Hi Craig, Your response is very helpful to me. Thank you. Dan --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Craig" <deryni_boy2001@y...> wrote: > > Hello Dan, > > I think the issue would be whether the mind and belief are developed > strongly enough to support the working. Tools are no more than > aids - though they may become imbued with energy through repeated > use or specific charging, they still primarily play a supporting > role to the mind of the magician. > > Evocation can successfully be done while in a simple asana with no > more than a circle and triangle of manifestation mentally cast - in > which case you are more working in an astral temple than anything > else. The issue that arises, as alluded to above, is that > concentration might wander and the magician lose control. > > Craig > >