We will be starting something new here at PPS, we will post a daily topic for discussion. The idea is to provide our site visitors some insight as to our views on various paranormal topics. There will be a topic or question provided as well as answers from some of our team members. If you would like to add anything please click the topic title, you will be redirected to the official blog page where you can comment.
Today's question
What are your thoughts on ouija boards? Something evil, a useful paranormal tool or just a kids toy?
The official PPS stance on this topic is that we do not endorse the use of Ouija Boards for use by anyone. That being said, a few of our team members have their own feelings on this topic.
Dave: The common theory is that by employing the board and summoning a spirit response to their questions, individuals could unknowingly invite an entity into their home. I do not know if there are any documented cases of this happening, but it is a common belief among many in the paranormal field. I do not believe it is the board itself that is to blame, but more than likely it is the single act of several people soliciting an entity to respond to them. We as investigators basically perform the same function during EVP recording sessions; however our line of questioning is not as open ended to include a request for any entity that does not already inhabit the area.
The danger with any attempt to communicate with spirits is that we are dealing with the unknown. Experienced paranormal investigators will protect themselves with a preliminary prayer asking God for protection from negative, malevolent entities. Inexperienced, freelance investigators and homeowners may via the Ouija Board, or their own recorders get more than they bargained for. The sheer number of people inspired by the proliferation of Paranormal themed television shows grows everyday, so I anticipate the reports of entity activity to grow as well.
The main thing I would like to impress upon anyone either considering using a device such as a Ouija Board, or starting their own paranormal investigations is this; do your homework. By this I mean educating themselves with all the information they need to follow current safe practices and possibly prevent causing a problem where one may have never existed before.
Jake: Ouija boards are a completely manufactured tool of the trade --- literally! How can something that is made by Parker Brothers attract anything paranormal? I could never take a Ouija board seriously, unless we drag it out after a "spirited" game of Hungry Hungry Hippos. Considering a Ouija board as a tool for communicating with the paranormal is the same as considering a Cabbage Patch Kid as an actual child. My apologies to Xavier Roberts!
Rex: There are a lot of people out there that believe that they should not be
used because it could invite the wrong kind of spirits(demonic or evil) while this theory could very well be true most of these people have no problem with conducting an EVP session. To me communicating with the dead in any form could bring in anything unwanted.
I don't personally feel that an experienced person would have any more trouble with a ouija board than a recorder. The main problem I have with ouija board is that the human element involved creates way too much room for error or false results. With evp at least it is possible to completely remove the human element or discount any voices that are similar to those who were present at time of recording.
Today's question
What are your thoughts on ouija boards? Something evil, a useful paranormal tool or just a kids toy?
The official PPS stance on this topic is that we do not endorse the use of Ouija Boards for use by anyone. That being said, a few of our team members have their own feelings on this topic.
Dave: The common theory is that by employing the board and summoning a spirit response to their questions, individuals could unknowingly invite an entity into their home. I do not know if there are any documented cases of this happening, but it is a common belief among many in the paranormal field. I do not believe it is the board itself that is to blame, but more than likely it is the single act of several people soliciting an entity to respond to them. We as investigators basically perform the same function during EVP recording sessions; however our line of questioning is not as open ended to include a request for any entity that does not already inhabit the area.
The danger with any attempt to communicate with spirits is that we are dealing with the unknown. Experienced paranormal investigators will protect themselves with a preliminary prayer asking God for protection from negative, malevolent entities. Inexperienced, freelance investigators and homeowners may via the Ouija Board, or their own recorders get more than they bargained for. The sheer number of people inspired by the proliferation of Paranormal themed television shows grows everyday, so I anticipate the reports of entity activity to grow as well.
The main thing I would like to impress upon anyone either considering using a device such as a Ouija Board, or starting their own paranormal investigations is this; do your homework. By this I mean educating themselves with all the information they need to follow current safe practices and possibly prevent causing a problem where one may have never existed before.
Jake: Ouija boards are a completely manufactured tool of the trade --- literally! How can something that is made by Parker Brothers attract anything paranormal? I could never take a Ouija board seriously, unless we drag it out after a "spirited" game of Hungry Hungry Hippos. Considering a Ouija board as a tool for communicating with the paranormal is the same as considering a Cabbage Patch Kid as an actual child. My apologies to Xavier Roberts!
Rex: There are a lot of people out there that believe that they should not be
used because it could invite the wrong kind of spirits(demonic or evil) while this theory could very well be true most of these people have no problem with conducting an EVP session. To me communicating with the dead in any form could bring in anything unwanted.
I don't personally feel that an experienced person would have any more trouble with a ouija board than a recorder. The main problem I have with ouija board is that the human element involved creates way too much room for error or false results. With evp at least it is possible to completely remove the human element or discount any voices that are similar to those who were present at time of recording.
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