Book CLXXXII
The Invocation
On calling forth, summoning presence, prayer as speech-act
Chapters
1
The Calling Forth
On summoning presence
“Invocation calls forth. What was absent, made present through speech. Words that summon.”
2
The Summoning
On bringing to presence
“Summoning is more than asking. It is demanding presence. The insistence that calls forth.”
3
The Prayer as Speech
On words that reach beyond
“Prayer is speech to the beyond. Words addressed past the visible. Hopeful transmission.”