Basic communication happens trough your own thoughts.
Since all thoughts are pretty much a re-cycle of what you already know , getting new information is impossible this way.
New information can be sent to your subconscious if the connection is solid, your ego will resist that as well so that’s why trance states are highly recommended by occultists, because the lack of awareness of self will temporary shut off your ego.
So for good communication:
-The IPF dog tag, to build a bridge between the conscious and subconscious, so that when “new” information is given , you quickly pick up on it.
-A trance state, Theta will do, if you can hold Delta even better.
-A strong connection. This is part is HEAVILY underlooked at and is the reason 99% of the whole “just give me a sign goddammit!!” happens.
They want to, they literally can’t.
It’s why religious extremists experience supernatural events more often than the average religious person or atheist, because trough worship,prayer and devotion they are constantly building a strong connection with a certain being, therefore that being can manipulate their physical reality alot easier.
Same thing with haunted places, most spirits there have a physical anchor there that they attach themselves to so they can mess around that house and throw objects at people, but as soon as you leave that house the only thing an entity can do is influence your thoughts, because it is away from its anchor and hence loses power and stability.
So if you want Thor to knock on your wall to get “yes” and “no” answers you need to be connecting with Thor 24/7, it’s also why animal and even human sacrifices exist, the entity doesn’t give a fk about some dead rabbit, its the act of offering and the blood that allows it more access to the physical.
Also why blood magick exists, your blood becomes the anchor.
The best and safest way in my opinion is trough lucid dreaming. Call upon the entity in a dream, confirm its that entity and not some trickster cunt or some thoughtform you just created, and start asking questions.
Unless you are dead serious about working with that entity and you need its help with something more physical, do not give any kind of offering or devotion.
Also it’s always best to have your higher self in your corner just incase something goes wrong.