I have to share a story I heard a loooong time ago on the radio. (Might have been All Things Considered, on NPR.) They were talking with a witch, and asked something like, "What do people ask you when they find out you're a practicing witch?"
The answer was, "Can you make a love potion?" She went on to explain that yes, she could, and gave the recipe.
I remember only that you needed something belonging to the person you wanted to have fall in love with you, something that had been next to their body, and had been exposed to their energy. A handkerchief or sock would be good, and yes, wash them! You had to soak the item in the potion, and you had to get the person to consume this concoction. One way was to use it as a marinade.
Then she told this story. A woman asked her for a love potion to help a guy she loved fall in love with her. So she made the potion, and then marinated a steak in it. She was making him dinner at her place, and he was coming over, and bring his dog to visit her dog. He came, but said he felt horrible, like he was coming down with the flu. She cooked the steak anyway and gave him some to take home.
He called her a few days later, to get together at the park where they would walk the dogs. He admitted on the phone that he hadn't felt like eating the steak, but it didn't go to waste, because he fed it to his dog.
The dog became absolutely crazy about this woman.
The story had a happy ending. The man said that if his dog thought she was such a great person, she must be a great person. They ended up getting married.
The answer was, "Can you make a love potion?" She went on to explain that yes, she could, and gave the recipe.
I remember only that you needed something belonging to the person you wanted to have fall in love with you, something that had been next to their body, and had been exposed to their energy. A handkerchief or sock would be good, and yes, wash them! You had to soak the item in the potion, and you had to get the person to consume this concoction. One way was to use it as a marinade.
Then she told this story. A woman asked her for a love potion to help a guy she loved fall in love with her. So she made the potion, and then marinated a steak in it. She was making him dinner at her place, and he was coming over, and bring his dog to visit her dog. He came, but said he felt horrible, like he was coming down with the flu. She cooked the steak anyway and gave him some to take home.
He called her a few days later, to get together at the park where they would walk the dogs. He admitted on the phone that he hadn't felt like eating the steak, but it didn't go to waste, because he fed it to his dog.
The dog became absolutely crazy about this woman.
The story had a happy ending. The man said that if his dog thought she was such a great person, she must be a great person. They ended up getting married.
As a pagan for the last 18 years, I have to say this comment is spot on! 
