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theurgy\ THEE-ur-jee \ , noun;
1.the working of a divine or supernatural agency in human affairs.
2.a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
Quotes:
But it is with the later evolution of theurgy in thePlatonist milieu that we are mainly concerned, andhere we find some compensation for the lacunosity ofthe Oracula.
-- Garth Fowden, The Egyptian Hemes , 1993
I wandered around, trailing my fingers over the spinesof books written in Hebrew and Greek, Old Testamentsand New Testaments, books on theurgy and theologyand philosophy.
-- Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart , 2008
Origin:
Theurgy entered English in the 1560s. It comes fromthe Greek word theourgeía meaning "magic."