An interesting passage in the bible refers to the methodology used to deceive the nations in the end times:
"...For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived."
Revelation 18:23
The word 'sorcery' (Strongs # 5331) in this passage is the Greek word 'pharmakeia' (far-mak-i'-ah). It is defined in Strong's Greek Dictionary of the New Testament as follows: