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51alchemy — alchemic /al kem ik/, alchemical, alchemistic /al keuh mis tik/, alchemistical, adj. alchemically, adv. /al keuh mee/, n., pl. alchemies for 2. 1. a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and …
52charlatanry — /shahr leuh tn ree/, n., pl. charlatanries. charlatanism. [1630 40; CHARLATAN + RY] * * * …
53Jonson, Ben(jamin) — born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng. died Aug. 6, 1637, London British playwright, poet, and critic. After learning stagecraft as a strolling player, he wrote plays for Philip Henslowe s theatres. In 1598 his comedy Every Man in His Humour… …
54Alchemy — • The art of transmuting baser metals into gold and silver Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Alchemy Alchemy † …
55Mithraism — • A pagan religion consisting mainly of the cult of the ancient Indo Iranian Sun god Mithra Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mithraism Mithraism …
56Theosophy — • A term used in general to designate the knowledge of God supposed to be obtained by the direct intuition of the Divine essence Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Theosophy Theosophy …
57fraud — n [Latin fraud fraus] 1 a: any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage; specif: a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with… …
58charlatan — noun A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit. Syn: swindler, mountebank, fraudster, con artist, con man, imposter, impostor, fraud, phony, fake …
59Quackery — Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of disease. We may think that the day of patent medicines is gone but look around you and you will see them still. They appeal to our desire to… …
60Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union — Soviet Union …
