theurgic
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In some parts its general air is dreary and dim; monastic and theurgic.
From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman
Indeed, among the peoples of antiquity, the science of therapeutics was largely of a theurgic or supernatural character, and Sibylline verses were in great repute.
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means
He ventured to criticize the magical and theurgic side of the doctrine, and exasperated the emperor, who preferred the mysticism of Maximus and Chrysanthius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
The old Egyptians and Chaldeans had many such words composed at will for theurgic operations.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Physicians leagued together in the name of a god, as were the Asclepiadae, might escape, and did escape, the baser theurgic elements of temple medicine.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.
