phantasmagoria
noun
[ ˌfantazməˈɡɔːrɪə ]
• a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream.
• "what happened next was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery"
Origin:
early 19th century (originally the name of a London exhibition (1802) of optical illusions produced chiefly by magic lantern): probably from French fantasmagorie, from fantasme ‘phantasm’ + a fanciful suffix.
