Invoking or evoking?

[Garden of Eden]

I'm a little fuzzy on the true meanings of these two words... There seem to be many different definitons. So what I want to know is, how would you define the two, and what are the differences (in your opinion)?

[Mab]

To invoke is to ask for something outside to come in. As in to call deity. "I invoke Spirit to come to me & enter my body as I work my magic."

To evoke is to do something that produces a reaction or emotion from someone/something. As in "The invocation the preist recited at the beginning of Mass evoked in the old man long lost memories of his great grandmother."

it's kind of a fine line, but invocation usually has a connotation of having to do with spiritual/etheral things. Evocation is more human/earthly & usually linked to memory or emotion.

[sincerebliss]

To invoke is to ask for something outside to come in. As in to call deity. "I invoke Spirit to come to me & enter my body as I work my magic."

To evoke is to do something that produces a reaction or emotion from someone/something. As in "The invocation the preist recited at the beginning of Mass evoked in the old man long lost memories of his great grandmother."

it's kind of a fine line, but invocation usually has a connotation of having to do with spiritual/etheral things. Evocation is more human/earthly & usually linked to memory or emotion.
yep..Mab, just remember "invoking" or invocation is derived from "voice" which means to speak aloud. :broomride

[morrigan]

I am always getting the 2 confused.. lol
to evoke something is to call it to your presence.. where as invokation is to invite the essence of a divine being into your physical self

[Mab]

yep..Mab, just remember "invoking" or invocation is derived from "voice" which means to speak aloud. :broomridebut, "evoke" would have the same root, would it not?

I'm a little rusty on my Latin.

(mutters...hummm.....a research project....)

I think the key is in the "in" and "e".

Invoke is to draw into.

Evoke is to draw out of.

[Ron]

Invoke is to draw into.
Evoke is to draw out of.
_happydanc You speak the word of the holies. :p

[Gede]

MM~
Invoke is to draw into.
Evoke is to draw out of.

That's what I always thought as well...To invoke is to bring something into yourself, to evoke is to manifest it outwardly, it can also refer to the conjuring of a spirit who maintains their own individual body.

Namaste, Gede...

[Garden of Eden]

Thanks for the help guys ^_^ My initial feelings seem to have been correct, but confirmation is always a good thing.