Sorcery vs Arcane - What's the difference?
sorcery | arcane |
Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
* 1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault'', page 67, ''The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
As a noun sorcery
is magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.As an adjective arcane is
understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.sorcery
English
Noun
(sorceries)Synonyms
* black magic * magic * witchcraftSee also
*arcane
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane' knowledge. Knowing was '''guessing''' and ' interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.