It appears that, contrary to common belief, hocus pocus is not related to 'hoc est enim corpus meum' n the Roman Catholic Mass. It's from 'hax pax deus adimax', a chant used in the 16th century by quack doctors. Check this sources: Phillip Howard, Words Fail Me, chapter 14: 'Lemmings'. Also found in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology.
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Hocus Pocus - instrumental - was created in 1973.
"It's just a bunch of hocus pocus."
Thora Birch plays Dani in Hocus Pocus.
Hocus Pocus grossed $39,360,491 worldwide.
The cast of Hocus Pocus - 1921 includes: Marie Mosquini