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This was talked about in one of my Pagan group recently, including a fantastic story about how one guy used his magick to banish the demon that came out of the Ouija Board (yea I'm skeptical about it too). However, back when I was ghost hunting, I have seen cases where teens would play with the Ouija Board, and it caused some Poltergeist activities.

So, have y'all ever played with a Ouija Board, what were y'all experiences? Also, why does it seem like back in the 60's and 70's but now they aren't so popular. I do know that back in the 60's and 70's, Spiritualism and the Occult saw some revilement, I guess that died off.

Anyways, talk about Ouija boards here!

This was talked about in one of my Pagan group recently, including a fantastic story about how one guy used his magick to banish the demon that came out of the Ouija Board (yea I'm skeptical about it too). However, back when I was ghost hunting, I have seen cases where teens would play with the Ouija Board, and it caused some Poltergeist activities.

So, have y'all ever played with a Ouija Board, what were y'all experiences? Also, why does it seem like back in the 60's and 70's but now they aren't so popular. I do know that back in the 60's and 70's, Spiritualism and the Occult saw some revilement, I guess that died off.

Anyways, talk about Ouija boards here!
Ouija boards are stupid, the demon is a lie, and aren't you a little old to be going through this teenage phase?

he "banished" the "demon" with his "magick" and you're...skeptical?

Ill be honest. I take any such stories about as seriously as I take stories from Christians who claim God talked to them, or from Pastors who claim to have banished demons.

As to the "magick", there is a great Levay quote. "Those who spell magic with a 'k', arent."

EDIT: Damnit. To anyone who plays warhammer, am I the only one who keeps wanting to spell "demons" as "daemons"?

lol, Its a piece of Plastic moved on Cardboard, made and marketed by Parker Brothers...

My sister was really into it for awhile, nothing of interest ever happened though...


Other than my Dad refusing to let it into the house, he's a firm believer in Ghosts and Witchcraft, it was funny as shit, lol...

I saw a pink one at Toys R Us, I thought it was cute but I opted for pink Scrabble instead.

I saw a pink one at Toys R Us, I thought it was cute but I opted for pink Scrabble instead.

But you cant banish demons with Scrabble!

he "banished" the "demon" with his "magick" and you're...skeptical?

Hey, if the story sounds too good to be true, then it's most likely is.

he "banished" the "demon" with his "magick" and you're...skeptical?
It's a euphemism. Wilgrove is actually talking about something completely different.

But you cant banish demons with Scrabble!

Unless you use the words "Banish" and "Demons"....which coincidentally, in the right section could be a good bit of points, lol...

It's a euphemism. Wilgrove is actually talking about something completely different.

He was having repressed thoughts?

Ouija boards are an interesting phenomenon. I do not believe that they are paranormal or supernatural. Rather I think they are an example of human beings' ability to generate effects via extremely subtle movements and concentration. There is a slight possibility that they might be an example of vague ESP among the people using it, but more likely that they are showing people in the group taking unconscious cues from each other or from one person in the group.

In other words, you're totally moving the pointer thing.

I'm willing to assert that the demon mastery story is not true. You can sort of tell by the bragging element in it. Demon and poltergeist stories abound about ouija boards, and they are all false and completely unsupported by anything but hearsay.

However, despite the extremely probable lack of anything even remotely supernatural about them, I do believe that, even as a parlor game, ouija boards are not for everyone. I used them extensively back when my friends and I were very actively studying occult traditions. Most of us were objective about it and were able to make clear observations. However, we realized that a couple of members of our group suffered serious emotional problems, and that the fantasy dynamic of the ouija board was playing into their mental states, creating very unhealthy obsessions. It got to the point where the entire group swore off ouija boards for good, for those people's sake. It was a little disappointing, because I was interested in the interpersonal dynamic of the "seances," but people's mental health, obviously, is far more important.

By the way, I say all this as a person who had an experience with ouija seances that some people find very freaky. Nevertheless, I consider it extremely unlikely that my experience had any source other than the people in the group I was working with.

he "banished" the "demon" with his "magick" and you're...skeptical?
I knew two girls in high school who threatened to start a "curse" war on each other through their Wicca magic.

My threat to use white salt to draw a Circle of Protection (White) and then toss buckets of cold water on them took the wind out of their sails though. ;)

I knew two girls in high school who threatened to start a "curse" war on each other through their Wicca magic.

My threat to use white salt to draw a Circle of Protection (White) and then toss buckets of cold water on them took the wind out of their sails though. ;)

You should've thrown the cold water on them anyways, because we all know what cold water does. ;)

But you cant banish demons with Scrabble!

Too true. You are a smart one KoL. I wonder if we can summon daemons with Scrabble.

Hey, if the story sounds too good to be true, then it's most likely is.

Let me try this again...he claims to have "banished" the "demon" with his "magick" and the oddity of this renders you no further than "skeptical"?

The last time I used a Ouija board I was about 12. I started studying Wicca and other neopagan path when I was 13. I never had any experience with a ouija board that was otherworldly in any way. Actually, I've never had any sort of otherworldly/spiritual experience outside of a concert hall or a ballpark.

Once I thought I saw a fairy in a river, but I think it was just a woman sunbathing naked. I also thought I saw God in the clouds when I was 6, but then I realized it was Santa Claus.

Too true. You are a smart one KoL. I wonder if we can summon daemons with Scrabble.

if you spell their true names you can. Extra special summoning if you do it on triple word score.

The last time I used a Ouija board I was about 12. I started studying Wicca and other neopagan path when I was 13. I never had any experience with a ouija board that was otherworldly in any way. Actually, I've never had any sort of otherworldly/spiritual experience outside of a concert hall or a ballpark.

Once I thought I saw a fairy in a river, but I think it was just a woman sunbathing naked. I also thought I saw God in the clouds when I was 6, but then I realized it was Santa Claus.

funny, the first time I saw a woman sunbathing naked, that was a spiritual experience....

Let me try this again...he claims to have "banished" the "demon" with his "magick" and the oddity of this renders you no further than "skeptical"?

While I don't believe it personally, because this is not the kind of power any religion...except ones on TV gives you, I am reluctant to dismiss his stories outright because I wasn't there.

Too true. You are a smart one KoL. I wonder if we can summon daemons with Scrabble.

I dont know...lets try it. But we should buy a ouija board first so we can banish it in case it actually works.

But you cant banish demons with Scrabble!
You spelled the wrong word.

when i was in jr high....40 years ago... karen bofinger had a sleep over (i wasnt invited. i wasnt good enough for that bitch to have as a friend) and they used a ouija board unwisely. she ended up possessed by the ghost of helen keller!


we laughed and laughed.

I dont know...lets try it. But we should buy a ouija board first so we can banish it in case it actually works.

A pink one? *puppy dog eyes*

I saw a pink one at Toys R Us, I thought it was cute but I opted for pink Scrabble instead.
Pink...Scrabble...? That just seems so wrong.

But you cant banish demons with Scrabble!
That's what you think. Beat them often enough, and they'll eventually stop coming around. Especially if they keep drawing nothing but vowels. ;)

My old ouija board is standing up on a table by my front door right now as part of a decorative arrangement of that, a beat up old violin, and a Japanese bowl. It hasn't been used in years.

What I really want, though, is the ouija board mouse pad. I think that has potential. ;)

A pink one? *puppy dog eyes*

Sure. It will probably scare the demons because it will be a pretty color. They hate that.

if you spell their true names you can. Extra special summoning if you do it on triple word score.

Stop that this instant! Inhaling extra-spicy salsa is UNPLEASANT!

What I really want, though, is the ouija board mouse pad. I think that has potential. ;)

"Hey, my mouse pad just spelled 'boom, headshot!'"

A pink one? *puppy dog eyes*

Pink ouija boards only work on really girly demons. You'd have to get an emergency back-up blue ouija board in case you accidentally summon a butch demon.

Stop that this instant! Inhaling extra-spicy salsa is UNPLEASANT!

....yeah, like THAT'll make him stop. :tongue:

My old ouija board is standing up on a table by my front door right now as part of a decorative arrangement of that, a beat up old violin, and a Japanese bowl. It hasn't been used in years.

What I really want, though, is the ouija board mouse pad. I think that has potential. ;)

I take it back: I have used something like a ouija board more recently than the age of 12. The ouija board mouse pad made me think of it.

In college I took my friend to have her fortune read as a birthday present, and in turn she bought us both pendulum crystals. We played with them for days, asking them questions (the most memorable were about which college was open for late night dinner, because 1) we are lame and lazy, and 2) the damn thing was always right, which was a little weird, but probably we just took lucky guesses). Once we lost something, I think it was the TV remote, and drew a map of my room and used the pendulum to figure out where it was. That's the only incident I really can't explain, because I'd already ransacked my room for the thing and couldn't find it anywhere.

Stop that this instant! Inhaling extra-spicy salsa is UNPLEASANT!

Good, laughter. Of late I was beginning to worry you had forgotten how :p. Besides, you know damn well telling me that will only enoura-

....yeah, like THAT'll make him stop. :tongue:

Damn it!

"Hey, my mouse pad just spelled 'boom, headshot!'"
http://www.readerscatalog.com/cgi-bin/shop/05-LESTM.html

*covets*

Pink ouija boards only work on really girly demons.

So.....If i get a Pink Ouija Board...I can get Hot Female Demons? :fluffle:

lol

So.....If i get a Pink Ouija Board...I can get Hot Female Demons? :fluffle:

lol

Yes - Iif by hot you mean "on fire."

I mean, they are demons, after all.

Good, laughter. Of late I was beginning to worry you had forgotten how :p.I lightened up.


Besides, you know damn well telling me that will only enoura- I'd hate to enourage you.



Damn it!And the student becomes the teacher.

And the student becomes the teacher.

Now I am the master.

So.....If i get a Pink Ouija Board...I can get Hot Female Demons? :fluffle:

lol

Don't get your hopes up. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succubus)

hey draw energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death of the victim.

Damn it!

Mwahaha. I beat you to it!

"I beat you"....now there's a phrase you don't hear from me often, eh? ;)

I take it back: I have used something like a ouija board more recently than the age of 12. The ouija board mouse pad made me think of it.

In college I took my friend to have her fortune read as a birthday present, and in turn she bought us both pendulum crystals. We played with them for days, asking them questions (the most memorable were about which college was open for late night dinner, because 1) we are lame and lazy, and 2) the damn thing was always right, which was a little weird, but probably we just took lucky guesses). Once we lost something, I think it was the TV remote, and drew a map of my room and used the pendulum to figure out where it was. That's the only incident I really can't explain, because I'd already ransacked my room for the thing and couldn't find it anywhere.
Similar subtle effect as the group dynamic of using the ouija. The tool was just externalizing a thought you already had. Yes, the late night dinner spot answers were likely your own guesses based on information you had picked up at random about those places, which you didn't remember or had never put together before. Same with the lost remote. You did know where it was, but you had forgotten. Using the pendulum helped your brain bring that up. The apparently independent movement of the pendulum is really being generated by the muscles of the person holding it, very subtly, just like the the seemingly independent movement of the ouija pointer the users are "barely touching."

At least, that's what I think is going on with those things.

You should've thrown the cold water on them anyways, because we all know what cold water does. ;)
No thanks, these were not the kinds of girls you'd like to see in a wet t-shirt contest.

What I really want, though, is the ouija board mouse pad. I think that has potential. ;)
Hmm... could help with the NSG responses, though it might be rather slow. :wink:

I got laid. I lightened up.

ooh, ooh! story time!

I'd hate to enourage you.

You had to point that out just as I was about to fix it, didn't you?

And the student becomes the teacher.

I like to let her think that. Makes the sudden revelation all that more shocking when the time comes.

Yes - Iif by hot you mean "on fire."

I mean, they are demons, after all.

Don't get your hopes up. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succubus)

Blast....Oh well, when Im ready to leave this world, at least its something to look forward too, lol...

ooh, ooh! story time!


Agreed.

Hmm... could help with the NSG responses, though it might be rather slow. :wink:
One letter per post.

You had to point that out just as I was about to fix it, didn't you?

Sheesh, first Sin is all "zomg! you caused me pain!" and then you're all "zomg! you snarkily corrected my spelling!" I swear, I'm beginning to think you two don't know each other at all. :tongue:

ooh, ooh! story time! Sucks for you then, cuz I'm on yahoo and you izn't.



You had to point that out just as I was about to fix it, didn't you? And you really want me to believe that you're actually cognizant of your spelling errors? When you've gotten lazy and complacent from having other people decipher your garbled scribblings for you, so that they can be of any actual use to those of us who speak English? I doubt. I doubt indeed.



I like to let her think that. Makes the sudden revelation all that more shocking when the time comes.That's what subs always want Doms to think :D

Sucks for you then, cuz I'm on yahoo and you izn't.

er...yes ey iz.

The rest of your post I will ignore, and simply say...cocky bitch.

Sheesh, first Sin is all "zomg! you caused me pain!" and then you're all "zomg! you snarkily corrected my spelling!" I swear, I'm beginning to think you two don't know each other at all. :tongue:

we know each other well enough to know that we'd BOTH enjoy smacking you around for that, so watch it :p

You had to point that out just as I was about to fix it, didn't you?


Wait -- you noticed and were going to fix one of your own spelling errors?

Is the world about to end?

Do you have any idea of the restraint I show, as a former proofreader/editor, in NOT correcting nearly every post you put up? :p

Wait -- you noticed and were going to fix one of your own spelling errors?

Is the world about to end?

Do you have any idea of the restraint I show, as a former proofreader/editor, in NOT correcting nearly every post you put up? :p

god damn it this is why I have admins! And firefox.

we know each other well enough to know that we'd BOTH enjoy smacking you around for that, so watch it :p

....so basically, your point is that you don't know me either? "Oh no, not the being smacked around! I HATE that!"

*ducks* ;)

Wait -- you noticed and were going to fix one of your own spelling errors?

Is the world about to end?

Do you have any idea of the restraint I show, as a former proofreader/editor, in NOT correcting nearly every post you put up? :p

I like you.

A lot.

God damn it, this is why I have admins! And Firefox.
:fluffle:

(Note: The OED recently declared it officially okay to start a sentence with a conjunction, so long as one doesn't do it too often.)

I like you.

A lot.
*blush* *twist toe into the sand* Gosh, Nees, I like you, too. ;)

(Note: The OED recently declared it officially okay to start a sentence with a conjunction, so long as one doesn't do it too often.)

And screw you, too.

And screw you, too.
:D :fluffle:

We played with a Ouija board once. It spelt out the name of one of my buddy's aunts. The next week a fridge fell on her. Kowinkydink? I think not.

EDIT: Damnit. To anyone who plays warhammer, am I the only one who keeps wanting to spell "demons" as "daemons"?

No, I do that too.

Damnit. To anyone who plays warhammer, am I the only one who keeps wanting to spell "demons" as "daemons"?

I almost did the same thing, but I stopped myself, lol...Greenskins dont have this spellin problem, lol...

No, I do that too.

Of course, somebody would end up bitching at you because there's a material semantic difference between the two spellings.

We played with a Ouija board once. It spelt out the name of one of my buddy's aunts. The next week a fridge fell on her. Kowinkydink? I think not.

And you were standing behind it pushing?

And you were standing behind it pushing?
Yeah, but it was the mystic ouija that gave him the idea. ;)

And you were standing behind it pushing?

Of course not. I didn't even know his aunt, why would I drop a refrigerator on the woman?

One of these is the stupidest thing I've heard all day, but I can't decide which.

I knew two girls in high school who threatened to start a "curse" war on each other through their Wicca magic. My threat to use white salt to draw a Circle of Protection (White) and then toss buckets of cold water on them took the wind out of their sails though.

a fantastic story about how one guy used his magick to banish the demon that came out of the Ouija Board

Also, five pages on Ouija boards and no-one's mentioned Captain Howdy? Y'all are slipping.

he "banished" the "demon" with his "magick" and you're...skeptical?

Good lord, even I'm skeptical. And I'm a Christian.

he "banished" the "demon" with his "magick" and you're...skeptical?

qft.

btw, I'm up-to-date. I use a Qwerty board.

This was talked about in one of my Pagan group recently, including a fantastic story about how one guy used his magick to banish the demon that came out of the Ouija Board (yea I'm skeptical about it too). However, back when I was ghost hunting, I have seen cases where teens would play with the Ouija Board, and it caused some Poltergeist activities.

lolwut?

I regret to inform you that the only "spirits" that can influence ouija boards are the beer cans that the guy trying to spell "BOOBIES" drunk...

But you cant banish demons with Scrabble!

...unless, of course, your tiles read "DCHENEY" and you decide to swap them out for some new tiles...

... sorry, I thought you weren't a 14-year-old girl?

Ouija boards are at best an amusing exercise in friendly lying, and at worst a way for overactive-yet-unoriginal imaginations to try and fool themselves.

Yes, I have played with Ouija boards before, but mostly when I was a teen and nothing out of the ordinary happened. As for why they seem so unpopular, I would venture to say that they just not mainstream anymore. But I've heard people who practice esoterism or practice ocultism tend to use them.

Of course, somebody would end up bitching at you because there's a material semantic difference between the two spellings.

I generally notice just after I do it, but people rarely catch it when it does slip through.

Anyways, talk about Ouija boards here!

I'm more into Siyes or Daigen boards...

It's an exercise in group psychology. The fact that the group as a whole has psyched themselves up is primarily what causes "occult phenomena" when the boards are used. Perhaps there might be some revelation about the nature of your own peer dynamic from it, but other than that, you're not going to tap into any spiritual realm other than your collective imaginations. Although that itself might be quite interesting.

last time i used one i kept getting threaten on it by someone called satin