How does a Ouija board work?

Question

I was just a reading a question/answers about the Ouija board and I have always been curious to know if there was any scientific explanation as to how they work. I realize there may be many different opinions as to the authenticity of the game but I just need to understand what makes it move without the mystic/religious hoopla reasons. Mind you I have played the game in groups and in solitare and can't figure out how the answers make sense, much less how it moves. I know I didn't push it and yet it answered in a coherent manner.

Answer 1

Parker Brothers did not invent the Ouija Board. It had already been around for awhile when it was bought by Parker Brothers in 1966 and turned into a commercial success as a board game. Its beginnings lie in the distant past when an earlier version (a tripod device) was used in the ancient ways of Babylon and Greece to contact departed spirits. The tripod became the pointer now used with the Board, which is printed with the alphabet, the numbers 1-9, a 0 (zero), and the words 'Goodbye', 'Yes', and 'No'. There are other boards like this with different names, but with the same history and purpose. The modern version of this game was developed by a man named Planchette, a spiritualist (someone who contacts the dead as part of their religion). The Board was further transformed around the turn of the century under the direction and ownership of two men, Elijah J. Bond and William Fuld. Fuld’s name can be seen on the Ouija Board today. The name Ouija is a combination of the French and German words for 'yes': Oui and Ja. According to Bond and Fuld, the Board suggested its own name. The primary purpose of the board is and always has been to contact disembodied spirits. Contacting the dead is called necromancy, and contacting spirits is spiritism, both strongly condemned by God (Deut. 18:9-12; Lev. 19:31, 20:6; I Sam 28, II Kings 21:6; Is. 8:19, 19:3-4). The Board’s translated name, 'yes, yes', is an ingenious and subtle way to invite spirit contact. Dead people cannot hang around after death; you cannot communicate with a dead person. The practices and techniques of contacting the dead and contacting spirits are used widely in the occult. Although the pointer is often moved intentionally or subconsciously by the players, you are putting yourself in a vulnerable position when using the Board. By 'playing' this 'game', you are showing an interest in spirit contact. If contact is made, it is demons (evil spirits, fallen angels), not the dead, who are responding. If Satan can disguise himself as "an angel of light" (2 Cor. 11:14), then it is not improbable that fallen angels can disguise themselves as the dead. The Ouija Board is not harmless just because it is marketed as a game. Satan, the master of deception and seduction, is good at twisting the truth into lies (Gen. 3:1-6; Jn. 8:44). Satan likes disguises and his lies are often disguised as games. The next time you are tempted to play the Ouija Board as a game, look beyond its disguise and see it for what it really is. Think about this: Just what or who are you trying to contact? God tells us to seek Him instead of the dead (Is. 8:19), and Christ "lives forever to plead with God" on behalf of those who believe Him (Heb. 7:25b). Who wants the Ouija Board when you can know the One Who has "complete authority in heaven and on earth!" (Matt.28:18). If you are wondering about Christ, think on His words in John 5:23b-24, "He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father , who sent him. I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."

Answer 2

I don't think any1 can answer your question with proof, but most can make a good guess. The point of this game is to contact the spirts or ghosts. The Ouija board has the alphabet, numbers 1-9, the words yes and no, and sometimes the word goodbye. A piece that comes with the game looks a egg shape with a magnifier glass on it. Usually 2 or more People play the game at once but other times u can play by yourself. The rules is each player puts both their hands on the magnifier piece gently. If a spirt is nearby and wants to answer the magnifier piece will move to one of the cymbals. I've heard that the game works better in witching hours.(12 am-12 pm) If you decide to make your own Ouija board, beware! I've heard the game gets personal and sad this way. Once when i was playing the game with my friends a ghost said 666, the devils numbers. And just remember this game has really no written rules or ways to play, this is accurate guesses.

Answer 3

The only power it has is the power of suggestion. The only thing dangerous about the Ouija Board are the morons who think it's real.

Answer 4

It doesn't. It's a piece of cardboard and a piece of plastic that is made in a factory somewhere. It works by one or more of the players moving the piece without telling anyone so that it'll seem like magic or whatever. It's not the "spirits" that is moving the piece.

Answer 5

It's very difficult to keep your hands absolutely still. A small tremor can be picked up by the planchet and transmitted to other people's fingers. They might go along with the impetus. Or some fraud might give the planchet a push in the direction he wants it to go.

Answer 6

They do not work, and there is NO science involved at all. It is all a matter of imagination. Because a person wants to believe that something invisible is moving the gadget, you tend not to notice that you are actually moving it.

No magic. Sorry.

Answer 7

It works by the users "wanting" to get an answer. Big fun but NOT at all scientific. Great for kids unless you're concerned about the occult.

Answer 8

They don't work. It's just like astrology.. Nonsense that many people think is magic.