theurgy noun. [Ɵi:'ǝ:dʒi] M16.
[Late Latin theurgia, from Greek theourgia sorcery, from theos god + -ergos working: see -Y³.]
1. A system of white magic, originally practised by the Egyptian Neoplatonists, performed by the invocation and employment of beneficent spirits. Cf. GOETY. M16.

2. The operation or intervention of a divine or supernatural agency in human affairs; the results of such action in the phenomenal world. M19.

■ theurgist noun a practitioner of or believer in theurgy; a magician: M17.

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