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Making Magick covers a lot of information in an understandable way. McCoy provides an introduction to Magick without giving us yet another "spell book" or pap designed for folks who have seen The Craft too many times. It also goes beyond the "intro" level and gives us something to work with and from.

This book contains the best description of grounding and centering I've seen. McCoy describes why, when and how to ground and center and what the differences are. Her method is simple and useful (I've adopted it myself).

McCoy also goes into a lengthy discussion of the elements and how being out of balance with them affects our lives. What, for instance, are the symptoms of having too much or too little fire? And what do we do to increase or decrease the fire in our lives? She covers these questions for each of the elements.

McCoy also discusses the steps to making a spell. Remember the phrase Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime? McCoy is doing the equivalent of teaching us how to fish. She lays out the process for us, so we can create our own spells and rituals. Since these things tend to be a lot more effective when we create our own (investing our own energy in them) than what we copy from a book, this is empowering information.

Other topics which are covered include psychic self-defense, using tattwas, natural magick and pagan ritual magick.

Making Magick is an excellent resource for anyone looking at the magickal side of life. I highly recommend it.