Originally Posted By: J Geoff
Originally Posted By: Camarel
I personally think Ouija boards only work because you're unconsciously moving the pointer it's called the ideomotor effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_phenomenon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMtuWymUzz4

I think for a psychic who uses the ouija in their profession to prove it's not the ideomotor they should blindfold themselves while using it to see if what they write makes any sense.


No psychic I've ever seen used a Ouija board for a reading. Not that I've been to a lot of psychics, either, but, they're not used for readings. wink

We did experiment with it back in the day, though, and concluded just this: I always seemed to know what it was going to say, so it needed my eyes. BUT, my friend, who had NO idea what it was going to say, seemed to be controlling it. No joke. At one point I had the tip of 1 little finger barely on the planchette -- with no way to actually control it if I wanted to -- but it always felt like it was out of my control and the planchette was being controlled by him. But all the words seemed to come out of my head. I never understood that.

Ideomotor? Perhaps. Physically possible? Not sure.....


Geoff thats strange so you friend was controlling one of your fingers lol

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