There is a lot of talk of summoning of spirits and other entities of various types using invocation or evocation.

Now my question is what do they have to gain from us ?  Why would they do as we ask or even communicate with us ?

Javant

Anyone any opinions on this ?

When Spirit Communicates with us, it is usually they have a message  to pass through to a family member, to you personally or someone who needs the message to move forward within their life.......what do they gain from it?    personal peace of mind.........a feeling of doing what they couldn't do while they were on earth..........becasue they can.. sometimes we just have to accept  it is because it JUST IS.......they don't do it for personal gain in a materilistic sense,...... not neccessary.........but because it is the Contract they have agreed to when they pass over...........

Remember this is just my personal opinion............. It is neither wrong or right... it just is......

That 's assuming the spirit is who they say they are.  How would you know they are real and not something else pretending to be a loved one for example ?  

My understanding is that there are other entities such as Angels, Demons, nature spirits etc that must gain something from a communicating with us ? Or are they just generally helpful to the believer ?

Javant, I know I don't know you. I feel however I am to tell you, careful...it's not a game.

take it easy.