Agares evocation: a working done on your behalf, for languages, runaways, and things that stand still

What an evocation on your behalf means

An evocation performed for you is not the same as a product you use yourself. You do not receive a tool in the post and then do the working. It does not give a script, a date, or a detailed ritual order, and this article does not invent one. What it does give is the shape of the work: a Goetia evocation, performed for you, with a request given to Agares, generally performed in tandem with your own candle lighting at home.

That tandem working is the part most buyers miss, and it is the part that makes the difference between a service you passively wait for and a working you take part in. Be clear, before you order, which kind you want, and be clear about what you will do at home, in tandem, when the evocation is performed.

Agares, patient, wise, and willing to talk

Agares is the Second Spirit in the Goetia, a Duke under the power of the East, and he comes up in the form of an old fair man, riding upon a crocodile, carrying a goshawk upon his fist, and yet mild in appearance. Very good with languages of diverse sorts. That note is the best guide to what an evocation for Agares is for, because it tells you what kind of spirit you are asking Athena to evoke on your behalf: not a spirit who rushes, not a spirit who shouts, but a spirit who is patient, who gives advice, and who will talk, for a time, when incense is offered.

Patience matters for an evocation done on your behalf, because you will not be in the room. You will not see the working, hear the talking, or know, in the moment, what was said. You have to trust the practitioner, trust the spirit's patience as described, and trust your own part of the tandem working, the candle at home, to carry your side of it. That trust is not blind. It is built on a clear request, given in advance, in writing, in plain language, so that there is no doubt about what was asked, and on a record kept afterwards, so that there is no doubt about what changed. A request that is vague when it is given will be vague when it is judged afterwards, and a working that cannot be judged honestly is a working that teaches you nothing, however well it was performed.

Languages, runaways, and things that stand still

Agares teaches all languages or tongues presently. That is a precise office, and it is worth narrowing before you order an evocation for it. Languages, in this context, does not only mean foreign languages learned from a book, though it can mean that. It means tongues in the old sense: the ability to speak, to understand, and to be understood, in a language that is not yet your own, or in a situation where words have stopped working. If you are learning a language, Agares is the spirit the old books place for that learning. If you are trying to speak clearly to someone who does not hear you, or to understand someone whose words you keep missing, that is also a matter of tongues, and it is worth stating it that plainly in the request you give.

He also makes them run that stand still, and brings back runaways. Those two offices are two sides of one motion. Something that has stopped moving needs to move again. Something that has run away needs to come back. Both are matters of movement, and both are matters where a practitioner is often stuck in the middle, watching a situation that will not shift. A runaway can be a person, a habit, a project, or an opportunity that has slipped out of reach. A thing that stands still can be a negotiation, a study, a piece of work, or a relationship that has gone quiet. Before you order, name which one you mean, in one sentence, and name what movement would look like if it happened. An evocation ordered for everything at once is an evocation ordered for nothing in particular, and Agares, patient as he is, still works best with a clear request.

The other side of the entry: dignities and earthquakes

Agares also has power to destroy dignities, both spiritual and temporal, and causes earthquakes. That side of the entry should not be skipped, because it changes how a request should be framed. Destroying a dignity is not a small act. It means an office, a standing, or a position being overthrown, in the spiritual world or in the temporal world, and that is a serious matter, with consequences for people beyond the practitioner. Either way, it is a picture of upheaval, not of gentle change.

If your request touches on that side of Agares, be very clear, in writing, about what dignity, what standing, or what upheaval you mean, and why you are asking for it. If your request does not touch on it, then say so, by framing the request narrowly: this language, this runaway, this thing that stands still, and nothing else. A narrow request is not a weak request. It is a request that can be performed cleanly, judged honestly, and closed properly, without side effects you did not intend. A broad request, aimed at everything Agares can do at once, is a request that invites the whole entry, including the parts you did not think about. Athena's note, that Agares gives good and strong advice, is worth remembering here: advice, in a working like this, begins with the request itself, and a request written carefully is already the beginning of good advice, to yourself, about what you actually want.

Candles and offerings, during and afterwards

Athena does give candles and offerings during the evocation, as well as afterwards, on behalf of the working. But it is also good if you do some of this at home as well, to help bring results and magic to you and your location. That is the tandem principle again, applied to offerings. Athena's candles and offerings are given where the evocation is performed. Your candles and offerings, at home, are given where you live, and they are what bring the working to your location, rather than leaving it only where it was performed. A working that stays only in the practitioner's temple is a working that has not yet reached your house, your desk, or your life. Your part, at home, is what reaches it there.

That timing matters. Offerings are not only given before, in the hope of a result. They are also given after, when results start to be seen, and when the working is complete, in thanks, and in closing. A working that is never closed, with thanks and with offerings, is a working left open, and an open working is a working that drifts. That closing is part of the work, not an extra pasted onto it, and it is the part that lets you, and Athena, know the working is done.

Your part at home: the candle, the quiet, and the record

Your part at home, in tandem with the evocation, is simple, and it should be kept simple. Do not light it and leave the room. Do not light it and go straight back to the phone. Sit with it, for a time, quietly, with the request you gave in mind, in your own words, once, rather than repeating it until it loses its shape. Then close your part properly, in whatever way your practice requires, and put the candle and any tools away in their proper place. That quiet, at home, is your side of the tandem working, and it is what makes the evocation a working you took part in, rather than a service you waited for.

Afterwards, write down what you did, when you did it, and what you noticed. Not what you hoped would happen, but what actually happened, in plain language. Note the language work, if that is your matter: what you studied, what you understood that you had not understood before, and what still resists you. Note the movement, if that is your matter: what moved, what came back, what still stands still, and what you did yourself to move it. Note the offerings, too: what you gave, when, and what Athena gave on your behalf, as far as you know it. That record is what lets you tell, weeks later, whether anything changed, and whether that change had anything to do with the working. If nothing changes, that is also information. It may mean the request was unclear, the timing was wrong, the work was not appropriate, or simply that the situation needs a different approach.

When an evocation on your behalf is not the right choice

Sometimes the right answer is not an evocation at all, on your behalf or by yourself. If the matter in hand is a legal matter, a safety matter, or a matter involving another person's freedom, deal with that matter in the ordinary world first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for a lawyer, a doctor, or for leaving a dangerous situation, and an evocation performed for you does not change that. If you are unsure whether a working is appropriate, wait, ask a teacher you trust, or choose a simpler practice first, such as a bath, an oil, or an incense working you do yourself, and see how that sits.

It is also worth asking whether you want an evocation because you want to take part in a working, or because you want someone else to do the work while you wait. If you do not want to take part, do not order a tandem working. Wait until you do want to take part, or choose a different kind of product, such as a bath or an oil, that you use yourself, in your own time. A working ordered in the wrong spirit, for the wrong reason, is a working that will disappoint you, however well it is performed, because it was never the working you actually wanted.

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