calling to mind, remembering; calling forth, summoning (also of a spirit)
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Evocation Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act of calling out or forth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of calling out or forth.
evocation
\ev`o*ca"tion\ (?), n. [l. evocatio: cf. f. évocation.] the act of calling out or forth. t. browne. the evocation of that better spirit. arnold.
Noun
1. imaginative re-creation
(hypernym) imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
(derivation) suggest, evoke, paint a picture
2. calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
(synonym) summoning
(hypernym) conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation
(part-holonym) exorcism, dispossession
(derivation) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
3. stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
(synonym) induction, elicitation
(hypernym) stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
(derivation) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Evocation Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Evocation is the act of calling or summoning a spirit, demon, god or other supernatural agent, in the Western mystery tradition. Comparable practices exist in many religions and magical traditions.
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Evocation Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Evocation [from Latin evocare to call forth] The calling forth of simulacra of the departed by magical processes; or the calling forth of the daemons or nature spirits of various classes by will directed by knowledge. The spiritual aspects of human beings cannot, however, be called forth, except in rare instances immediately after death, which in this case means black magic; and even so, these disimbodied spirits do not actually come, but cause their simulacrum to be formed, or send a messenger. The attempt thus to evoke the departed is a wrongful interference with the courses of nature and detrimental to the welfare of the departing egos. It is much easier and more common to evoke spooks from kama-loka, or denizens of the lower astral light; and the appearances thus created are often of a composite nature, to which the medium and sitters, whether knowingly or not, contribute. This must necessarily be the case where there is actual materialization. Such practices come under the general heading of necromancy.
Calling up spirits or other non-physical entities, either to visible appearance or invisible attendance. Compare with Invocation.
Calling something out from within.
