Evocating the Gods: Divine Evocation in the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri

by Christopher A Plaisance and Christopher A. Plaisance

"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 operator in the divine hierarchy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910191183
• ISBN13: 9781910191187
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Avalonia
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"