 Iamblichus' evocation of a spirit at Hamat GaderCover art commissioned for the book "Evocating the Gods" by Christopher A. Plaisance
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"Within the extant corpus of Hellenistic literature, there are a small number of attestations of a curious term: θεαγωγία (divine evocation). The use of the terms "evocation" and "invocation" within contemporary discourses on magic exhibit clear technical distinctions — with invocation being an activity proper to the supernal genera of beings occupying a higher place than the |  The Writing of the Book of the Law |  Leile Ida Nerissa Bathurst Waddell |
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