Comments on: Ideomotor 101: The Ouija Board

By: Hayley

Hayley — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:06:32 +0000

Blindfolded ouija board sessions are the best. The ghosts always seem to be illiterate.

One way to get around people memorising the board is to have them sit down to a square board set-up, put the blindfold on and then change it to a round board where the letters are in a circle.

Very amusing.

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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:06:14 +0000

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By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:01:21 +0000

Ditto Molerat. Excellent first post Pete.

My friend Simon and I were experimenting with one of these Ouija things one summers afternoon in his front room. We were about 15. So there’s this really heightened atmosphere with the curtains closed, sunlight pouring through the gaps, dust motes dancing, two 15 year olds sat at a table with a finger each on a glass on a table with pieces of hand written paper in a circle each denoting a letter or number.

Simon is imploring the spirit to show himself, while keeping one eye on the lighter he will use to burn the spirit out of the glass should it turn nasty.

Several attempts of “is there anyone there” or similar had evoked no response and we had filled with a level of expectation that was sure to make us burst.

Then, suddenly BANG.

We jumped out of our skins, he fell off his chair the table flew. It was his girlfriend, Ellen, bashing on the window because she couldn’t get an answer at the door!!!

I think if I was a believer that story might read differently!!!

By: Colonel Molerat

Colonel Molerat — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:59:05 +0000

Ooh! I’ve just noticed that Pete wrote this. Lovely first post!

By: Colonel Molerat

Colonel Molerat — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:56:52 +0000

As the proud owner of a Ouija Board, I suggest a grand seance, to break open to doors of the eternal fiery abyss, allowing our undying daemon masters to sweep forth and cleanse this world of humanity’s petty, festering existence.
Or something like that, anyway. Perhaps just a gentle haunting of those clowns who write my council tax bills?
Also, remember that some people memorise the board layout, and so are unaffected by a blindfold. Spinning the Ouija Board once they’re blinded can prevent this.