Summoning and evoking have been around long before the concept of sigils at all, what I recommend is still “scrying” allowing yourself to enter that trance state that ensues from it. Simultaneously fixate your scrying gaze to either a medium interface such as “scrying mirror” or “crystal ball” for example.
One can enter into total darkness and do this, or simply fixate your scrying gaze into the air, hold your vision in one spot as if there is some imaginary dot floating there before you. As you get deeper and deeper, start reciting incantations, chants or enns associated with the spirit you have chosen. A very nifty trick for this is to create a vocal/verbal rhythm to the recitation and maintain the rhythm as you constantly repeat this.
If you then focus on the spiritual energies around and within you, begin moving them to the exact same motion and rhythm of the chant. As you do this physical movement is something I highly recommend, rocking back and forth, around and round, side to side, you name it, as long as it matches the exact same rhythm.
In this moment you are throwing your energies movement, the recitation and the physical movement into the same rhythm, ride this rhythm as if it were an unseen wave carrying you deeper into the current and quintessence of the entity of your choosing. Doing this will establish an extremely deep connection to you and the spirit, as you hold your scrying gaze fixated on the singular point throughout the whole duration.
You may begin to see outlines, flashes, internal and even external manifestations of the spirit before you, this also depends on three particular factors.
- Your experience in seeing spirits
- How deep into the trance you are
- Are you using a manifestation base or not
A few other useful tricks too are what you do before the summoning, things of a prepatory nature. For the classic Gatekeeper pentagram opening, turning to each cardinal direction creating the astral pentagrams at each cardinal direction. Stabbing the centre vibrating the name of the corresponding Gatekeeper, returning to your original space and stating something along the lines of.
“Earth, air, fire, water,
To the east, south, north and west,
Arise dark brothers and come now,
Azazel the ebon satyr, Amaymon dark lord,
Belial the wicked one, Abaddon the destroyer.
Hold a space of protection around me and
This circle, hold a space of power over me
And this circle, empower this rite to ensure
The success of this sacred operation,
Stand guard and ensure only the entity of my
Choosing manifests before me, safeguarding me
Against trickery, deception and mischief,
I thank you, Hail onto thee”
Announcing such a thing not only brings protection and power to the whole summoning, it acts as a fail safe against potential imposters. Another recommendation is impregnating the sphere you’re working in, for example spatial impregnation is a magickal process of imbuing or charging a space with a consecrated energy resonating to the forces or intentions of your ritual.
If you summon Sorath one would charge the environment with solar energy, this would terraform the spiritual integrity of the space as well as align yourself to the resonating frequency of the spirit, creating a more productive and overall benefiting internal and external environment for the entities manifestation. This can be done with elements, planetary spheres or even specific Qlipha’s and Sephira’s. I’ve seen this one simple act take the evocation process to a whole other level.
Another vital aspect is internal work beforehand, this will ensure that before even calling the spirit, you are synchronised. As if they are lurking in the shadows of the temple awaiting your permission to step through, this also enhances one’s connection to said spirit, which has a whole plethora of benefits like quicker connection, less energy expenditure, quicker and smoother communication just to name a few. A simple invocation of the spirit beforehand goes a long way, this method below is a universal method which is great because you can then use it with any entity of your choosing.
Of course follow normal procedure’s too, for example banishing, cleansing’s, energy raising and so forth. Adapt this however you see fit.