Hi Dark, While I agree with you strictly speaking Ouija boards are marketed as nothing more than a harmless board game by Hasbro Inc. Here in the USA they are stocked on shelves in the toy isle along side games like Monopoly, Trouble, Sorry, and other traditional board games. So from that perspective it is commercially regarded as a game. It is people who use them for ghost hunting, spiritualist ceremonies, and so on who claim that Ouija boards are more than a simple game.
However, you are absolutely correct in saying that spiritualism is very personal and subjective. When I was younger I use to be into ghost hunting, spiritualism, etc and I can say from personal experience I've encountered spirits, ghosts, or whatever you want to call them firsthand. Since it is a very controversial subject I don't expect everyone to take my word for it, but I do know what I saw, what I experienced, and know science does not have the final say on this subject. Its one of those cases where I know what I experienced, but have no way to prove it. With that said I'm not sure how reliable or accessible an electronic Ouija board game would be. I suppose if Michael is interested in playing with it strictly as a game an electronic version is okay. However, if he is interested in a Ouija Board for contacting spirits he'd need a real board for that. Although, I don't see any way to make a real Ouija Board accessible as the planchette can move pretty fast between letters and words making it difficult to keep up with reading the spirit's message. Besides its more fun to have more than one person around when using a Ouija Board. The more people who are there to ask questions the more interesting answers you can get from the board. Cheers! On 7/12/12, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Michael. > > By ouija board, do you mean the spiritualist serimony with a glass intended > > for contacting spirits of the dead? I wouldn't describe a ouija board as > exactly a ggame, nor something that really should be attempted by a computer > > program, indeed if I were inclined to use such a thing I think I'd prefer to > > do such things in person, or better still locate someone I trusted to > perform whatever ceremony, sinse whether you considder spiritualism > religious or psychological, either way it's deeply personal. > > There is also a pretty large industry wrapped up with it, often based around > > taking money off people too, so be carefull about buying equipment or paying > > for others' services, ---- indeed I'll confess myself that while as a good > scheptic I would not automatically dismiss any and all spiritualist beliefs > > as bogus, the high proportion of fakers in this field is quite worrying, and > > though I'm fairly agnostic on the idea of life after death, ghosts etc, > taking advantage of people's beliefs for money is a practice as old as > religion itself, and spiritualism, particularly sinse there are no > established texts, rituals or regulations is pretty prone to this. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
