cabala

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Bach was into puzzles, numerology, and all kinds of musical cabala, so the nuttiest idea of all about his tuning might well be right.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2010

The consumption tax would drastically reduce the number of exclusions, deductions and credits that now make the Internal Revenue Code a cabala for tax lawyers and C.P.A.s.

From Time Magazine Archive

Too often she seems to be hectoring the reader to decipher a private cabala.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hunch-players in Italy's weekly lottery often consult a handy handbook called the cabala which gives the magic numbers associated with certain objects and events.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had watched the radiant planets shedding upon the restless eye which seeks them a consoling and friendly light, like the weird cabala of an enigmatic yet hopeful promise.

From Life of Chopin by Cook, Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker