How to Use an Ouija Board

Ouija boards have made for popular party entertainment for decades. However, there are many people who have been badly spooked by what they encountered when they used one. If you're curious about such experiences, learn how to use one properly, and see what all the hype is about.

Things You'll Need

• Ouija board
• Other participants

Instructions

1. Gather a group of at least two people and place the Ouija board on the floor. All participants should sit around it, with their knees or hands touching. One person should be designated as the medium. The medium is the person responsible for asking the Ouija board questions.

2. Break in the board by having the participants touch the planchette. The planchette is the feature of an Ouija board that spells out the answers to the questions asked of it. Experienced users suggest that the board must be enticed into participating by having the participants run their fingers over the planchette.

3. Guard against evil or unwanted spiritual entities by announcing that only good spirits are welcome at the session.

4. Have the medium ask the Ouija board a simple yes or no question. Ouija boards can be reticent at first, and users should expect it to take some time to become responsive. Consider a responsive Ouija board to be evidence that a spiritual entity has been contacted and is present in the room.

5. Ask more complex questions as the session progresses. The participants in the session will spontaneously spell out the answers using the planchette. Those who believe in the power of the Ouija board claim that spirits subtly guide the users' fingers to spell out the correct answers.

6. Forbid the participants in the session from verbally abusing any entity that may be contacted. If the planchette starts to spell out disturbing, frightening or otherwise unsettling messages, end the session immediately.

7. Bring the session to a close by spelling out the word "GOODBYE" using the planchette. Always close the Ouija board at the end of a session. Experienced users claim that this is extremely important, as it closes off the gateway that allowed the spiritual entities to be contacted in the first place.

Tips & Warnings

• Many Ouija board users have experienced frightening and persistent unexplained phenomena. You should use the Ouija board as a tool, not a toy, and stop at the first sign of anything strange or unexplained taking place. Reports of phenomena that seem harmless at first, quickly elevating to frightening proportions, have persisted for centuries.

• Never ask a spiritual entity to show itself through physical evidence of its presence. People who have experienced the frightening side of the Ouija board say doing so is a recipe for disaster.

Resources

• Ouija information at Crystalinks.com