventures with the Universe https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JCKR1B

Money Magic - https://www.moneymagicmembership.com/

Lee website https://www.leesavino.com/

Renee Rose https://www.write2riches.com

Lee's book marketing bootcamp January https://millionaire-author-coaching.teachable.com/p/bookmarketingbootcamp

Finally - watch us on YouTube at https://youtu.be/XJve7F5sHrc

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Gimlet (Energy: cleansing, protection, healing, calm)

Ingredients (makes 2)

• 4 ounces gin
• 2 ounces lime juice
• 1 1/4 ounces simple syrup
• 1 ounce cucumber juice

Instructions

• Juice a cucumber to get 1 oz juice.
• Add ice to the cocktail shaker so it's halfway full.
• Add gin, lime juice, simple syrup and cucumber juice.
• Cap shaker and shake for 15 seconds.
• Add ice to 2 old-fashioned glasses and strain the drink into the 2 glasses.
• Garnish with cucumber.

Jalapeno Margarita (Energy: positivity, connection, abundance)

Ingredients

• kosher salt
• ice cubes
• 4 fluid ounces tequila
• 2 fluid ounces triple sec
• 2 limes, juiced
• 1 tablespoon agave nectar
• ½ jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 limes, cut into wedges

Directions

• Pour 1/4 to 1/2 inch of salt onto a small, shallow plate. Moisten the rim of 2 margarita glasses with water and dip into salt. Fill with ice and set aside.
• Fill a shaker with ice. Pour tequila, triple sec, lime juice, agave nectar, and jalapeño into the shaker. Cover and shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker has frosted.
• Strain into the prepared glasses. Garnish with lime wedges to serve.

Welcome to minisode #4! Today, our craft topic is Craft Cocktails, and we're going to take you through a tequila sunrise. The recipe is below if you want to follow along as we make it and discuss the magical properties of all the ingredients!

Recipe

1 ½ oz tequila (pour in bottom of glass) – Made from the agave plant, carries the energy of rejuvenation

4 oz orange juice with 1 Tablespoon lemon (top the tequila) – Citrus brings a refreshing and invigorating energy from the sun. Inhale the scent and imagine this energy filling the glass as you pour in the juice. (Note: sometimes I add lime juice instead as I love the quieter, gentler energy and flavor of lime.)

1 oz grenadine (slowly added so it trickles to the bottom) – As you add the grenadine, imagine new ideas and inspiration mixing with the bright energy. (The pomegranate in grenadine contains the energy of abundance, blessings, spiritual awakening, new beginnings.)

Before drinking, there are a couple of other things you can do to up the punch of your magic.

1. Draw the symbol of the sun above the glass using your wand or finger—your nature given wand. (Circle with a dot in the middle.) Visualize this sun energy amping up the spell.
2. Add citrine to your spell. Citrine is a powerful crystal for re-energizing and inspiring positivity. You can literally drop it in the glass (just don’t choke on it FFS) or hold it in your hand while you make and drink your “potion.”

Finally - watch us on YouTube at https://youtu.be/XJve7F5sHrc

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This is part 2 of our interview with Clark Rowenson. We'll talk about the recently past Harvest Moon and listen to Clark and Shea discuss the magic system in her book "Potions, Poisons, & Peril."

LINKS!

Shea's magic systems: Potions, Poisons, and Perils!

https://crrowenson.com/ (Want to get your magic systems reviewed? Check out Clark's services! https://crrowenson.com/services/)

Youtube: The Magic Engineer

The Magic System Blueprint (and the downloadables as mentioned!)

Spawn Point with Michael Anderele preorder on Amazon for an October 25 2025 release date!

Today's oracle deck is The Crow Tarot by MJ Cullinane: https://crowtarotshop.com/

Other books mentioned:

Good Bad Magic series by Isa Medina: https://www.isa-medina.com/goodbadmagic/

Jade City (Green Bone Saga #1) by Fonda Lee: https://www.fondalee.com/books/jade-city/

Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows #1) by Kim Harrison: https://www.kimharrison.net/BookPages/DWW/DWW.html

Alcatraz Series by Brandon Sanderson: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/pages/alcatraz-vs-the-evil-librarians-series

Finally - watch us on YouTube at https://youtu.be/XJve7F5sHrc

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