THEURGY
theurgy
(noun) white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists)
theurgy
(noun) the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
theurgy (countable and uncountable, plural theurgies)
A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.
A supernatural intervention in human affairs.
Anagrams
• Guthery
Source: Wiktionary
The"ur*gy, n. Etym: [L. theurgia, Gr. théurgie. See Theism, and Work.]
1. A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
2. A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
3. In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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