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The Love Potion (1903) by Evelyn de Morgan. A love potion (poculum amatorium) [1] is a magical liquid which supposedly causes the drinker to develop feelings of love towards the person who served it. Another common term to describe the potion, philtre, is thought to have originated from the ancient Greek term philtron ('love charm'), via the ...
The three happen across Twilight Sparkle, reading a book about Hearts and Hooves Day, including the recipe for a potion purportedly able to make a couple fall in love. Borrowing the book, the Crusaders create the potion, and again lure Cheerilee and Big McIntosh to a romantic setting.
The Love Potion by Evelyn De Morgan. Potions have played a critical role in many pieces of literature. Shakespeare wrote potions into many of his plays including a love potion in A Midsummer Night's Dream, poison in Hamlet, and Juliet takes a potion to fake her death in Romeo and Juliet. [37]
For centuries, people have turned to aphrodisiacs in an attempt to boost their libido and enhance their romantic appeal. Spanish fly is one such aphrodisiac.
The use of love magic is notable in the narrative because he cannot understand the concept of love due to his loveless conception and consequent orphaning, a result of the love magic being used. [14] The magic is portrayed as a desperate and immoral act, and love potions have a reputation in the fandom as being the magical equivalent of date ...
One of the most misguided attempts at creating a potion for immortality involved the first emperor of China and mercury pills. In his obsession with finding a formula that would grant him eternal ...
A Wizarding World favorite, this "beer" recipe allows you to enjoy a cup full of butterscotch-y goodness whenever you'd like, even if you aren't at a wizarding bar.
[4] Many real-life recipes for this drink exist. Victory Gin Nineteen Eighty-Four: 1949: A cheap, low-quality drink supplied by the government. It has a "sickly, oily smell" and tastes like nitric acid; [5] swallowing it gives "the sensation of being hit on the back of the head with a rubber club."