theurgic

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In spite of, or rather because of, his Platonism, he had nothing but contempt for the later Neoplatonism, the theurgic and theosophic apparatus of Iamblichus and his friends.

From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph

It impresses on baptism a spiritual character, and excludes every theurgic conception of the rite, every doctrine that gives to it in the least degree a mechanical efficacy.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

At first purely theurgic, the practice was later characterized by acupuncture and a refined study of the pulse.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William

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.

The magical mirror, having lost its theurgic enchantment, finally was placed among the curiosities of the late Earl of Oxford.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac