invocation
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Invocation and evocation are words frequently used in ceremonial magic, sometimes as though their meanings were universally fixed. In many modern esoteric systems, invocation means calling upon or inviting a power into a close relationship with the practitioner, while e
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Invoking and banishing are two opposite ceremonial operations. In broad terms, invocation calls a chosen power or quality into ritual attention, while banishing dismisses it or restores an uncommitted working space. Both actions.