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THEURGY

Volume 3 · 57 words · 1771 Edition

a name given to that part of magic called white magic, or the white art. Those who have written of magic have divided it into three kinds: the first is theurgy, as operating by divine means; the second, natural magic, performed by the powers of nature; and the third, necromancy, which they imagined proceeded from invoking demons.