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| Sigil of magickal protection copyright Matthew James |
There are basically two ways of summoning an entity or working with energy: "Evocation" and "Invocation." Spiritual evocation is the summoning an entity such as a 'spirit guide', discarnate soul, or an elemental where the entity will appear outside of the summoner. This type energy will always be an external energy, and will never be inside the physical body. With evocation, there is never a direct tie or connection.
On the other hand, invocation is the process of actually taking the spirit internally into one's own energy field or psyche. The entity will actually enters the summoner’s body. One classic example of this is the invoking of a Daemon and the Daemon will speak through the summoner using their voice to communicate. Often when this happens, there will be a noticable change in the voice where it may become a deeper tone , or even raspy, or with a difference in some other way.
Another form of 'invocation' is where a physical medium will agree to a discarnate soul to enter into the physical medium's body ... in order for the discarnate soul to validate its survival of death to those who it shared a close human tie with. Often the physical medium's body will be overshadowed by the physical characteristics of the discarnate soul. In more extreme case, the physical medium's body has been found to significantly gain or lose weight during the process; often the weight will match that of the discarnate soul's physical body when it still existed on the earth plane (See articles on Michael Roll for more information).
During séances, quite often the medium will produce a controversial substance known as "ectoplasm" which is effectively a luminescent material which permits the evoked spirit an opportunity to manifest itself visibly. This is another form of invocation where there is a direct connection between the discarnate spirit and the medium. (Matthew James 13th April 2011) ...
Note: invocation is not something to be undertaken lightly ... from personal experience it is easy to 'zip out' of your physical body to enable an eager discarnate soul access ... and permit it a chance to connect with incarnate family members again. However, it is impossible to control the discarnate soul once it assumes the driving seat of your physical body! It is also difficult at times to convince the discarnate soul to seperate from you when it comes its time to leave your physical body. You are likely to establish a strong connection with its family members for some time after the sitting ... !!!
