| Using a Ouija Board should be a decision you have | | | | act of seeing a certain movie can result in some |
| thought carefully about. Whilst there are many horror | | | | individuals changing their behaviour patterns. It has been |
| stories about using the Ouija board most of these | | | | well documented in the past true stories of individuals |
| have probably been fabricated or embellished. | | | | watching a movie and then "snapping". It seems that |
| However, this being said, there certainly are a number | | | | the film was the catalyst to the change in the |
| of negative experience accounts of Ouija board users | | | | psychology of the individual. Does it not follow that the |
| to warrant caution. Only fools play with the board like it | | | | use of a device which the user believes has the |
| was just another toy for amusement. | | | | power to contact the dead, would have as much (if |
| Even skeptics must acknowlege the scientific | | | | indeed not a greater)effect on the user? |
| psychological effect the use of the Ouija board could | | | | This is not to say that there is indeed not a true power |
| (and does) have on many of it's users. It is the ill | | | | contactable by the Ouija Board It comes down to the |
| prepared users of the board that are more prone to | | | | beliefs of the individual. Do you believe in life after |
| expriencing issues of depression, paranoia, fear, | | | | death? If you do, then it is highly probable that the Ouija |
| dillusions etc. If you look at this from a scientific point of | | | | Board can indeed contact those on the other side. If |
| view, the act of "playing" with a Ouija Board serve as | | | | not, you must still regard the Ouija Board as a |
| the gateway to unlock mental instabilities already | | | | powerful device. |
| present (but perhaps laying dormant) in the user. | | | | Does this make the Ouija Board unsafe? No. Not if |
| So whilst many skeptics may laugh and disregard the | | | | used correctly. There are methods and correct |
| effects of the Ouija Board they overlook the fact that | | | | instructions to follow when using the Ouija board |
| the board itself may not have any powers of its own | | | | (These instructions work regardless of your point of |
| (or indeed any powers sourced externally) but it | | | | view / belief). By following the correct instructions and |
| certainly can serve as a tool to induce altered states | | | | procedures, the dangers are greatly reduced. |
| of mind and reality in the user. Think about it, even the | | | | |