theurgy

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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

The turbid streams of theurgy and magic flowed into the broad river of Christian thought by two channels—the later Neoplatonism, and Jewish Cabbalism.

From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph

The impaired reason accepted the coarsest superstitions, the most extreme asceticism and most extravagant theurgy.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

In the days when theurgy was still an honourable profession, Apollonius of Tyana said "Knowing what people say is nothing; I know what people don't say."

From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Bottomley, Gordon

"I would not assert that theurgy may not be lawfully undertaken," replied Plotinus, "provided that the adept shall have purified himself by a fast of forty months."

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard