Evocation
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Evocation is the act of evoking, calling upon, or summoning a
magical
traditions and may employ the use of mind-altering substances with and without uttered word formulas.
Conjuration
In traditional and most contemporary usage, conjuration refers to a
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Within some
hoodoo and Hermeticism or ceremonial magic, conjuration may refer specifically to an act of calling or invoking deities and other spirits; or it may refer more generally to the casting of magic spells by a variety of techniques.[3]
In Western esotericism
The
evocatio was the "calling forth" or "summoning away" of a city's tutelary deity. The ritual was conducted in a military setting either as a threat during a siege or as a result of surrender, and aimed at diverting the god's favor from the opposing city to the Roman side, customarily with a promise of a better-endowed cult or a more lavish temple.[4] Evocatio was thus a kind of ritual dodge to mitigate looting of sacred objects or images from shrines that would otherwise be sacrilegious or impious.[5]
The calling forth of spirits was a relatively common practice in
Lesser Key of Solomon (or Lemegeton), the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage
.
See also
- Apport – Paranormal transference
- Materialization – Alleged creation or appearance of matter from unknown sources
- Psychokinesis– Influencing of objects without physical interaction
- Servitor – Psychological complex employed in the use of chaos magic
- Thaumaturgy – The working of miracles by an individual
- Theurgy – Practice of rituals with the intention of invoking the action/presence of one or more deities
References
- ^ "Conjure | Define Conjure at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ "Conjuration | Define Conjuration at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ Houdini, Harry (1926). "Conjuring". Encyclopædia Britannica (13th ed.). Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Mary Beard, J.A. North, and S.R.F. Price, Religions of Rome: A Sourcebook (Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 41.
- ^ Nicholas Purcell, "On the Sacking of Corinth and Carthage", in Ethics and Rhetoric: Classical Essays for Donald Russell on His Seventy (Oxford University Press, 1995), pp. 140–142.
Further reading
- Dessoir, Max (1891). "Psychology of the Art of Conjuring". In Burlingame, H. J. (ed.). Around the World with a Magician and a Juggler. Chicago: Clyde Publishing Co. pp. 137–165.
- Frost, Thomas (1876). The Lives of the Conjurors. Tinsley Brothers.
- von Stuckrad, Kocku. Western Esotericism: A Brief History of Secret Knowledge. Vol. XII. Translated by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. London: Equinox.
External links
- The dictionary definition of evocation at Wiktionary