This is a megathread to quickly display together popular and loved tutorials about getting in touch with an entity.
I usually recommend you read through all of these, then pick whichever one calls to you, sounds more fun and interesting or doable depending on our skill level. As usual I highly recommend you get acquainted with the topics of spiritual hygiene and astral sense development as a building block for this kind of work.
Invocation is the calling of a spirit’s energy into yourself in order to take on its traits.
Evocation is the summoning of a spirit to the physical plane.
Sigil magick - depends on whether you’re talking about using spirit seals, or Spare-style chaos sigils.
Chaos sigils are created by taking a statement of intent, removing the repeating letters, and turning it into a glpyh, which is then charged/fired while in a state of vacuity.
Spirit seals are symbols representative of a specific spirit and are “opened” through a magical gaze.
As to how to draw spirit seals, i have found the easiest method is to trace the basic shape from a book or computer screen and then fill in the details.
Does anyone know the structure of a ritual to evoke goetic spirits? or could you tell me where I can investigate? Thanks in advance.
Types of Evocation and how to:
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What is evocation:
The art of presencing a spirit outside of yourself, in a form which you can either physically or psychically perceive.
What types of evocation are there?
Grimoire Tradition Evocation which relies on many physical tools and trinket in order to put the magickan in the right state of mind. This method is usually forceful, especially towards demons. This is a method I do not recommend. Ever. Period.
Modern/Post-modern Evocation which doesn’t rely too much on tools. This is the type of evocation EA Koetting, myself, and many other magickans perform. This method is a bit more difficult because you don’t rely on tools to put you in the right state of mind, it’s less theatrical. But, this method is more rewarding. For this method you need to learn how to enter a trance state, how to perceive spirits, how to communicate with them, and so on. Once this you master this method, evocation will be much more efficient and practical for you. You won’t have to put any fancy robes, fetch your sword, your bell, gong, or what have you.
Visible Evocation which is essentially presencing the spirit in a psychically perceivable form, having them appear to you in your mind’s eye only. Usually involves scrying.
Physical Evocation is presencing the spirit in a physical form, which you can physically perceive. Many magickans debate whether or not using evocation i…
By Sigil: How To Start Using Spirit Sigils To Get Anything You Want - Become A Living God
By Petition: Tutorial: Petition Spells
By Signs and Omens: Tutorial: How to identify messages from the spirits
By Pathworking: We don’t have a tutorial for this
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Please add your own favourite way to make contact if you don’t see it here.
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How to get a ritual to work: in the context of a specific book here but the tips apply to all rituals to master success with ceremonial magick:
This book confuses the hell out of most people on here for several reasons yet I’m going to try and clarify it for the ones who can’t seem to get it it to work
In truth, this is one of the most freakishly effective books I’ve ever encountered and I’ll go on record saying it’s my favorite on the subject. It’s not without nuance though and we’ll explore some of the common sticking points
I get PM’s a lot asking for insight and my usual advice tends to be fairly similar (you all want your ex bac…
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Suggestions for troubleshooting difficulties with evocation.
If you have done the basics aka
Preparatory Immersion
Use or Development of a Working System
Attainment of Omnipotence
Substantial Contact
Incantation
Communication with the Spirit
Issuing a Task
Dismissal
Psychological Retraction,
and still are having problems then here are my suggestions:
You are probably over thinking it all thus making the evocation harder then it needs to be. Stop thinking over every detail and just relax. Clear your mind. Put it this way, if you call on a spirit alone, it will come. You may not see it,hear it, etc but it will be there. So just know that regardless of what happens as long as you are able to speak then a evocation is possible. Granted it will be a one sided conversation and be a bit awkward.
It is easier to do evocation when you lose touch with reality and enter a state of psychosis. That is why so many suggest you do it in the dark or outdoors. You can even use certain music to enter psychosis if you want to practice “losing yourself”. I will not list a type of music because I have found it to be more on personal preference.
That is why drumming,chanting,dancing, reading scriptures/grimoires for hours on end=good brain wave states for evocation. Azazel once told me “Lose yourself in psychosis and darkness and you shall experience the entirety of evocation”.He meant darkness literally because when you are in the dark your mind will start to drift onto unsettling thought. Being in the dark also makes the …
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How to do Preparatory Immersion to facilitate entity contact
I know there is a long Prelude to the actual post but I suggest you read it because it helps put the entire process into perspective. It may sound like I’m rambling in the beginning, but I’ve done it for a purpose.
I see a lot of posts asking “I evoked XYZ, I couldn’t see or hear anything, did the Demon accept my request?” or “I asked XYZ to bring me money/love/sex (replace with whatever we personally desire) but nothing happened”. Now I performed my first Evocation back in 2004, I Evoked Duke Bathin ONCE, I asked what I needed and then that was it. I couldn’t hear or see anything; I only felt a strong and heavy presence. I was also scared shitless, evoking a big bad demon and all that. Subconsciously I did not want to see or hear anything. I only wanted to ask for what I wanted and end it sooner than later.
Soon after, things started falling in place, but things also started falling out of place. Several events occurred which would lead up to my desire and some that were against what I asked for (or so I thought at the time). @Twilight_Dragon put it best in one of their posts “In Chaos Theory, every outcome is leading to your desire”
What I asked for from Duke Bathin was what almost every person would consider Impossible. About 30-45 days from the day of stating my request in a formal evocation I had what I wanted, exactly what I wanted, down to the T. I was short of passing out from the disbelief. It did not happen how I imagined it would, but the end result was there. U…
Top post updated with a nice rundown by DarkestKnight of the types of summoning: invocation vs evocation and the different types of sigil work: Chaos Austin Osmand Spare style vs Spirit seals/sigils.
See Corwin Hargrove’s Goetia Pathworking book.