THEURGY
\θjˈuːəd͡ʒi], \θjˈuːədʒi], \θ_j_ˈuː_ə_dʒ_i]\
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A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The working of some divine or supernatural agency in human affairs: a working or producing effects by spiritual means: effects or phenomena brought about among men by spiritual agency: specifically, (a) divine agency or direct interference of the gods in human affairs or the government of the world: (b) a system of supernatural knowledge or powers believed by the Egyptian Platonists and others to have been communicated to mankind by the beneficent deities or good spirits, and to have been handed down from generation to generation traditionally by the priests; (c) the art of invoking deities or spirits, or by their intervention conjuring up visions, interpreting dreams, prophesying, receiving and explaining oracles, etc.; the power of obtaining from the gods, by means of certain observances, words, symbols, etc., a knowledge of the secrets which surpass the powers of reason, to lay open the future, etc.
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A power claimed by the priesthood of most pagan religions; (d) that species of magic, which more modern professors of the art allege to produce its effects by supernatural agency, as contra-distinguished from natural magic.
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [Greek] Divine work or operation ;-the power of doing supernatural things by divine agency, or by invocation of divine help;-the power of doing supernatural things by invocation of demons, devils, or other superhuman spirits; necromancy; or by mystic incantations, charms, spells, &c.; the black art;-power of doing supernatural things by superior knowledge of the properties of bodies and the processes of nature ; natural magic.