The Ouija Board

Most of us have heard horror stories about dabbling with a spirit board (more commonly known as a Ouija board).  The stories all tell of how the board opens a doorway between our world and another and allows for evil spirits and demons to come through.  I've played with a Ouija board a few times and I have no reason to believe that there is any truth to this.  I feel that spirit boards are tools similar to divination devices such as Tarot cards and pendulums.  Whatever is on your mind is likely to be what you'll get with a Ouija board (if you get anything at all) and the movements seem to come from the ideomotor effect.

I would like to go a little deeper into this though.  While the Ouija board may be nothing more than a toy, could it be used to contact spirits?  I'm thinking in the same vein as channeling and automatic writing (neither of which do I have any experience in at this time).  Let's say that an individual allows themselves to be put into a trance similar to how a channeling or automatic writing session would begin.  Could that person then channel a spirit's communications through the board rather than through their own mouth or hand?  Obviously this would still depend on the person being the go-between, but it could lend some credence to the idea of the spirit board being a communication tool with the beyond.

Of course, the truth of any of this would lie in the ability to produce verifiable information that the "medium" could not know through normal means, just like in a channeling or automatic writing session.  This potential could perhaps be why the Ouija board continues to generate tales of bringing spirits into a home, much to the dismay of the inhabitants.  Are these actually spirits though?

What if the individuals merely being open to the idea of channeling spirits from beyond allows them to unlock abilities of their own?  I've mentioned in a previous blog how poltergeists are now believed to be recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis.  Perhaps occurrences of any strange happenings in a home or presences felt or information spontaneously gained are actually coming from the living person and not an outside entity?  Sometimes being open to something is all it takes to allow it to happen.

These are just some ideas I've come up with and I make no claims as to their validity but I try to look at things from several different perspectives.  If any of you have any ideas or stories about your own Ouija experiences then let me know in the comments.  I might even have to dust off my Ouija board and give it a try again.  Also, be sure to check out the new poll on the right.