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Theurgy (; from Greek θεουργία, ''Theourgia'') describes the practice of rituals, sometimes seen as magical in nature, performed with the intention of invoking the action or evoking the presence of one or more gods, especially with the goal of uniting with the divine, achieving henosis, and perfecting oneself. == Definitions == *Proclus (c. 480): theurgy is "a power higher than all human wisdom embracing the blessings of divination, the purifying powers of initiation and in a word all the operations of divine possession"〔Proclus, ''On the theology of Plato'', 1.26.63. E. R. Dodds, ''The Greeks and the Irrational'', University of California Press, 1959).〕 *Keith Thomas: "Spiritual magic or theurgy was based on the idea that one could reach God in an ascent up the scale of creation made possible by a rigorous course of prayer, fasting and devotional preparation."〔Keith Thomas, ''Religion and the Decline of Magic'' (1971), Penguin, 1973, 320-321.〕 *Anne Sheppard: "Theurgy, the religious magic practised by the later Neoplatonists, has been commonly regarded as the point at which Neoplatonism degenerates into magic, superstition and irrationalism. A superficial glance at the ancient lives of the Neoplatonists, and in particular at Eunapius' ''Lives of the Sophists'', reveals a group of people interested in animating statues, favoured with visions of gods and demons, and skilled in rain-making"〔Anne Sheppard, "Proclus attitude to theurgy", ''Classical Quarterly'', 32 (1982), 212-224. Eunopius, ''The Lives of the sophists'' (c. 395), chap. III, London: Harvard University Press, 1921).〕 *Pierre A. Riffard: "Theurgy is a type of magic. It consists of a set of magical practices performed to evoke beneficent spirits in order to see them or know them or in order to influence them, for instance by forcing them to animate a statue, to inhabit a human being (such as a medium), or to disclose mysteries."〔Pierre A. Riffard, ''Dictionnaire de l'ésotérisme'', Paris: Payot, 1983, 340.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「theurgy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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