I find the only tools that really work for me are the ones I pick up at that moment. Like, I pick up a stone and smash it into the body of water that happens to be right there. I look at the wall on this random city street and read what the cracks in it say. I tear up a paper candy wrapper and feed half of it to the candle flame. I pick a regular glass of water from the closet and fill it with tap water for a purification ritual.

I HAVE tools, and I never use them, apart from the cards. At best I hold one of the crystals I charged ages ago up to my head or heart for a given energy. I don't do a lot of magic but when I do, it's in that instant and not in a prepared circle. Funny thing, really.

"Ancient and traditional ritual technologies were developed by people who relied on magic for far more primary and important needs than us modern folk, and we should therefore take their focus on the physical very seriously and ask why they needed this if we do not." This is a very good observation.