Who is the Puppetmaster? Is it the Jews? Who's the Man Behind The Curtain?

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 were all nations deceived.

[Sorceries]
G5331 (Mickelson's Enhanced Strong's Dictionaries of the Greek and Hebrew Testaments)
G5331 φαρμακεία pharmakeia (far-ma-kei'-a) n.
1. the use of drugs, potions, and enchantments.
2. poisoning (“pharmacy”).
3. (by extension) the occult, witchcraft (as giving control to demons in exchange for momentary, though treacherous, benefit).

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