Definition of: theurgy

(thē′ûr·jē) noun plural ·gies
1. Divine or supernatural intervention in human affairs.
2. The working of miracles through divine or supernatural aid.
3. Magic, as practiced by the Neo–Platonists, by means of which miraculous effects were supposedly produced through the intervention of beneficent spirits; white magic. [<Gk. theourgia <theourgos divine worker <theos god + ergon work]
—the·ur·gic (thē·ûr′jik), the·ur′gi·cal adjective
—the·ur′gi·cal·ly adverb
—the′ur·gist noun