The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
Any object of superstition; religious words and/or actions which are seen as superstitious or fraudulent.
A deity or other supernatural being said to have been worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol.
Any confusing or meaningless speech; nonsense, gibberish.