Occult.. it's true power source?Does witchcraft mean pharmakeia?I surrender.. I will take them all one at a time...
*sigh*
I got other things to do.
webmaster wrote:2. SORCERY AND WITCHCRAFT. "Pharmakeia."
"Pharmakon," was a drug
and
"pharmakeia," the use of drugs.
The noun "pharmakeia" occurs in Gal.5v20. Rev.9v21. 18v23.. "Sorcerer," "pharmakus," occurs in Rev.21v8.; and "pharmakos," in Rev.22v15.. "Mageia," "sorceries," in Acts.8v11. and "mageuo," "sorcery," in Act8v9.. "Magos," is translated as "sorcerer" in Acts.13v6,8.; and the plural "magi," as "wise men" in Mt.2v1,7,16.
you will note that in each of the translations the textual referances made
it inappropriate to equate it to drugs.
Sorcery and witchcraft in Paul's time were very similar to their modern equivalents; images of people were made and destroyed, and curses were put upon people by invoking the powers of darkness.
In Paul's time, magic, divination, astrology and the occult powers mentioned in Deut.18v10-22., were commonly practised. People were full of fear, and used amulets and charms in an effort to protect themselves from witchcraft, sorcery, magical spells and the evil eye.
remember this one.
pharmakeia "primarily signified the use of medicine, drugs, spells; then, poisoning; then, sorcery" (1074-1075). The term pharmakeia is a broad one that encompasses the use of recreational and illegal drugs, as well as magic, witchcraft, voodoo, superstition, astrology, fortune telling, horoscopes, sorcery and the like (many of these terms overlap).
http://www.gospelgazette.com/gazette/2004/jan/page8.htm
which is why you look at the way in which the word is used to determine
meaning
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