Hi, everyone!
I'm going to make my own ouija board. I bought a hard piece of black paper, and some plastic sheets to make it smooth. I've printed all the leters and stuff, and gonna glue it. The planchette is gonna be a piece of cardboard, with three halves of a ping-pong balls as "legs".
What I need you for is: I have this nice gold and silver powders that my dad gave to me a long time ago, and was thinking to put some symbols in gold and silver in the corners of the board. I thought maybe the symbols for 4 elements (earth, fire, water, air), but am not so sure. So, what symbols would be good looking and apropriate for an Ouija Board? I wouldn't want any basically religious symbols since I personally am not religious, and wouldn't want any possible spirits to feel bothered by religion.

I remember making an ouja board out of an empty coke bottle and some scrabble pieces one lunchtime at school. we never managed to communicate with the other side...

gee, i wonder why
no, seriously, i don't believe that you have to make your board anything special, but i want mine to look pretty

There are many variations for Earth, Air, Fire, Water symbols, I personally wouldn't recommend it. If you didnt want to offend any non-religious or spirit of another religion then just put symbol of all of the major world religions on the board. Since I don't know what the layout of the board looks like I cannot say what I would put on for a symbol. All I can tell you is that the answer will come in time and that if it doesn't then it wasn't meant to be.

if you just want to make it look nice then just do you own design theres no reason why it has to be anything significant

I agree all the way with that, after it all it is yours and only yours.

The ping pong ball half "feeties" is a clever idea! Wax paper on some surfaces can help things glide better but it depends on the material.

To me, the important components that go into (or on) a talking board are those that are practical and helpful DURING use, such as extra additional symbols, words and phrases that will help cut down on the tedium and ambiguity of session results - Yes, No and Goodbye are the primary examples which can and probably should be, easily expanded upon.

A Psychic Circle I bought a couple months ago has a ton of symbols and words, not only the elements and directions and planets but male and female, colors, senses (smell, hear etc) and common words and phrases. Think about common speech and results from boards and things related to talking boards, think about pairs and sets of words (love, hate, indifference etc).

personal icons if you want it 'pretty', but I agree, if you are going to use it, and plan on using it often, then some shortcut phrases would come in handy, as well as numbers

Take three steps back and really think about it. The most experienced psychics in the world know that using the ouiji board has significant risk involved. Ask yourself if life isn't weird right now without the incalculable ramifications of opening a wormhole to a dimension you are not from. Some entities on the other side have been there a very long time and they know how to play the game better than you can ever imagine. You might get lucky one or two times but something will eventually happen that will change your life forever and you could end up in The Twilight Zone with some boogeyman lurking around and making bad things happen, I guaranty it won't be your favorite episode.
There is a reason George Noory did not go through with it and it is because he is very wise and knows a lot of very wise people and in the end he decided not to use the board. You do not want to open portals of this sort.

I made my own once using the back of a shoe box since it had no marking on that side and a piece of paper folded into a triangle football. It had no symbols just the standard alphabet, numbers, yes, and no. I did not even add the hello and goodbye. The magic came in how it was consecrated to the spirits. I would just listen to Mighty Arcus though but sometimes we have to learn for ourselves. Good luck.

Ouija boards are completely safe if you know how to use them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3LGfjRq4-U

Yes, it's written in the Wiccan perspective, but this video shows you how to use the Ouija board safely and effectively.

If you want to add symbols and signs to your board, I recommend coming up with your own symbols, or use ambiguous ones, so the spirits aren't offended by anything. Animals, flowers, geometric symbols, etc are probably all things that would be okay to put on the board to keep it "spiritually correct".
I wish you success with your spirit communications, but be wary of who you talk to with the board and always be safe when using it.

A piece of paper a pencil and a coin is more that enough to conger up trouble.
Spirits dont care to much for Razzel Dazzel.

"If you play with fire you gunna get burnt".
Have you ever been scared before? I mean really scared??
Ive been there and done that & it frightened the crap outta me.

Study, go for a run, raise money for charity, babysit what ever.
Respectively Ive a story or twelve.

eg-: My friend and I did just as I said, wrote everything needed on a plain white peice of paper, 666, Alphabet, numbers and our initials etc.
We got what I would call was a very disturbed tainted spirit.
The profanities that came from the board where not what teenage girls should or want to hear.

When the coin, slid across the paper over the bed covers and then on to the bed side table where a photo frame pic of jesus was and then started to knock and smash it violently, thats when I decided not to play with those that are ment to be resting in so called peace.
Take care please!

Ya, because developing your own symbols or hijacking your own from other sources is way cooler. I have my own alphabet, several of them, of just random symbols, I do not use them to spell things, but I have always made symbols since I was a child.

maybe ill just add some frames at the rim of the board. when it's finished, i'll try to post a pic
thanks everyone for worrying about me, but i did think this through. i'm open minded about it, and still an "agnostic" as to wether it's a idiomotoric response or really a door to the spirit world. that's why i'm actually trying it. to see for myself. i understand that there are tons of stories about bad expiriences people had with ouija, but then again, on graveaddiction.com they have like tons of stories of perfectly normal and non-agresive communication. i don't believe there are many examples of people being physically hurt.
thanks for the above link to the youtube, will watch it later.

That was an amusing Youtube link, and in fact, the vast majority of the Youtube ouija links are pretty funny, or worse, BAD. If there IS a place to find "practical" info on how to use a Ouija board, Youtube exists in a different dimension.

I'm sure most of us would be interested to see what kind of board you come up with! Have fun and keep your head on straight!

yeah I've got an opinion about them, STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM
THEM!!! They are very dangerous and should not be fooled with.

We're talking about Ouija boards not radioactive isotopes.

why?

I totally agree with DJKO320, stay away from them. Ouija boards are definately not the type of thing you want to be dabbling in, it isn't a game

I was just a kid (12-13, maybe even 14) when curiousity got the better of me and I was foolish enough to muck around with one and trust me they have a very real potential to open floodgates that you don't necessarily want to open. Please proceed with caution, or better yet, don't proceed at all.

what really amazes me is that people who advise me to stay away from ouija never actually give me any reason. they just keep saying that it's evil.

I used one with my best friend when we were kids. The planchette I think it's called moved on it's own. No, I mean it moved on it's own for us. It "felt" evil. We spoke to a spirit who told us he was Billy the Kid. I don't remember the rest of it, other than it was scary enough to make us give it up for good.

... and it really amazes me that people insist on meddling with things that they do not understand. If you are only going to experiement with it for the sake of satisfying your own curiousity or "to see for yourself" then you are quite the fool.

I believe I gave you a reason ... there is the POTENTIAL to open floodgates you do not necessarily want to open.

It is not the Ouija board that is inherently "evil", it is just a tool to utilise. But if you need to ask why they may be dangerous, then maybe you should do some more research into the subject of spirit communication so that you understand the implications.

I have a sneaking suspicion that you are going to go ahead with it anyway, so just be aware that you will be open and vulnerable and once some things are invited into the equation, they aren't always so keen to leave.

Its usually the same old answers. Have you noticed, its USUALLY a friend of a friend with the experience? although not always. Most of the time also, it seems that people just have scared themselves.

I'm enthused at this project. I think you are a level headed person and I do hope you share with us your findings! What are you hoping will happen? What techniques will you use?

I'd like to point out that "opening floodgates" is not a specific reason. For what its worth, many things in this world were, at one time, unknown. "Foolish" people were brave enough to venture, and we have discovered some really cool and/or important things!

My view is that it might not always pose a visible and imminent threat. Still evil spirits can masquerade as beings of pure light if they so wish to. Not that beings of pure light appear when using a Ouija but people should be aware of who they make contact with. If one person uses a board to contact the 'spirits', another a dead friend, and another demons, and for each case they receive a response then which is it? My conclusion is they are the latter and masquerade as the first two at times. Just by using that logic it could always be the 'spirits' having fun eh?

Morrissey - Ouija Board

I honestly can not believe that most of you are supporting this venture!! Those things are dangerous! No matter if you use it "the right" way or not! I have personally destroyed many. If you interested in such a thing why not just go out and get urself a Necronomican! It's a MUCH quicker way to bring yourself a TON OF TROUBLE you really DO NOT want! And trust me I also had to rescue 8 people because of a Nerco. Believe me it really is NOT easy to do an exorcism on yourself! Thats what I ended up haveing to do after dealing with the Necro. It sucked big time! I'm very happy a few Goddesses decided to help me when I asked for it that night!

Well I don't see any harm if you totally want to try it. But just keep your spirit strong for protection. Keep a strong will and pray. Actually, the more people there are, the better. Good luck.

When you have had enough trouble and horror you may give me a message and I'll help bail you. I SERIOUSLY prey you will not have to call upon me. I have given up doing such things for good reasons. But when there is need I can not igore it either.

PLEASE BE SAFE AND DON'T DO IT!!

you have been warned.....

Before you go and do anything, I suggest watching a movie called THE EXORCIST. (the original one) That is how it all started.

Let me put it this way, if you were a spirit who just wanted some peace, how fun do you think it would be on a scale to be "woken" up by a couple of kids deciding to have some fun and asking stupid questions such as "What's your name" and "Where are you from." I'd get pretty angry. Other than that, it's just something that's beyond our understanding and you can never really know who's on the otherside. It's DEFINITELY NOT something to play with.

Wow. Wow, a lot of... not so approving voices.


Well I'm not going to tacitly encourage someone TO use a talking board, but I'll respond to questions they have regarding it, including what worked for me.


I've had two different types of Necronomicon copies myself (my last one mysteriously disappeared years ago, dah dah DAHHHHH) and although there are some cool symbols and may be a couple of passably faux "rituals", it's a very solid fact that every single version of any "Necronomicon" are proven to be not only fakes, but exceptionally poor ones, based on the writings of 1920's pulp horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft, who invented the fictional book himself - even Alestair "My-Name-Rhymes-With-Unholy" Crowley's laughable forward doesn't imbue a hack-job-for-cash book with mystical power.


But the point of this thread was to get ideas for how to decorate and layout a Ouija board, and if they wound up doing it, then maybe they'll post something, but if not, it was interesting to see some ideas and opinions on it anyway.

i would like to thank all the people who are concerned for my well-being. (un)fortunatelly, i'm too curious to let something like this pass. i'd rather risk something and lose something, then just not do anything. i see ouija board as walking into a bar, where you could run into both good and bad people. there's risk of course. you get into fight, but also, you could have a great expirience. i think that most people who find ouija frightening scare themselves by thinking something bad will happen. plus, risk is all around us. i'm not going to sit at home fearing that something bad could happen if i went out.
the movies like exorcist (yes, i've watched it) are just that. movies. made to scare people.

unfortunately, i will not be able to use the ouija till october, because my ex, with whom i was going to do it (actually, the only one who wasn't scared enough to try) is going to the sea to work for the season. so we'll try it when she gets back. but i'll make the board in the meantime and post the pics.

Whats a Nerco and what did it do? And how did you rescue these people?

Oh NVM, you mean Necronomican. Which is...a fake book? Not understanding. Is this a fake post then? Sorry, being serious if this is a legit post.

You sound really sorted about ouija, and as others have already said I dont think theres anything to fear. Ive had some 'scary' experiences with ouija, but only because I did alot of reading around and the movements on the board matched those that are apparently 'evil'. If I hadnt read that they were I wouldnt have thought anything of it.
If you are a confident person and strong enough to accept that unexplicable things happen with ouija boards then thats really cool, and you have nothing to worry about.
Dont do it if you feel scared, tired or unhappy though as you'll be more susceptable to thinking negative things that could cause you to freak out a bit.
Try and keep your mind as neutral and clear as possible when you do it though, thats what I try and do.
Im quite sceptical, so sometimes I dont look at the planchette whilst its moving so I know im not influencing where its going. Ive had alot of responses from the ouija board but none of them have as yet seemed to make much sense, so dont despair if nothing happens straight away!
But like I said...dont be put off by people telling you theyre dangerous...after all they're all alive to tell the tale of how dangerous they are arent they! Do not think its necessarily anything spiritual either. No one knows for sure what it is that makes the ouija board work so just keep an open mind.
Its dead interesting though so have fun and keep your cool you never know what will happen unless you try!