Even the most primitive of
peoples have always had an inkling of the existence of beings
that are non physical and that depending on the nature of these beings
they can influence our lives
independent of our will. They can be called upon to influence
our lives, or they can at times create mischief affecting our
lives. Some people refer to these beliefs as superstition. Yet
many of those same people pray, inferring that they too seek the
help of that which is invisible.
What primitive tribes try to achieve in their sometimes
unusual dances and ceremonies many civilized and Christian
people attempt through prayer. In essence both are trying to
achieve the same end. Whereas the former often address some
sort of nature spirit in their pagan ritual, the latter
supplicate through belief and simple prayer the only true God
and Jesus Christ. Often because some of the Churches have
deliberately distorted Christian beliefs many have supplicated
non-existent saints in futility. If these feel that they have
been tangibly helped it is their own belief that has
helped them.
Both of these groups are trying to address a higher invisible
being to aid them in some way. Be it to help in calamity, for
peace of mind, to bring rain, to enlighten, to bless and so on.
These practices are invocations. The supplicant has no power
they can exert to openly commune with the beings they seek. In
other words they have no control over the proceedings. This is
not to say that the Almighty Father does not listen to and
answer those who believe in Him. Many can attest to prayers
having been answered. (those who pray from their heart, rather
than their intellect, in love for the Father are heard)
The question is however if there is a Supreme Being, and there most
certainly is, and if we are made in His image, and, if that God
commands all of creation (while respecting the free will of
human beings) and all beings in it, then we being in His
image latently have this same authority. This ability is limited in most
human beings because of the gross lacking in maturity of the
vast majority of humanity.
If the maturity is present however, the ability can be developed. Once
a human being has mastered himself completely then he will also
be able to communicate freely with the unseen beings. These
beings are in various categories and hierarchies. They exist in
spheres, that is to say, in planes of different vibrations.
These vibrational spheres have existed since the very beginning.
They are the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
spheres. In these spheres live various beings in a hierarchal
order. These spheres contain both positive and negative beings.
(It is by the order of these spheres that the basis for our
subdivision of time is based. Out of this have come our time
pieces and western calendars.)
The purpose of communicating with these beings is to learn
about any field of knowledge (which is where it comes from
anyway), to seek help on specific matters,
and much more. This is not only a vital part of human existence,
it is part of Christian belief even if it is completely divorced
or forbidden from Church doctrines. (If it is tabooed by the
churches because the Holy Bible appears to forbid it -
remember in who's hands the Holy Bible has been in for millennia
and for how long common people were kept illiterate so that they
could not read its contents. If knowledge is power and to
control knowledge is to have control of power then it stands to
reason that to keep people from complete knowledge is to have
control over people. Therefore that there may have been some
creative editing of the Holy Script in favor of those in power
is very probable and in fact very likely.)
Like
Hermetics this art is also an exact science that mature human beings
may practice. This is what
The Practice of Magical Evocation by Franz Bardon explains in the greatest of detail.
