theurgic

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Necromantic magic is divided into Goëtic, maleficent, and theurgic.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

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 old Egyptians and Chaldeans had many such words composed at will for theurgic operations.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The soul of the mystic would have passed into the world of spiritual existences, but he was not yet blessed with theurgic faculties, and patiently awaited for the elect.

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

And on the cultus of angels and spirits, which was closely connected with theurgic superstition, St. Augustine's judgment is very instructive.

From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph