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So I'm watching Harry Potter and wondering about potions. Are they really magic? I mean, from everything I've read in the books they just seem like an obscure branch of Chemistry. They don't seem to require any particular use of magic on the part of the person preparing them. If a muggle had a book and the right ingredients is there anything to stop them from brewing up a potion?
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