Musical Worship is Sorcery-Witchcraft

goēs A. sorcerer, wizard, Phoronis 2, Hdt.2.33,4.105, Pl.R. 380d,  “g. epōdos Ludias apo khthonos” E.Ba.234, cf. Hipp.1038. for boēsi Hdt.7.191.

2. juggler, cheat, “deinos g. kai pharmakeus kai sophistēs” Pl.Smp.203d; “deinon kai g. kai sophistēn . . onomazōn” D.18.276; “apistos g. ponēros” Id.19.109; “magos kai g.” Aeschin.3.137: 

Rev. 18:22 And the voice of [sophistēs] harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, [PARASITE] of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Rev. 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries [pharmakeus] were all nations deceived.

Pharmakos (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.150), ho, hê, poisoner, sorcerer, magician, LXXEx.7.11 (masc.), Ma.3.5 (fem.), Apoc.21.8, 22.15.

epōd-os , on, （epadō）A. singing to or over, using songs or charms to heal wounds, “epōdoi muthoi” Pl.Lg.903b.

b. Subst., ENCHANTER, “epōd-os kai goēs” E.Hipp. 1038 (but “goēs e.” Ba.234): c. gen., a CHARM for or against, “ethusen hautou paida epōdon Thrēkiōn aēmatōn” A.Ag.1418 ; e. tōn toioutōn one to charm away such fears, Pl.Phd.78a.

c. c. dat., assisting, profitable, “e. gignesthai neois pros aretēn” Id.Lg.671a  

2. Pass., sung to music, “phōnai” Plu.2.622d ; fit for singing, “poiētikēn e. parekhein” S.E.M.6.16.

b. sung or said after, morphēs epōdon called after this form, E. Hec.1272.

II. in Metre, as Subst.,

1. epōdos, hē, Sch.metr. Pi.O.4 epode, part of a lyric ode sung

2. epōdos, ho, verse or passage returning at intervals, [LADED BURDEN]in  chorus, burden, refrain, ., ho koinos hapasēs adoleskhias e. the 'old story', Plu.2.507e.

b. shorter verse of a couplet, as in the metres invented by Archilochus, Hermog.Inv.4.4 : hence of short poems written in such metres, “epōdoi” Heph.Poëm.7.2 ; “epōda”

--boē  oracles, “aeidousa . . boas as an Apollōn keladēsē” shout, murmur of a crowd,
sound of musical instruments, “auloi phormigges [Apollon's Lyre made by Kairos] te boēn ekhon”

--sophis-tēs , A.master of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners, Hdt.2.49; of poets, “meletan sophistais prosbalon” Pi.I.5(4).28, cf. Cratin.2; of musicians, “sophistēs . . parapaiōn khelun

Acts 8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

g3096. μαγεύω mageuo, mag-yoo´-o; from 3097; to practice magic: — use sorcery.

g3097. μάγος magos, mag´-os; of foreign origin (H7248); a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician: — sorcerer, wise man.

g1839. ἐξίστημι existemi, ex-is´-tay-mee; from 1537 and 2476; to put (stand) out of wits, i.e. astound, or (reflexively) become astounded, insane: — amaze, be (make) astonished, be beside self (selves), bewitch, wonder.

Măgus , “artes, carmen,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 467
    carmen  tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental
“carmine vocali clarus citharāque [singing with guitar, harp an instrument of enchantment]

APOLLYON OR ABADDON AS LEADER OF YOUR MUSES Apollinem concordant carmina

Magos  3. enchanter, wizard, esp. in bad sense, impostor, charlatan, II. magos, on, as Adj., magical, “magps tekhnē prattein ti” Philostr.VA1.2; “kestou phōneusa magōtera”

phōn-eō  4. of a musical instrument, sound, E.Or.146 (lyr.); of sounds, hēdu phōnein sound sweetly,
of a singer, “aoidos

Epôidê used Of the Magi, Hdt.1.132

Sophos , ē, on, A.skilled in any handicraft or art, clever,
Margites Fr.2; but in this sense mostly of poets and musicians, Pi.O.1.9, P.1.42, 3.113; en kithara [Harp-Guitar] s. E.IT1238 (lyr.)

Marg-os  A. mad, marge madman! Od.16.421; “maia philē, margēn se theoi thesan” 23.11, cf. Pi.O.2.96
margoi hēdonai  2. of appetite, greedy, gluttonous, “meta d' eprepe gasteri margē” Od.18.2;
3. lewd, lustful, Thgn.581, A.Supp.741, E.El.1027

Looking backward from
 epōdē , Ion. and poet. epa^oidē , hē, A.song sung to or over: hence, enchantment, spell, “meliglōssois peithous epaoidaisin” “epōdas epadein
ou pros iatrou sophou thrēnein epōdas


Matt. 11:17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

pharma^kon   3. enchanted potion, philtre: hence, charm, spell,   toiauta ekhō ph. such charms have I, Hdt.3.85, cf. Apoc.9.21.

Rev. 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Rev. 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.


Pharma^kon  “paiōnia” A.Ag.848; “khrēsimon” cf. Apoc.9.21.
Manti^s , Sibulla:— diviner, seer, prophet, of Apollo and Cassandra, of the Pythian priestess

The craftsmen, singers and instrument players are MUSES or LOCUSTS led by Apollyon

Rev. 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

Rev. 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries [Pharma^kon]  , nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

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