The Law of Similarity is the oldest idea in magic: things that resemble each other are magically connected. This episode lays it out in plain language — the three ways it works (a thing’s shape or color shows what it’s for, a likeness can stand in for the real thing, and acting a thing out in small helps bring it about), and why that is exactly why spells are so full of color, shape, and image. From the walnut shaped like a brain to the poppet to the paintings on the first cave walls, this is the principle running underneath almost every spell. A conversation about what it means — not a reading of the post.
