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Thus, as in the practices prescribed by Abramelin and Aleister Crowley it is necessary first to invoke
the Holy Guardian Angel. Upon making this contact it is then possible to assay the practice of
invocation and the perilous waters of evocation. The last two chapters in this book deal with these two
supreme skills of the magician, invocation and evocation, both of which should only be assayed by the
magician who has trained himself to that point of certainty and balance, 'armed himself at all points' as
Crowley puts it, where he can with equilibrium and integrity command those non-physical entities
without being unbalanced by them.
Even the invocation of a god implies a partial operation, the god being but one aspect of the most high
God. There is also the very subtle danger that the magician will only invoke those gods most
consonant with his own nature thereby accentuating any already unbalanced tendencies in himself.
(17) If, however, contact has already been made with the Holy Guardian Angel, he is much less liable
to error.
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[17] Crowley himself tended to concentrate on Jupiter and Mercury, the qualities of the latter very
accurately reflecting the strengths and shortcomings in his character.
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