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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—or what—is the Green Man?
We're digging into the strange history behind those leafy faces, why they appear on medieval churches and cathedrals, how the Green Man became associated with nature, renewal and the turning seasons, and why modern witches have enthusiastically adopted him as everyone's favorite mysterious forest dude.
Then we're getting practical with Green Man magick: renewal charms, simple everyday practices, working with growth and opportunity, connecting with the green world when you don't actually have a forest handy, and the part nobody puts on the cottagecore Pinterest board—decay, endings, boundaries and knowing when something needs to be composted.
There will also be murdered houseplants, an opportunistic squirrel, questionable gardening decisions, something called a leaf burrito of witchcraft, and several deeply unnecessary Green Man nicknames.
And because this is C3, we're mixing The Forest Face, a botanical cocktail for anyone who likes their nature spirituality served over ice.
So grab your drink, find something green, and come meet the ancient-looking leafy bastard who's been photobombing history for centuries.
🌿 Growth. Renewal. Wildness. Decay. And maybe just a little Leaf Daddy energy.
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