Looking for a Mermaid Spell (hahahaha!)

[Mermaid Oshun]

That's... well, wow. That's special right there. You only do that kind of research if you're writing about it and then you word it differently. .... >.>

There are many magick communities that actually practice magick as well as writing about it. So no, you can research for more than writing. In fact one would hope that an author is actually an expert in their subject matter instead of simply doing a researching project. Unfortunately, more and more, the people writing about things could not actually perform them if their life depended upon it.
Most people know that magick works within the confines of certain physical realities. Each of these realities must be tackled piece meal first before further progress is made. Yet and still such a transmogrification on the physical plane is beyond a lifetime given current physical and spiritual technologies.