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Definition of Goetic
1. pertaining to black magic [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goetic
Literary usage of Goetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Howard Williams (1865)
"... goetic Arts —Magicians on the Stage in the 16th century—Occult Science in
Southern Europe—Causes of the inevitable mistakes of the pre-Scientific Ages. ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1800)
"Sorcery or goetic magic was confined to a fup- ... daemon, to goetic magic alone,
which antecedently hereto was equally applied to good and evil genii. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, John Bagnell Bury (1901)
"49 The pagans distinguished between good and bad magic, the Theurgic and the
goetic (Hist, de l'Académie, &c., t. vii. p. 25). ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1911)
"... including the rites and mysteries of goetic theurgy, sorcery, and infernal
necromancy, also the rituals of black magic ; 200 il. ; this ed. prepared for ..."
5. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1877)
"The theurgic or benevolent magic, the goetic, or dark and evil necromancy, were
alike in preeminent repute durmg the first century of the Christian era. ..."
6. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1888)
"... enumerate seven thousand seven hundred writers on the interpretation of dreams,
and as many more who won distinction as expounders of goetic magic. ..."
7. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"Seven thousand seven hundred Arabic writers are enumerated on the interpretation
of dreams, and as many on goetic magic, while the use of amulets as ..."
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