How does an ouija board works?

Question

How does an ouija board works?

Answer 1

Ignorance and hormones

Answer 2

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 3

the nerves in your hands make it move....it's fake....not real.

Answer 4

dont use one especially alone!!!! This is how it works: Imagine you are in the dark and you see a flame you go towards it because its what you can see. That is how one works except you have no control of what comes toward the flame. They can be very dangerouse I know from personal experience, A friend of mine used one alone and for weeks when she walked into a room the electricity would go crazy everywhere even in the car the radio went mental lights went mental apparently something attached on to her and was making **** go crazy, she was lucky it didnt want to harm her it was confused as to where it was     Go bury it in your backyard or somewhere where no one can get to it, put it back in the earth where it belongs.

Answer 5

It's quite simple. The ouija board operates on the power of suggestion. In other words, you ask a question and your subconscious responds by guiding your fingers to direct that thingamajig arrow so it points to letters, thus answering the question to your satisfaction.

I believe that any other explanation is pure bullcrap.

Answer 6

It works best when you throw it out!!! It's EVIL!!!!! Get rid of it. .PRONTO!!!!

Answer 7

does it work at  all?????

Answer 8

I like Ouija boards,nothing gets the superstitious more worked up then them.You can have a lot of fun with them.If you've never tried.Go to K-B Toys and pick one up.Get ready for some scary,silly fun.Here's how they work.http://www.csicop.org/sb/9709/ouija.html

Answer 9

I've only had it work once. A spirit is suppost to be in control of it. Keep in mind the spirit can be good, bad, or evil (demon).

Answer 10

This is a question many people have died trying to answer so here is the clue

when you are dead you will know, then when the next a****** uses a ouija board you can tell him/her and we will all know...

Answer 11

Well, let's see if I can clarify this for ya.

The Ouija board and the planchette are used by one or more persons to 'contact' a 'spirit' and to get answers to questions that are asked of the 'spirit' that comes through.

By placing their finger tips lightly on the edge of the planchette or 'pointer' the 'powers' of the minds will guide the planchette to a series of letters that will spell out words that may or may not make sense.  The users might also ask simple yes or no questions and the planchette may go to the yes or no points on the board.

Most people don't take the board seriously and it can be used in fun.

BUT

There are those who claim to have had good and bad experiences with the board.

It has to do with the users 'esp' strength and talent.

Since the ouija board isn't picky about what kind of 'spirit' comes thru, there is a possibility that a 'bad' or so called 'evil spirit' will make contact.

To say that it is 'evil' is kinda ridiculous cuz it is just a board...it's like saying a phone is evil. People get good and bad news thru their phones, but no one thinks that their phone is 'evil' for it.

Anything is possible, so having a bit of respect can't hurt now, can it?

Answer 12

It doesn't work because it is all in the tiny mind of simpletons. How gullible some people are. I suppose voodoo and black magic are next on your list of interests

Answer 13

As others as rightly mentioned, it works by the ideomotor effect. Eri mentioned using the board blindfolded to support that conclusion, and I think that's a good idea. It's an example of good science in action: you have a hypothesis, you make a prediction using the hypothesis, and then you test it to see whether your hypothesis is supported or not.

In fact, such an experiment was performed and reported in the Journal of Paranormal Research (see link below). The protocol used here was pretty good as paranormal research goes. The experiment showed that the blindfolded participants only produced nonsense when using the board.

So what can we conclude?  The evidence supports the hypothesis that the board relies on vision to work, further supporting the conclusion that it is the ideomotor effect propelling the planchette. It doesn't PROVE this hypothesis is true, however. It's impossible to prove any hypothesis using the scientific method, but what you can do is collect an impressive amount of evidence for it. Furthermore, if you really want to still think spirits are the right explanation, now you're painted into a pretty absurd corner, e.g., that the spirits need to "see" through the participants eyes. As science marches on and adds more support to a successful hypothesis, you're inevitably forced into greater and greater absurdity to rescue unfalsifiable hypotheses from the dustbin.

Answer 14

doesnt really work, it is a myth

Answer 15

If you don't know then please don't play it. It is opening a door to the other side and you really don't know what you're going to get. You could have 500 answers telling you that it is not real, but I am here to tell you not to listen. There are different openings that a spirit can come through and if you don't know what you are doing, you can cause yourself harm. Just throw it out.

Answer 16

it doesn't.

Answer 17

Rumor has it the place that makes  them has a demon that touches everyone of them made and imparts a little evil into each one.  They're evil soul sucking machines sold as toys to kids.

Answer 18

Through the ideomotor effect.  You're moving the planchette yourself, whether you realize it or not.  This can be easily tested by blindingfolding someone using the board and rotating it - they won't be getting messages out any more.  It's all in your head.

Answer 19

Sorry, but it doesn't

Answer 20

A ouija board works by you moving the indicator to the answer you want.

Answer 21

They are manipulation of the hands and some  it is said it may cause a spirit portal but i really don't give it a theory because the paranormal is full of theories there is a ton over this Ouija board as well!!! New theories come out everyday for classifying paranormal phenomena so all's i can give you is thoughts and theories.

Ryan ~Paranormal Investigator/Researcher~

www.theprosonline.com

Answer 22

Ouija board is like an answering machine.  Players focus their senses to receive message from the enegies they attracted from calling spirit's name.  They become so sensitive that their minds could receive answers.  The forms of energies may transform in any form using the body of the players to move the board and the board become the medium of the spirit in coordination with the energies from the players.

Answer 23

don't know...don't wanna know

Answer 24

Ouija boards were popular back in the 1930's and how they work depends on you and your partner (as it takes two to play the game).  Supposely you ask the board a question and then with each of you resting your finger tips on a plastic pointer (in the shape of a heart with a viewing hole in the center to see letters below it that are on the board).

After a few minutes the pointer will start to move (supposely on it's own) and slide over different letters on the board and thus spelling  out your answer.

Personally, I think it is more to do with  you and your partner's desire to provide an answer than any magic on the part of the board.

Answer 25

batteries & Bullsh.it

Answer 26

it spells out bad things like spirits names u use a glass in the middle

Answer 27

It works as others have said but my two friends and I when we were teenagers had a go on one in my friends house whilst his Dad was out one evening (he was divorced). It spelled out a woman's name but hadn't a clue who it was. When my friend asked his dad if he had heard of the name he went absolutely mad wanting to know how we found out about this name. After nights of his dad being angry he finally revealed that it was the woman who lived there before and had passed away in the bedroom above where we were. It scared the living daylights out of us and never did it again. Stay away from it, it's evil.

Answer 28

A couple of people (or more) put their finger tips on it and gently apply pushing.  If done for real, then the plaque (or what ever it is called) slides around and the hole in the middle shows letters and numbers which make messages or people interpret.   If done fraudulantly, the "psychic" steers the plaque against the other people's forces to produce a result that yields the most money.

Answer 29

Our dear Lord makes it work

(puke)

Answer 30

By one or more people in the circle influencing it (maybe consciously or subconsciously) with just a little extra pressure on the board.  

As the board moves slightly with this extra pressure, other people in the circle "go with it" giving a little extra impetus.

It has been proved time and time again that it is easy to fake.

Unfortunately, gullible and superstitious people have sometimes become so "hooked" into believing that what they have seen is real, that they inadvertently become their own destructive force.  

That is why, unless you treat it as just a piece of fun, you should find other ways of passing an evening.

Answer 31

vibes