"Theurgical" Quotes from Famous Books
... they artfully contrived, by dark hints and affected disputes, to excite the impatient hopes of the aspirant, till they delivered him into the hands of their associate, Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the Theurgic science. By his hands, Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in the twentieth year of his age. His residence at Athens confirmed this unnatural ... — The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon |