When I was homeless living on the streets, staying in homeless shelters, and sleeping on people’s sofas I had no tools. All I used was my imagination, intent and will. I already had the gift of lucid dreaming, visualization and meditation. I used all of these to do my work.
To this day, this is mostly all I use. Pieces of paper with sigils, a knife as an athame, a candle and sticks of incense. Other than that, I leave offerings to the nature spirits and at a crossroads for Papa Legba. And, I don’t even practice the voodoo current.
I never needed tools. They help, but are mostly a hindrance. I am the altar. I am the gateway. The tools and rituals are just symbols.
I done the LBRP in libraries. I’ve chanted mantras in parks and on street corners. Some of my most vivid dreams were on subway train cars and buses. I’ve made people disappear with a thought. Is there a such thing as a street shaman?
Magick is ultimately the control of psycho-sexual energy from the inside of one’s self with will to affect change within the universe. As above, as below. From the inner mind, to the outer limits. (Catch that pop culture reference?)
Change your thoughts and your reality will shift. Slowly but surely.
That is magick.