Ouija: Not a Game
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By Dale Kaczmarek
President, Ghost Research Society
The Ouija board has been used by thousands of people for spirit
communication and is very similar to automatic writing, the only difference between the
two being the absence of the board itself in automatic writing. Both forms of
communication are very dangerous; as are seances, because they are usually uncontrolled
forms of communications. In other words, the individuals that use these channels are
usually novices and are unaware of the possible dangers that await!
A controlled situation would be where a psychic, medium or clairvoyant is present. This
way the medium could sense if any dangers are present and close off the communication
before any harm was done.
The Ouija board is just a piece of compressed wood, sold at virtually all toy stores and
occult supply and book stores. Ouija is a combination of two words: "oui" and
"ja" which mean "yes" in French and German respectively. The board
itself is not dangerous but the form of communication that you are attempting often is.
Most often the spirits whom are contacted through the Ouija are those whom reside on
"the lower astral plane". These spirits are often very confused and may have
died a violent or sudden death; murder, suicide, etc. Therefore, many violent, negative
and potentially dangerous conditions are present to those using the board. Often times
several spirits will attempt to come through at the same time but the real danger lies
when you ask for physical proof of their existence! You might say, "Well, if you're
really a spirit, then put out this light or move that object!" What you have just
done is simple, you have "opened a doorway" and allowed them to enter into the
physical world and future problems can and often do arise.
I would strongly advise against the use of the Ouija, automatic writing or seances. If you
don't happen to be lucky or unlucky enough (depends on how you look at it) to contact any
ghosts, then if nothing else, you could become emotionally attached or dependent on the
board's advice. This can be psychologically adverse on the psyche as you will attempt to
get more and more information out of the board and you could actually just be using the
board as an avenue to the inside of your own mind without realizing it. In other words,
you could be asking questions of the board and then your subconscious mind would be using
the planchette to answer your own questions! This often happens to those people who use
the board by themselves.
I believe the following cases are true examples of what could happen to those who continue
to use the board or become obsessed or possessed!
Ouija Board's Evil Spell Still Lives in Our House
(National Examiner, 31787 by Robert Stamper)
I invited a foul horror into my house with an Ouija board. My brother and I got no results
when we started to use the psychic device, but suddenly the message indicator mysteriously
began to move. The first thing the board told us was that the message was being sent by
Seth. Then I made the tragic mistake of telling the board to prove it was real by doing
something supernatural. The results were startling and scary. The board told us that the
grandfather of one of my best friends would die in a week. The chandelier in the room
began to shake violently and the chimes rang like pieces of metal being smashed together.
The room became as cold as ice and we were shivering, though the thermometer read 70
degrees. The horrible stench of death filled the room and we couldn't stop gagging and
coughing.
Suddenly, the noises stopped and the room was as quiet as a cemetery in the middle of the
night. My brother and I looked at each other in terror. We opened the windows to get rid
of the stink or rotting flesh and told each other we'd forget the whole thing. But a week
later the grandfather of one of my best friends died just as the board has predicted! And
from time to time the chandelier would rattle, the room freeze and that awful smell
return. I couldn't take it any more. I threw the board away and told my mother about the
experience. She told me that once you tamper with an Ouija board, its evil spell will
remain forever. And to this day, those terrifying tremors shake the house and the stench
of death fills the room.
Ouija Board Summons Demons
(The Sun, 12986)
A simple Ouija board became a passport to Hell for a family that accidentally summoned a
demon into their living room. "I thought it might have been the Devil himself,"
says John Ravens, father of the tormented family. "When it was over, we were all
bleeding and had severe burn marks. Our living room was a disaster area."
"It was supposed to be a joke," says Gloria, the girl's mother. "We were
going to make believe we were talking with the spirit world."
Little Lynda, her nine-year-old brother Ronald, and their parents gathered around the
board for what they thought was going to be an evening of fun at their home in a Toronto,
Canada suburb. "We were just playing around with it when suddenly the planchette that
spells out answers began moving by itself," says John. "We were all scared, but
then I thought maybe one of the kids was up to tricks. We started asking questions, and
this spirit began speaking to us. "Then it asked if it could visit with us. By this
time, I was sure someone was playing a joke, and I said yes," he adds.
That's when the nightmare began. "The demon appeared within seconds," says John.
"It spun around the room overhead, laughing and cursing at us. "It was
surrounded by a ring of fire and the room became so hot, it was like an inferno from
Hell." The family describes the demon as red and black with scaly skin and horns. It
also had giant bat wings. "Then it suddenly swooped down and attacked us,"
recalls John, horror flickering over his features. "It started biting each of us on
the face and arms. "We tried getting up and running for the door, but every time we
did, the creature started clawing us. It was so fast, we couldn't escape from it."
Lynda and brother Ronald were picked up repeatedly and hurled across the room. As they lay
helplessly on the floor, the creature pounded on their chests and heads. "It had
hooves that dug into my children's faces and skin, marking them badly," says Gloria.
The attack lasted for more than an hour before the horrifying demon vanished as quickly as
it first appeared. The children were screaming and crying as John pulled them out of the
house and drove to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for cuts and burns.
Demons Use Ouija Board As Gateway To Take Over Soul
(The Sun, 22884) by Lewis Clifford.
Terrifying demons freed from other dimensions are preying on helpless human victims. And
the gateway used by the grotesque monsters is being kept open by innocent toying with
Ouija boards and other tools of the occult, top medical and religious experts caution.
"They are vile creatures of the night," warned Dr. Alberto Gonzalez, of the Pan
American Institute of Health. "They exist. They can possess the bodies of their
victims and cause normally gentle, nonviolent people to commit outrageous crimes. They can
assume other forms some quite ghastly.
"And they are among us in many instances solely because of these sinister toys called
Ouija boards." Gonzalez, a psychiatrist and parapsychologist, claims he has found
demonic links to several cases of cattle mutilation and human vampirism in Central
America.
Says the Rev. Morris Cerullo, president of World Evangelism and author of The Black Side
Of Satan, Creation House, Carol Stream, Illinois, 1973. "Many people have related to
me weird tales of answers given by the Ouija board. This and other occult games may seem
intriguing, but the implications are serious and not to be tampered with. They can lead to
dangerous waters indeed.
"Use of an Ouija has even led to violence and even to murder..." Dr. Marta
Prohazka of Fairfax, Virginia, is also convinced that spirits can play terrifying
destructive games with human behavior. During her practice as psychotherapist and
psychoanalyst, she realized that many patients she had considered "hallucinating
paranoid schizophrenics" might instead merely be in touch with something invisible to
her but visible to them."I came to understand that another plane, or dimension or
existence interrelated with our plane or visible manifestation," she said. "By
training and expanding consciousness, some individuals gain entrance into that invisible
dimension. It seems to some like a window into heaven.
"I also learned that contact with the other dimension can be dangerous, especially if
a psychically sensitive person loses his emotional harmony. The window into heaven can
then become a window into Hell."
Millions of the plastic oracles are in use in American households, nevertheless. And the
eerie messages from beyond they have spelled out have been credited or blamed for
marriages, divorces, sickness, misery, mystery or murder. Psychic and medium Anne Rose
told the Sun: "Horrible demons have definitely been released by the Ouija board.
"The Ouija board is a vehicle which makes it easy for negative spirits and demonic
forces to enter this plane of existence." The Merrillville, Indiana clairvoyant
cautioned that evil spirits or demonic forces often gain the trust of people experimenting
with Ouija boards by answering several questions truthfully and providing predictions.
"Once they have gained the trust of their victims, it is easy for the entity to move
in and take over either by strongly influencing that person, or by outright
possession," she said. People who are untrained and unsophisticated in the field of
the paranormal and supernatural should never play with devices such as the Ouija board,
according to the clairvoyant.
Suggested further reading:
Ouija: Most Dangerous Game by Stoker Hunt
Psychic Summer by Arnold Copper
Submitted by: Dale Kaczmarek, President, Ghost Research Society, PO Box 205, Oak Lawn,
Illinois 60454-0205, (708)425-5163, (708)425- 3969 FAX.
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