“Ouija Board” or “talking board” is the English term for a fortune-telling game known as a planchette in France and a psychograph in Germany. Other names include letterboard, witchboard, soulwriter or simply talking board.
It is a board with an alphabet, numbers and the words yes and no. A movable pointing device completes the “game”, which was invented in 1891 by the American Elijah Bond. Especially in English speaking countries, the Ouija Board has become a popular “party game”.
During a session with the Ouija Board, the game leader communicates with spirits or the deceased so that the participants can ask them questions. The questions can be about the past or the future. The pointer moves to each letter, which then gives the answer. Attempts to give a plausible explanation for the ghostly movement of the pointer are not satisfactory.
Dr Kurt E. Koch: “American psychologists try to play down this game. They claim that it can only bring to light the contents of our subconscious. This claim is easily refuted. After all, hidden things of the past and the future are revealed that cannot be anchored in our subconscious.”
Why is the Ouija Board not harmless, what are the dangers?
Participating in a séance is never harmless. As with other magical practices, the use of this game must be warned against. Playing with the devil has consequences and is not really a game. As one New York psychiatrist explained, “The Ouija Board is filling the New York psychiatric hospitals for us”.
Among the participants, mediumistic psychoses are common. As Goethe put it in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: “I can no longer get rid of the spirits I have called.” This means that the “spirit” (actually Satan) influences people, their actions and also their decisions. Even if one does not want to admit that the devil is behind it, a suggestive power is triggered in the participant. This can also be observed in other forms of divination.
Let me give you an example: a participant asks the date of his death or the question about his future spouse. If the answer is negative, this leads to tremendous anxiety and stress.
Delusions, hallucinations, paranoia and other obsessive-compulsive symptoms, also known as neurosis, are also common among people who practise magic.
Ouija Board Diagnosis
In North America and Europe there are many alternative practitioners who use the Ouija Board to make diagnoses. The method is different. Some naturopaths place their left hand on the patient’s arm and use their right hand to move the pendulum or glass over the board to determine the disease. For healers with a strong mediumistic bent, the patient need not be present at all. It is enough for the healer to focus mentally on the patient.
It is a masterpiece of Satan’s art of seduction that this form of divination has also found its way into Christian families. (Source: „Okkultes ABC“ (Occult ABC) Dr. Kurt E. Koch)
