While it's not demanding, you should still learn how to make your Circle of Power and unlock every recipe linked to it through the Thaumaturgy Bench by upgrading your Tome of Kurak, as well as collecting enough crafting ingredients for what you can summon inside of the Circle since they are worth your time and effort. If you've recently died in a dangerous area of the map or far from your base, summoning your corpse is a quick way of retrieving all your loot without risking your life again. Summon the temporary Abyssal followers if you need an extra hand in combat or to travel far if you're in a rush: these demonic pets don't need to be raised in an Animal Pen and can level up quite fast, not requiring as much maintenance as regular pets. The Abyssal gear summoned from the Circle of Power has great stats to use in combat, worth using before it vanishes, and you can extend its lifetime by simply harvesting the souls of whoever comes across your path. These are helpful alternatives to the other things you can obtain in the game.