![]() ![]() Some have associated it with similar-sounding fictional, mythical, or legendary names. The most popular conjecture is that it is a garbled Latin religious phrase or some form of ‘dog’ Latin. Whether he was the author of the book is unknown. This may be William Vincent, who is recorded as having been granted a license to perform magic in England in 1619. Further research suggests that "Hocus Pocus" was the stage name of a well known magician of the era. The earliest known English-language work on magic, or what was then known as legerdemain (sleight of hand), was published anonymously in 1635 under the title Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain. Those relating to a magical connection between two or more people: Subconscious direction, cross-dreaming, extrasensory perception, split subjectivity, telepathy, clairvoyance, channelling, psychic transcription, ‘faculty X’, ‘mind energy’. Those relating to divination or other activity by one practitioner working in isolation: Haruspication (divination by inspection of entrails), and necromancy. Examples of the extended use of the term hocus-pocus In extended usage, the term is often used (pejoratively) to describe irrational human activities that appear to depend on magic. ![]() It was once a common term for a magician, juggler, or other similar entertainers. Hocus-pocus is a reference to the actions of magicians, often as the stereotypical magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change. ![]() For other uses, see Hocus Pocus (disambiguation). ![]()
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