What ia weegie bord?

Question

everyone is talking about weegie bords about doing it and thay ask me if i want to join them and want to know what i getting my self in to and it it sound like good thing to i think

Answer 1

A Ouija board is used in divination and spiritualism. The board usually has the letters of the alphabet inscribed on it, along with words such as 'yes,' 'no,' 'good-bye' and 'maybe.' A planchette (a slidable 3-legged device) or pointer of some sort is manipulated by those using the board. The users ask the board a question and together or one of them singly moves the pointer or the board until a letter is "selected" by the pointer. The selections "spell" out an answer to the question asked.

Some users believe that paranormal or supernatural forces are at work in spelling out Ouija board answers. Skeptics believe that those using the board either consciously or unconsciously select what is read. To prove this, simply try it blindfolded for some time, having an innocent bystander take notes on what letters are selected. Usually, the result will be unintelligible non-sense.

The movement of the planchette is not due to paranormal forces but to unnoticeable movements by those controlling the pointer, known as the ideomotor effect. The same kind of unnoticeable movement is at work in dowsing.

The Ouija board was first introduced to the American public in 1890 as a parlor game sold in novelty shops.

E.C. Reiche, Elijah Bond, and Charles Kennard ... created an all new alphanumeric design. They spread the letters of the alphabet in twin arcs across the middle of the board. Below the letters were the numbers one to ten. In the corners were "YES" and "NO."

Kennard called the new board Ouija (pronounced 'wE-ja) after the Egyptian word for good luck. Ouija is not really Egyptian for good luck, but since the board reportedly told him it was during a session, the name stuck.*

Kennard lost his company and it was taken over by his former foreman, William Fuld, in 1892.

One of William Fuld's first public relations gimmicks, as master of his new company, was to reinvent the history of the Ouija board. He said that he himself had invented the board and that the name Ouija was a fusion of the French word "oui" for yes, and the German "ja" for yes.*

Although Ouija boards are usually sold in the novelty or game section of stores, many people swear that there is something occult about them. For example, Susy Smith in Confessions of a Psychic (1971) claims that using a Ouija board caused her to become mentally disturbed. In Thirty Years Among the Dead (1924), American psychiatrist Dr. Carl Wickland claims that using the Ouija board "resulted in such wild insanity that commitment to asylums was necessitated." Is this what happens when amateurs try to dabble in the occult? Maybe, if they are suggestible, not very skeptical and a bit disturbed to begin with. However, even very intelligent people who have not gone insane are impressed by Ouija board sessions. They find it difficult to explain the "communication" as the ideomotor effect reflecting unconscious thoughts. One reason they find such an explanation difficult to accept is that the "communications" are sometimes very vile and unpleasant. It is more psychologically pleasing to attribute vile pronouncements to evil spirits than to admit that one among you is harboring vile thoughts. Also, some of the "communications" express fears rather than wishes, such as the fear of death, and such notions can have a very visible and significant effect on some people.

Observing powerful messages and the powerful effect of messages on impressionable people can be impressive. Yet, as experiences with facilitated communication have shown, decent people often harbor indecent thoughts of which they are unaware. And the fact that a person takes a "communication" seriously enough to have it significantly interfere with the enjoyment of life might be a sufficient reason for avoiding the Ouija board as being more than a "harmless bit of entertainment," but it is hardly a sufficient reason for concluding that the messages issue from anything but our own minds.

Answer 2

All the christians are gonna tell you it's evil, don't touch it, don't look at it, don't even breathe near it or have it in the house.

Ouija (mispronounced weegy, properly pronounced weejah) is a board game made by Parker Brothers. It's just a game, and a good way to freak out your friends. Get together in the dark, light a candle, ask a question, then move the little planchette around on purpose. It doesn't actually work. So I'll give you my stock answer to this - does anyone really think that a piece of particle board covered with a sticker has a direct line to the spirit world? If so, why would it be sold in a store like Toys 'R Us?

Answer 3

First, it's Ouija boards.

Second, it's a board game. You can buy them in Toys R Us.

Third, some people think they are evil, some people think they are a way of communicating with the dead, while others like me think it's a funny thing to do to freak people out.

Don't take it too seriously. It doesn't actually work. Just go into it with an open-mind and have fun with it. If the piece starts moving, either you are doing it without realizing it, or someone is screwing with your head!!!

Answer 4

The Ouija Board is a brand of spirit board. It is a toy that is guided by the people playing. It doesn't really communicate with the dead but that doesn't make it harmless. Because some people believe when they play they can get themselves all worked up and scared half to death. I know both my brother and sister have scared themselves with the Ouija board before. Couse they beleive in that cr*p to start with.

Answer 5

A Ouija board is a game. It's not real. Supposedly you can channel spirits through a board full of letters. The spirits guide your hands over a little game piece and spells out words. It's meant for fun, but I don't think anyone should take those things seriously.

Answer 6

It is spelled Ouija and it is just a board game where two people put their hands on the planchette and aske questions and it answers those questions. It is harmless. Don't beleive all the horor stories you hear.The movie the Exorcist gave the board a bad image and that movie is fiction.

Answer 7

Do you recommend Ouija board? no I dont very own one. once I performed it and that i've got been given freacked out. Supposedly to verify that a Ouija board to artwork , somebody has to lend it to you, while you are the owner It won't artwork.

Answer 8

Ouija boards are not good things. If everyone is interested in using them, say, "Hey, I hear Psychic Circles are WAY more fun!" Ouija boards attract a lot of negative energy. Stay away from them.

Bright blessings!

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Answer 9

It's spelled - Ouija

Its a board used to communicate with the dead or spirits.

Answer 10

a OUIJA board is something that people claim will talk to them if they ask it questions about their lives