Why does the Ouija board get a bad rap?
The Ouija Board is known as a talking board from the late eighteenth century for a novelty toy. It is merely a large board that has the alphabet, numerals, and a planchette to guide over the board. It has been known by many names throughout its history, but when the Parker Brothers' at Hasbro coined the named “Ouija” it stuck ever since. Its purpose from the early beginning of its journey was to decipher messages from the mysterious beyond through its letters and numbers and a pivot tool. Since it began, people of all walks of life were enticed by the Ouija Board and it required no level of skill set to operate. What is the Ouija Board, it a form of entertainment, is it all psychological, or is it built up by superstition beliefs?
In the nineteenth century, began to sink its roots as an entertaining family board game. Children and adults alike would gather around the board to proceeded “speak” to the beyond. Hasbro company has had manufactured and released …show more content…
This leads us to studies on the Quija board effects on how it comes down to who is really controlling the planchette, such study were done by the University of British Columbia in 2012. The study consisted of the Ouija board portion of the experiment, participants were blindfolded while one of the participants instructed to remove their hands from the planchette, meaning that participants were playing alone. The conclusion of their research did not only demonstrates the intellectual power lying beyond our consciousness but also represents an important advance in identifying how to access and study people’s unconscious minds. Which leads the wonderment of could the Quija board still live up to its hype as a spiritual
The Ouija Board is known as a talking board from the late eighteenth century for a novelty toy. It is merely a large board that has the alphabet, numerals, and a planchette to guide over the board. It has been known by many names throughout its history, but when the Parker Brothers' at Hasbro coined the named “Ouija” it stuck ever since. Its purpose from the early beginning of its journey was to decipher messages from the mysterious beyond through its letters and numbers and a pivot tool. Since it began, people of all walks of life were enticed by the Ouija Board and it required no level of skill set to operate. What is the Ouija Board, it a form of entertainment, is it all psychological, or is it built up by superstition beliefs?
In the nineteenth century, began to sink its roots as an entertaining family board game. Children and adults alike would gather around the board to proceeded “speak” to the beyond. Hasbro company has had manufactured and released …show more content…
This leads us to studies on the Quija board effects on how it comes down to who is really controlling the planchette, such study were done by the University of British Columbia in 2012. The study consisted of the Ouija board portion of the experiment, participants were blindfolded while one of the participants instructed to remove their hands from the planchette, meaning that participants were playing alone. The conclusion of their research did not only demonstrates the intellectual power lying beyond our consciousness but also represents an important advance in identifying how to access and study people’s unconscious minds. Which leads the wonderment of could the Quija board still live up to its hype as a spiritual