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Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
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A mystery or deep secret.
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An elixir or secret remedy.
Examples of arcana in a Sentence
Besides the works already noticed, he wrote De arte critica (1597); De Antichristo (1605); Pro auctoritate ecclesiae in decidendis fidei controversiis libellus; Scaliger hypololymaeus (1607), a virulent attack on Scaliger; and latterly the anti-jesuitical works, Flagellum Jesuiticum (1632); Mysteria patrum jesuitorum (1633); and Arcana societatis Jesu (1635).
These remedies were arcana - a word corresponding partly to what we now call specific remedies, but implying a mysterious connexion between the remedy and the "essence" of the disease.
Arcana were often shown to be such by their physical properties, not only by such as heat, cold, &c., but by fortuitous resemblances to certain parts of the body; thus arose the famous doctrine of "signatures," or signs indicating the virtues and uses of natural objects, which was afterwards developed into great complexity.
Three hundred and twenty-nine letters to Augustus of Saxony dating from the 17th of November 1565 to the 8th of September 1581, and one hundred and eleven letters to the chancellor Mordeisen dating from November 1559 to the summer of 1565, are preserved in MS. in the Saxon archives, and were published by Ludovicus at Halle in 1699 under the title Arcana seculi decimi sexti.
Hartley translated Heaven and Hell (1778) and True Christian Religion (1781); Clowes, who taught New Church doctrine in the existing churches and was opposed to the forming of new organizations, translated 17 volumes, including the Arcana Coelestia, and published over 50 volumes of exposition and defence.
Giusto Fontanini's Storia arcana della vita di Pietro Sarpi (1863), a bitter libel, is nevertheless important for the letters of Sarpi it contains, as Griselini's Memorie e aneddote (1760) is from the author's access to Sarpi's unpublished writings, afterwards unfortunately destroyed by fire.
Arcana means mystery or mysterious, which represents the inner workings of God as the universal truth.
There is no 'try'." - could have been said by many of master of arcana to a befuddled novice.
For the Fourth Crusade the primary authority is Villehardouin's La Conquete de Constantinople, an official apology for the diversion of the Crusade written by one of its leaders, and concealing the arcana under an appearance of frank naïveté.
One notable fact you'll see when you first encounter this deck is that there are additional symbols on both the Major and Minor Arcana cards that are not found on other decks.
Like other tarots, the Knapp-Hall deck contains the traditional characters on the Major Arcana, although their titles are in French.
The four suits and the characters of the Minor Arcana are also relatively similar to those of other decks.
The 22 cards of the Major Arcana symbolize the internal and external human condition.
You might divide them up into groups such as the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana.
You can then divide up the suits of the Minor Arcana.
The Major Arcana consists of 22 cards and the Lesser Arcana cards are a total of 56.
Of the 22 Major Arcana cards, only 21 are numbered in Roman numerals I through XXI.
The lesser Arcana has 56 cards in four suits.
The Major Arcana cards aren't necessarily the most important ones, although many people seem to focus on these cards and discount the lesser Arcana.