OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20555

theurgy

/ˈθiːˌɜː.d͡ʒi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
teúrgia
A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.
1873, Matthew Arnold, Literature and Dogma, Chapter VII: The Testimony of Jesus to Himself, This, again, in our popular theurgy, is materialised into the First person of the Trinit…
And from this he concludes that theurgy is a craft which accomplishes not only good but evil among gods and men; and that the gods also have passions, and are perturbed and agitate…
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