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Creating Magical Tools: The Magician's Craft
by Chic Cicero, Sandra Tabatha Cicero
from Llewellyn Publications
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Haven't I seen this some where before? 
This book with its companion volume "Ritual Use of Magical Tools" is merely the older book "Secrets of a Golden Dawn Temple" split in to two separate books. If you have Secrets you won't find any thing new here.
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A great book for ceremonial magicians or other Pagan groups 
If you're into Ceremonial Magic, this is a good book to have. As I understand, the practice of Ceremonial magic usually requires many specific tools, many of which you can't even find at a good Pagan shop. If you walk into a Pagan shop and ask for a "rose cross Lamen" or a "nemyss", well, good luck to you!
Now mind you, this book does assume some basic knowledge of woodworking, so if this is something you lack, you might want to read up on basic woodworking or recruit a more knowledgable friend before... more info
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If I was a carpenter --- but I am a lady 
I cannot begin to express my disappointment in this book. First it is very difficult to find, extremely expensive, and not worth the price. When one becomes interested in magic, more precisely Golden Dawn magic, one of the earlier things that one must do is to create working tools. These tools are not easy to create, and finding clear instructions and helpful hints for their creation is very difficult. This book might be helpful to someone who is quite advanced, but not to a beginner or even someone who has... more info
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Pablum for the Magickal Masses 
This is typical Llewllyn pablum.
Having read through the book, I quickly realized why the sense of deja vu - I'd read this all before, in other books, where the publisher was not trying to set his own agenda of what is -and what isn't - acceptable use of magick.Cicero does indeed have a good writing style, and attempts to be as clear as possible as to the consecration and uses of ritual tools. What is most noteworthy, however, is not what was written, but what was missing. I can't help but wonder... more info
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