ouija boards can be dangerous. supposodly when you use a quija board you can open a portal or vortex that lets spirits into your home. if you have any info or past experiences with ouija boards please share. oh and a little fact if you didnt already know ouija board stand for yes in french (oui) and yes in german (ja).

Never used one and I don't see me ever do but thanks for the warning.

everyone whos used one knows that they are dangerous, including me. i had a freaky experience one time. i havent used my board in awhile. but i love to be scared, even tho i know theyre dnagerous, i will still use them. i know their potential, and until i have an experience that scares me stiff and something very bad happens, i will continiue to try and use it.

Well, Hasbro sells a little over 500,000 of these a year, and there doesn't seem to be any corresponding increase in spiritual disturbances. Incidentally, Ouija is the trademarked name for what used to be known as channeling boards.

I used to do seances when I was young with a wine glass, scrabble letters, and two note cards with YES and NO printed on them. Worked just as well as a board, and was much cheaper. I stopped believing they had any sort of special powers a long time ago.

Don't touch them, you'll find heaps of stories in old ouija board threads about peoples sessions with them.

Aquatus I think that anyone who isn't open psychically would have trouble using them, which would account for major sales but no extra activity.

heh, the fact that they're dangerous merely encourages me and i've had some odd experiences with them. yes, some call me stupid and...well, they just call me stupid, but i don't care.

I have my doubts about that; after all, using a ouija board takes no great leap of faith. A mere nervous anticipation is enough to produce results from the device. I would have to question at what point one can give credit to spirits, and at which point one can blame self-deception, in the same way that people several years ago were convinced they could communicate and have long, intelligent conversations with their extremely brain-damaged family members based on a touch-typing method that ultimately turned out to be nothing more than the people themselves subconsciously typing out their own messages.

If Ouija boards do contact spirits, and if these spirits can use the boards as a gateway into this world, then your odds are still better than 1 in 500,000, so go for it! In the twenty odd years that Hasbro has been filling the world with this game, there has yet to be any sort of overt spiritual takeover documented. That's a lot of test subjects.

I know that some neighbours had been using a Ouija board and then one of them ran screaming into the street. It was amusing to watch, especially when others didn't know what was going on.

I have used the board many times, although it doesn't seem to want to work now. I really don't see them as much of a danger. Yes the board likes to lie, so don't take anything to heart that you ask it. It also tends to pick the people it likes to talk with. Whentry to use th my one friend would e board it always refused to talk to her and asked for us to put someone else on. I'm sure with some people it has psychological impact, but as for it being a portal? I'm not quite sure on this. With my experience nothing all that bad happened. Just as any tool used in aid of finding answers; use it with respect and you should be fine.

I have no clue what just happened there, the post was correct and not messed up like that when I did the preview and everything.. here's the correction on the part thats messed up. *when trying to use the board with my one friend the board would refuse to talk to her and asked for us to put someone else on.* lol, sorry about the confusion there.

Only if you drop it on your toe, or slap your little brother in the head with it; other than that they are perfectly safe.

With the millions upon millions of the boards that are around in the US alone one would think that there would be enough demons running about to wreak havoc, but that isn't the case.

All of the horror stories you hear about these things are just a combination of fiction, imagination, and delusion.

The board in itself is not dangerous, but it does allow people to believe they can communicate with ghosts and such, and so it sometimes works easily that way. And that can be dangerous, since you can never tell what you might open and what you might be inviting.

I have used ouija boards as a child and never experienced a problem. I have made my own now as an adult by using the alphabet on papers along with yes, no and dont know and using a glass.. I have had amazing results with information coming through that I had no way of knowing so it cant be subconcious.. I believe it can be a form of communication with Spirit and I always say a prayer before and after using and requesting good spirits only be allowed to come through.

When you protect yourself with light and love you will attract like minded spirits.

I have heard many mediums saying the boards are dangerous and we shouldn't meddle in these things.

NEVER EVER USE A OUIJA BOARD OK

Can someone please explain one thing to me about ouija boards ?

ive read on these forums about various folk's experience's with boards, but i cant get my head around this...if a 'force' were contacted who lived say 100 odd years ago and couldnt read or write in their earthly life how the hell can they comunicate through a ouija board using letters and numbers ?....am i missing something here ?

I've always been scared to touch an Ouija board-even before I knew what they were. We have one in our basement and I've never so much as opened the box...they just give off a weird feeling to me for some reason...Like you know something bad will happen if you mess with it, but you don't know exactly what.

i keep one right at my bedside..and i swear to god its sooo boring. no jumping in the night..no evil spirits throwing things at me...just a piece of carboard that i thought would be a heap of fun, but turned out to be...to be..a big pile....of....

im trying it again tonight and if it dosnt answer me this time, and answer me properly, maybe give me a well deserved fright, ill burn the piece of junk...or just put it back in the closet...heheh..

(yes, this is me trying to provoke the damn thing..challenge it..go on i dare you, you..you...glowing piece of carboard junk!!!!!!!!!)

ouija boards can be dangerous! (if you throw it hard enough)

It's fun to mess arround a Ouija board like spelling you friends name and then spelling hit by a car.

I do believe that ouija boards can be very dangerous. I heard this one lady started using one after her husband died so she could contact him. Ever since then she has been haunted by a demonic presence. The problem is u never know who u r are contacting when u contact the dead. Thats why i just stay away from ouija boards.

Meh. I might try, when I get some balls.

Everyone knows about the conscious and subconscious parts of our brain...well this is how a Ouija board works...when a person asks a question, it says to concentrate because the subconscious will answer the question. When you concentrate, your hidden desire of what you want the board to answer is translated through your nerves down to the slight variations in your hands and you move the "eye" without realizing it. Or say you're playing with someone and you ask..."Is someone with us" or whatever, to find out if some spirit is in the room, if may not be the person that asks the question that "answers" it...it could be the other person's subconscious working.

So it's all up in your mind...

Maybe for some, if you've ever seen a planchette fly around and around the board by itself you'd believe it.

What's a planchette?

The thing you put your fingers on.

I haven't played wit one yet but i want to but im scared to use it. Reason why i want to use it is because i have a ghost in my room dat i just saw last night u ca beleive me or not but i saw it and it showed up right after i made a prayer to god!!!!

does dat ouiji board really work?Or do we end up moving it our selfs?

I've seen the planchette go spinning around the board so fast we had to take our fingers off, and it kept going.

D unexplained, like most things some are real and others are false.

Before I start try here for stories.



That links in with the whole subconcious bit. You know the letters.

But then again, we tried a bit of boarding on halloween morning (as in, 2am) and at one point my friends sister placed her fingertips on my friend's hand (which was, in turn, on the planchette) and thought letters and words to spell out. Thought, as in, she didn't say them aloud so we were completely unaware of what she intended to spell). If the board is controlled by our subconcious, I didn't realise she could have that much control, not only over the planchette but also over my friend. Hmmmmm.

I agree that the board is dangerous. But not in the way you're thinking. Some things can't be explained about answers given but many can. The board is dangerous because some people get a bit irrational after using one. "Ahhh, my house is haunted! Ever since I boarded!" Whether spirits are in control or our subconcious is, it doesn't sound all to healthy to be dabbling.

Don't "play" with these things. Don't just "have a go". Research this stuff, find out the precautions, the stories, the dangers (and to me it's apparent that, at the least, you are risking your mental health) and everything.

Is it me or have we had the same topic put up many times? My sister and her friend years ago used a quiji board and for two hours nothing happend. And then a couple of years ago, my friend (who's now in Alberta) called me and asked me a question. I asked if the Vancouver Canucks would win the nights game. (Don't ask me who one I can't remember and really don't care). Anyhoo, I should mention that her quiji board was made by Milton Bradley.

I'm thinking that I might buy one you know just for fun when a couple of my girlfriends come over to watch tv. But I don't think I will use it though.

My cousin made one and it's so freaky... We used it to contact thier friend who committed suicide, and other things, too. I know it feels like you are moving it, or someone else is moving it, but believe me, it is real...

Hmmm! Some pro, Some against, I well rounded forum tonight.

Hold on, I don't think you finished your story...the sister, who's hands were on her brother's who's hands were on the planchette, thought about words and it came out on the board correct? The control is in the sisters hands...regardless if her hands are on the planchett or someone touching it. If he was relaxed enough, it would be like his hands werent even on the planchette, but hers were.

And Rommie is right, it's a GAME made out of CARDBOARD by a CHILDREN'S company. it's like when someone says "you're cursed"...it's the subconscious thinking your cursed so you do things that make you consciously think you're cursed, etc etc. Not real. Period. It's a game. Linda Blair in the Excorist isn't real. period. Playing with a board will NOT do a thing except the intention of which it was made, to play a game. Nothing more. Period.

No. Parker brothers are aliens who are actually demons sent by jesus to enslave the human race by use of board game.
This is why many people say to avoid these things. They are vile and unwholesome.
The time Moe used one, he confured the ghost of an evil wizard named Tim. Oh tim. Oh, to be an enchanter.

Yes, that's how it happened (and my friend is a girl heh). Ok then, I just didn't realise that was possible but ok then, thanks.

So are you saying that the planchette is moved by our subconcious or that it isn't moved at all? That, whatever it is, it's neither ghosts nor dangerous?

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Potholer

it's the subconscious that first of all makes us believe the board works ( i don't care how many people say it's stupid when they sit down to play it, they are thinking that they really wonder if it will work lol ) and so when we sit down to play it, we've already decided in our minds (unless we're completely honest which is rare lol) that the game HAS to work becuase it would be so boring and un-cool if it didn't right? So with that established....you sit...you wait..."i'm not moving it, are you moving it?" "i'm not, you have to be!!" "nooo, I'M NOT, YOU must be!!!" etc etc....what was the question? let's seee....first question people normally ask..."is there a prescence/spirit/person (etc) with us in teh room?" that's usually the direction of the initial question....now again, we can't be bored with it, so a decent amount of time goes by (some people think one minute is enough, some wait 10 minutes or whatever, but when you sat down to play the game, you already decided how long you would sit there without anything happening, and since you want somethingto happen, that's when your subconscious kicks in) the planchette starts to move...the planchette will be moved by the person who had decided subconsciously a less amount of time than the other person. say two people, one decided after 5 minutes they don't want to wait any more while the other person thought 10 would be enough then no more....so the person who decided 5 minutes will usually be the person who begins to subconsciously move the planchette...even if that person is you, you don't realize it, you get so overwhelmed that it's moving and trying to blame the other person, that you keep moving it. and it can go on continuously from there....but that's basically how ti works...

it's the exact same as a memory coming back that you forgot...you see something and you stop for a minute, realize it seems familiar (it's your subconscious saying "i know, i know what that is") and then your memory kicks in and then finally your conscious wakes up adn realizes what it is....

That sounds reasonable enough.

But, what about the stories of the planchette moving without anyone placing their hands on it? They aren't true?

Ok, so say it is our subconcious. What about the state of people when they believe something is haunting them? When they fully believe that they're in danger, until they get their home blessed (or whatever). I'm not saying, by any means, that there's somthing supernatural at play. But that is some pretty strong (and negative) imaginations at work there and it cannot be healthy. To many people, this is a harmless game, to others, deep down, they believe there's something there that can and will hurt them and therefore it does.

Heh, I really hope I'm making sense.

firefemme, what is your opinion on my story? When the planchette went really fast and didn't stop spiralling on the board even though we all took our hands of it.

As far as some people thinking they're being haunted...it's the same as if a person thinks they have bad luck because they walked under a ladder or broke a mirror...some people think that if someone "curses" them, they begin to have bad luck...it's all subconscious, the subconscious knows that the conscious part of us EXPECTS things to happen...ESPECIALLY if they believe in it so strongly. So the subconscious will play tricks to get the conscious to believe something is really going on.



Honestly, not everything has explanation, was it your board? A friend's? Maybe they put a device under it that would spin it around...I remember me and my friend wanted to freak out another friend of ours, so I took someof my dad's fishing wire and attahed it to the planchette and set it directly below the ceiling fan...and we attached 5 strings to the planchette and then one string to each edge of the fan...all three of us sat around the board and my friend started to move the planchette with her hands...our friend was flipping out and said it was me, so I took my hands off and then put them back on, she blamed my friend and she took her hands off and I kept moving it...so all 3 of us took our hands off and we're all like...wow, it was moving...playing along so shewouldn't realize what we were up to, and then my friend said she was going to turn the light on (we had candles lighting up the room) and when she did, she turned the fan on slow first before the light switch. And the planchette lifted and moved around above the board, my friend nearly had a heart attack and never came to my friends house againlol becuase she was so scared, even after we told her what we did. It was so funny though...but other things can't be explained, shoot, you can get a spirit to come out of thin air, a candyland game, why not a ouija board...you just never nkow, but the majority of the time when a ouija board supposedly "works" it's the subconscious playing around.

It was my board, no trickery involved.

Firefemme, you said shoot, you can even get a spirit to appear out of thin air. That's a big point.
If you're open to spirit activity, it's going to happen with or without the board though the board makes it easier.
All the people who complain the boards don't work, probably aren't ready for spirit contact yet. They should count their blessings as really you're mainly contacting lower spirits on the board.

After using mine for over 20 yrs., I still feel perfectly safe in using it. Thanks for the comment though.

Ok, what I really want to know, firefemme, is Do you think these things are completely harmless (not asking what is causing the harm, just whether it is harmful or not)

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Potholer

You're most likely right about that point. I think that if a person truly wants to be contacted by a spirit, playing this game will make that desire known to the "spiritworld" or however you want to put it. And that desire just brings spirits if it's real and strong enough. But that willpower to bring a spirit can be just as powerful to bring the wrong ones or the right ones. So that's where I think the harm can come. The subconscious is a powerful thing, a person who doesn't realize how powerfully they're pulling for a spirit to come is where the shocker can come in. However, a majority of the time, I do believe in my opinion, and from what I've read about, the game is merely controlled by the subconscious.



Like I said to the last quote, it depends on the willpower of the person. IF a person's willpower is strong enough to even grab the attention of a/many spirit(s)...then it depends on the type of will power. A person may get the attention of a bad spirit and not realize it. It can be tricky I'm sure. Everyone is different...you'd have to really master your true desires to achieve the level of controlling a level of good or bad spirit...let alone a particular one I'm sure.

To add to what firefemme is saying. You should watch the DVD of Penn & Teller Bulls**t. They have an episode, where they debunk the quija board. The mind, is very powerful, however I don't think you're conjuring up spirits. You start to see things, hear things, and feel things. But the truth is, it's all your subconscious and your nervous system.

Tia - I'm not calling you a liar, however anyone can come here and write stuff down, and tell their story. However without any physical proof, maybe a video of this in action.

Until then, you are one among many. If the spirits, really DO exist then you should be able to duplicate the scenario and record it.

I would if I could.
You'll say this is a cop out but I swore never to touch them again after having a very bad experience with them. If you go thru other threads I've mentioned never using them again repeatly.

Heh, ok, now I'm a bit confused. I'm guessing when you say "spirit" you're meaning "manifestation made by the mind". I'm sure there's a proper word for that... You've been coming across as a sceptic that boards are powered by spirits but you use that term as if you're referring to the supernatural. Ah, I'm probably just slow.



Potholer

I have never used, or even seen anywhere else but in films, an Ouija board (I don't think they're as popular in Europe as they're in US ) but:
For whomever any given object (ouija board, tarot card deck, crystal ball) has a specific "magic" or "spiritual" power, it can be potentially danerous, because of the power of suggestion. I know people who believe in tarot cards and have lost their sleep after playing with them.
There's no need for a certain object to possess or not special abilities, as long as the person using it believes in them

i am very afraid of quija boards, mainly because i have never had a good experience with one. but im always curious

Untrue, and true. Many people are open to wild imaginations. Others are open to spiritual attacks.

You have to protect yourself, and others involved when you use the ouija board. You also need to be able to send back what you bring forth from it.

A girl in my math class got a Ouija board today...