'''Theurgy''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|iː|ɜr|dʒ|i}}; {{etymology|el|θεουργία}} {{transliteration|grc|theourgía}}), also known as '''divine magic''', is one of two major branches of the [[Magic (supernatural)|magical]] arts,<ref name="Riffard">[[Pierre A. Riffard]], ''Dictionnaire de l'ésotérisme'', Paris: Payot, 1983, 340.</ref> the other being ''practical magic'' or [[thaumaturgy]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Josephy |first1=Marcia Reines |title=Magic & Superstition in the Jewish Tradition: An Exhibition Organized by the Maurice Spertus Museum of Judaica |date=1975 |publisher=Spertus College of Judaica Press |page=18}}</ref><ref>''Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic'', [[Moshe Idel]], SUNY Press 1995, pp. 72–74. The term magic, used here to denote divine theurgy affecting material blessing, rather than directly [[talisman]]ic practical Kabbalah magic</ref> Theurgy describes the [[ceremonial magic|ritual practices]] associated with the [[invocation]] or [[evocation]] of the [[divine presence|presence]] of one or more [[deity|deities]] (also called "godforms[[godform]]s"), especially with the goal of achieving [[henosis]] (uniting with the divine) and perfecting oneself.<ref>Edmonds III, Radcliffe G. 2019. "The Illuminations of Theurgy: Philosophy and Magic" pp. 314-377. ''Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World.'' Princeton University Press.</ref>
