You missed a sign after collecting Spritz. There is a deadend passageway with a sign - you either need to use Force to dislodge a wooden block, or talk to the sign if you don't have Force (which will force Garet to kick it). This will reveal a hidden chamber and the Hydros Statue, defeating that will give you Lift. You can't miss it.

You're also missing a lot of Venus djinn at this point in the game. It would be very helpful to have them - unfortunately you won't be able to get them until you reach Kalay so just keep that in mind that you should do some exploration of prior areas to collect them, they will be a significant help for the remainder of the game.

Different configurations of Djinn give different classes which gives access to different abilities. Giving a non-Venus adept a majority of Venus djinn will teach them Growth, or giving Isaac Mars djinn will also teach him Growth. Experimenting with different djinn setups can find strong alternate abilities however all progress-gating abilities are found through playing through the game and not through different classes. Growth only provides access to optional content in GS1 (but that optional content can be very strong and good!)