Thelel, appearing as a serpent, has long deceived humanity, leading people to trust in drugs rather than in God for healing. The Greek word *pharmakeia* (G5331), translated as sorcery or witchcraft in Galatians 5:20, signifies the use or administration of drugs and is labeled a work of the flesh, one of satan's deceptions. Revelation 18:23-24 prophesies that by Babylon's use, preparation, and administering of drugs, all nations were deceived. According to Strong's Interlinear Greek-Hebrew Dictionary, the related term *pharmakeus* refers to a druggist, pharmacist, or poisoner, indicating that those who prepare and administer drugs risk severe judgment, being classified with murderers, liars, and idolaters, facing the lake of fire unless they repent. The origin of pharmacy, tied to ancient practices of poison and witchcraft as noted in the Encyclopedia Britannica, underscores this deceptive reliance on chemicals over divine power.

The Bible denounces practices associated with Halloween, including spiritism, witchcraft, and the occult, in numerous passages. Intriguingly, sorcery, from the Greek word *pharmakeia* (G5331), from which we derive our words pharmacy and pharmaceutical, is linked to these forbidden acts. Diviners, enchanters, witches, and sorcerers employed drugs and other potions to induce spiritual states for their magic to work. The drugs, then, came to stand for sorcery of all kinds. For the same reason, drug use is part of the celebration among the more serious Halloween devotees. The Bible's teaching on this is consistent, identifying spiritism and the occult as forms of idolatry and spiritual prostitution, leading to separation from God and eventual destruction.

The term *pharmakeia* (G5331), linked to sorcery, is rooted in the use of drugs, herbs, and potions to induce magical effects, often accompanied by incantations and appeals to occult powers. According to Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, sorcery involved the use of various charms and amulets to impress others with the mysterious powers of the sorcerer, essentially creating a deceptive sham. In the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, the word *pharmakos*—related to the English word "pharmacy"—is used to describe this practice of magic through substances. Anciently, sorcery was tied to the influence of evil spirits or demons, and God condemns those who engage in such practices to death. Even if not always recognized as connected to evil spirits in modern contexts, sorcery remains an abomination in the eyes of God, associated with forcing nature to aid through conjuring methods, and is strictly forbidden as a detestable act.