The Dangers Of Ouija Boards
14/12/2008 by: eyepriestessTHE DANGERS OF OUIJA BOARDS
One of the world’s greatest paranormal mysteries… how can a board enable communication with spirits? and what are the Ouija board’s dangers?
In 1977 I took part in a Ouija board seance and without doubt had contact with something, which turned out to be very evil.
I researched this so called game for many years after my experience and I would like to share with you, ‘Ouija board dangers’ and what you could be potentially up against, if you decide that the temptation to dabble with a Ouija is too great!
BUT FIRST – HOW DOES THE OUIJA BOARD WORK?
The Ouija board was invented in America with a device called, a ‘planchette’ – meaning ‘little plank’.
If you look at the above picture, the board is almost heart shaped and the planchette moves around this. At the time of its making there were two castor’s underneath the planchette, which rotated once a pencil was placed at the tip.
Annoyingly for the players, the messages were often difficult to comprehend and were very time consuming. Because of this, a whole host of different types of communication were being developed, but without much success at that time.
E.C Reich – a carpenter from the USA, then developed a lap top wooden board. He carved out the alphabet in a curve around the top of the board and then created another straight line underneath, with the numerals o-9 engraved. Reiche etched the words ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ in each bottom corner. He then replaced the pencil with an extra coaster, which gave the board more definition to the bottom of the heart shape. This then acted as the pointer as the planchette moved to each letter. (NB: some boards nowadays have the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ at the top)
The plancehtette’s ease of movement and communication resulted in a major breakthrough with spiritual contact.
Great potential was envisaged for this product when Reiche then sold his business to two of his friends called, Charles Kennard and William Maupin, who began marketing the Ouija board in 1886.
In 1892 William Fuld took over the business development and subsequently changed the name to ‘Ouija Novelty Co’.
The Ouija board took off to such an extent with Fuld’s (and later his brother’s input), that it remained successful for the next 35 years. By 1920 it was believed to have made over £1m profit and was also credited as being William Fuld’s invention…a claim Fuld quite rightly denied.
Remarkably, in 1927 it was reported that Fuld committed suicide (aged 57 years old) by jumping off the Baltimore building (where his factory was based). This then gave the Ouija board an even more sinister appeal. However, other accounts stated that Fuld had fallen from the building whilst leaning against a railing, which subsequently gave way and led to his death.
Whatever the reason for Fuld’s death, the business was immediately taken over by his children, Catherine and William A. Fuld who continuted to market this phenomenum until ‘Parker Bros’ took over in 1942.
Spirit communication similar to the Ouija has been used for centuries, even before the time of Christ. Its popularity is almost certainly due to the high and regular success rate with spirit communication.
However, people who use Ouija boards, or conduct séances without protection are ultimately sitting targets for psychic attacks, with a huge risk of attracting dangerous - ‘non-human’ energies, such as demons. It is believed that a demon’s ultimate goal is to free itself from its miserable existence and to enter into ours - through any means possible.
A Ouija board acts like a beacon of light, which reaches astral dimensions - once a game is in progress. This then becomes a portal of access for anything to come ‘unintentionally’ invited into our existence. Once in, this energy will attach itself to the most vulnerable person playing the game…usually the most naive to the Ouija’s capabilities.
The Ouija board is one of the most dangerous occult games to ‘play’ and has caused many people to encounter horrendous paranormal occurrences. I was lucky enough to escape with just the terrible memory of my experience, which will remain etched in my unforgiving conscious for the rest of my life.
MY STORY – OUIJA BOARD DANGERS
The winter weekend began where my colleague – Jen and I had been commissioned to Southampton, UK. A location Jen and I had never visited before…but a special place we would never forget.
The hotel was huge, very old and a bit too spooky, but we settled in and unloaded our luggage before going out for a meal.
On our return to the hotel, my husband fell asleep very quickly. However, I was in no mood for sleep, so I slunk from our room and knocked on Jen’s door opposite ours.
I was pleased she was still awake and we made our way down to the hotel bar in the hope it was still open.
We were very happy to see two staff drinking after finishing their shifts, so we asked if we could have a drink. They said we could and to join them at their table.
We sat beside a huge open fire place and listened as the staff were arguing about whether or not the hotel was haunted. Jen jokingly suggested they hold a séance.
They agreed and said there was a Scrabble set behind the bar we could use for the letters.
The barman, who I shall call Mark (but cannot remember his name), set out the letters in a circle shape, then he positioned the words YES and NO either side of an upturned wine glass. The four of us then placed a finger on it and began our game.
Mark asked the usual “Is anybody there?”
Nothing happened for a while, but then I began to experience a strange sensation. (It is very difficult to describe, but I will do my best). It was as if a haze surrounded us…not a visible haze, just the feeling of one. This is when I suspected something was about to happen.
Then the glass began to circle the inside ring of letters, with only the very tips of our fingers touching it.
“Who are you?” I asked. The glass then moved with an eerie ease, as it spelled out the name…’****** ******’. (Sorry name obscured in respect of privacy)
The other barman who I shall call Geoff, accused Mark of moving it, which made him cross, so he got up from the table and walked to the bar.
Geoff took his finger off the glass and sat back from the game. I asked whatever was in the glass to prove it was really working, and it immediately spelt out a word:
GOSS
Geoff said, “That’s… my surname.” Then he pointed to the glass again. “Look! It’s spelling out my name – AGAIN!”
I had never felt this frightened in all my life. Then (I don’t know what made me ask this) I said, “Is there a God?”
The glass set off again, this time almost gliding as it formed a figure of eight shape over and over again. Then it seemed to become annoyed and began crashing into the letters – sending them to the floor.
We all stood up and looked at one another. I have never seen such frightened faces in all my life. This is when we parted company, but it didn’t stop there…
Some time later (I can’t really remember how long), something occurred that I can only put down to messing with the Ouija.
I felt restless on this particular evening and stayed up quite late into the early hours of the morning. Eventually I decided to take myself off to bed. On entering the bedroom, I bent over the bed to climb in when suddenly something struck me hard in the back. I sensed instantly the strike was not from a human and I lay wheezing and unable to scream. I just waited. I then began raising myself up — it hit again. Much harder this time.
I sensed pure evil surrounding me. I slowly turned my head to face whatever it was. But too late — it hit me again in the back… striking me harder and deeper…it felt like it was inside me now. I could hardly breathe and I now realised I was being possessed…or even about to die.
“Please, God, help me!’ I said in my mind as I began raising myself up again. Immediately I felt what can only be described as a pulling sensation and then I fell onto the bed…’it’ had gone.
A presence of good seemed to fill the room for around a minute and I knew without any doubt that my prayer had saved me. All fear left me and as I lay there. I thought about the question I asked during the seance… “Is there a God?”… I had been given the answer and I have never stopped believing in God since!
New Testament: Matt 12:43-45: “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.”
NB. The name ‘GOSS’ is the real surname of the person above, as he is probably still alive and hopefully will see this post and contact me. We have not met since that night in the hotel, but I hope he will recognise this story one day.
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aaaah, i never seen that movie … but i can imagine….
selfridges is posh then?
im usualy in sweat shirt and jeans…. so they def would like me
will give that one a miss then
Same Paul, in casual! I go in with my mum sometimes and we just get that shifty look, lol i’d love to go in with a fifty thousand pounds and say, i was just about to spend that in here, but you looked at me like that, so now i take it elsewhere! lol
yea right
its hard to belive that you forgot all the names
just to say… i havent forgotten the site lol
hope all is well with everyone
Hiya Paul,
that’s ok, i haven’t been online that much lately either, just had too much going on. How are you? If i don’t answer, it’s because my computer keeps making weird noises. Will be back online again in about a week.
What you on about ty????
oh it’s you and your mate…omg you are not hard to spot!! lol
what kind of question was that??
I know Isis…pretty certain who commented like that and her friend…just doing IP address search…brb
Oh Isis, it was the same person who said, ‘yeah right’ both had the same ip address lol
OMG how terribly childish !
would that be little lost girl as well??
It is her, i just did an IP address search and it is her… she just cannot get lost can she! So sad her children are more mature probably. I bet it’s from another computer…very confused at what i thought was a wonderful person ripped me off for a measly $20
on my forum…yes!
She’s been lost for years Bin has LOL!
hahaha
EP, If you don’t mind I will post a few stories, observations and personal experiences with the paranormal, from time to time. I will try to be careful and as neutral as possible. Over my life, people who observed my interest in mysteries and the otherworldly have warned against the use of Ouija boards or any other method of contact with the spirit world. A Jehovah’s Witness friend was very adamant about it, as other Chistians I have known.
The most vehement and compelling tale came to me while I was working in a small arts community in New Mexico. I was part of tight group of friends who gathered each night in a saloon there. One night I was regaling them with my repertoire of ghost tales. Suddenly a fellow I will call Jay said, “Aw, bullshit!”, and got up and started to walked away. He turned around and pointed to me and said, “I want to talk to you”. SO I finished the tale and went over to Jay, who was over a drink at the bar. Knowing what upset him, I said, “Jay, I am very sorry if those tales upset you.”
“Well, you should not tell ghost stories. They summon the spirits close. They can hear us, you know. If you want that I can tell you plenty of ways to do so. But once summoned, they will never leave you alone!” Jay also explicitly warned about summoning evil to your prescence with the use of Ouija boards.
He told me that his brother actually had been a professional exorcist, in Colorado. His brother had exorcised spirits who had followed Jay’s wacked-out girlfriend for 20 years after she fell off a deep-sea pier, nearly drowning. She was freed, but then the spirits began to follow his brother. It was intense enough that these demons tried to kill him, including grabbing the wheel of his car and running off the road. He only found relief above 10,000 feet in elevation, so, according to Jay, his brother lived high in the Front Range in a cabin above Boulder.
Jay finished by explaining what spirits, demons and ghosts really are. It was strikingly similar to the explanations offered above, and other topics on this site. These entitites are beings trapped in another dimension, trying to return to this plane-by attaching themselves to living beings or imitating the (often repetitive) actions of the lives of the dead. This explains some of the often repetitive movements and locations of revenants. He concluded that shamans in every civilization eventually comes to these conclusions.
“Jay, are you still mad at me?”
“No, he said with a smile.”but remember what I said about this”. I replied, “I won’t ever do that in your presence again” “Just don’t do it, for your own safety. Now let’s have a drink”.
Years later, I am still reluctant to tell of my family’s and my own brushes with the otherworldly. I am not much of a Christian, but knowing that evil is that close makes one believe in the power of Invoking the Lord.
No, I only heard this story. I can’t verify a thing, other than I was told it. However, that night changed my life, and makes me stop and think when talking of these things.
what was it that pushed u like, hands or was it something else like hooves or anything?
Not sure Mondo, i just felt thuds in my back, it could have been feet or hands, i didn’t get chance to turn around and see what it looked like….quite grateful for that now, not sure it would be very easy to live with a memory of what that thing looked like.
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Frank
I don’t suppose you could translate this Frank, could you?
My translator isn’t making much sense of it…thanks.