Invocation or Evocation?

An invocation is a spell or ritual designed to have an effect on you personally, while an evocation spell or ritual is designed to have an outward effect, such as an enchantment, creation of a servitor, or other manifestation beyond your own body.

An invocation is to draw the energy directly into you, an evocation is to invite the energy to share your sacred space.

An evocation is a summoning of a god, spirit, or other ephemeral entity, typically with the intent of speaking to them for guidance or information.

An invocation is the summoning of their more general presence into yourself or the location to lend their blessings or powers. (Source: Quora)

 

A Word on 'Invocation & Evocation Processes'

The process of invocation is known to most people with some background in metaphysics. When you invoke, you open yourself to a specific energy or entity, parts of which you draw inside yourself by establishing a place of manifestation within yourself. How much you draw inside yourself is determined by how much space you make.

If the process of invocation goes out of control, then states of possession can ensue. This happens all too often when the person practicing invocations does not prepare and protect properly.

Channeling without protection can be dangerous and all too often attracts the wrong entity. This state of affairs is not helped by the naive way in which so many metaphysically inclined people believe anything told them which is the result of channeling. A stupid being does not become wise merely by dying, nor does a malicious being become benevolent. Logical thinking is needed more in metaphysical matters than in everyday affairs.

Contrary to popular belief, the process of evocation is harmless. The evocative energies becoming invocative can be the threat to the practitioner who did not know how to protect himself.

In evocation, the energies or entities evoked manifest outside the practitioner. This situation permits the triggering of immensely powerful energies. If these energies become invocative, i.e. if they invade the "circle of protection" then the practitioner may become overcharged. This is a potentially dangerous situation, and can lead to states of possession, because energies of a high order have a dimension of personification. In extreme circumstances the physical death of the unprotected practitioner could occur.

To avoid such problems with evocations, the practitioner has to have knowledge of a specific determinism and of the structure of the magical universe...read more>>>...