[Blizzi]

I’m curious if anyone has any experiences with this sort of stuff. Have you ever used a ouija board? Do you believe that they work (or cause poltergeist-like activity)? Better yet, if they work, are they tools with which to communicate with the spirit world or are they powered by your subconscious mind? I’m interested to hear your replies!

[granville1]

Haven’t used a ouija in years. I only have theories about it. I suppose, following C.G. Jung, that “the unconscious” can manipulate the participants’ finger pressure without the knowledge of the conscious ego-mind, and in extreme cases, perhaps a dissociated personality fragment could express itself thru the manipulations.

If there are spirits floating around, I suppose theoretically, they, too, could “speak” in the same way. According to Legion and Konstantin Raudive, spirits are “in the air” and can “speak” via tape recordings, so – again, theoretically – they could also communicate thru a ouija board.

As far as genuine demonic possession and genuine communication from spirit beings, I am agnostic, but open minded. In my admittedly limited reading, I’ve never come across a genuine case of possession, i.e., one that could not be explained by a combination of unconscious psychology and paranormal occurrences – i.e., I’ve never seen strong evidence for a truly nonmaterial, preternatural, discarnate, alien, non-human spiritual “invading” entity. Ditto ouija boards, seances, etc. To believe that external spirits are really at work, I’d need to see strong evidence of such.

(Also, as an aside, Christianity generally condemns any such occult practices. Recall in The Exorcist novel that the Catholic “seeress” Mary Jo Perrin forcefully warns Chris against Regan’s use of the ouija board because it could “open a door” to evil…)

[Blizzi]

I think that using a Ouija board does “open a door”… Like an open invitation to anything out there…

[Blizzi]

I’ve only ever used it alone. Nothing disturbing relating to the board has happened (yet, hope to keep it that way). I’m not really sure what I believe… Spirit or subconscious. I’ve never gotten any information out of it either. I use it as a curious sceptic. However, I’m still very cautious… You never know. 😉

[granville1]

Sounds like you’re taking a sane, cautious approach!

[Blizzi]

Well, thank you, granville1. 🙂

[Blizzi]

I think you’re right… I wouldn’t want to fool around with it again. Plus, you might have a trickster as your partner who deliberately manipulates it!

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