Ouiji boards?

[Traveller]

I've used them a few times and have experienced very dark, unpleasant feelings during contact with a spirit. I wouldn't recommend their use unless you know what you are doing tbh.

[~TT40~]

I've never used an offical one. but use to frequently use a deck of cards for contacting spirits. only once when i did it i got an uncomfortable feeling, so i stopped. every other time was a very warm loved feeling when doing it.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

traveler.. this is what I mean.. how can they make a 'game' and market it for children (albeit back in the 70's/80's) and have it be dangerous? is it real or is it just the hype and reputation that lime slice mentioned? I dunno.

[LimeSlice]

It wasn't invented in the 70s/80sm it was invented in the 1880s or 90s I think. It has been around a while now.

But there is no way to answer the question you are asking. If you believe in spirits, then you may believe in good AND 'evil' spirits. If you believe that then you can believe that they can communicate and this may be a method they use to do that.
However, if you don't believe in spirits or in an ability for them to communicate, then it is nothing more than the game for children it is intended to be.
Indeed, even if you *do* believe in spirits etc, then you may also believe that the oiuja board is nothing more than game with no power at all.
If you don't believe in spirits etc then there is no possible way for it to be 'dangerous'.

[~TT40~]

id say it is the hype and reputation. and also isnt that the point of the 'game' to scare you a little. but for fun.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

I didn't realize it had been around for that long. I guess it became popular in the 70's/80's. I do believe in spirits and so I guess I do feel that there could be a danger in using this (and so I have never tried) but I just find it odd that a company would produce such a thing. I guess I don't have a point in this post, its just something I find interesting. :-)

[LimeSlice]

id say it is the hype and reputation. and also isnt that the point of the 'game' to scare you a little. but for fun.

Nightmare scared the crap out of me! LOL And that was a game for children too... He could even read your mind and knew what you were going to do and say before you said it, and communicated to you via the VCR and TV... Nobody ever warned me that the VCR could be evil...