evocation
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- noun
- /ˌiːvoʊˈkeɪʃən/
- Literature
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invocación
- During the ritual, she began the evocation of ancient spirits by chanting powerful incantations.
Examples
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Perhaps it was the minister's weekly evocation of the howling woods and their half-human, half-devil inhabitants that lay beyond our civilized, tamed corner.
Fiction book (1996) -
Each of the participants, holding a yellow candle, gathered around the bonfire at the circle's center, myself and five others, and I commenced the evocation.
Blog text (6) -
Uh, well, if we did an evocation we could trap it.
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Survival requires experience and evocation of sacred power in the daily round of activities.
Academic text (1996) -
This evocation of myth and fairy tale spills over into other supernatural and even religious references.
Academic text (1995) -
There is a secret, but the altar as such neither reveals nor strictly represents it; the altar reveals only that it is a support for the evocation of belief.
Academic text (1996) -
In fact, Yeats sees his poems as a kind of summoning of spirits, or evocation of spirits, as he refers to it.
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It bears some resemblance to the trance music found in Morocco, which is magical in origin and purpose—that is, concerned with the evocation and control of spiritual forces.
Blog text (14) -
The evocation of the spirit was central to the ceremony, as the participants sought guidance from their ancestors.
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With dramatic gestures, the magician performed an evocation to summon the forces of nature to aid in his spell.
Synonyms
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Calling a spirit, like a ghost, using magic words or rituals
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Calling a spirit or devil using magic
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8.5
Calling a spirit or demon during a ritual to ask for help
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An act of using magic words or rituals to call spirits
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Etymology
Evocation comes from the Latin evocare, with e- 'out' and vocare 'to call', and it shares the same root as vocal. So in magic an evocation is a 'calling out' of a spirit or other power.