[ARCHIVED THREAD] - The Strange Origin of the Ouija Board (Page 1 of 10)
Posted: 8/12/2020 6:24:01 PM EDT
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https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-strange-and-mysterious-history-of-the-ouija-board?utm_source=pocket-newtab Like many evils, Ohio is to blame. In 1886, the fledgling Associated Press reported on a new phenomenon taking over the spiritualists' camps in Ohio, the talking board; it was, for all intents and purposes, a Ouija board, with letters, numbers and a planchette-like device to point to them. The article went far and wide, but it was Charles Kennard of Baltimore, Maryland who acted on it. In 1890, he pulled together a group of four other investorsincluding Elijah Bond, a local attorney, and Col. Washington Bowie, a surveyorto start the Kennard Novelty Company to exclusively make and market these new talking boards. None of the men were spiritualists, really, but they were all of them keen businessmen and they'd identified a niche. How does it work----> Click To View SpoilerI remember playing with one as a small boy with my cousins and I was scared shitless. The "board" said it was the Devil or something and I hightailed it out of there and hid in another room. |
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Ouija boards are dangerous. Don't believe the people who scoff at their power. I have known too many people in my life who have had too many negative experiences. There are entities that use it as a conduit into people's lives. Most of the time these encounters result in nothing good. Believe it or not; I don't care. It's not a toy. |
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The concept of the talking board is ancient. The Greeks, Romans and even earlier Byzantine civilizations had them. Hell, even old Houdini who loved to bust frauds said he knew several people who had gone insane from using them. I think it can open one up to inviting some bad juju into ones life if the actual summoning rituals are used. |
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These "scientists" can claim all they want. They're atheist fools with an agenda. Direct human experience tells a different story. Ever hear of the movie The Exorcist? That's based on a true story, which involved a boy becoming possessed after using a Ouija board. Don't allow the things in your house. |
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Quoted: Ouija boards are dangerous. Don't believe the people who scoff at their power. I have known too many people in my life who have had too many negative experiences. There are entities that use it as a conduit into people's lives. Most of the time these encounters result in nothing good. Believe it or not; I don't care. It's not a toy.  |
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Quoted: Ouija boards are dangerous. Don't believe the people who scoff at their power. I have known too many people in my life who have had too many negative experiences. There are entities that use it as a conduit into people's lives. Most of the time these encounters result in nothing good. Believe it or not; I don't care. It's not a toy. This right here is true....I had an experience with one as a young man in a cemetery and I will NEVER touch one again. Ask for spiritual intrusions directly and you'll get your wish. |
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Quoted: That's fucking laughable. Those guys don't know jack shit about spiritism, or the occult, or anything they can't hold in their hands.  I reject your reality and substitute my own. |
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Quoted: I think I'm going to un-follow this thread. It's like hunting over bait. Legal but immoral in my upbringing. The problem is the people who don't believe in the supernatural will make fun of it. The people who have had something negative come into their life as a direct result of using it will never go back to thinking it's innocent. So, anyone that wants to play with one: Have a nice day. 
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Quoted: This right here is true....I had an experience with one as a young man in a cemetery and I will NEVER touch one again. Ask for spiritual intrusions directly and you'll get your wish. Quoted: Quoted: Ouija boards are dangerous. Don't believe the people who scoff at their power. I have known too many people in my life who have had too many negative experiences. There are entities that use it as a conduit into people's lives. Most of the time these encounters result in nothing good. Believe it or not; I don't care. It's not a toy. This right here is true....I had an experience with one as a young man in a cemetery and I will NEVER touch one again. Ask for spiritual intrusions directly and you'll get your wish. 
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Likely not every attempt to "use" one results in some entity manifesting itself. Some people try to get something on it and don't experience a thing. Got it. Other people literally have their lives ruined. I know it's just a piece of cardboard with some writing on it, but the beings that respond to attempts at communication through it are perfectly happy to make it legit. Automatic writing devices are the same thing, just harder to find. If you "put yourself out there" trying to communicate with something disembodied, you may be surprised to find the universe is not as simple or as nice and neat as you have come to believe. I do not recommend you "try it out." This is horseshit: Ouija boards are not, scientists say, powered by spirits or even demons. Disappointing but also potentially usefulbecause they're powered by us, even when we protest that we're not doing it, we swear. Ouija boards work on a principle known to those studying the mind for more than 160 years: the ideometer effect. In 1852, physician and physiologist William Benjamin Carpenter published a report for the Royal Institution of Great Britain, examining these automatic muscular movements that take place without the conscious will or volition of the individual (think crying in reaction to a sad film, for example). Almost immediately, other researchers saw applications of the ideometer effect in the popular spiritualist pastimes. In 1853, chemist and physicist Michael Faraday, intrigued by table-turning, conducted a series of experiments that proved to him (though not to most spiritualists) that the table's motion was due to the ideomotor actions of the participants. |
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Quoted: That's fucking laughable. Those guys don't know jack shit about spiritism, or the occult, or anything they can't hold in their hands. Quoted: Quoted: If it helps you sleep at night the Myth Busters did an episode on them. They found it was a toy. That's fucking laughable. Those guys don't know jack shit about spiritism, or the occult, or anything they can't hold in their hands. How did it work out for them? Went from bad Attached File To worse Attached File |
I'd like to see a study involving the results of using a Ouija board compared to the beliefs, intelligence and mental health of the users, along with their explanations of correlation and causation  THE WEEJEE DEMONS FINALLY GOT HIM |
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Quoted: I got one for Christmas when I was in grade school. {I asked Santa for it} It was pretty neat, we played with it a bit, then pretty much put it away. It was a polished board and a plastic planchette that did absolutely nothing, but it looked cool. I messed with one once and nothing happened. But I have known plenty of people who give me their "story" of bad things that happened when they did. |
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Quoted:The problem is the people who don't believe in the supernatural will make fun of it. The people who have had something negative come into their life as a direct result of using it will never go back to thinking it's innocent. So, anyone that wants to play with one: Have a nice day. If you're willing I know a foundation willing to pay you or ANYBODY the sum of ONE MILLION DOLLARS cash money if they can prove anything supernatural. Anything. The bounty has been there +20 years and plenty have failed. |
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We had one growing up, mostly sat in the closet. Around October of my junior year of high school we thought it would be a good idea to play it. My sister and I asked it a bunch of off the wall questions. I asked it how many kids I would have. I don’t care what people say, the damn planchette moved and spelled out three. I asked how old I would be. 40. Well, made it to 48, so it was 1/2. |
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Quoted: I can honestly say I didn't see this coming, although I could be fairly accused of "should have known better" Quoted: Quoted: I think I'm going to un-follow this thread. It's like hunting over bait. Legal but immoral in my upbringing. I can honestly say I didn't see this coming, although I could be fairly accused of "should have known better" GD Ouija board thread are always hilarious 
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Quoted: If you're willing I know a foundation willing to pay you or ANYBODY the sum of ONE MILLION DOLLARS cash money if they can prove anything supernatural. Anything. The bounty has been there +20 years and plenty have failed. Right. I've heard of James Randi. Things like that tend not to perform on cue. Not saying there aren't frauds, because there are, but the spirit world is real and it does what it wants to, not what we want it to. |
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Quoted: Ouija boards are dangerous. Don't believe the people who scoff at their power. I have known too many people in my life who have had too many negative experiences. There are entities that use it as a conduit into people's lives. Most of the time these encounters result in nothing good. Believe it or not; I don't care. It's not a toy. The late Art Bell of Coast to Coast AM said he had a very bad experience with one of those, but would never go into detail about it. |
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Quoted: Click To View Spoiler
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Quoted: If you "put yourself out there" trying to communicate with something disembodied, you may be surprised to find the universe is not as simple or as nice and neat as you have come to believe. First guess would be that some who have lost someone attempt to reach out. Otherwise, it seems precarious enough in life without even looking for trouble, things attach to the weaker of people. |
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Quoted: Ouija boards are dangerous. Don't believe the people who scoff at their power. I have known too many people in my life who have had too many negative experiences. There are entities that use it as a conduit into people's lives. Most of the time these encounters result in nothing good. Believe it or not; I don't care. It's not a toy. LOL Like spooks need a toy to do shit? Why cant they do it on their own? Why do they need a toy made by humans to do that? |
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Quoted: LOL Like spooks need a toy to do shit? Why cant they do it on their own? Why do they need a toy made by humans to do that?
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Quoted: If you're willing I know a foundation willing to pay you or ANYBODY the sum of ONE MILLION DOLLARS cash money if they can prove anything supernatural. Anything. The bounty has been there +20 years and plenty have failed. Quoted: Quoted:The problem is the people who don't believe in the supernatural will make fun of it. The people who have had something negative come into their life as a direct result of using it will never go back to thinking it's innocent. So, anyone that wants to play with one: Have a nice day. If you're willing I know a foundation willing to pay you or ANYBODY the sum of ONE MILLION DOLLARS cash money if they can prove anything supernatural. Anything. The bounty has been there +20 years and plenty have failed. I'm fairly surprised someone with as much time in the Navy as I recall you saying you've had isn’t a bit more respectful or understanding of superstition. |
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Quoted: Ouija boards are dangerous. Don't believe the people who scoff at their power. I have known too many people in my life who have had too many negative experiences. There are entities that use it as a conduit into people's lives. Most of the time these encounters result in nothing good. Believe it or not; I don't care. It's not a toy. This guy F'in nailed it. I'll never allow one in my home. |
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Quoted: Right. I've heard of James Randi. Things like that tend not to perform on cue. Not saying there aren't frauds, because there are, but the spirit world is real and it does what it wants to, not what we want it to. Quoted: Quoted: If you're willing I know a foundation willing to pay you or ANYBODY the sum of ONE MILLION DOLLARS cash money if they can prove anything supernatural. Anything. The bounty has been there +20 years and plenty have failed. Right. I've heard of James Randi. Things like that tend not to perform on cue. Not saying there aren't frauds, because there are, but the spirit world is real and it does what it wants to, not what we want it to. Proof? Oh wait
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Quoted: Likely not every attempt to "use" one results in some entity manifesting itself. Some people try to get something on it and don't experience a thing. Got it. Other people literally have their lives ruined. I know it's just a piece of cardboard with some writing on it, but the beings that respond to attempts at communication through it are perfectly happy to make it legit. Automatic writing devices are the same thing, just harder to find. If you "put yourself out there" trying to communicate with something disembodied, you may be surprised to find the universe is not as simple or as nice and neat as you have come to believe. I do not recommend you "try it out." This is horseshit: My brother and I got one as kids. We used it to scoop up all the devistation/mess after our GiJoe/He-man/ transformer wars. Ouija board dust pan. |