[tabenda]

hey OK I really need an answer to this question.
me and my best buddy here were playing the ouija board and were really into spirits and apperantly the spirits were casting a spell on us, and said that we were going to get hurt. Can that happen? Should we do something? Or are they just kidding because they kept saying random letters! Please help us

[tickle]

tabenda, please don't print like that, it is hard to read. The spirits are having a great time with you two because they know you are just 'testing the waters'.

Ask them intelligent questions in the proper form and they will answer you in kind.

[Fr_Chuck]

First stop playing with ouija boards, they do cause evil to come into your life, and we all have enough of that in this world already.

If they were saying random letters, how do you know what they were saying. Only those who are weak minded and believe in spells and the such can be harmed by them,

[Clough]

It's best not to be playing around with this stuff. Ouija boards do work. But, by using them, you don't really know with whom or what you are communicating. A number of years ago, I took my ouija board and broke it into pieces and threw it away!

[Capuchin]

I haven't seen any evidence that spirits or demons are the cause of any messages that may arise from the use of the Ouija board.

[NeedKarma]

I will second Capuchin's answer.

[babigirl1]

I have a ouija board and I have only used mine 3 times and nothing bad has ever happened from using it. I feel It all depends on how you use it.

[JoeCanada76]

Ouija boards open up a door way to spirits. Especially evil spirits. So this can open you up to the unknown which can cause many problems. Spiritually and physically.

Joe

[babigirl1]

I have heard that several times... I think tomorrow I will burn mine. Even though I don't use it. I feel I need to get it out of my home. Thank you

[JoeCanada76]

I do not think you should burn it, but just get rid of it. Stop using it. Hope I have helped.

If you believe in prayer, ask for protection.

[Ging1994]

When you get rid of a oija board your suppose to cut it into 7 pieces and burry them I forgot if you burry them together or a part but if you burn it that'll just anger the spirits

[Capuchin]

Don't worry about burying it. It's just a piece of wood or whatever. Are you seriously telling me that you believe that spirits line up at the ouija board factory to get installed into these things?

It's a piece of wood with letters painted on it. It's not magical, it's not spiritual, it's not evil, it's wood and paint.

[babigirl1]

Agree with the above comment

[michealb]

Don't worry about burying it. It's just a piece of wood or whatever. Are you seriously telling me that you believe that spirits line up at the ouija board factory to get installed into these things?

It's a piece of wood with letters painted on it. It's not magical, it's not spiritual, it's not evil, it's wood and paint.

The problem is Capuchin is you are trying to apply logic and reason. Apparently some people live in a different world where demons and spirits exist (even though people are suppose to go to heaven or hell in that world, how are they on earth bugging the living).

It's the Hasbro Inc. factory by the way.

Here is an interesting article about how the spirits can be defeated with a blind fold.
The Straight Dope Mailbag: The Straight Dope Mailbag: How does a Ouija board work?

[Capuchin]

I don't see applying logic and reason as a problem.

And everyone knows that spirits hate blindfolds.

[michealb]

And everyone knows that spirits hate blindfolds.

That must have been one of those facts that I seemed to have missed in my life. :)

Here is a list of other evil games that Hasbro makes
Candy Land
Chutes and ladders
The Disney princess spinning wishes games (possibly the most evil of them all)
Monopoly
Risk
Life
Trivial Pursuit
Even if they didn't install the spirits in these games on purpose they are made in the same factory so you might get some bleed through to these other games. So best to keep away from Toys R Us all together can't be to safe.

[Lowtax4eva]

I was hoping someone would actually point out that ouija boards are crap, but no one has, save the above, everyone knows Hasbro has accidentally put the spirit connection module into trivial pursuit by mistake for the last 18 years.

Honestly though, it has more to do with the power of suggestion, many people believe that on an unconscious level people who believe these things work move the pointer themselves to give answers relevant to what they think will happen.

From Wiki:

"Skeptic and magician James Randi, in his book An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, points out that when blindfolded, Ouija board operators are unable to produce intelligible messages.[6] Magicians Penn & Teller performed a similar demonstration in an episode of their television show Bull! In which the operators moved the planchette into what they thought was the positions of "yes" and "no" without knowing that the board was turned upside-down, which caused them to move the planchette into blank spaces on the board."

[Canada_Sweety]

Well... you've been told (by spirits) that you're going to get hurt. This could mean spiritually or physically. I advise you to get rid of the ouija board immediately and well, get a leader of a church or someone who knows what they're doing, to get rid of the evil from your house (because it's clearly there). Second, get your friend to do the same. Don't play around with the spiritual world, because it might look like fun but it's actually truly what controls the physical world.

[kanicky73]

Thought this was interesting and that you would all enjoy it...

HISTORY OF THE OUIJA BOARD
While automatic writing was being embraced by mediums, those who satisfied their curiosity about the spirit world in the "home circles" were also searching for a more efficient way to reach the other side than by rapping on tables.

In 1853, a French Spiritualist named M. Planchette (according the to the stories anyway -- it should be noted that "planchette" in French translates to "little plank", making this story a little dubious) invented a device that could do much more than tap on the table. The “planchette” was a small, heart-shaped table with pencils attached to its legs. Those who used it claimed that it operated by spirit force and ghosts were able to write out messages from beyond. The invention was often used by the mediums as a more elaborate form of automatic writing, but it really did not hold wide appeal for the general public.

However, a short time later, another invention would come along that could be used by everyone. No experience was required and no real psychic skills were needed. This new device would revolutionize the Spiritualist movement and have an impact that still resounds today. The Ouija board was born.

Shortly after the planchette came to America, a cabinet and coffin maker from Maryland named E.C. Reiche created a new method of communicating with the dead. He devised a wooden lap tray with the letters of the alphabet arranged in two lines across the center of the board. Below these letters, he placed the numbers 1-10 and the words YES and NO in each lower corner of the board. He used the planchette with his board but removed the pencil tips and placed wooden pegs on the bottom of it. In this way, the planchette was free to move about the board.

It was always believed that Reiche named his board the "Ouija" because the name represented the French and German words for “yes” (oui and ja) but this was not the case. He named it that because he believed that the word "Ouija" was actually Egyptian for luck. Needless to say, it's not, but since he claimed to receive the word from a spirit on the board, the name stuck.

But Reiche was more interested in spirits than making money and he sold the invention to his friend, Charles Kennard, who soon founded the Kennard Novelty Co. with borrowed money and began producing the first commercial Ouija boards around 1886. The first patent for a "talking board" was filed on May 28, 1890 and listed Charles Kennard and William H. A. Maupin, both of Baltimore, as the assignees.

Shortly after the company started, the shop manager, William Fuld, decided to go into business for himself. He forced Kennard out of the business and changed the name to the Ouija Novelty Co. He began producing the "Fuld's Talking Board" in record numbers and became a successful businessman. He was a member of the Baltimore General Assembly in later life and remained in control of the company for the next 35 years. Finally, in 1927, during a brief slump in sales, Fuld strangely took his own life. He climbed to the top of a Baltimore building and jumped to his death. Other versions of the story have it that Fuld died accidentally while supervising the replacement of a flag pole on top of the building. A support post that he was holding onto gave way and he plunged to his death. This is likely the more accurate version of events, although Fuld committing suicide gave the Ouija an eerie taint over the years.

The Ouija Board was anything but a curse to Fuld's company though. It became the most successful talking board manufacturer of all time, selling millions of boards as well as other toys and games. Fuld had created a new industry with the Ouija board, which he claimed to have invented himself. He started the apocryphal tales of the naming of the board (using oui and ja) and claimed many of his successful sales plans came from the board itself.

His heirs maintained the company until 1966, when they sold out to Parker Brothers. This company, also known for their success with toys and especially board games, produced not only reproductions of the Fuld board but also made a deluxe wooden edition of the board for a time. They hold all of the patents and trademarks to the board today and they still produce it in large numbers. In spite of the fact that it is now sold in toy stores, it remains a near duplicate (albeit a more cheaply made one) of the Spiritualist board that was sold many years ago.

[Capuchin]

Lowtax, I'm always careful around Randi's stuff. He does talk a lot of sense, but he's somewhat fanatical, I fear that even if the paranormal was real and there was real evidence, he would never admit to it as a good scientist would.