theurgic
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Related to this emotional phase of the religious sentiment is the theurgic power of certain natural objects over some persons.
From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Daniel Garrison Brinton
A man therefore can act on demons and control spirits by theurgic rites.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
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 William Osler
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 Isaac Disraeli
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 R.W. Livingstone
