What is the Ouija board?
The Ouija board is an instrument which allegedly can be used to contact spirits of the deceased. The name Ouija is a combination of the French and the German words for "yes".
A Ouija board is usually a wooden or cardboard device, inscribed with the alphabet, the words 'yes', 'no', 'hello', 'goodbye' and the numbers 0 to 9. There is usually a slide able piece of apparatus on rotating castors or wheels with a pointer. The people using the board lightly place their fingers on the slide able device and wait for it to move. When the pointer comes into contact with, or moves over one of the letters, numbers or words printed on the board, a record of this is kept and later used to see if an intelligible message can be obtained.
The theory behind the practice of using the board, and the placing of fingers on a slidable message indicator or a glass, is to facilitate communication with the spirits of the dead. Once fingers are lightly placed upon the apparatus of choice, a question is asked out loud and the spirits are said to reply when the tumbler or 'planchette', appears to move of its own free will.
It is sometimes thought that the spirits are invoked or channelled and work through the fingers of the operator/people, by moving the planchette towards letters, words or numbers. From these letters and numbers it is hoped that intelligent messages will build up to answer any given questions put to the board. Many Ouija board users claim that often information is imparted that no one present could possibly have known. Such claims over the years has helped to add to the whole aura of danger and mystery which still surrounds the ouija board today.
The Ouija board is an instrument which allegedly can be used to contact spirits of the deceased. The name Ouija is a combination of the French and the German words for "yes".
A Ouija board is usually a wooden or cardboard device, inscribed with the alphabet, the words 'yes', 'no', 'hello', 'goodbye' and the numbers 0 to 9. There is usually a slide able piece of apparatus on rotating castors or wheels with a pointer. The people using the board lightly place their fingers on the slide able device and wait for it to move. When the pointer comes into contact with, or moves over one of the letters, numbers or words printed on the board, a record of this is kept and later used to see if an intelligible message can be obtained.
The theory behind the practice of using the board, and the placing of fingers on a slidable message indicator or a glass, is to facilitate communication with the spirits of the dead. Once fingers are lightly placed upon the apparatus of choice, a question is asked out loud and the spirits are said to reply when the tumbler or 'planchette', appears to move of its own free will.
It is sometimes thought that the spirits are invoked or channelled and work through the fingers of the operator/people, by moving the planchette towards letters, words or numbers. From these letters and numbers it is hoped that intelligent messages will build up to answer any given questions put to the board. Many Ouija board users claim that often information is imparted that no one present could possibly have known. Such claims over the years has helped to add to the whole aura of danger and mystery which still surrounds the ouija board today.
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