Saturday, November 13, 2010

Playing with Danger?

  Now what is the big hype about the Ouija Board? From back in the day to current times, kids are still getting involved with the infamous talking board game of today. The anticipation is in receiving "answers" from the beyond which is what enthralls many of those who play with the Ouija Board as an entertaining pastime. The trick of the game is that the wood piece moves on its own supposedly and either spells out your answer or points specifically to "YES" or "NO". The Ouija Board is said to be a game manipulated by spirits, and the questions asked are responded by spirits from another realm. Many have taken a chance with operating the board game and others have steered away, heeding the device's witchcraft capabilities. It's funny how such a precarious novelty item is sold in millions across the country, displayed on shelves of children stores. The company, Parker Brothers, are currently the trademark and patent owners of the game. Apparently, the game's "safe" enough to be sold to naive children and distributed under ten different names, all the meanwhile. I, for one, stay away from that supernatural stuff and avoid it for the better of my well-being. The whole idea of messing with spirits by just pestering them with childish questions like "Who will I marry?" and such, is unnecessary and dangerous. How do we even know that the spirits who we're conversing with in the game aren't malicious and mean us harm? We don't. The word on the street from psychics and supernatural experts is that when you conjure up a spirit through the Ouija Board, you're inviting them into our realm and risking the hazardous possibility of becoming possessed under their will. Now, I hope everyone's not thinking that I'm a psychic know-it-all, but obvious solution here is to NOT mess from the Ouija Board. Because the real question here is this: Is the Ouija Board an innocent game of asking answers or an ominous creation to play at your own risk?

Here is some more info on the Ouija Board and it's dangerous history:
http://www.allabouttheoccult.org/ouija-board.htm

4 comments:

  1. Man, imagine nothing bad came from this, that there was no chance of meeting the evil guy, or having your house haunted. Then no one would be scared of using it. We would be using it all the time to find everything we are looking for. Not only this, we would be able to find out who the murderers are, where all the lost children end up at, and who stole the last cookie from the cookie jar. If only it didn’t come with the chance of encountering demons...haha. But, it isn’t like that at all; I’ve only heard bad things about it. That once you use the Ouija Board you let he who shall not be named( my mom doesn’t like me naming him at least) into your house , and that the only way of getting rid of the board is by burning it, apparently it has super trash can escaping abilities. Even though it can answer all sorts of things, I would stay away from it too. I’ll just remember what happened in The Exorcist every time I feel like asking it where buried treasure can be found.

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  2. What prompted this post? I was quite surprised to see you tackle something so off the beaten path of this blog. Did you just see one of these in the store, or did a friend have one? I'm just curious where the motivation for this post came from...

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  4. Just thinking about this stuff gives me the chills. I remember a couple of my family’s friends had used one of these when they were in grade school. They now appropriately call it “Devil in a Box”. When their friends had asked the board, “Do you like *blank* and *blank*?” the board replied, “No, because they’re Christians.” Of course they were freaked out and called their parents to pick them up and, ever since I heard that story, I’ve never gone near one. These types of things are definitely not play things and yes I do believe they conjure up spirits that should remain at rest. EVIL I TELL YOU! Interesting post though~!

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