I just completed an evocation of Zadkal.

Again, no physical manifestation, but I think he showed

up.
I drew the square of his kingdom and his sigil, then lit the candles and started meditating for
focus. After I felt sufficiently focused, I did the banishing from the book then traced the triangle
with a ritual dagger, pronouncing it as the platform in which the spirit is to appear.
Following that I traced the Circle and went back to my chair to meditate to refocus. I then opened
the square of the kingdom using the gateway incantation found in the book and the "gaze until
you see the figures disappear and reappear" thing described both here and in Works of Darkness.
After I felt it was open, I placed it in the small circle in the middle of the triangle and went on to
do the same for the sigil.
Next I sat cross-legged in the circle and gazed at the triangle. I actually thought I saw a shadowy
shape vaguely appear but it disappeared finally and didn't come back. I finally saw some
shimmering and uttered the sentence of evocation (as I was saying it, I felt a strange coldness in
my chest), then proceeded to funnel my chi into the triangle. I vaguely saw the indistinct
shimmering shape of two feet in the small circle after a while and continued pouring chi in, but it
didn't get much better, there was the same vague shimmering up till just below the knees. I then
told the spirit to answer me truthfully and obey my commands faithfully (again coldness). Then I
meditated a while and poured more chi, after which I uttered my request.
I started off by saying I wanted him to either provide me with a familiar or a direct gift to increase
my ability to absorb knowledge about the arts and sciences, then for a while, my mind went
blank, I felt gripped by wonder. I then continued on semi-coherently about doing it within the
week, preferably in the next few hours as soon as he went back to his kingdom, in my sleep. I
continued with this daze for a while, asking that his familiar help me with discipline as well.
Finally as I dismissed him, I felt energized and focused again. I said the final banishing and turned
on the lights.
I folded up the sigil and put it in a drawer.

Ashtu malku ta dat arkata

Sastus seckz altamu partu
Iretempal krez ta felta
Vaskalla Regent met senturus
Ia sastrus estos melta
Kelta kelta kelta hine.

Sigil magick works of darkness!