fun facts:

magick used to just be called 'the art' and 'spells' are literally spelling

"grimoire" comes from "grammar"

even the bible: "in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god" --the creator spoke existence into existence

words, language, art, are the foundation of all magickal operations

I’ve been thinking about this recently while playing Hades 2. I bet it’s a memory thing. Much easier to remember your potion recipe if it’s rhymes and has a good meter. “Newt’s eye” works fine in a list, but “Eye of Newt” scans better in a given situation, for example.

You know how back in the day, the barber was also the doctor? Back in the day, the witches had to do witch things, and also release all that year’s sick beats and bars.

It ain't the ingredients and it ain't the cauldron

Which come together to make a potion

Its about the knowledge, the right gods to call on

And geting your back into proper mixxing motion

Witchy witchy witchy,

Can't you see?

Sometimes your brews just hypnotize me

And I just love your stance on gays,

Guess thats why they hate your witchy ways