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<h1>Arcanum</h1>Arcanum, from the <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/latin" title="Latin">Latin</A> arcere, "to shut away in an arca, cf. <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/ark" title="Ark">ark</A>," is usually used to refer to <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/occult" title="Occult">occult</A> <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/mystery" title="Mystery">mysteries</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/doctrine" title="Doctrine">doctrines</A> of various sorts. The plural of arcanum is arcana. In the oldest sense arcana were the <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/ritual" title="Ritual">rituals</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/artifact" title="Artifact">artifacts</A> of <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/mystery_religion" title="Mystery religion">mystery religions</A> and <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/secret_society" title="Secret society">secret societies</A>, which were not supposed to be shown or disclosed to outsiders. The word has a number of uses.
<ul><li> In <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/alchemy_1" title="Alchemy">alchemy</A>, the Grand Arcanum describes the secret of the <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/philosopher_s_stone" title="Philosopher's stone">philosopher's stone</A>;
</li><li>By extension, in one older sense an arcanum is used for any <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/patent_medicine" title="Patent medicine">nostrum</A> said to be a <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/panacea" title="Panacea">panacea</A>, such as the philosopher's stone was believed to be;
</li><li>Occult interpretations of the <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/tarot" title="Tarot">Tarot cards</A> divide the deck into the Major or Greater Arcana, the trumps, and the Minor or Lesser Arcana, the numbered pip cards.
</li><li> is also the title of a <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/computer_role_playing_game" title="Computer role-playing game">computer role-playing game</A> by <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/troika_games" title="Troika Games">Troika Games</A>.
</li><li> A pen and paper <A HREF="http://allwebhunt.com/wiki-article-tab.cfm/role_playing_game" title="Role-playing game">role-playing game</A> by Bard Games based in the Lost Word of Atlantis.</li></ul>
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