f Focus We must be in the center of the magic focus. -- Piers Anthony, Geis of the Gargoyle (1995) Your focus invokes The Magician. -- Richard Gordon, The Intuitive Tarot (1994) Mystique: The magic word focus is a cornerstone, a linchpin, bringing attention to the heart of the matter. Focus is a magic word of powerful concentration. It's the point of convergence. Variations and Incantations: • Focus focus This is a variation of hocus pocus. • Focus. Focus. Dominocus. "'Focus. Focus. Dominocus,' Shahen chanted, twiddling her fingers in the air." -- Laura Pace, "Musical Theater Program for Special Needs Students Falls on Hard Times," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2004) • Hocus pocus focus "Gaze into the crystal ball and whisper, 'hocus pocus focus.'" -- Vickie L. Milazzo, Create Your Own Magic for CLNC Success (200 ) Foken Falk (see mikkel myyra) Origins: These are folkloric magic words for transformation into a bird. Football Touchdown, Toilet Plunger, Hocus Pocus, Woof The magic in words is that the story can make the picture. -- Christina Baldwin, Storycatcher (2005) In Literature: • "'And to reverse this amazing effect,' I boomed in my biggest stage voice, 'you simply reverse the spell.' I waved my linked hands around and chant ed, 'Football touchdown, toilet plunger, hocus pocus, woof!' I slipped my fingers apart and raised the now free circles over my head. 'Ta da!' Talk about a 'Do or Die' trick. If the samurai liked it, we lived. If not -- " -- Jon Scieszka, Sam Samurai (2001)