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How to use theurgy in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word theurgy? Here are some examples.

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While theurgy lies within the realms of both magic and religion, thaumaturgy does not.
When he returned to Sardis he entered the circle of local Neoplatonists, learned theurgy and medicine, and mainly taught rhetoric.
Allegedly, Neoplatonic theurgy originated with Julian the theurgist, who lived in the time of emperor Marcus Aurelius.
The practice of theurgy, then, becomes a way for the soul to experience the presence of the divinity, instead of merely thinking or conceptualizing the godhead.
Hellenistic magic, theurgy, astrology, and alchemy remained influential until modern times in both East and West.
Quite different from today is the way philosophy moved from rational discourse to theurgy and mysticism.
The school of Pergamum, founded by Aedesius, a pupil of Iamblichus, made perhaps the least contribution to the philosophical development of Neoplatonism, but it was not entirely given over to theurgy.
The attitude of commanding spirits by the use of divine names, seals, etc., can be seen in both Theurgy and the Chaldean oracles.
Examples from Classical Literature
In regard to theurgy, the ancients gave this name to that part of magic which is called white magic.
Philip appears to have been one of the apostolical men most preccupied with theurgy.
The common characteristic of all the New Platonists is a tendency to mysticism, theosophy, and theurgy.
This current was so strong that philosophy itself was swept toward mysticism and the neo-Platonist school became a theurgy.
Both authors show the same admiration for the Gymnosophists, the same distinction between magic and theurgy.
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