jugglery

noun

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.

   “Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers.”

   “[T]he vessel swarmed with the most hideous apparitions. […] But Huldbrand was indignant at such unsightly jugglery [translating Gaukeleien].”

2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.

   “What they call the Great War is over […] and yet what do we see around us? Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.”