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<blockquote data-quote="luke11685" data-source="post: 253020" data-attributes="member: 15559"><p>The <strong>Ouija</strong> (<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank">/ˈwiːdʒə/</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" target="_blank"><em>WEE-jə</em></a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank">/-dʒi/</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" target="_blank"><em>-jee</em></a>), also known as a <strong>spirit board</strong>, <strong>talking board</strong>, or <strong>witch board</strong>, is a flat board marked with the letters of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_alphabet" target="_blank">Latin alphabet</a>, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", and occasionally "hello" and "goodbye", along with various symbols and graphics. It uses a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planchette" target="_blank">planchette</a> (a small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic) as a movable indicator to spell out messages during a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ance" target="_blank">séance</a>. Participants place their fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words. The name "Ouija" is a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark" target="_blank">trademark</a> of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro" target="_blank">Hasbro</a> (inherited from <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers" target="_blank">Parker Brothers</a>), but is often used <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark" target="_blank">generically</a> to refer to any talking board.</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism" target="_blank">Spiritualists</a> in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> believed that the dead were able to contact the living and reportedly used a talking board very similar to a modern Ouija board at their camps in the U.S. state of Ohio in 1886 to ostensibly enable faster communication with spirits. Following its commercial patent by businessman <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Bond" target="_blank">Elijah Bond</a> on 1 July 1890, the Ouija board was regarded as an innocent parlor game unrelated to the occult until American spiritualist and professional Chessmaster <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Curran" target="_blank">Pearl Curran</a> popularized its use as a divining tool during <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank">World War I</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal" target="_blank">Paranormal</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural" target="_blank">supernatural</a> beliefs associated with Ouija have been criticized by the scientific community and are characterized as <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience" target="_blank">pseudoscience</a>. The action of the board can be most easily explained by unconscious movements of those controlling the pointer, a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysiology" target="_blank">psychophysiological</a> phenomenon known as the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_effect" target="_blank">ideomotor effect</a>.</p><p></p><p>Mainstream <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_denomination" target="_blank">Christian denominations</a>, including <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" target="_blank">Catholicism</a>, have warned against the use of Ouija boards, considering their use Satanic practice, while other religious groups hold that they can lead to <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonic_possession" target="_blank">demonic possession</a>.</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultists" target="_blank">Occultists</a>, on the other hand, are divided on the issue, with some claiming it can be a tool for positive transformation, while others reiterate the warnings of many Christians and caution "inexperienced users" against it.</p><p>Well somewhere in the internet usually in some videos like for instance nowadays in remake/reboot of original Exorcist movie in YouTube probably allegedly due to possibly demonic possession some people are able to be so-called shapeshifters. Also I heard that ghosts are able to change any persons gender…etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luke11685, post: 253020, member: 15559"] The [B]Ouija[/B] ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English']/ˈwiːdʒə/[/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key'][I]WEE-jə[/I][/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English']/-dʒi/[/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key'][I]-jee[/I][/URL]), also known as a [B]spirit board[/B], [B]talking board[/B], or [B]witch board[/B], is a flat board marked with the letters of the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_alphabet']Latin alphabet[/URL], the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", and occasionally "hello" and "goodbye", along with various symbols and graphics. It uses a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planchette']planchette[/URL] (a small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic) as a movable indicator to spell out messages during a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ance']séance[/URL]. Participants place their fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words. The name "Ouija" is a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark']trademark[/URL] of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro']Hasbro[/URL] (inherited from [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers']Parker Brothers[/URL]), but is often used [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark']generically[/URL] to refer to any talking board. [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism']Spiritualists[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] believed that the dead were able to contact the living and reportedly used a talking board very similar to a modern Ouija board at their camps in the U.S. state of Ohio in 1886 to ostensibly enable faster communication with spirits. Following its commercial patent by businessman [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Bond']Elijah Bond[/URL] on 1 July 1890, the Ouija board was regarded as an innocent parlor game unrelated to the occult until American spiritualist and professional Chessmaster [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Curran']Pearl Curran[/URL] popularized its use as a divining tool during [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I']World War I[/URL]. [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal']Paranormal[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural']supernatural[/URL] beliefs associated with Ouija have been criticized by the scientific community and are characterized as [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience']pseudoscience[/URL]. The action of the board can be most easily explained by unconscious movements of those controlling the pointer, a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysiology']psychophysiological[/URL] phenomenon known as the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_effect']ideomotor effect[/URL]. Mainstream [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_denomination']Christian denominations[/URL], including [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism']Catholicism[/URL], have warned against the use of Ouija boards, considering their use Satanic practice, while other religious groups hold that they can lead to [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonic_possession']demonic possession[/URL]. [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultists']Occultists[/URL], on the other hand, are divided on the issue, with some claiming it can be a tool for positive transformation, while others reiterate the warnings of many Christians and caution "inexperienced users" against it. Well somewhere in the internet usually in some videos like for instance nowadays in remake/reboot of original Exorcist movie in YouTube probably allegedly due to possibly demonic possession some people are able to be so-called shapeshifters. Also I heard that ghosts are able to change any persons gender…etc. [/QUOTE]
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