207 – Ouija boards – Do They Really Work?

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Ouija Boards

The following two blog entries will discuss Ouija Boards. Do they really work and, if so, how? Part two will look at the Ouija Board demon called ZoZo, and if he is real or not.

While I believe that the information is accurate (as of the time of writing this), your mileage may vary. As always, use your feelings to decide what’s true for you and what isn’t.

A Brief History

Are Ouija Boards a portal to Hell, or are they just an innocent board game?

For those who are not familiar with what a Ouija Board is, it’s a board with letters and numbers on it.  Its purpose is to allow you to contact spirits. Its name derives from the French words for “yes” and “no.”

As for its history, Wikipedia states the following: “Spiritualists in the United States believed that the dead were able to contact the living and reportedly used a talking board very similar to a modern Ouija board… in 1886 to ostensibly enable faster communication with spirits. Following its commercial introduction by businessman Elijah Bond on 1 July 1890, the Ouija board was regarded as an innocent parlor game unrelated to the occult until American spiritualist Pearl Curran popularized its use as a divining tool during World War I.

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