"Felix Felicis" - a potion that brings good luck

What did you hear about the potion that brings good luck? It is called "Felix Felicis". What is it, who created it and what is the recipe for a magical drink? Read all about this in the article.

Potion of Fortune

It is a liquid of the color of molten gold, a magical drink that brings good luck in all matters to the one who drinks it. On Muggles (those who do not have magic power) does not work. The dose of reception depends on the weight of the magician and on the time during which you need luck. Approximate dose with a weight of drinking 50 kg and the duration of the drink 10 hours - 1 mouthful.

Healers warn that this potion can not be drunk often, because it leads to excessive self-confidence, dulls the sense of self-preservation and gradually poisons the body.

"Felix Felicis" has an extremely complex recipe and manufacturing procedure. An improperly brewed drink is pure poison, to which there is no antidote.

"Felix Felicis" is forbidden to use in any sporting events (as in muggles doping), in examinations and elections.

Who invented it

Joanne Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter series. This is a story about a wizard boy, his friends and the adventures that they experienced. She came up with "Felix Felicis". The first time "liquid luck" appears in chapter 9 in the book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." About the miracle drink to the reader in detail tells the teacher of potions Slivnort.

In the magical world, the "recipe for luck" was invented by the wizard Zygmunt Badge, who was proud of his creation and called it the best potion of all time.

Using

After Harry Potter received a bubble of "liquid luck" from Professor Slughorn as a reward for the perfectly brewed "drink of living death," Felix Felicis was used several times.

• Harry pretended that he poured a magic drink into his friend Ron's pumpkin juice to give him confidence in his first game of Quidditch.
• Harry drank some potion on the funeral day of Aragog's spider. Dose was enough to get from Professor Slyznort hidden memories of his conversation with Riddle about the Horcruxes.
• The rest of "luck" was drunk by Ron, Hermione and Ginny before the battle with the Death Eaters, who tricked into Hogwarts School.

The book gives a description of how the heroes felt and behaved after they sipped the potions of Felix Felitsis. In them, slowly, but confidently, a feeling of unlimited possibilities crept in, previously seemingly difficult matters now seemed to be a trifle, they were overwhelmed with self-confidence.

How to make a miracle drink

How to cook Felix Felicis? The recipe for "liquid luck" is very complex. The preparation steps are described below.

• 1 liter of water collected during the first spring rain, pour into a cauldron of gold, simmer at low heat for 12 hours.
• Add 6 crushed lunar stones. Stones are added one at a time at 1 hour intervals.
• In a day very carefully pour venom bumsslinga. Leave for a week to languish on a very slow fire.
• Drive in 3 elf eggs and add mucus 1 amphora to Egyptian. Stir well until the potion has thickened.
• On the 20th day of cooking, the magic plants are thoroughly crushed, add the powder to the cauldron.
• Tear the horn of the unicorn and the claw of the hippogriff. Add to the boiler.

For 5 days, stir the potion clockwise every 2 hours. If everything is done correctly, then at this stage the drink will become a silver color. It is necessary to leave it insisted for 5 months. When the time runs out, "luck" will start to bubble. Pour a spoonful of fog. Done! Properly brewed potion "Felix Felicis" will be golden in color.