theurgic
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Might not philosophy be led on in a disastrous decline to the justification of magic, incantations, and all theurgic extravagance?
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
A man therefore can act on demons and control spirits by theurgic rites.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman
In some parts its general air is dreary and dim; monastic and theurgic.
From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman
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 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
