Is it possible to invoke Gods, Spirits, Angels, or Demi-Gods, evoke demons, or summon the dead?
Evoking an entity means to call it with a voiced chant (an evocation) and to cause it to manifest before you. Invoking an entity means to call it with a voiced chant (an invocation) and to cause it to manifest within you. As Simon Progrediore (mailto:servellose@juno.com) explains: “To evoke a spirit would mean to cause said spirit to appear, either in the material world or in the astral world, via magick mirror, crystal, etc. “To invoke a spirit would mean to cause said spirit to enter your body or mind. It is for this reason, that students are urged NOT to invoke demons, only the God-Names and so-called ‘benevolent’ angels.” Summoning simply means to coerce an entity to appear. Non-coercive summoning is sometimes called “inviting” the entity. Many people claim to have done some or all of these things, either in religious rites or in magical rituals. To some observers, it seems that much invocatory and summoning magic has a religious tinge to it and vice versa. These folks cite the cer
