To: LurkingSince'98
The phrase “Hocus-Pocus” you are using is a Protestant corruption of the Latin phrase: “In Hoc Est Corpus Meum”, which translates the words of the Lord: “This is My Body”. Fascinating!
210 posted on
02/20/2008 1:46:53 PM PST by
Alex Murphy
("Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, for it is an evil time." - Amos 5:13)
To: Alex Murphy; LurkingSince'98
Actually, it’s “Hoc Est Enim Corpus Meum.”
212 posted on
02/20/2008 1:58:24 PM PST by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: Alex Murphy
Fascinating! FWIW, Wikipedia lists this as only one of several possible explanations of "hocus-pocus".
What's more interesting is their explanation of "abracadabra" as derived from the Aramaic for "making by speaking," allegedly a reference to God creating the world.
218 posted on
02/20/2008 3:21:18 PM PST by
Campion
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