Someday thay will do real studies of witchcraft, and our important questions may be answered.

[kai-ote]

Someday thay will do real studies of witchcraft, and our important questions may be answered.

Discussion

[KnottyKitty]

To be fair, “eye of newt” was just mustard seed. That’s been pretty well studied.

[kalizoid313]

NIH may not be funding the research. But Pagan Studies is an academic/intellectual discipline with its own journal–Pomegranate–conferences, books, and all. We probably do know more about some aspects of today’s Witchcraft, thanks to this endeavor. (Besides, the NIH might fund a pharmacological study of some traditional brewing ingredients. Maybe it matters what species of newt.)

[mercuryminded]

Are “they” in the room with us right now?

[mattyt808]

I sure do hope so

[haleyxciiiiiiiiii]

they probably already do. secret CIA shit. pretty sure the orange man had witches to do protection spells on him and his family

[httpmommy]

Actually plenty of common medicines were discovered by looking into folk remedies. For example, the compound salicin that is used in modern pain reliever was found by looking into a pain relieving herbal remedy made from willow bark.

[BigSky182]

Here is a breakdown of some common witchcraft ingredients such as blind worm’s sting, eye of newt, and howler’s wing. https://mydnytblu.com/blogs/mydnytblu/shakespeare-witches-and-superstitions