How to Use Magic Potions Wisely
Several books have been written on the art of kitchen witchery, the practice of making consumable goods that are charged with magic.
In the fantasy tradition, magic potions have eye of newt or toad’s breath or equally disgusting sounding concoctions and have some sort of visible and usually hideous effect. One again, that kind of gross over exaggeration is not the way real magic potions work and they are very unlikely to show an immediate tangible result.
Instead, most modern potions are forms of self-improvement or on occasion and with permission, the improvement of others. The key here to understanding the use of magic potions is that like all magic, some of the power comes from the belief that it will work. In others, like a chicken soup enhanced with herbs for health, the magic comes both from the energy and love we put into it and the innate ability of the herbs.
Here is a pair of potions, one in the form of soup, for those who are interested in practicing their kitchen witchery.
The Magic Soup of Blessings
This is a hot magic potion for the body and the soul. one two three
Essentially, a soup is made of:
a) water
b) whatever else you can lay your hands on
c) salt
Step 1:
Take a suitably large vessel. If you want to use a magic wand, now’s a good time.
Stand the cooking pot on the work surface, tap it three times with the wand (and failing that, with your outstretched finger tip) and say:
As I tap you,
this here pot a cauldron be!
Step 2.
Run tap water