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maya, in Hinduism
(Encyclopedia) mayamayamäˈyä [key], in Hinduism, term used in the Veda to mean magic or supernatural power. In Mahayana Buddhism it acquires the meaning of illusion or unreality. The term is pivotal…Abano, Pietro d'
(Encyclopedia) Abano, Pietro d'Abano, Pietro d'pyāˈtrō däˈbänō [key], 1250?–1316?, Italian physician and philosopher, a professor of medicine in Padua. His famous work Conciliator differentiarum was…occultism
(Encyclopedia) occultismoccultisməkŭlˈtĭzəm [key], belief in supernatural sciences or powers, such as magic, astrology, alchemy, theosophy, and spiritism, either for the purpose of enlarging man's…Albright, Ivan Le Lorraine
(Encyclopedia) Albright, Ivan Le LorraineAlbright, Ivan Le Lorraineôlˈbrīt [key], 1897–1983, American painter, b. North Harvey, Ill. Allied with the Magic Realist group, Albright developed a style…Amphiaraüs
(Encyclopedia) AmphiaraüsAmphiaraüsămˌfēərāˈəs [key], in Greek mythology, a prophet, one of the ill-fated Seven against Thebes. He foresaw the disaster of the expedition, but Polynices bribed his…Jay, Ricky
(Encyclopedia) Jay, Ricky, 1946–2018, American magician, actor, and writer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Richard Jay Potash. The grandson of a fine amateur magician, Jay first performed at age four and as a…voodoo
(Encyclopedia) voodoovoodoov&oomacr;ˈd&oomacr; [key] [from the god Vodun], native W African religious beliefs and practices that also has adherents in the New World. Voodoo believers are most…amulet
(Encyclopedia) amuletamuletămˈyəlĭt [key], object or formula that credulity and superstition have endowed with the power of warding off harmful influences. The use of the amulet to avert danger and…Brunhild
(Encyclopedia) BrunhildBrunhildbr&oomacr;nˈhĭld [key], BrünnehildeBrünnehildebrünˌəhĭldˈə [key], or BrynhildBrunhildbrĭnˈhĭld [key], mighty female warrior of Germanic mythology and literature. In…Kumarajiva
(Encyclopedia) KumarajivaKumarajivak&oomacr;märˈəjĭvə [key], 344–413, Buddhist scholar and missionary, b. Kucha, in what is now Xinjiang, China. When his mother, a Kuchean princess, became a nun…Trending
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