Do Ouija Boards Really Work?

"It's Only a Game, Isn't It?"

So what is happening with the Ouija Board? First, I should explain how a talking board, such as the Ouija Board is used. The talking board has letters, numbers and the words, "Yes," and "No," printed on its surface. The user places what is known as a "planchette" or even a glass on the board with fingertips on top. Usually, more than one Ouija Board participant is used, with everyone's fingertips lightly placed on top of the planchette. As questions are asked by the participant(s), the planchette will usually begin to move across the board within five minutes. If the question is a "yes or no-type" question, the planchette or glass will move to either the "yes" or "no" printed on the board, thus giving the answer. If the question requires other words, then the planchette will spell out the answer in letters or numbers. If all participants are honest and not purposely trying to move the planchette, then one must ask, "Where do the answers come from?" Do answers received from the Ouija Board come from the dead? As the Ouija Board box exclaims, "It's only a game, isn't it?"

I read a letter about the Ouija from Charlie Chittendon of the UK. He currently sells "The Ouija Board Diaries" online at Ebay. For a novel price, one can purchase the diaries and read about Charlie's story of conducting talking board experiments. Charlie believes that people who have died speak through the Ouija Board. His stories are quite interesting, as they are diary notes of questions and answers received through his talking board. The ranges of people, places and their times of existence here on earth vary and are of interest, but to date Charlie has been unable to confirm their stories and messages. This leads the reader to wonder, "Are they real?"

If Charlie Chittendon has not received these messages from dead people, then where is all this information coming from? I have two other ideas, and I am not saying I'm correct. Maybe Charlie is picking up those who have crossed over from this physical world through death. However, I wonder if we may indeed be tuning into spirit, and could it be the spirit hidden deep within us? What if all of us are connected in one spirit? All of us being "in" or a "part of" a God, could we then possibly be receiving truth like a radio receiver from the spirit, of which we are all a part of? Is it possible that when we relax with our fingertips on the planchette of the Ouija Board, that we leave the rational mind behind (which is fixed to this physical realm), and possibly open up to the creative mind which seems attached to the invisible, spirit realm? And if so, could our fingertips and mind be working together subconsciously to move the planchette to spell out truths that are hidden deep within the spirit? Another idea would be that perhaps the Ouija Board acts as a mirror of what lies within us. If we are filled with fear, then we will receive messages of fear. If we are looking for truth, we may just receive messages of truth, all of this still coming from within our very being.

This is the mystery of the talking board, and ultimately what intrigues us about it. Whatever the truth may be, talking boards are definitely interesting.