Theurgy

Theurgy
The use of magic for religious and/or psychotherapeutic purposes, in order to attain "salvation" or "personal evolution," as defined by P, E. I. Bonewits. This is often referred to as "High magic," which is considered the best use of magic.

In further discussion Bonewitts makes some interesting observations concerning theurgy, especially in relation to tantrism. The official goal, he states, of Tantrra is is theurgic, that attainment of salvation and enlightenment.

Theurgy (from the Greek theiourgia). Rites for bringing down to earth planetary and other Spirits or Gods. To arrive at the realization of such an object, the Theurgist had to be absolutely pure and unselfish in his motives.

Theurgy, Hymns, and some links reviews by Robert van den Berg, all other material by M.Alan Kazlev
Proclus' Life and Teachings
Towards the paternal Harbour - Proclean theurgy and the contemplation of the Forms - Robert van den Berg ...

Theurgy is the work of the gods on man, not the work of man on the gods.

Theurgy is a dream pushed to the most terrifying realism in a man who believes himself awake. It is attained by weakening and exciting the brain, by fasts, meditations and watching.

Theurgy
Theurgy involves the invocation of divine and angelic forces for ones Spiritual needs. It is therefore considered "High Magic" as opposed to .

Shaw, G. 1995. Theurgy and the soul: the Neoplatonism of Iamblicus. Pennsylvania State University Press. University Park, PA.
Smalley 1964. The study of the bible in the Middle Ages. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana.

Theurgy was magic, "the last part of the sacerdotal science", [Psellus, quoted in lamblichus on the Mysteries. T. Taylor, p. 343, note on p. 23, second edition. ] and was practised in the Greater Mysteries, to evoke the appearance of superior Beings.

In this sense, the rites have a closer tie to sorcery than to theurgy, but the influence of religious rituals remains. Rodents - Small creatures look furry in the pet department, but they can truly plague a home or farm.

EJ Langford Garstin: Secret Fire Part 1: Theurgy or the Hermetic Practice: Treatise on Spiritual Alchemy
Alchimie & Hermetisme: L'art de la transmutation
La structure alchimique du Tarot
The Vison of the Universal Mercury ...

One of the most visible distinctions is that between theurgy and thaumaturgy, between the attempt to participate in the workings of the divine realm for the betterment of the creation, ...

I doubt whether it is really necessary to pay any regard to the opinions of individuals in regard to the divine endowment of divination and Theurgy, and whether the Soul does not now and then form grand conceptions.

To the cold intellectualism of the Swedish visionary was added the veneration of the Virgin Mary and recital of the Athanasian creed; while individual members studied Renaiss-ance alchemy, the theurgy of Alexandria, hermetic authors, ...

The use of magic for nonreligious purposes; the art or science of ‘wonder working'; using magic to actually change things on the Earth Plane. Sometimes referred to as low magic. (see Theurgy) A.G.H.
Source: 72, 8.

-- The Book of Black Magic and Ceremonial Magic : The Secret Tradition in Goèetia: including the rites and mysteries of Goèetic theurgy, sorcery and infernal necromancy.
-- Voodoo: A Chrestomathy of Necromancy.
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She also read a copy of Iamblichus' De mysteriis aegyptiaca, a text that uses Platonic and Hermetic sources in its descriptions of theurgy and divination, methods of coming into contact with gods and demons.

See also: Magic, Occult, Spirit, World, Christ