theurgy
pronunciation
How to pronounce theurgy in British English:
UK ['θi:ɜ:dʒɪ]
How to pronounce theurgy in American English:
US ['θiɜdʒɪ]
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- Noun:
- magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits
Word Origin
- theurgy (n.)
- 1560s, "white magic," from Latin theurgia, from Greek theourgia "sorcery," from theos (genitive theou) "a god" (see theo-) + -ergos "working" (see organ). From 1858 as "the working of divine forces in human affairs." Related: Theurgical.
Example
- 1. Theurgy and ritual can make them stronger , more accessible to the shaman .
- 2. Common people not only contacted but also accepted mysterious and weird taoist theurgy with taoists and taoist believers infiltrating through society .
- 3. Chuang tzu did not make it clear what theurgy is , but in the chapter of " the preservation of life " , he mentioned that if human practiced successful in terms of virtue , their lives would be longer than pengzu 's eight hundred years .