Why do so many people have strange experiences with it? I have never used it myself, but why do people use it? Are there other uses for it other than communication? I have never personally never used one but I don't want to mess with it .
I had a Ouiji board when I was a kid. It collected dust because I found it to be very boring. It comprised of cardboard and plastic. There was no game to it. No purpose other than some person asking a question and some other person pushing the plastic circle over to whatever answer would annoy the asker the most. As far as the board being dangerous, that is just a promotional tool to keep it on store shelves.
Semira nailed it.
You need a medium for results ;)
I am more of a seance person. Candle flickering can be used by less powerful spirits.
Quote from: Semira on July 04, 2016, 04:00:09 PM
I had a Ouiji board when I was a kid. It collected dust because I found it to be very boring. It comprised of cardboard and plastic. There was no game to it. No purpose other than some person asking a question and some other person pushing the plastic circle over to whatever answer would annoy the asker the most. As far as the board being dangerous, that is just a promotional tool to keep it on store shelves.
Thank you. You're the first person I have come across that used the board and didn't have weird experiences. Most don't share their mundane experiences I guess.
Quote from: ChasingAlice on July 04, 2016, 04:12:37 PM
You need a medium for results ;)
I am more of a seance person. Candle flickering can be used by less powerful spirits.
So the board doesn't have anything special about it and it depends on who is using it?
Quote from: Cin on July 04, 2016, 04:31:30 PM
So the board doesn't have anything special about it and it depends on who is using it?
That would be a fair description. If the people using it have any mediumistic talent it would work, if not, it wouldn't.
It's a toy, sold by a toy company, in the toy aisle. It's good for a laugh, not much else.
Hugs, Devlyn
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on July 04, 2016, 04:34:48 PM
It's a toy, sold by a toy company, in the toy aisle. It's good for a laugh, not much else.
Hugs, Devlyn
Lol you're right I did a Google search, I had no idea you could buy one so easily.
Quote from: Dee Marshall on July 04, 2016, 04:34:19 PM
That would be a fair description. If the people using it have any mediumistic talent it would work, if not, it wouldn't.
Does that mean anything else could substitute for an ouiji board?
Yup. You can use letters written on cards and a glass if you like. That's what they used to do before Parker Brothers (?) created the actual game you can buy. The history of this stuff is fascinating, even if you don't believe that it's real.
I don't want to ask anyone for proof but I wonder if the fact that so many people have had experiences with it is some kind of proof? Proof that something is happening that may or not be spirits?
Well then, go and spin it! ;D ...if you dare! >:-)
I won't though... too much bad stuff happening with that board. Two local teens in a town nearby played in a tent, and after that they killed themselves and wrote a message about that so called "game". I don't mind if you play it, but I would advise against it. I have a gypsy background, and this is not a game. The board has existed for hundreds of years, but in different forms. After spiritualism, they made a game out of this lore. But it's not a game. Anyway, that's my thoughts on it.
Quote from: 2cherry on July 04, 2016, 04:58:47 PM
Well then, go and spin it! ;D ...if you dare! >:-)
I won't though... too much bad stuff happening with that board. Two local teens in a town nearby played in a tent, and after that they killed themselves and wrote a message about that so called "game". I don't mind if you play it, but I would advise against it. I have a gypsy background, and this is not a game. The board has existed for hundreds of years, but in different forms. After spiritualism, they made a game out of this lore. But it's not a game. Anyway, that's my thoughts on it.
That's pretty scary.
And no way am I going to investigate on my own lol.
I wonder if all these stories count as proof that something is up with the board. I'm on the fence cause some people have clearly had no strange occurrences.
Quote from: Cin on July 04, 2016, 04:57:11 PM
I don't want to ask anyone for proof but I wonder if the fact that so many people have had experiences with it is some kind of proof? Proof that something is happening that may or not be spirits?
Anything that falls under the realm of the spiritual would be very difficult if not impossible to prove. Stories that involve the Ouija board are purely anecdotal. For every story of something "spooky" happening, I'm sure there are way more stories of boredom. But boredom is...boring...so people aren't going to share that story with anyone. I would gladly be a guinea pig and sit down with a Quija board and recite every single demonic phrase I can think of and watch as absolutely nothing happened.
"If there really is an afterlife, I'll bet the best way to contact it is through a plastic, mass-produced board game from Milton Bradley!" --Mad Magazine
Quote from: Semira on July 04, 2016, 05:13:33 PM
Anything that falls under the realm of the spiritual would be very difficult if not impossible to prove. Stories that involve the Ouija board are purely anecdotal. For every story of something "spooky" happening, I'm sure there are way more stories of boredom. But boredom is...boring...so people aren't going to share that story with anyone. I would gladly be a guinea pig and sit down with a Quija board and recite every single demonic phrase I can think of and watch as absolutely nothing happened.
"If there really is an afterlife, I'll bet the best way to contact it is through a plastic, mass-produced board game from Milton Bradley!" --Mad Magazine
Funny quote lol
Your post was informative and helpful,
But still I wonder if there's some way to prove it's not spirits that are interacting with people. If someone did a test of some kind that would be great.
Ask and thou shalt receive!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on July 04, 2016, 05:32:01 PM
Ask and thou shalt receive!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija
Thanks. It's a little hard to understand but I think it says a user may not even know his hand is moving.
I wish I had the courage to watch YouTube videos of ouiji board experiences, but I wonder if they are faked.
I didn't used believe there was anything to them but I didn't want to chance finding out I was wrong. So, other than one time when I was a kid, I left them alone.
Sapere Aude
This is some creepy Universe we live in, and given the potential of countless parallel Universes and all of that quantum jive, who knows what exists in these things... it probably goes beyond imagination, and make ghosts look like a joke. ;)
I'm curious but I don't want to do it, I'm good lol
the board is a vector and you should not have to touch it for it to work if it is really being moved by a spirit. you could try your whole life and never get it to work. if you don't have the gift then it will not work. use a candle.
Not really a toy, but used as one. You need a medium in order to channel.
Quote from: ChasingAlice on July 04, 2016, 07:55:50 PM
the board is a vector and you should not have to touch it for it to work if it is really being moved by a spirit. you could try your whole life and never get it to work. if you don't have the gift then it will not work. use a candle.
What is the candle method called? I'm not familiar with it. Thanks.
Quote from: SophiaBleu on July 04, 2016, 08:09:08 PM
Not really a toy, but used as one. You need a medium in order to channel.
I'm on the fence about ouiji being real but it makes sense that only certain people can channel.
Meant as as toy, but has serious consequences. My own observation as a child in the 1960's was that there was a dominant player and his or her shill involved. I've seen this since. Someone would bias the shuttle one way or another by whim as the game calls for and the usual dominant one in that circle would admonish the 'offender' and the usual shill would confirm that. That is the evil. Dictatorships are formed by the same kind of "group think" in this manner.
Joelene
I wouldn't even try to fool with a Ouija board. Most people don't take it seriously, however the problem I can really see, is if someone found out that had medium qualities and either surpressed it or didn't take it seriously and end up playing with this board as a toy and actually unintentionally screwing something up.
This world has a lot of mystery and I have medium qualities, yet there are things that I refuse to deal with, especially on my own. I stick to the simple stuff.
*adding : Now that I think on it, I think another difference is, whether or not you have medium qualities, if you have a weak mind you could be taken advantage of when using it. Those with stronger minds and personalities may not be effected or are able to see what's happening and protect themselves against it.
if you get an angry spirit there will be a fight! Trust the person with a personality disorder.
Ouija boards are not toys and many people have strange experiences with it because you are basically opening up a portal to hell, I know friends and family who have played with them and they didn't have good experiences, I was always told not to touch them and I won't cuz that ain't no game at all.
I just found out toymakers make Ouija boards and sell them, they look tiny. If it's so easy to get one, it makes me skeptical.
Quote from: ChasingAlice on July 18, 2016, 09:39:30 AM
if you get an angry spirit there will be a fight! Trust the person with a personality disorder.
My above statement refers to any and all spiritual rituals. Whatever they may be.
They're complete BS, but I still won't allow one in my house. It's gotta stay outside! ;)
And I also think it'd be kind of neat to make one out of wood and...I don't know, a pretty rock or something.
Also if you're going to play with it outside you probably need a flat, clean surface, like some sort of altar or something.
And if it's dark out you'll need candles to see.
Quote from: Cin on July 18, 2016, 08:26:30 PM
I just found out toymakers make Ouija boards and sell them, they look tiny. If it's so easy to get one, it makes me skeptical.
Being skeptical is a great way to approach almost everything. Sometimes people will deride skeptics as people who just disbelieve everything but in fact being a skeptic just means you want to gather as much information as possible before forming an opinion one way or another. But it has to be hard information, not hearsay and conjecture. I've certainly been openly skeptical about anything supernatural but I'd be absolutely giddy if by some chance some day someone or
something blows my mind.
Overall, the Ouija board is nothing but a toy and will always be nothing but a toy. Objects only have value if we give them value. A colored piece of paper with a 1 on it is only worth $1 because we say it is. That almost identical piece of paper with the 20 on it is 20 times more valuable simply because we say it is. Hypothetically, if spiritually attuned people exist, then the Ouija board is only given value if they choose to give it value. A piece of paper with letters and Yes No written on it would perform the exact same function if bestowed the same value. So, like others have said, it's not really the Ouija board that matters or has any value. It's the person using it and how much value they want to grant to the board.
One day when I was a kid I was watching my brother roughhouse with another boy, as he often did. But this one time for whatever reason I was overcome with an irrational fear that he was about to be seriously injured. So I intervened and forcibly stopped the activity (which wasn't easy as he was 5 years older and much larger than me). Was this some kind of psychic premonition? I stopped the activity prematurely. There's no way of knowing. This was the only instance I remember feeling this way as despite being a pessimist I'm usually irrationally optimistic that people I care about will be okay. So at the end of the day, did I have a premonition my brother being injured? Nope, because nothing happened. There's no other information to go on.
About 10-15 years ago I witnessed a sphere of light floating in the air maybe 2 feet front of me. I was staring directly at it and it seemed to be a real object that had real substance. But it lasted no more than 3 seconds and it vanished as suddenly as it appeared. Ball lightning? No thunderstorms within hundreds, if not thousands of miles (not to mention how rare ball lightning would be regardless). Any number of factors can go into creating brief optical illusions to play tricks on the mind. With no more information to go on and nothing to study, I just have to dismiss it. There's just not enough information to work with.
Sometimes when we lack information we try to fill in the blanks ourselves. But it's okay to not have all the answers. It's okay if sometimes the answer is
No Answer. If you want to know the depths of the Ouija board, anecdotes have to be tossed out. You have to play it yourself and find out. But if you don't want to, that's fine. There's nothing wrong with
No Answer. It's only wrong if it was a filled in blank.
i have never believed in ouiji boards to be real and do not think i would ever. unless i see someone use it and looking glass thing moves without touching it. like i saw in a movie recently.
however after listening to a george noory show (coast to coast am) about ouiji boards a long time ago i would never use one. he said himself do not ever use a ouiji boards! he had some very scary stories and the people who called in to.