Pharmakeia
In EnglishSorcery
Greek. Explained in a Kingdom Code essay.
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- Greekpharmakeia
Sorcery. Literally the use of drugs or substances for spiritual purposes.
How Kingdom Code explains it
Pharmakeia, the Greek word for “sorcery” in Revelation 18, literally “the use of drugs/substances for spiritual purposes,” describes substance-based rewiring of human neurochemistry.
From “The Sodom Secret: What "Strange Flesh" Actually Means (And Why You've Never Heard It)”, Substack, 14 Dec 2025
In the dictionary
- φαρμακείαpharmakeiaG5331
sorcery
Full entry
φαρμακία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ
(φαρμακεύω, to administer drugs)
poët. and late prose form of φαρμακεία,
[in LXX: Exo.7:11, 22 8:7, 18 (3, 14) (לָט, חַרְטֹם), Isa.47:9, 12 (כֶּשֶׁף) Wis.12:4 18:13 * ;]
1. generally, the use of medicine, drugs or spells (Xen.).
2. (a) poisoning (Plut., Polyb.);
(b) sorcery, witchcraft: Gal.5:20 (see Lft., in l), Rev.9:21 (WH, txt., φαρμάκων) Rev.18:23 (cf. LXX, ll. with).†
(AS)
Verses
And the light of a lamp shall never shine in you any longer, and the voice of a bridegroom and a bride shall never be heard in you any longer. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because in your sorcery all the nations were deceived.”
Revelation 18:23, Berean Literal Bible
And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.
Revelation 9:21, Berean Literal Bible