"Much of the "dangers" of magick is an exaggeration, brought on in part by ignorance. There is also a strong fear of devils, demons, and dark forces"

I work on the basis that these demons arent real; at least, not in the christian concept anyway. I see them as self-contained, dependent thought-clusters, which live in our minds, and travel as ideas. The same way e.g. the cold sore virus lives in our brains. Of us, yet not of us.

So I'm not expecting to be dragged down to hell with a pitchfork up my ass.

I'm more concerned with the concept of obsession. As a psychological danger. Our minds are very programmable and plastic, and we can easily contaminate our regular life if we dont set clear limits to the operation of these demons. They should be invoked only in Vegas, and they should be left in Vegas, i.e. in the ritual space/time.

Fantasies are fun, and can even be therapeutic, but indulging with them obsessively can be harmful.

Its a simple danger; which can most simply be described as not confusing reality with fantasy, or reality with unreality. But because demons can have a reality of a sort, by themselves, its not quite that simple. I hope that gets across what I mean.

Banishing is basically doing what it takes to clear your head and re-enter consensus reality. Its not so much commanding another being to go away.