The Magick Toolbox

After selling altar tools for some years, I wanted to offer a guide for consumers. This was not only to guide readers in the use of tools but also to point out how easy it is to find or create tools for far less money, and with far greater impact, than tools purchased from vendors like me. For years before writing this book I had also been selling very popular portable altar sets. I still giggle when I think back to those first sets that I sold. I truly believed I was being an innovator and had created the first such kits in history. As I did more research I quickly learned that not only was this not an original idea but, in fact, there were such sets from archaeological digs that predate written history. So much for innovation! I did include a section in this book on creating portable kits.

Researching, writing, and lecturing about this book taught me many things. For one, people who use magickal tools are fiercely loyal to their methods of use. Introducing a new way to use an old tool is tricky at best in some settings. I also learned that people who use tools regularly have a blast creating their own or assembling a portable set.

I continue to extend my thanks to my good friend Leo Mabry for handling the photography for this book.