Because it's immature to disagree with you about the likelihood of conjuring spirits with a game?

I am aware of that, and have made my own ouija boards before with a wine class and arranged letters--that's not MY point. My point is that it's unlikely that a game that has been manufactured by a mainstream toy company for decades, and is sold in corporate toy stores, and has been for years, is dangerous. Don't you think you'd see them discontinued if there were a lot of complaints, concerns, controversy, etc. over purchasing and using them?

This is one of those things that we'll just have to agree to disagree on. I'm not superstitious, and the many times that I and my friends have messed around with ouija boards has resulted in nothing freaky, upsetting, alarming or spectacular. I don't doubt that people have their own experiences, but I personally believe that the human mind is a lot trickier than we tend give it credit for--and a lot more powerful. Ouija board movements are explainable by science--everything else is perception and coincidence. That's just my belief.

Nope, never used one.

I have experience with these and agree with you three. The board (store bought or home made) can be a tool or a toy depending on the skill level and intent of the person using it, along with a few other factors. Few people will ever manage to get them to really work though so I don't think they're being immature in their nonchalant approach to them-- they're just going off what proof they have (which is reasonable).

~M

that's asking for trouble lol

Never did anything like that.

I don't think that the comment was made as an insult, honestly. I see your point as well....sounds totally hokey, uneducated and unscientific to say "oh...you are going to stir up ghosts and goblins with a Parker Brothers kids game". I get it.

However, I think the comment was meant to say that given time (ie. Maturity) in life, you may see some things that are just not that easy to explain.

I really don't want to go into great detail about my own career and education, but suffice it to say that it is in the most high tech and high pressure of health care environments and in that situation, for decades, with all those degrees and letters behind my name, and with a VERY skeptical and hard nosed science background, I can assure you, there are things...many, many things, about life, about existence and about what may occupy this universe with us, that we have almost NO understanding of, at this point. I have seen things with my own eyes that Steven Spielberg has yet to put in a movie. So has my husband, in a related field.

I think that may be all the comment was about. The fact that as years go by, many of us see, hear, feel and experience things in life that make us a bit more weary and a lot more cautious about all those little things we thought nothing of, in our younger years. Be it sharing a can of Coke with a friend (ain't happening now for a million bucks) to playing with games like this (Tarot cards included).

Anyway, that is how I read it.

Yes, as a teenager. Everyone freaked out but I swear someone was moving it themselves. I think I know who, but I never accused her.

That was my precise opinion....till a personal experience with one made me feel.....very different about them.

Thank you for saying this. I agree.

It was originally a board game, and had nothing to do with ghosts. When it first came out, it was meant to be that you were contacting a part of yourself. As far as I can tell, the first time the ouija board game was associated with dead people was when The Exorcist came out. You don't need to fear a game. That's like fearing Mr Plum from Cluedo will kill you if you finger him as the guy who did it.

Yes, I've heard that urban legend as well. Thanks for sharing.