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  • Nov 22, 2007, 08:18 PM
    900295
    What really controls the ouija board?
    I am curious to know is it just involuntary movements or is it actually what everyone says it is?
  • Nov 22, 2007, 08:33 PM
    Fr_Chuck
    Evil spirits, devil and sub coscience movements of our fingers. Set the same board on the floor not touching it and nothing moves ( or I would sure hope they wouldnot)
  • Nov 23, 2007, 12:04 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Those things are scary...
  • Nov 23, 2007, 02:43 AM
    Reacher
    The effect which moves it is called the Ideomotor effect. It's the same thing which moves a dowser's rod, or allows kinesiologists to fool themselves into thinking they provide a service, and is nothing more than the mind acting without properly informing your consciousness.

    Look it up, it's quite interesting.
  • Nov 23, 2007, 02:44 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Reacher
    The effect which moves it is called the Ideomotor effect. It's the exact same thing which moves a dowser's rod, or allows kinesiologists to fool themselves into thinking they provide a service, and is nothing more than the mind acting without properly informing your consciousness.

    Look it up, it's quite interesting.

    I will that is fansicnating... thank you.
  • Nov 23, 2007, 02:58 AM
    Clough
    Ideomotor effect - Google Search
  • Nov 23, 2007, 03:03 AM
    JoeCanada76
    Ideomotor effect, very interesting. In my own opinion, I prefer not to take the chanch. I am staying away from the ouija board. It is not something that I want to open up to and something that I know is not good.
  • Nov 23, 2007, 03:24 AM
    NeedKarma
    Same with me with the Game of Life: http://www.hasbro.com/objects/produc...ME%20OF%20LIFE

    It sets your destiny! You cannot stop the spirits from controlling your destiny if you play this game!!
  • Nov 23, 2007, 09:03 AM
    jillianleab
    As NK has pointed out, it is a board game manufactured by a toy company. It poses no more harm than Hi Ho Cherry-O or Connect Four (also made by the same company). Think about it - does the Hasbro factory have a "spirit dispenser" where they insert a spirit into each box? If you believe you call upon the spirits, why would they come to the Ouija board and possess it, but not the Spongebob Squarepants Game of Life (also made by the same company)? Further, in tests where "pros" (read: scam artists) in the operation of the Ouija board are blindfolded and the board flipped upside down without their knowledge, the "spirit" is unable to move to the correct "yes" and "no" answers, and mysteriously... not able to spell words! Hmmmmm... I guess when you blindfold the person you blindfold the spirit? Hmmmmmm...
  • Nov 23, 2007, 10:52 AM
    900295
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Reacher
    The effect which moves it is called the Ideomotor effect. It's the exact same thing which moves a dowser's rod, or allows kinesiologists to fool themselves into thinking they provide a service, and is nothing more than the mind acting without properly informing your consciousness.

    Look it up, it's quite interesting.

    Thank you very much. So in other words there really are no spirits involved in the game its just unconscious movement?
  • Nov 23, 2007, 11:40 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Haha. I played it once with my sister, and I didn't believe it, so I started picking my nose and told her to ask the "spirit" what I was doing. It answered "digging in her nos". Yes, this thing can't spell! Seems to spell the same way my sister does! So, I went into the next room and started dancing and asked her to ask the board what I was doing, and it said, "stil picking her nos." LOL!
  • Nov 23, 2007, 11:42 AM
    900295
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ChihuahuaMomma
    Haha. I played it once with my sister, and I didn't believe it, so I started picking my nose and told her to ask the "spirit" what I was doing. It answered "digging in her nos". Yes, this thing can't spell!! Seems to spell the same way my sister does!! So, I went into the next room and started dancing and asked her to ask the board what I was doing, and it said, "stil picking her nos." LOL!
    Lmaoooooooooo! That is funny. So your sis was really doing it?
  • Nov 23, 2007, 11:53 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by 900295
    Lmaoooooooooo! That is funny. So your sis was really doing it?
    Without realizing she was, yes.
  • Nov 23, 2007, 11:55 AM
    900295
    Omg hahahaha that's awesome so no evil spirits I have to worry about? Lmao
  • Nov 23, 2007, 11:57 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by 900295
    Omg hahahaha that's awesome so no evil spirits I have to worry about? Lmao
    Like everyone else her said, the "evil spirits" is probably some marketing ploy to get more people to buy more the games.
  • Nov 23, 2007, 11:59 AM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ChihuahuaMomma
    Like everyone else her said, the "evil spirits" is probably some marketing ploy to get more people to buy more the games.
    You have a wonderfully cynical mind... just like mine. :) Welcome to the site.
  • Nov 23, 2007, 12:04 PM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by NeedKarma
    You have a wonderfully cynical mind...just like mine. :) Welcome to the site.
    LOL... thank you!
  • Nov 30, 2007, 06:27 PM
    missy20000
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by 900295
    I am curious to know is it just involuntary movements or is it actually what everyone says it is?
    The spirits control the board and if you are baffled by the mysteries of the board you will find more... soon
  • Mar 12, 2009, 08:06 PM
    GNL685
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck View Post
    evil spirits, devil and sub coscience movements of our fingers. set the same board on the floor not touching it and nothing moves ( or I would sure hope they wouldnot)
    A few times me and my cousin were using one and we would ask it to move without us touching it.. it told us to go in the other room and shut off all the lights and come back in 5 minutes... we would go back and it would be moved... everyone in our house went in the other room and we were looking
  • Sep 2, 2009, 12:45 AM
    portree23

    Answer: Skeptics say that the Ouija moves due to the "ideomotor effect" (sometimes called "automatism"). The ideomotor effect refers to the involuntary and unconscious motor behavior of a person. The term "ideomotor action" was coined by William Carpenter in 1882 in his explanation for the movements of dowsing rods and pendulums by dowsers, table turning by spirit mediums and, of course, the movement of pointers on Ouija boards.

    Carpenter argued that muscular movement can be initiated by the mind independently of volition or emotions. We may not be aware of it, but suggestions can be made to the mind by others or by observations. Those suggestions can influence the mind and affect motor behavior. What is purely physiological, however, appears to some to be paranormal.

    The skeptical explanation does not, however, account for predictive events and other phenomena sometimes associated with the Ouija.
    Trust me this it's the true also its my experience don't believe in fake thanks all the best for all.

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