'Theurgy' definitions:
Definition of 'theurgy'
From: WordNet
noun
The effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs
noun
White magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists)
Definition of 'Theurgy'
From: GCIDE
- Theurgy \The"ur*gy\ (th[=e]"[u^]r*j[y^]), n. [L. theurgia, Gr. qeoyrgi`a, fr. qeoyrgo`s doing the works of God; qeo`s God + 'e`rgon work: cf. F. th['e]urgie. See Theism, and Work.]
- 1. A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'theurgy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alchemy,
- bewitchery,
- charm,
- divination,
- enchantment,
- fetishism,
- glamour,
- gramarye,
- hoodoo,
- juju,
- jujuism,
- magic,
- natural magic,
- necromancy,
- obeah,
- rune,
- shamanism,
- sorcery,
- sortilege,
- spell,
- spellbinding,
- spellcasting,
- sympathetic magic,
- thaumaturgia,
- thaumaturgics,
- thaumaturgism,
- thaumaturgy,
- vampirism,
- voodoo,
- voodooism,
- wanga,
- white magic,
- witchcraft,
- witchery,
- witchwork,
- wizardry