?? Well, it has nothing to do with what I call, the theatrical props.
You use those because you enjoy them, and when you enjoy it your magick works better, because you’re more relaxed and in flow. Theres no magick in those by themselves. You can enchant them aka consecrate them to make them magick and save you some effort or help you build a more complex energy but they’re not necessary. It’s your design, though, you do what you want.
Put very simply here:
“Invoking”, the way I use it magickally, is the art of inviting the energy of whatever it is, an entity or situation or place into your energetic being, so that you can feel how it feels and know what it knows.
This is tantamount to inviting a mild possession, which can be relevant if you’re invoking an entity with a strong personality. (Note, some people particularly pagans use these terms slightly differently.)
However, talking to an entity via a sigil is neither evoking or invoking. You don’t need the spirit to be present or inside you… it really is best described as more like a phone call.
You stay separated and speak via telepathic communication instead of emf technology.