Al Maxey: Two Audiences Review

Music was worshiping the pagan gods and goddesses:

Mousikos (g3451) moo-sik-os'; a Muse; "musical", i.e. (as noun) a minstrel: - musician (See Revelation 18:22)

 

Technites (g5079) tekh-nee'-tace; from 5078 (art, skill, talent); an artisan; fig. a founder (Creator): - builder, craftsman.

 

And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, 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; Revelation18:22

From Second Adam and Eve which agrees with the Book of Enoch:

1 AFTER Cain had gone down to the land of dark soil, and his children had multiplied therein, there was one of them,

whose name was Genun (Jubal), son of Lamech the blind who slew Cain.

2 But as to this Genun, Satan came into him in his childhood;

and he made sundry trumpets and horns, and string instruments, cymbals and psalteries, and lyres and harps, and flutes; and he played on them at all times and at every hour.

See Enoch God will come with ten thousand of his host.

3 And when he played on them,

Satan came into them, so that from among them were heard beautiful and sweet sounds, that ravished the heart.

4 Then he gathered companies upon companies to play on them;

and when they played, it pleased well the children of Cain, who inflamed themselves with sin among themselves, and burnt as with fire;

while Satan inflamed their hearts, one with another, and increased lust among them.

 

5 Satan also taught Genun to bring strong drink out of corn; and this Genun used to bring together companies upon companies in drink-houses; and brought into their hands all manner of fruits and flowers; and they drank together.

And when the Muses came and song appeared they were ravished (raped) with delight; and singing always, never thought of eating and drinking, until at last in their forgetfulness they died.

Socrates. The divine madness was subdivided into four kinds,

prophetic,

initiatory,

poetic,

erotic,

having four gods presiding over them;

the first was the inspiration of Apollo,

the second that of Dionysus,

the third that of the Muses,

the fourth that of Aphrodite and Eros.

Plato Cratylus connects musical harmony with these occupation of the witches in worshiping the the god Harmony and the goddess of the air (1 Cor 14:9):

Hermogenes: How is that?

Socrates: I will try to tell you what I think about it; for no single name could more aptly indicate

the four functions of the god,

touching upon them all

and in a manner declaring his power

in music, prophecy, medicine, and archery.

Hermogenes: Go on; you seem to imply that it is a remarkable name.

Socrates: His name and nature are in harmony;

you see he is a musical god. For in the first place, purification and purgations used in medicine and in soothsaying, and fumigations with medicinal and magic drugs, and the baths and sprinklings connected with that sort of thing all have the single function of making a man pure in body and soul, do they not?

And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, 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 18:22 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. Rev 18:23 Sorcery along with music wass the weapon of the beast. The "serpent" was acutally defined as a MUSICIAN or sorcerer used by Satan: Nachash (h5175) naw-khawsh'; from 5172; a snake (from its hiss): - serpent. Nachash (h5172) naw-khash'; a prim. root; prop. to hiss, i. e. whisper a (magic) spell; gen. to prognosticate: - * certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) * enchantment, learn by experience, * indeed, diligently observe. "The serpent-charmers usual instrument is the flute. Those who professed the art of taming serpents were called by the Hebrews menachashim, while the art itself was called lachash , (Jer 8:17; Ecc 10:11)" Smith's Dictionary, Serpent. Lachash (h3908) lakh'-ash; from 3907; prop. a whisper, i. e. by impl. (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concr. an amulet: - charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.   This is speaking in tongues to take the attention away from God's word and direct it to their own soothsaying. pharmakeia (g5331) far-mak-i'-ah; from 5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extens.) magic (lit. or fig.): - sorcery, witchcraft. Kashaph (h3784) kaw-shaf'; a prim. root; prop. to whisper a spell, i. e. to inchant or practise magic: - sorcerer, (use) witch (-craft).     Remember that Moses warned: There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Deuteronomy 18:10 And that the literal warning in the Septuagint (LXX, Jesus did read this one): "mantevomenos" (manteuomeno): "he who practices glossolalia"   mantevomenos   "mantian klidonizomenos" (manteian klhdonizomeno): "he who interprets glossolalia   klhdonizomeno   Glossolalia is listed along with practices such as divination and witchcraft (oiwnizomenoV et farmakoV) and is strictly prohibited. oiwnizomenoV et fa rmakoV is oiwnizomeno et farmako and carries a similar meaning in the book of Revelation. The sorcerers was the: pha rmakeus Click for the full study.   klhdonizomeno   Paul said that the tongue-speakers and singers in Corinth would be seen as mantic, mad, insane. pharmakeus (g5332) far-mak-yoos'; from pharmakoån , (a drug, i.e. spell- giving potion); a druggist ("pharmacist") or poisoner, i.e. (by extens.) a magician: - sorcerer pharmakeus And when they shall say unto you, Seek (worship or inquire from) unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards (conjurers) that peep (chirp like a bird), and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? Isaiah 8:19   To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20 Whisper is: Caphaph (h6850) tsaw-faf'; a prim. root; to coo or chirp (as a bird): - chatter, peep, whisper.   See the end-time Babylonian Harlot religion where music and whispering will come to an end. This is equivalent in the Old Testament to speaking or singing in tongues. Cymbal from the Greek and the Soothsaying Connection Cymbal is: Kuma (g2949) koo'-mah; from 2965, (to swell with young, i.e. bend, curve); a billow (as bursting or toppling): - wave. Kuon (g2965) koo'-ohn; a prim. word; a dog ["hound"] (lit. or fig.): - dog.   For without are dogs, and sorcerers (pharmakos: poison with a magical drug incantation), and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Revelation 22:15   Jesus defined the Devil as a liar because "he speaks on his own." In paganism the male prostitutes were the "dogs of Cyble" and in the Old Testament a "dog" is a symbol: Keleb (h3611) keh'leb; from an unused root mean. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute: - dog.   And the sorcerer is:   "Applied to Persian priests or astrologers of Babylon. Pharmakos (g5333) an adjective signifying "devoted to magical arts," is used as a noun, "a sorcerer," especially one who uses drugs, potions, spells, enchantments, Rev 21:8, in the best texts (some have pharmakeus) and 22:15" Vine

Socrates explains further:

Soc. Then in reference to his ablutions and absolutions, as being the physician who orders them, he may be rightly called Apolouon (purifier); or

in respect of his powers of divination, and his truth and sincerity,

which is the same as truth, he may be most fitly called Aplos, from aplous (sincere),

Note: Greek had about 5 languages and 50 "tongues."

as in the Thessalian dialect, for all the Thessalians call him Aplos; also he is Ballon (always shooting), because he is a master archer who never misses; or again, the name may refer to his musical attributes, and then, as in akolouthos, and akoitis, and in many other words the a is supposed to mean "together,"

so the meaning of the name Apollo will be "moving together," whether in the poles of heaven as they are called,

 

or in the harmony of song, which is termed concord,

 

because he moves all together by an harmonious power, as astronomers and musicians ingeniously declare.

[Harmony is still a "mind-control" device. Singing secular songs bonds people together so that they cannot truly think rationally or spiritually]

And he is the God who presides over harmony, and makes all things move together, both among Gods and among men. And as in the words akolouthos and akoitis the a is substituted for an o, so the name Apollon is equivalent to omopolon; only the second l is added

 

in order to avoid the ill-omened sound of destruction (apolon).

 

Now the suspicion of this destructive power still haunts the minds of some who do not consider the true value of the name, which, as I was saying just now, has reference to all the powers of the God, who is the single one, the everdarting, the purifier, the mover together (aplous, aei Ballon, apolouon, omopolon).

 

The name of the Muses and of music would seem to be derived from their making philosophical enquiries (mosthai); and Leto is called by this name, because she is such a gentle Goddess, and so willing (ethelemon) to grant our requests; or her name may be Letho, as she is often called by strangers- they seem to imply by it her amiability, and her smooth and easy-going way of behaving. Artemis is named from her healthy (artemes), well-ordered nature, and because of her love of virginity, perhaps because she is a proficient in virtue (arete), and perhaps also as hating intercourse of the sexes (ton aroton miseasa). He who gave the Goddess her name may have had any or all of these reasons.

Boethius in Consolation of Philosophy notes the battle between the Nine Dancing Ladies who were the nine muses to which prominent leaders must dance:

"Muses of poetry with lyre never support those in sorrow by any healing remedies, but rather do ever foster the sorrow by poisonous sweets.

 

These are they who stifle the fruit-bearing harvest of reason with the barren briars of the passions:

 

they free not the minds of men from disease, but accustom them thereto."

To the Pythian Apollo:

182-206 - Leto"s (mother of Apollo) - all-glorious son goes to rocky Pytho, playing upon his hollow lyre, clad in divine, perfumed garments; and at the touch of the golden key his lyre sings sweet.

Thence, swift as thought, he speeds from earth to Olympus, to the house of Zeus, to join the gathering of the other gods:

then straightway the undying gods think only of the lyre and song,

and all the Muses together, voice sweetly answering voice,

hymn the unending gifts the gods enjoy and the sufferings of men,

all that they endure at the hands of the deathless gods,

and how they live witless and helpless and

cannot find healing for death or defence against old age.

(p) It was the Cainite's punishment to have a hundred daughters borne them for each son; and this led to such husband-hunger that their women began to raid houses and carry off men.

 

One day it pleased them to seduce them Sethites, after daubing their faces with rouge and powder, their eyes with antimony, and the soles of their feet with scarlet, dyeing their hair, putting on golden earrings, golden anklets, bracelets, and many-colored garments.

 

In their ascent of the holy mountain, they twanged harps, blew trumpets, beat drums, sang, danced, clapped hands; then, having addressed the five hundred and twenty anchorites in cheerful voices,

 

each caught hold of her victim and seduced him. These Sethites, after once succumbing to the Cainite women's blandishments,

 

became more unclean than dogs, and utterly forgot God's laws.

 

(q) Even the "Sons of Judges" now corrupted the daughters of the poor. Whenever a bride was beautified for the bridegroom, one such would enter the nuptial chamber and enjoy her first. 1 Sam 2:22f

 

And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught (robbed): and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. Judges 21:23

 

(r) Genun the Canaanite, son of Lamech the Blind, living in the Land of the Slime Pits,

was ruled by Azael from his earliest youth,

and invented all sorts of musical instruments.

When he played these, Azael entered into them too,

so that they gave forth seductive tunes entrancing the hearts of all listeners.

 

Genun would assemble companies of musicians, who inflamed one another with music until their lust burned bright like fire,

 

and they lay together promiscuously. He also brewed beer, gathered great crowds in taverns, gave them to drink,

 

and taught them to forge iron swords and spear-points, with which to do murder at random when they were drunk. See The Book of Enoch.

Ea, the patron god of music, got drunk and let the female Inanna or Ishtar steal the ME: the supernatural power of mind control including "the authority of the eldership, the power of song and instrumental music and the power of licking the phallus." Ishtar/Tammuz were worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem and in your congregation.

"As the goddess of war and strife, she (Inanna/Ishtar) held the title Ninkur-ra-igi-ga, "the queen who eyes the highland" meaning that other lands feared her.

 

Battle was called the "dance of Inanna, and she was at the very heart of it.

 

She was "the star of the battle-cry, who can make brothers who have lived together in harmony fight each other".

 

She is known for causing the fall of the city of Agade."

See The Curse of Agade and the Musical Connection.

Now will he appear before us,

not acting a part, (for with him there is nothing counterfeit, nor fiction, nor fable,) but with unmasked head he proclaims to us the truth unmasked (Note: without hypocrisy);

not making the audience believe him other than he is by carriage, by look, by voice,

needing for the delivery of his message no instruments of music, as harp, lyre, or any other the like,

 

for he effects all with his tongue, uttering a voice which is sweeter and more profitable than that of any harper or any music.

All heaven is his stage his theater, the habitable world; his audience, all angels; and of men as many as are angels already, or desire to become so,

for none but these can hear that harmony aright,

and show it forth by their works;

"all the rest, like little children who hear,

but what they hear understand not,

from their anxiety about sweetmeats and childish playthings;

so they too, being in mirth and luxury, and living only for wealth and power and sensuality,

hear sometimes what is said, it is true,

but show forth nothing great or noble in their actions through fastening themselves for good to the clay of the brickmaking.

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, Matthew 11:16

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