Theurgy is known today as white magic. Webster's Dictionary defines theurgy as the belief practiced by certain Neo-Platonists who professed to work miracles by the intervention of beneficent spirits. According to the Gnostics there were elemental forces in nature such as wind rain fire springs of water man faith hope understanding and so forth that govern such things like romantic love and success in business. They taught that the elemental spirits were the personification of those forces and that they were the point of contact between earth and the forces radiating from heaven. The Gnostics taught that these spirits assisted in regulating mankind's relationship with the heavens providing a means for the human to connect to heaven and its power. The good spirits they called the pleroma. The good spirits they called the fullness in the sense of spiritual perfection and that these good spirits were available to help men overcome materialistic lusts and be purified spiritually. The Gnostics did not teach that all of the elemental spirits were evil but rather that there were good spirits as well as evil ones. The Valentinian Gnostic upon conversion to Gnosticism actually went through a sacrament during which he or she married an angel of the opposite sex and thus they taught the evil passions that afflict the rest of mankind were miraculously healed. The Gnostics went on to teach that the evil passions that afflict the rest of mankind can be miraculously healed in this way and therefore there is no need for law or striving against sin which they equated with bondage. Instead their union with the angel produced a miraculous inner-transformation that naturally flowed forth in goodness and gentleness without human effort.

Satan loves to package white or black magic under the guise of new truths or entertainment. One of the most obvious ways to open minds to spirit influence is to play with the devil by toying with the things that he promotes. Avoid entertainment associated with the occult as well as seemingly innocent movies and television shows that show witches magicians and psychics in a pleasant or humorous light.