From a strictly scientific point of view, how does a ouija board work?
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When a group of people place their fingers on the item that slides (the communicator), the vibrations of the fingers from each of the persons involved more or less move the communicator.\nThe will of one person determines which letter or answer the communicator slides toward; the power of suggestion pretty much determines the answer.\n\nFor example, if the people involved are all blindfolded; except for one person who will write down where the communicator stops, the communicator will still move, but the answers will be gibberish since the people cannot determine where and when to stop the communicator.\n\nOr more scientifically, it could simply be magic.
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You can get them at a department store, wal-mart probably carries them. They have online ouija boards, but it isn't the real thing, here's an online one http://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/WebOuija.html. Here's a guide on how to make your own http://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/make.html
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Don't worry! A Ouija board is just for fun!  You can't truelly contact anyone threw it.  This is proven by 2 ways 1) if both people using the Ouija Board close their eyes the "sentence" Ouija is trying to tell you makes nooooo sense.  2) Don't you think that if there was anything crazy going on with it scientist wouldn't be looking at it more carefully.  \n\nIt's just Entertainment.  Like a Psycic or fortune teller.  It is fun tho.  So don't worry be happy.  You will scare yourself at the worse.
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Ghosts cannot exist within the well defined parameters of our scientific laws. Therefore, definitive proof of ghosts and spirits would mean that the entire foundation of our scientific understanding is incorrect and would need to be rewritten. \n\nTake, for instance, Newton's first law: Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.\n\nSo we have to decide if a ghost can impact its environment in any way (it would have to if it existed at all). If it can, say, moan - that would require manipulating air molecules through something like a vocal cord. Rattling chains requires the ability to touch, grab and move the chain from their original state of rest.\n\nThe laws of physics are very consistent (that's why they're called laws). If a ghost CAN have an impact on one thing - a chain -it MUST be able to impact everything in the same way. So a ghost could not grab a chain and walk through a door simultaneously - that would be inconsistent with the laws of physics.\n\nOf course the major world religions would be shaken up, if ghosts were definitively proved, god could probably be definitively proven. However, I suggest that having our scientific world view changed so fundamentally would have a far greater impact on the way the majority of people live their lives.
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There is an on line Ouija board for the film Corpse Bride. You can ask it whatever you want.\n\nhttp://www.askthedead.com/
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None-And let me add, that people who believe in things such as ghosts, telekinesis, etc, think that the scientific establishment want to somehow dispute this, even though they know its true.  Discovering that telekinesis is true, that bigfoot really exists, that there are provable ghosts, would make a scientist's career and put them in the history books...and scientists are, if anything, more curious than most people-we would LOVE to see that kind of thing...remember, lots of us were raised on science fiction and still harbour hopes of meeting ET, going faster than light speed, finding out the ESP really works...on and on.  Problem is, we also require real proof.  No, there is no proof of telekinesis.  If there were, the US government would be pouring billions of dollars into studying it.
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I believe the same methods used to prove physical phenomena can be used to study and document spiritual phenomena.  \n\nFor example, given the developments in nanotechnology and MRI imaging, it won't be long before science can detect, measure and prove the existence of or changes in human brain chemistry and spiritual energy, that occur in cases of demonic oppression and healing through spiritual treatment such as deliverance prayer.\n\nThe same way microscopes proved the existence of "invisible" viruses and bacteria that caused physical infection, I believe technology will be used to prove the existence of demonic energies that cause criminal, mental and physical addictions, as well as the power of prayer to cast out these "spiritual viruses" so that the human mind and spirit can be permanently healed.
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You've watched too much Ghost Whisperer but oh well, you can try calling them to you - play a game of Ouija. It might be dangerous if you don't know to how to play it, so I'd suggest you play it with a person who's experienced...\n\nYou won't exactly see a ghost, and you won't exactly be talking to it face-to-face, but the ghost will spell out whatever it's saying using the Ouija board.\n\nBy the way, the Ouija board is also good for asking about your future...
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When I was 9 I use to play in the woods/swamp behind my house. A typical 9 year old,  Me and my friends would make trails and "tree-forts" through the woods. \n\nOne day we came across a very strange scene. An area of low-growing palms had been cleared in a circle about 20FT in diameter. In the middle, was a ouija-board. There were also a couple of empty Jack Daniels bottles. \n\nThis place just had a "creepy" feeling about it. Me and My friends buried the "board", and waited for the 20ft circle to "grow-back".  It never did! It took YEARS for that circle to grow back! \n\nIn North Florida ,vegetation grows back quick! Very strange!\n\nThats the only run-in with a Ouija-board I ever had.
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Yes!!!  I once mistook a Ouija board for a ham sandwich and choked on it as well.\n\n...small world.
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I had one with my sister and cousin few weeks ago. But my sister help out, cuz she speak and see the dead. That made it more excited. But anyway, we got tea light candles and made a wide circle around us with them. \nThen we turn the lights out and held hands. Then one will be the spokeperson and call out to the spirits. One person will be the gateway, or the door for the spirits to come thru. But be careful, like the other person said. Some spirits ain't all nice either. \nIf you want a playing board with a playing piece. Then you can use that in your little seance. If you can't afford one, then use notebook paper pieces. Just do the letters and numbers. Along with the yes and no and goodbye as well. \nThen tear the piece apart from one another, and use on a flat surface. Like a table or anything hard. Then use a shot glass or a medium shot glass for the playing piece. But we done that twice and we love to have candles as well burning when we play it. \nBefore we got started, we always bless ourselfs. Have fun and be careful.
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Ouija board? It's an oracle. Does not contain demons. If you COUNSULT it, then the spirits who "answer" that call will assist you. If you PLAY with it, then the spirits will PLAY with you...and sometimes that is not good.
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A Ouija board is just a century-old parlor trick.
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Ouija Boards are NOT a game or a toy. They access spiritual dimensions outside your control. If you happen to dabble in this pray for pure light to surround you, visualize this and ask for only benevolent spirits to speak to you through the board. Otherwise, you will never know who or what is coming through.
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Any building can end up haunted.\nNo one needs to have died there or anything like that.\nSpirits wander, and often they decide to take up abode\n(either temporary or permanent) in people's homes.\nMost often, they stick to family or friends, but it is fairly\ncommon too that they'll wander until they find someone \nthey like, and/or someone they feel they can communicate \nwith ~ someone with some Psychic Giftedness.\nBy the sounds of things it's a fairly new spirit \n(knows how to work a TV), and probably harmless.\nIf it can turn things on and off and open/close doors\nit would technically be a poltergheist.\nSome poltergheists are friendly and even helpful,\nI recommend your aunt try to befriend it.\nTry buying a Witch Board (aka Spirit Board) or some\nother divinatory/communication tool and talking with it.\nhttp://cgi.ebay.com/Pendulum-Board-CRYPTIC-PORTAL-Divination-Dowsing-Witch_W0QQitemZ140051740037QQihZ004QQcategoryZ19270QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem is an example (round boards are considered safer), but you can find one on ebay or through an internet search.\nBest of Luck!
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yes, my brother and i used to play ouija with our idiot cousin keith all the time.  my brother and i would always make it spell out "keith must die".  keith was so stupid he'd go running to his mom crying and my brother and i would about bust a gut laughing.  \n\ni don't think they are real.  i've talked with others who are creeped out by them.  my wife went to a seance once and they used a ouija board.  she got so freaked out that she won't even allow one in the house now.  according to her, (i wasn't there.  if i had been there the board would've spelled out 'Keith must die')  the room got real cold and the board spelled out 'please help me stay dead'.\n\nwhoa, that's a creepy enough message that i don't think anyone living would come up with it.  but then again, VERY FEW living people have had the board always spell out "KEITH MUST DIE".
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A Ouija board can be made from anything.  I've made them using notebook paper and an old keyring.  Though I must say, the better the materials, the better the board will work.\n\nRemember, it'll only manifest what you bring with you.