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@KentuckyConjurer I said "try not to use." But I am less concerned about plastics than I am about the overall ethics of any given tool. A plastic tool that happens to have been imbued with great psychic value, that was given as a gift, or similar is probably better than a natural but violently sourced crystal. For example, when I was gifted my first set of runes, they were clearly 3D-printed — which I didn't appreciate, but they were a gift, & the spirit in which the set was given meant a lot to me. So I decided to use it & it's paid off.

All that aside, again I did say "try not to use." I would like to eliminate as many plastics as possible from my life & while I'm by no means hugely successful at doing so, it's a work in progress. I would not personally buy a plastic ritual tool unless I could find no other affordable option & it were imperative for me to have such a tool right away. That scenario is unlikely, so unless I'm gifted with something else I think I can handle this goal. Also, when I do actually make my own rune set, I will make them out of wood, stone, or metal.

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I love that you are making your own! I think that really adds to the energy of your tool.

Getting away from plastics is daunting..I'm forever finding new ways to cut it in my house and practice.

@KentuckyConjurer I wouldn't always go to the effort of making my own thing — I'm a polymath but I long ago embraced the benefits of letting specialists in certain things do that for me & do it better than I ever could. As far as divination tools go, my higher DIY priority is a tarot deck so that I can finally have a deck with images & meanings that *fully* match my cosmology. But... I have always heard that rune sets are meant to be self-made, so I feel a kind of obligation there in the long run!