HOW TO USE THE OUIJA BOARD EVERYONE'S GUIDE TO SAFELY USING THIS ANCIENT DEVICE FOR TALKING TO THE DEAD WHAT IS A OUIJA BOARD? Today it's a paranormal communication device currently marketed and sold by Hasbro as a board game. Historically, it's a method for talking with the dead. Where does this come from? The ancient Chinese as a form of automatic writing starting over 900 years ago. The modern Ouija uses a board with letters to spell out words, Yes/No for direct questions and even numbers. It uses a Planchette device (the pointer shaped like an upside-down heart) to communicate. The modern board also has a dark reputation linked with possession, violence and even death. How much of that is true and how much is paranoia? Some of that paranoia started with the movie The Exorcist: the story of a young girl being possessed by a demon. The movie shows the possession starting with the girl using a Ouija alone. The movie itself was fiction, but is based on a true story. What happened in The Exorcist is not true, but the Ouija is not without danger, such as... NEGATIVE ENERGY It's a focal point of energy from a group of people. This creates a buildup, all of which is not nice and positive that can build up and take over a session. Whether from the ghosts who carry it, like chains behind Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, or from a person in the group who had a stressful day. But what is clear, the Ouija Board is not a tool of the devil, but instead a communication device that has it's roots in the most ancient methods of energy manipulation, giving us a better understanding of the "other side". THE BIG 4 RULES OF OUIJA: # 1 BE SERIOUS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GAME Being in a serious mood ensures your natural psychic defenses are turned while you're talking to the dead. You are ready for negative energy, naturally closing yourself off to it, and protecting yourself from it. # 2 ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE AT THE END Mischievous or negative ghosts will refuse to say Goodbye. This is like a stubborn child refusing to leave the store until you get them candy. You take the kid out of the store just like you put the planchette down to Goodbye. This ends the session and sets your mind to shutting that door opened from the other side. # 3 NEVER USE THE OUIJA BOARD IN YOUR HOME The negative energy from bad ghosts can affect you. You're at rest and want to feel comfortable in your home, a place where you're most vulnerable. The last thing you want is negative energy swirling about, affecting your mood, causing problems in your family, and nightmares while you sleep. # 4 - Never use the Ouija Board alone? There is not true for two reasons... First, people who are not psychic (like most of us) wouldn't have enough energy to create a session when alone. Psychics with high energy are also able to control it. Second, the best communication, and the reason the Ouija was invented, is for the combined energy of a group. Without the group, little to nothing will ever happen. THE OUIJA SESSION - TALK TO THE DEAD YOUR OUIJA TEAM Gather 3 to 5 people. The sole purpose of this divination method is to combine multiple people to create psychic energy. Roles are to be assigned to the participants... The Leader ~ 1 person who touches Planchette and will control the session, lead communication The Documenter ~ 1 person who doesn't touch Planchette and will take notes, decipher what the ghost is trying to say The Energizer(s) ~ 1 to 3 people who touch Planchette and are focused witnesses to lend energy but never talk The Screamer (optional) ~ the friend who will scream at the first noise in the room ALWAYS FOCUS! The ghosts being summoned are working through your team's energy. Focus is important. If one person is not focused and calm, then the message(s) could be slow and confusing. Focus on the energy that's moving the Planchette and nothing else. HOW TO START COMMUNICATION Be in a quiet room without disturbance The Ouija session should not be interrupted because breaking concentration can cause delays and negative energy. 2. Be comfortable Be seated at a square or rectangular table where the Ouija Board so you don't have to lean or bend your arms at awkward angles. 3. If the Planchette doesn't move ~ try luring a spirit with the following… “Spirit, this is a safe place." or "Is there a spirit out there with a message for somebody at this table?" If still nothing, switch roles! Try changing switching the Leader with an Energizer. WHO ARE YOU SPIRIT? Once the Planchette is moving, here are some things you could ask... The spirit's name The spirit's age when he / she died The spirit's gender What year they died in How they died Do they have a message for someone in the group, or someone connected to the group Or, is there anything they want to say or request from the living Or anything else you think might be important. A Ouija Board session is like a great conversation. The Ouija board, in fact, came straight out of the American 19th century obsession with spiritualism, the belief that the dead are able to communicate with the living. Spiritualism, which had been around for years in Europe, hit America hard in 1848 with the sudden prominence of the Fox sisters of upstate New York; the Foxes claimed to receive messages from spirits who rapped on the walls in answer to questions, recreating this feat of channeling in parlors across the state. Aided by the stories about the celebrity sisters and other spiritualists in the new national press, spiritualism reached millions of adherents at its peak in the second half of the 19th century.
