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Christian rite pass the virtue of an invocation directly to the recipients without using a Sacrament.
The magician does exactly the same thing although he may not limit his invocation to the most High
God, but as well invoke those partial aspects which are formulated as the lesser gods of various
Pantheons, that suit his purpose. Nor does the magician limit the 'earthing' of his invocation to the
consecration of a Eucharist or a Benediction, but will continue the process either in the direction of
becoming one with the god or of manipulating the influence and fixing it in the form of a charged
talisman or a consecrated weapon.
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[2] The Wand is a traditional implement in evocation, occasionally being replaced by the Sword,
indicating that the blasting power of Mars (Geburah) is available to hold the spirit in check.
3] As Aleister Crowley put it:
To invoke is to call in, just as to evoke is to call forth. This is the essential difference between the two
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branches of Magick. In invocation, the macrocosm floods the consciousness. In evocation, the
magician, having become the macrocosm, creates a microcosm.' Magick in Theory and Practice, p15.
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This fixing gives the magician the ability to use these forces at a later date without having to do the
whole operation again. Thus the weapon or talisman becomes a microcosm of the sphere whose
influence was concentrated in them.
In the case of the eucharist, the force which has been thus concentrated is then 'earthed' either by self-
consumption thereby increasing the celebrant's efficacy in that sphere, or by passing this tangible
essence on to other recipients. In each case the energy must be passed on as its power increases by
virtue of it being used, just as a watermill only functions when the water is flowing. A hoarding of the
water prevents the mill working effectively: likewise with invocation.
Invocation may have as its channel either the person of the magician or celebrant or a material object.
Thus by way of a summary:
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. The magician invokes the god, identifies with it and becomes one with it, speaking and acting with
the authority of that god, so that he may:
a. speak as the god, giving oracles. (The same process occurs, but with a different type of entity,
during Voodoo ceremonies, although here the stress is much more heavily on ecstatic dancing.)
b. as the god bless a candidate, giving him a very real influx of power, as in the 'laying on of hands' or
in the Golden Dawn Neophyte Ceremony, conferring initiation.
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