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I was thinking after posting a link to a paranormal 'investigation' of an early church, in England, that something should be said about attempting to contact spiritual entities in an overt, active manner. While some may scoff at there even being such beings to interact with, better safe than sorry The Ouija Board is said to be an especially dangerous door to open on the spirit world; I can't see why trying to capture EVP's might not be the same.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63997.asp

http://zozotheouijaspirit.blogspot.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija

On the other hand, the 'experts' at Yahoo seem to feel that recording EVP's is safer ~ and share some intriguing reasons why so.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 119AA49gh0

Since I live near a large cemetery, I'll not be attempting either Besides, our neighbors appear to rest - or wait - very peacefully.

Holly;

I have no desire to mess with any of that. It certainly didn't do King Saul any good.

Thanks for sharing your view, James. Mine basically is the same - no Ouija Board or EVP's for me - yet I am not sure if we can use that misstep of Saul to blanket all human experiences and motivations. Christianity historically has upheld the doctrine of the Communion of Saints ... that we are not completely separated from those who have passed from this life. But we must be very careful.

We had a Weegee board in our house when I was growing up. My mother didn't like it but my dad didn't care because he considered it a just game and that's how we approached it.
I played with the "talking board", as an aunt called it, so much that I could manipulate the planchette to go where I wanted even with someone else touching it. Since I couldn't spell worth a crape unsuspecting players got the impression that demons couldn't spell and that seemed to add to the spookiness.

A fearless teenage friend named Ray used to ask the ouija questions like if you're a demon can we summon you? And Will you murder us in our sleep? Or if I open my soul will you come in?
Ray married a particularly vile woman and we told him she was the demon he invited in.
He never disagreed.

Lol Ronnie ... and I wonder how many women are married to Zozo (hope he doesn't come after me for saying that ).

I had a Ouija Board too as a child ... but got few results from it. I'm very thankful for the patience and protection of my guardian angel!

My mom, though, consulted a talking board while in high school along with her friends ... and asked it who her spouse would one day be. It responded, RPV. That's my dad - or his initials, anyway - so I dunno ...

Neighbor kid had one when I was young. I thought it was just for fun. I can't remember what questions were asked, probably something about the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches his mother made.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija
Quote:
Rationalists contend that users subconsciously direct the path of the triangle to produce a word that is in that person's subconscious thought process. This subconscious behavior is known as ideomotor action, a term coined by William Carpenter in 1882. It is also known as automatism.[6] Some people may be convinced that the "powers" of the ouija board are real because they are unaware that they are in fact moving the piece and therefore assume that the piece must be moving due to some other "spiritual force". The subconscious thought process may produce an answer that is different from what the user expected in their conscious thought process—thus perpetuating the idea that the board has "mystical powers".

I made a joke about asking the board if I would die in Vietnam but I did ask the question and made it replied YES because I thought I might get some pity sex (I didn't)

I believed then that a ouija board was nothing more than a parlor game and no more sinister than Monopoly.
I still feel that way.

Sorry to hear the Ouija didn't didn't help you out with that one, Ronnie

Me ~ I'm not completely sure that it's just a benign game, so ... none for me and my house! But, Ouija Boards are really not as scary to me as are EVPs, despite what some folks advise. Better the written word than the spoken ... when uttered by a ghost