"Thaumaturgy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... whose deft hand o'erdies * A frame begotten twixt the lymph and light:[FN17] He shows the thaumaturgy of his craft, * And gathers musk in form of ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton
... erected by humanity are much closer and more cramping than the boundaries determined by God. We are no longer bound by human authority, by subjective theories, by petty tradition. We are no longer required to tremble before thaumaturgy and conjuring and occultism. It is true that science has hitherto confined itself mainly to the investigation of concrete phenomena; but the same process is sure to be applied to metaphysics, to sociology, to psychology; ...
— At Large • Arthur Christopher Benson
... the controverted points of theological discussion of this day, as to make me tremble when I contemplate them. In my first hasty judgment, after dipping into the 'Higher Criticism,' I concluded that Jesus was but a charlatan, who had learned thaumaturgy in Egypt and practiced it in Judea. Thanks to a better appreciation of the same 'Higher Criticism' I am reconstructing my concept of him now, and on a better basis. I once denounced God as the creator of both good and ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking |
