Laeviss is the first to admit that self-created magick is about the energy, not the object. It's nice to have boxfuls of interesting magickal items: candles, wands, cards, crystals, incense and the darkly-energetic antique wooden box in which to stow them all when not in use. Nice...but totally unnecessary.
It's really, really just the energy, the focus and the intent that you need. Everything else is superfluous.
(Now, when performing for an adoring public, it gets trickier. Turns out, they believe better when the show is grander. So don't skimp on the magickal gewgaws when performing in public, creating magick for a public purpose. Because belief is most of the battle won.)
That said, even though magick works very well without the "stuff," Laeviss has picked up some pretty interesting magickal items over the years. Laeviss decided to perform an experiment using two of these items. One has been associated with Laeviss for so long it's like an added appendage, and is quite attuned to him. This one, Laeviss used to focus the energy and intent of the magick. The other one, a recent acquisition, had loads of energy of its own, though it wasn't attuned to Laeviss, yet. (Laeviss' wizard friend described the object as both loud and spinning really fast. Laeviss decided to use this one as an amplifier.)
Laeviss set the intent and focus through the object already attuned to him, and then amplified the energy through the spinning object. He vocally directed the force. He then was treated to a most glorious inner-eyelid lightshow with some interesting Norse-themed symbols. Success! The amplifier works!
