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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  theurgy 
  n  :  magic  performed  with  the  help  of  beneficent  spirits 




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