Excellent question

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

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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

At first I was triggered
Couldn't hear the chime
But then I had figured
A-B-A-B rhyme
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Cauldron can't rhyme with potion
But certainly rhymes with motion
I can't keep up this notion
Bugger
- Doing potion well
  Ready to do the magic
  A-A-A-Bugger

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.

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

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.

To the tune of The Longest Johns Got no Beard

[chorus]

Ain't got bars, ain't got bars,

You can't be a witch if you ain't got bars!

Ain't got bars, ain't got bars,

You can't be a witch if you ain't got bars!

[verse]

I once met a hag in the woods alone

She was old an wizened, this ancient crone

Right beside her was her faithful cat (CUTE CAT!)

But the top of her head seemed awfully flat

She had eye of newt and wing of bat

But you can't be a witch if you've got no hat!

[chorus]

Got no hat, you got no hat,

You can't be a witch if you got no hat!

Got no hat, you got no hat,

You can't be a witch if you've got no hat and you ain't got bars