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theurgy

[thee-ur-jee] / ˈθi ɜr dʒi /


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"So you don't believe in theurgy, white magic?"

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

With him, common sense was theurgy; machinery, miracle; Prometheus, the heroic name for machinist; man, the true God.

From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman

By the crime of magic, the author informs us, he means any improper communication between men and evil spirits, whether it be called theurgy, soothsaying, necromancy, chiromancy, incantation or witchcraft.

From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An

Their system was characterized by three distinct features, the theory of the above-named Essence: the doctrine of the human soul; an emanation from the latter, hence of the same nature; and its theurgy.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

Ecstasy for the initiates, theurgy for the crowd.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor




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