Ghosts of the Ouija: How a Simple Game Altered Lives Forever

 I’ve warned the readers of my books and columns many times to steer clear of any involvement with the upturned wine glass – a way of contacting spirits and the deceased that is also known as the Ouija – for no good will ever come of it.

Most spirits that do come through are out for mischief and will provide wrong information and terrify the ‘sitters’ of the Ouija session by sometimes telling them that their days are numbered and someone will die.

The Ouija also occasionally opens up the premises where the session is being held to all manner of dark forces and doors to evil presences may be opened that can never be shut again.

A case in point is the Ouija session that was held one stormy afternoon in 1952 at the Farmers Arms pub in Frankby....<<<Read More>>>....

 

So, What’s Up With Ouija Boards?

 If you’ve never used a Ouija board, you’ve probably seen them. The occult board, covered in numbers and letters penned in a mysterious font, has been a popular symbol in movies, television, and books.

When someone uses a ouija board, they place their hand on a movable piece. The spirits of the board then guide this piece to a letter or a number. After enough movements, a phrase or message can often be made out.

The ouija board’s been around for a lot longer than movies and television have been – not as long, however, as many people seem to think. The ouija board as we know evolved during the mid-19th century when the new-age Spiritualist movement began.

There is a great deal of skepticism surrounding the use of the ouija board, and that skepticism is actually well-founded: the origins of the board are hazed in deception....<<<Read More>>>....

 

A Word Of Warning

The biggest NO NO in the metaphysical field in our opinion is the Spirit Board (Ouija Board, Planchette). That is based on bitter personal experience.

If a highly trained Medium & Clairvoyant won't touch these 'blind doorways' with a barge pole, then surely that means something? But sadly this warning will not be heeded, and there will be dozens of inexperienced fledglings readily subjecting themselves to the psychological imprisonment from the 'pseudo-spirits', which connect via these blind doorways,  which will 'communicate' with them.

Spirit Boards are ready made for possession and worse .... gullible explorers will believe everything the communicator says from the other side of the doorway. Why not? There is after all something 'from the spirit world' talking to them. So why not fall for it? That is sadly the case.

Hence the HUGE warning AGAINST the use of these dangerous devices.

Ouija board helps psychologists probe the subconscious

eloved of spiritualists and bored teenagers on a dare, the Ouija board has long been a source of entertainment, mystery and sometimes downright spookiness. Now it could shine a light on the secrets of the unconscious mind. The Ouija, also known as a talking board, is a wooden plaque marked with the words, "yes", "no" and the letters of the alphabet. Typically a group of users place their hands on a movable pointer , or "planchette", and ask questions out loud. Sometimes the planchette signals an answer, even when no one admits to moving it deliberately. Believers think the answer comes through from the spirit world. In fact, all the evidence points to the real cause being the ideomotor effect, small muscle movements we generate unconsciously. That's why the Ouija board has attracted the attention of psychologists at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Growing evidence suggests the unconscious plays a role in cognitive functions we usually consider the preserve of the conscious mind....read more>>>...

Ouija Boards vs. Angel Boards – Are They Just Games?

Spirit boards, Ouija boards, Witch boards, Talking boards, and Angel boards are probably the most frightening game boards available on the market today. Featured in such films as "Witchboard" and "The Exorcist," they are frightening, malevolent forces. But if they are games, how harmful can they be?

The boards, methods of spirit communication, have been used for centuries. Supposedly, once you set up the board, spirits consider it an open invitation to communicate with you. Since the intention of the user is to communicate with the dead, and the emotion of the user is filled with expectancy. Later developed into a game by Parker Brothers, the Ouija has been both feared and revered by ordinary people and occultists alike. Its reputation is cloaked in trepidation. If you Google the word Ouija, in fact, you will find that though the game is widely popular, it is also purportedly evil. Stories abound about the negative aspects of using the Ouija, and many former users warn others of its dangers, dangers that have caused numerous people to toss their boards into the fire or into the trash.

Angel boards, on the other hand, boast connections to more spiritually evolved entities, specifically guardian angels. But when you look at the two, you see more similarities than differences.

Both have letters and numbers, and both invite communication with the "other side." Though the newer Angel boards claim to connect you with your guardian angel, they don't relate how you would know if the entity who moves your hand is actually who you think it is. The makers of the board don't tell you how to recognize an angelic entity...read more>>>...

The Dangers of the Ouija Board

One of the easiest and quickest ways to receive communication is through an ouija board, factory or home made, there is no difference, they are all equally dangerous and no amount of psychic protection can protect you from the dangers associated with this type of communication.

Do they work? Absolutely. How? Whether using a planchette or a glass, the participants are focusing their energies onto a very small space. They are giving power to these tools. It is this power and the open invitation for anyone to communicate that opens doorways. The difficulty is once these doorways are opened you cannot always close them and the experience can last long after the game has ended. A planchette or glass is like a shining beacon; unfortunately the communicators they usually attract are the occupants of the astral world. This is plane where entities reside who have departed from this world, but not transcended to the other world. It is also where entities or beasts not of this world live. If you are lucky a loved one or guide will come through, but most people are unlucky. It is also nearly impossible to tell the difference between someone of the light and someone pretending to be.

Why? Because the game removes the safety features associated with spiritual communication. When a Medium/Clairvoyant communicates they do so through their own energy field, so they can feel and sense the link. With or without protection they will know immediately if the link is of the light or merely feigning to be. But if they were using a glass or a planchette they lose the closeness of the connection and their ability to be able sense the energy of the communicator.

Participants of the game have given away their right to be protected from the dwellers of the lower planes. They have invited them. Once they are here they have no intentions of going back. So long after the fun has gone they can live on, in the space where the activity took place. With the added advantage of being invisible they can wreak havoc in peoples’ lives, by creating fear, anger and dis-harmony. For those foolhardy enough to try out this type of communication the affects can be disastrous. (Source: spiritual.com.au)

A Word on 'Ouija'

The name "ouija" comes from the French and German words for yes, "oui" and "ja." There are many different types of Ouija Boards, which can have differing layouts and can be made from a variety of materials. The board usually consists of the letters of the alphabet, 0-9 in numbers and the words, "Yes" and "No." The user or users of the board lightly touch a pointer (sometimes called a planchette) and the pointer moves and spells out the answers to questions asked of the ouija. Usually this pointer is mounted on castors to help it move freely about the board.

Ouija boards became very popular in the 1960's, a time of resurgent interest in all things occult and metaphysical, and were sold in many countries as a board game.
Some believe that the Ouija offers proof as to life after death. Others, though, believe that the answers to the ouija come from the unconscious mind of one or all of the sitters.

Persons of a nervous disposition can be frightened easily when using a ouija board and it is suggested that they should therefore avoid them. It must also be pointed out that there is no scientific proof that they actually work, although there have been many claims over the years.

“The apparatus consists of a combination of rods or pieces of wood joined so as to permit of free action in all parts. From one of the legs of the instrument hangs a tracer; on one or more of the other extremities is fixed a disc, upon which the operator is to place his hand, and from this extremity or these extremities depends another tracer. The other parts of the apparatus consist of a glass slab or other non-conductor, and of an alphabet and set of figures or numerals. Upon a person possessing nervous electricity placing his hand upon one of the discs the instrument will immediately work, and the tracer will spell upon the alphabet what is passing in the operator’s mind.”

In 1861 a Frenchman, Allan Kardec, described ouija boards (or talking boards) in his Le Livre des Mediums thusly:

“In order to render spirit-communications independent of the medium’s mind, various instruments have been devised. One of these is a sort of dial-plate, on which the letters of the alphabet are ranged like those on the dial of the electric telegraph; a moveable needle, set in motion through the medium’s influence, with the aid of a conducting thread and pulley, points out the letters. We cannot help thinking, however, that the independence of the medium’s thought is insured as well by the raps, and that this independence is proved more conclusively by the unexpectedness and pertinence of the answers, than by all the mechanical contrivances yet invented for this purpose. Moreover, the incredulous, always on the lookout for wires and machinery, and are more inclined to suspect deception in connexion with any special mechanical arrangements than with a bare table, devoid of all accessories.

“A more simple contrivance, but one open to abuse, as we shall see in the chapter on Frauds, is the one devised by Madame Emile de Girardin, and by which she obtained numerous and interesting communications; for that lady accomplished and clever as she was, had the weakness to believe in spirits and their manifestations. The instrument alluded to consists of a little table with a moveable top, eighteen inches in diameter, turning freely on an axle, like a wheel. On its edge are traced, as upon a dial plate, the letters of the alphabet, the numerals, and the words “yes” and “no.” In the centre is a fixed needle. The medium places his fingers on this table, which turns and stops when the desired letters is brought up under the needle. The letters thus indicated being written down one after the other words and phrases are obtained, often with great rapidity.

“It is to be remarked that the top of the little table does not turn round under the fingers, but that the fingers remain in their place and follow the movement of the table. A powerful medium might probably obtain an independent movement; in which case the experiment would be more conclusive, because less open to the possibility of trickery.” (Source: djmcadam)

Ouija Board - Have you ever used one?

Ouija (wē'jə, -jē, sometimes ˈwiˌdʒi [wee-gee or wee-juh]) is the belief that one can receive messages during a séance through the Ouija board (also called spirit board) and planchette. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette which then moves about a board covered with numbers, letters and symbols so as to spell out messages.

Ok. To kick off the next batch of 'Question Me' postings, I've picked a question regarding the use of a Ouija board ...

I just wondered if you could give us your thoughts on Ouija Boards? Have you ever used one ... would you recommend using one? (Kay C - Brainerd, Minnesota)

Hi. Yes I've used a Ouija Board but not for many years. I wouldn't use one again however. They are dangerous in the wrong hands. An inexperienced applicator who doesn't know the full implications of an 'open dimensional portal' hasn't a clue what they are letting themselves in for. The implications can last a life time ... if used wrongly. In the hands of an experienced applicator they are potentially a fantastic form of communication with other dimensional levels. I'm speaking from experience and wish take this opportunity discourage anyone from using a Ouija board until they have a more comprehensive understanding of what they are getting themselves into! Ouija Boards are NOT toys. They are not something to dabble with and play with. I learned the hard way ...

I was in the 2nd year of High School in the UK ... around 13 years of age ... and 'created' my own Ouija board with Lexicon Cards (an alphabet card like Scrabble where the letters of the alphabet are on individual cards), a small sheet of plywood and a wine glass. I played with the 'Ouija board' with a couple of friends outside in our street. At first nothing would happen until the glass began to take on board a life of its own spelling out all kinds of words and answers to our silly questions.

This went on for hours until I asked 'for proof' something was really there. A young child was passing us on a bike at that exact moment. As I asked for proof the child was suddenly tossed from the bike onto the ground. He was uninjured fortunately.

Days later I took the 'Ouija Board' to school where a group of us would use it at break times. The wine glass would fly around the board on its own accord which we all thought was 'cool'. We received a large amount of information from a 'Prince William' who was supposedly around at the time of Oliver Cromwell. Historic events, dates and times which we scribbled onto a piece of paper. We wanted 'proof' so we approached our History teacher, saying we were trying to do an essay outside of school based on Oliver Cromwell and we'd been given some information which we wanted checking out as it wasn't in our school History book. Our teacher came back days later rather perplexed; he wanted to know where we got our information from? It was very correct - yes. But how did we have access to information which only Manchester University had? Our teacher didn't even know the information we'd been given & it wasn't in any conventional source book we could have gotten it from. In the end we conceded we'd got the information via a Ouija board. We ended up before the Headmaster and in big trouble.

Another episode with the Ouija board took place a day or two before we first got this Historic information. We were in our form-room and two of the 'cocks of the year' caught us using the Ouija Board. They wanted to try it for themselves and we refused. I got angry with them when they demanded 'proof'. I remembered when I asked for proof a week earlier. Anyway I asked for the proof something was there ... in that split second something 'black' like a shadow raced across the room; picked up a chalk duster and threw it at the chalk board. The window to our let then rattled and a door slammed. We all raced out of the room shit scared ...

I therefore speak from good experience; I've not used a Ouija board since!