Well, we know what happened to Linda Blair when she began playing with one.
Like all kids I payed with one.
But I have seen videos that have scared the heebie jeebies out of me.
Oh this silliness again. Really, anybody that believes a piece of mass produced plastic and pasteboard can contact the spirit world is just dumb.
I have one on my book shelf that I swear glows in the dark.
I mean, it’s a “glow-in-the-dark” board, so it’s kinda supposed to...
Beyond that, not a single demon. I think mine may be broken.
Was primarily designed as a tool to open your mind and SOUL to outside influences, IMO Stupid, Evil.
I played with the Ouija board when I was around 13 years old. It told me I would some day be a major league baseball player for the Detroit Tigers. I didn't believe it, because I was certain I'd be playing for my favorite team, the Cincinnati Reds.
Neither scenario has turned out to be true so far, but I'm fairly certain neither team would be interested in a 61 year old rookie.
Playing with a Ouija board is like walking up to a Democrat and asking who to vote for. You are basically openly admitting you want to reach the spirit world. If I am some dark Satanic force, you just invited me to play with you.
...when America experienced ... an “obsession with spiritualism”...the Associated Press was reporting on the new emergence of so-called talking boards ... a group of businessmen...had come together to figure out a way to monetize the new tool.
...when America experienced ... an “obsession with racism”...the Associated Press was reporting on the new emergence of so-called systemic racism ... a group of marxist professors...had come together to figure out a way to monetize the new tool.
I know of a lady who painted an entire ouija board on her living room floor. I guess it’s about 12x18’. She says company hardly even notices it, and one day she might get herself a skirt-blowing machine, to “make it pop.”
Long-time friend of the family. Out there, but she certainly pegged the 2020 election as one for the ages. Something to do with Jupiter and Saturn, but I’ve forgotten the details. I do owe her a dinner for a bet I made with her on the election. Restaurant of her choice. Ha! She didn’t foresee covid lockdowns!
Anything that takes one's focus of off God potentially invites evil. Typically this can include drugs, alcohol, money, sex power, etc. but could also include much more mundane and seemingly harmless diversions over which one develops an obsession. This is not to say that the object or preoccupation itself invites evil, but the individual's obsession with it creates a wide opening through which malign spirits can subtly or openly let themselves in.
The insidious aspect of the ouija board is that it is marketed and portrayed as harmless, mysterious fun coupled with the spiritual realm. It simultaneously intrigues and elicits curiosity while prompting one to lower one's guard.
It’s an invitation to the spirit world, and that open door can permit evil spirits in. I know that many antique dealers won’t touch them at any price. Scoffers are simply “unenlightened” and luckily so.
I used to play with one with my friends as a kid.
I steered the pointer around myself, so I know it's fake.
There are somewhat similar concepts you can use to get in touch with your subconcious thought processes.
I played around with one a bit 40+ years ago. It gave some surprising and surprisingly accurate answers to questions.
Nothing which seemed supernatural, simply things that did not seem likely, from a personal perspective, which later turned out to be absolutely correct.
Again,not prophesy, but attitudes and preferences which became important.
i never get the title to this book correct but in the “darker side of supernatural” the researchers found that this and drugs were the fastest way to demon possession. like many teens, i used one of these with a group of my girlfriends. every time i was near the thing, it would say, “i hate you” repeatedly. needless to say, i didn’t use it for long.
It's not the board itself, so much as the intent to communicate with spirits...which is warned against in Scripture:
"Or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
Deuteronomy 18:11-12
"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."
1 Peter 5:8
Ouija boards are demonstrably more trustworthy than Dominion election systems. Would the courts accept Ouija boards to count votes?
I believe Satan is real and he has many minions at his command. I believe demonic possession is real but it is more in line with stories from the New Testament where it is by-and-large freakish, uncontrolled behavior. I believe there are those under demonic influence (different from possession) who can and do act normally but do evil. I believe it is possible to invite in dark spirits as well as it is possible to cast them from you.
Because of my personal beliefs, I choose to avoid anything I consider trifling with Satanism, be that a game, movie, music, novels, etc. I don’t believe any such activity will result in possession, but I believe it can open one to influence from the dark side of supernaturalism and that can have devastating effects on a person and those around him or her. Everyone has a right to make their own decisions.
If one doesn't believe in the preternatural or supernatural, then one can be excused for not taking seriously the struggle between the good and the dark forces that goes on around us.
For the rest of us, however, we know that the dark forces (the Devil and his minions) hate us and will use any device to try and influence us to, if not turn to evil, to abandon the fight against evil. This includes the media, politics, and inanimate objects like drugs, pornography and, yes, Ouija boards.
My personal evidence is anecdotal, of course, but I've know both people that played with Ouija boards and nothing happened to them, and those that played with them and suffered disturbing and sometimes dire effects.
Many exorcists have noted that if you open yourself up to the Devil, he will take you up on your invitation. Some of these gateways include the media (especially pornography) and occult practices (like New Age, mediums, psychics, etc). The book and movie, "The Exorcist" was based on a true and well documented case (except the possessed child was a boy) and, yes, his troubles started with his using a Ouija board while staying in his aunts home.
OUIJA boards work because of a phenomena called ideomotor response.
The human mind has the inherent ability to split into multiple parts, each of which may not be consciously aware of the others.
I know how odd it seems but people do it a lot.
From Wikipedia ------------ The ideomotor phenomenon is a psychological phenomenon wherein a subject makes motions unconsciously. Also called ideomotor response (or ideomotor reflex) and abbreviated to IMR, it is a concept in hypnosis and psychological research.[2]
It is derived from the terms "ideo" (idea, or mental representation) and "motor" (muscular action). The phrase is most commonly used in reference to the process whereby a thought or mental image brings about a seemingly "reflexive" or automatic muscular reaction, often of minuscule degree, and potentially outside of the awareness of the subject.
As in reflexive responses to pain, the body sometimes reacts reflexively with an ideomotor effect to ideas alone without the person consciously deciding to take action. The effects of automatic writing, dowsing, facilitated communication, and Ouija boards have been attributed to the phenomenon.
People who use Morse code sometimes become aware of this phenomenon. Morse is an obsolete method of communication these days so those noticing this effect are mainly Ham Radio operators.
If you lose your train of thought while sending Morse your subconscious can sometimes fill in the rest of the message without the direction of the conscious mind.... this has been referred to as "Brass Doodling" (Morse keys were once made mostly of brass metal)
In psychiatry ideomotor response is sometimes used as a way to get info from the subconscious using finger responses. It is a simple technique where the hand is rested palm-up and slight movements of the fingers signal answers such as "No", "yes", "I don't know"..etc
Some people use the finger responses to help when taking multiple choice examinations...ie if the pinky twitches the answer is A or 1, if the ring finger twitches it is B or 2...and so on. The idea is the subconscious has better access to memory than the conscious mind.
Ideomotor response is a rather odd but very common phenomena that hints at abilities we all possess but rarely utilize or take notice of.