spirit summoning
Invoking the dead
Spirit summoning is the practice of calling forth supernatural beings—ghosts, demons, angels, or other entities—through ritual, incantation, or magical means.
The term appears in occult traditions, fantasy fiction, and video games where characters conjure spirits to serve, communicate, or fight: The necromancer specialized in spirit summoning.
Related practices include séances and invocation.
- séanceSpirit communication ritual
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
calling forth · necromancy · medium · candles · circle · chanting · occult · dark arts · demon · ghost · ancestor · evocation · pentagram · offering · blood sacrifice · trance · possession · sigil
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- ancient magicspells, curses, sorcery, witchcraft, enchantment
- ancient ritesritual sacrifice, human sacrifice, animal sacrifice, blood sacrifice, burnt offering
- Occult PracticesOuija board, seance, tarot, tarot cards, crystal ball
spirit summoningexorcism
Ritual to expel demons
banishment · casting out · expulsion · dispelling · dismissal
spirit summoningwarding
Defending against approach
spiritual protection · shielding · protective rituals · sealing · binding
spirit, spirits, spirited, spiritual, spiritually, spirituality, spiritualism, spiritless, dispirit