Sentence:  And from this he concludes that <WSD>theurgy</WSD> is a craft which accomplishes not only good but evil among gods and men; and that the gods also have passions, and are perturbed and agitated by the emotions which Apuleius attributed to demons and men, but from which he preserved the gods by that sublimity of residence, which, in common with Plato, he accorded to them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.