Invocation

Invocation (Latin invocatio " Hineinrufung " ) is a technique of magic. The executive believes he can summon a spirit. Invokes in the narrower sense here means the Into - Call (Lat. in - Vocare ) in the body and the psyche of the magic user. The antonym of invocation is the evocation, the spirit is thought to summon as outside the person.

Religionsphänomenologisch denotes the invocation the invocation of a higher power. Invocation is a belief, from a scientific perspective, it is assumed that the summoned creatures are not real but exist only in the imagination of the " magician ".

Occult magical practices

However, invocation does not necessarily mean the presented Hineinrufung in the body of the practitioner. While the evocation often a protective " magic circle " (eg chalk ) drawn, is invited to the invocation to enter the circle.

According to the occult theory is to take place only a Hineinrufung of beings who are well disposed towards the mage. The invocation can range from simple shapes, such as the concentration on a visualization or a prayer to the corresponding spiritual being, to higher forms, such as the assumption of God forms, are used in the complex mental techniques to invoke a divine being rich. Such practices also include the idea of ​​you to unite with this divine manifestations and to themselves become such a being.

The more complex techniques that use the followers of invocation, include a study of the symbols and attributes of invozierenden to being, the intellectual- mental penetration of the symbols and attributes, the construction of a clear visual image in the mind and the emotional and intellectual complete identification with to the invozierenden beings. For this purpose Samadhi should be to realize and be techniques of ritual magic used.