Is Ouija board dangerous?

reply to post by thetruthseeker789


This topic comes up here on ATS all the time and there will be lot's of folks who will tell you yes.

But that's complete and utter bunk. I've yet to receive an explanation from anyone who puts their faith in Ouija boards on just how in the hell the alphabet on a chunk of wood or plastic is magical or is any different from verbally demanding that spirits come forth. Quite simply I could use the keyboard I'm typing on now as a Ouija board, after all it has the alphabet on it.

Anyway there are numerous down-to-Earth explanations for how the Ouija board "works" for some people but the greatest factor is mindset. If you're gullible enough to believe in this stuff than ANY event that can even remotely be construed as strange will seem like a result of using the board. A death or illness in the family, the creaking of floorboards, etc. What happens when you get several superstitious people around one? The same thing only this time their minds all work together to pick out anything that happens after using the board that could be considered strange. It's just superstition and confirmation bias hard at work.

Something called the Ideomotor effect can cause the person using the board to move the pointer without realizing it and then, after the moments of superstitious fear wear off neither party, even if they knew they moved it, would want to own up to their actions. After all it makes for a far better story to say that the piece moved on its own.

So no, they're not dangerous and there's nothing supernatural about them.

reply to post by humphreysjim


You are correct when you say the board is not dangerous, because it really isn't..

What IS dangerous, is the type of communication people are attempting to do when using these boards.

Go and try and find some happy and uplifting story about Ouija boards.... You won't find many, if any at all..

Only negative stories about them.

If you really don't think anything about these types of things are dangerous, howabout getting yourself one, and then go to some old graveyard at night and start using the board and start telling any spirit (just pretend even)

Tell anyone listening that they are a joke.. holding the plenum and start mocking anything listening that they are a joke, they don't exist, they stunk at life and now they suck even more being dead..

You could try and document the whole thing and report back here and let everyone know if it really is just hogwash...

Actually, I really would not do this, because your life and your family's life could really be impacted in a negative way, and noone needs that..

Originally posted by alienrealityIf you really don't think anything about these types of things are dangerous, howabout getting yourself one, and then go to some old graveyard at night and start using the board and start telling any spirit (just pretend even)

I've done similar when I was a kid, there is nothing to be afraid of. The only demons are in your mind. If you really believe you are tapping into another reality, and that ghosts are real, then of course, you will be affected negatively by the experience.

I would be completely willing to do this. Arrange a ghost group, and we'll all go do it together, if you like.

Originally posted by alienrealityTell anyone listening that they are a joke.. holding the plenum and start mocking anything listening that they are a joke, they don't exist, they stunk at life and now they suck even more being dead..

Don't the ghost hunters on TV do this all the time? I can't remember the name of the show, but one of the guys makes a habit of attacking the "spirits" verbally every chance he gets. Of course, he never comes to any harm, it's all a game.

Originally posted by 2012srb
reply to post by humphreysjim

 

I wish I could show you, but I don't know how.

Easy. Video camera+Ouija board+Few friends+Verbally abuse the "ghosts".

reply to post by humphreysjim


I would say that it doesn't even matter if these boards work, or if spirits are real or not..

The real point is the effect that they have on people, and if you find and read every story about them that you can find, you will see that these things change people and their lives in a negative and harmful way.. The preponderance of evidence in all the stories told by people that have used these boards, is that they definitely affected them in a negative way.. The reality of spirits or anything else has no bearing whatsoever, because the bottom line is that these boards cause negative and damaging things in people's lives that have used them (according to all the stories about them)...

I would say that that alone is the real issue, wouldn't anyone? One would think so...

reply to post by humphreysjim


It's more complicated than that. A person's perspective on life must change radically for these things to manifest.

My awareness was triggered by a serious illness.

If I told you what I've seen and experienced you wouldn't believe me anyway. That frustrates me, but I cannot change your mind unless you are open to the truth about what life is really like.

The experience must be from the inside out and only you can manifest it.

It starts with literal interpretation of events like lucid dreams and a capacity to see beyond what your eyes say is there. You must think outside the normal parameters of your input.

I've seen things and had things happen to me that scared the living **** out of me.

reply to post by Big Chief


You don't have to trust me, that is for you to decide. I would suggest sitting in on one of these rituals and then get back with me. I can sit in a dark room with a group of people, do some chanting, light some candles, and whatever. I bet you there will be at least one person who thinks there is something in the room. The mind is very sensitive to suggestion and imagination can run wild. Also, a lot of these rituals use some form of hallucigen and sure they are going to see things. A number of these individuals are not of right mind anyway. So it's of your opinion that these things exist but you have NO proof they do.

im not to sure if it would be safe to tamper with the dark powers of Ougee!!

Im heard tales, from my mates who did it once and they saw a blue face floating but then it disapeared, so maybe if you want to be scared do it but Christian people say its a bridge to devils and evils so maybe dont do it lol!

reply to post by Julio


Did they ever see a man with three red stripes on his back? He wears brown gloves.

I have many friends who would say they believe all this ouija hoodoo.
Aaaah good times. The fun you can have when folks don't realise it was you who wrote "YOU WILL ALL DIE" in the alphabet fridge magnets.

reply to post by Suspiria


I have seen many antique ones and ones made by hand. They are absolutely beautiful. I saw in another topic you have an interesting doll as well. Would love to see the Ouija board you have framed. Cool stuff.

Slan.

Originally posted by keltdruid65
reply to post by Suspiria

 

I have seen many antique ones and ones made by hand. There are absolutely beautiful. I saw in another topic you have an interesting doll as well. Would love to see the Ouija board you have framed. Cool stuff.

Slan.

I'll have to get the camera out and show you my weird and wonderful's. We collect all manner of oddness in this house.

reply to post by thetruthseeker789


It is a portal to the demonic realm. If you start tampering with it you will invite unwanted forces in your life. These forces will influence your life for the worse. By inviting them into your life through this medium, you give them license to bring havoc, chaos and ill happenings into your world. Sometimes their presence can also manifest because the opening is that powerful.

It is a medium utilizing a fundamental law of sorcery by which the invitation to these forces is made.

reply to post by Egyptia


I don't see it as sorcery, but there is a multi-dimensional aspect to it.

Play with Ouija and you're asking for trouble.

Originally posted by 2012srb
reply to post by Julio

 

Did they ever see a man with three red stripes on his back? He wears brown gloves.

No just a blue face like Jakesully from Avatar

maybe stripes

I'm a skeptic at everything. So, I really don't care if you believe me or not. But, I know what I saw. I'm a scientific believer. I do not believe in this kind of stuff. But that night, was totally unexplainable and freaked me the heck out, so much, that I never would go near it again.

Like I said, my x husband [blood Ouija] from what he told me, did that. I WASN'T THERE. I do not believe anything about that incident. I was not there.

But after my experience of the other incident, I wouldn't doubt it after I experienced playing with an Ouija that was Hasbro.

Tips: Make sure to bring along crosses if you do go to play. the men who didn't have them, were getting attacked, but, my sister and I, it left us alone. Superstitious or not. Believe, do not believe, it's real. And, I wouldn't mess with it.

Yeah, and play on Halloween at the stoke of midnight. Not sure if that had any effect on the outcome. But, I will never play with that possessed thing ever again.

I do believe about the Ouija after what I witnessed.

I've used the Ouija board multiple times, and nothing has ever come of it. Sure the thing moves around a bit (due to ideomotor effect), but it has never spelled words or answered questions or anything. And I never had any experiences with anything paranormal or the like, and nothing bad ever occurred after using one. Just from my personal experiences, it seems nothing more than a toy used for entertainment.

The board wasn't moving at all when we played it. So, I thought it was fake too. It does not have to be moving to get an effect from it.

Know that, once you open the door, you can't close it.

reply to post by Manhater


Well no the board never moved, I'm saying the planchette moved around, but studies have been done to show this as the ideomotor effect, and it never resulted in anything coherent when I did it. Like I said I can only go from my personal experiences with it, in which nothing special happened. It just seems like a toy produced by Parker Bros.