ouija board..

ROFL the superstition here is just so... well.., over the top!

My ex told me she would never have a board in the house. I asked her why and she told me this long story about a girl who was told by spirits NEVER to go home during her birthday, but one day she did and everyone was massacred.

I thought that was strange but respected her wish - then some years after we separated I had rented a cheap horror flick called 'Allison's Birthday' - and found myself watching the story my ex had told me all those years ago!!

Sorry, but it was just too much - my ex FREAKED OUT by a cheap horror movie. Yeesh - people will believe anything, especially with naked ignorant fear as the motivator!

As Medium Laura mentioned, we can vet energies. It is a good practice that is recommended by those far more experienced than I in these matters to vet all energies that contact us as a regular part of opening up contact of any kind. When we open up our energy channels w/ an invitation such as a ouija board or channeling we can be contacted by any type of energies unless we specify who we are desiring contact w/.

Should we inadvertently allow energies into our personal energy field we have the ability & power to discharge them. Getting in the habit of regularly clearing our energies w/ discharging unwanted energies & grounding to the center of the planet & Universe is good regular energy hygiene to keep our energies balanced.

Great post Mattie, but I see a marked division there.

I agree with what you say, and believe it applies to our daily lives as well.

Many people seem to agree with you in paranormal circumstance, but seem to disregard it in daily life, preferring to think they have attracted whatever they experience and they really just need to deal with it.

I agree with the poster above who said with Ouija boards or any other source of divination you get what you expect, no more no less. Of course, the expectation may be subconscious. Any divination device, in my experience, is actually pretty neutral, serving more like an extension or gateway to to/from my own consciousness.

My ex was obviously absolutely allergic to anything supernatural - the story above was just one example, and the irony was that in the movie if Allison had just listened to what the board had told her in the first place, it would have saved her!

I think it pretty intuitive that if you come across a method of divination, such as an ouija board, and you immediately start picking up strong malevolent energies, you have far greater problems than having come across an ouija board! You have genuine issues that need to be resolved, and just throwing out the board and pretending the problem is with it is simply NOT going to solve it.

Very true Humm! :) It is a tool and the person using the tool is always responsible for who or what comes through by the energy that you put into it. If you have fear, you will receive fear. If you do it for jokes and fun, you will get a spirit full of jokes and fun. If you do it with love and light, you will receive that back. :) No doubt :)

*Bows to Medium Laura*

As someone who has lived with fear for many years,I certainly won't be using a ouija board anytime soon

To add to this subject,I was talking to a friend recently who began to tell me about an experience with a ouija board while he was in the army.Apparently himself and a number of others were messing around with a ouija board in the barracks one night,he can't remember specifically what was said but the windows in the barracks began opening and slamming shut continually.He said he remembers being terrified and doesn't like to speak of it now,and what I find worth noting is that he is what you could call a 'non-believer' in anything supernatural.One wonders exactly what or who it was that came through.

PS He remembers it being a very calm,sultry night

I would never touch one. I've heard too many stories about dark spirits entering.

[Swingdance]

In downtown Tucson is the historic Hotel Congress. In the lobby is a coffee table in the form of an ouija board. The hotel is reputed to be haunted and one of the girls working there told me that the coffee table really gives her the creeps.

[Lynn]

Hello

I found one in me Grandmother's attic when I was 16 I took it home and used it with some friends. OMG never ever again would I go near to one. What we saw and felt still bothers me to this day. Bedroom curtains blew like in a strong wind but the window was well closed. They are SO not a toy.

I have noted that many shows on the Haunted Paranormal use them and do not give any real disclaimers on their use....I find that a bit disthurbing. While the board is but a TOOL that expands the energy of the individual (s) using it there are real respects needed.

Like with anything that holds a spiritual power remember they are NOT toys they are TOOLS and are used as such.

Lynn