Ouija board fables

Ouija board fables. Over the years, a lot of myths have emerged about the ever-feared Ouija board. Exciting, but thankfully based on scare stories. Fables created by the church, fanatical believers and frightened or sensation-hungry teenagers, among others. In this blog, I will name and... debunk the myths I know, step by step.

The Ouija board was and remains primarily once created and intended as a game. Suitable for children as young as eight years old! People have over the years, under pressure from the church and influenced by horror films and sensationalist fabrications by third parties, attached a different meaning to it themselves.

Out of fear, spells were invented and rituals devised that one would protect while using the Ouija board because although curiosity often won out over the raised fingers, people were secretly a bit scared.

Tarot cards

These spells and rituals were passed on to others through word of mouth, with the result that everyone put their own spin on them and all spells and rituals eventually took on a life of their own. Nevertheless, the Ouija board, like the tarot that was called the devil's picture book by the church, has nothing to do with the devil or evil spirits.

Yet tarot cards have also had a hard time over the years. Not only have they been banned for years, and the church has had countless card decks destroyed en masse; the cards have also been and still are often the bitten dog in horror films.

Take as an example 'Death' and 'the Devil' who invariably appear in horror films or thrillers as harbingers of murder and other horrors.

And that while Death in the tarot generally represents the closure of a period and the Devil means that you should detach yourself from things that grip you on the psychological plane. It is just what you yourself want to believe and what you want to see in it.

Ouija board fables

Then it is now time to bring in the whole string of Ouija board fables. There are bound to be a few among them that you too might secretly believe in, or once believed in? Let's start with the sun and the moon, the decorative illustrations to the words 'yes' and 'no', which were bombed overnight as origins of good or evil spirits!

When consulting an Ouija sign, you should ask the spirit present whether it is from the moon or the sun. If the pointer moves towards the moon, it concerns an angry spirit. Does the pointer move towards the sun, the spirit is friendly.

> Not true. This is a game rule that, over the years, was once thought up by someone and adopted by others because it was a nice idea. Originally, the sun stood for YES and the moon for NO. Nothing more, nothing less.

In America, people often proceed as follows:

'Is anybody there?'

YES

'Are you from the sun or the moon?'

Then the planchette points to the moon (exciting, it's an evil spirit!) or the sun (relief!).

The sun/moon thing makes the 'spirit summoning' more exciting and interesting, but has nothing to do with the original meaning of either illustration (sun and moon). This is one of the Ouija board fables that has crept in only in recent years so you can imagine that this was just an exciting fabrication by someone, perhaps spontaneously conceived during a Halloween party.

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Burn

Burning a Ouija board is impossible.

> Not true. A Ouija plate is made of wood and wood is flammable. Some Ouija boards are made of pressed wood, so lighting them will be a bit more difficult. But once the board burns, it will also just keep burning.

If you burn the Ouija board you will die

> Not true. The board was once created meant to be a party game. Will you die if you burn a goose board? Or the board of a monopoly game? No. So neither will you if you set fire to a Ouija board. On the other hand, why would you do this?

When you burn the Ouija board, the board will scream.

> Not true. No one has ever been able to prove this. Because it is therefore not true.

When someone hears the burning sign scream, they have only thirty-six hours to live. This curse can be lifted by breaking the board into seven pieces, sprinkling it with holy water and then burying it.

Not true. A whole list of Ouija board fables in one statement. Of course the board does not scream. And if you already think you hear it shouting (expectation!), this holy water ritual falls under the heading of 'superstition'. Of course, feel free to perform it because if you expect it to work, it will also work.

These are just some of the most commonly heard Ouija board fables. Not one of these fables, rules or warnings is described in the original manual of the board itself!

Many more Ouija board fables debunked and everything about spinning glasses and summoning spirits can be found in the book: Spinning glasses is not (in)dangerous.

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