theurgy

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The arts of theurgy were employed to wean the mind from sensuous knowledge, and to fix aspiration on unseen realities.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

In the heights of abstraction where it loses itself, it seems very far from popular superstitions; and yet the school of Alexandria unites ecstatic contemplation and theurgy.

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

Groups of people endeavoured to combine Christianity with the old thought, with philosophy, theosophy, theurgy, and magic.

From The Jesus of History by Glover, T. R.

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

Plotinus was still an independent philosopher, inheriting the traditions of Greek thought, though not the traditions of Greek life, building his system avowedly by a rational method, and altogether rejecting theurgy or religious magic.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole