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Arcanum, from the Latin arcere, "to shut away in an arca, cf. ark," is usually used to refer to occult mysteries and doctrines of various sorts. The plural of arcanum is arcana. In the oldest sense arcana were the rituals and artifacts of mystery religions and secret societies, which were not supposed to be shown or disclosed to outsiders. The word has a number of uses. Alchemy MagicThe term magic is a Persian loanword into English and may refer to any of the following. Magic (paranormal) deals with the manipulation of what the practitioner believes to be genuine paranormal phenomena. Magic and religion deals with the relationship of

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