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PunnyProtestant
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I know enough to stay away from this. I am just wondering if anyone has any past experiences with this that they would like to share. I’m just curious that’s all.
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nicolemarie03
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I was an idiot when I was 13 with my two friends and we used one in the cemetery near our house. It was the most stupid idea we ever decided to do and I do not advise anyone to do it because thats just bad juju. But lately, my friend downloaded an Iphone app that I guess clears out the white noise and you can talk to Ghost…well anyways he handed it to me and said lets see what it says, Well I grabbed it and sat there and the first words that were said “Charles Anthony he’s forever” my boyfriend’s name is Charles and his middle name is Anthony. Then it said “Anthony father” my dad’s name is Anthony…then,“Mark, Military” My brother’s name is Mark and he is a Marine…I was in shock and was like OHMYGOD how does it know this?! but then it started to get really bad and said “Anthony died cancer” My grandfather was named Anthony too and he died of cancer…I went to handle the phone back and it said “Brother war dies casket”. I guess you can say that was kinda like an Ouiji board i don’t know but ever since I used that I don’t fully feel like me. Hence why I said don’t mess with it because it’s bad juju.
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Scoobyshme
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It’s also an avenue in which one can become possessed. The demonic is always happy to enter any way it can.
There was a young man who eventually became a priest who was at a party. Someone brought out a ouiji board and he remembered he’d forgotten his brown scapula in the car, so he went out and got it and put it on. When he re-entered the house, the ouiji board stopped talking. They asked it why and it spelled out, “I smell God” on the board!
There was a young man who eventually became a priest who was at a party. Someone brought out a ouiji board and he remembered he’d forgotten his brown scapula in the car, so he went out and got it and put it on. When he re-entered the house, the ouiji board stopped talking. They asked it why and it spelled out, “I smell God” on the board!
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lizaanne
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I played with them when I was a child and was always freaked out by it. I didn’t know they were bad or wrong, but I never ever felt comfortable playing with it, it always made my hair stand up on end a bit.
A good friend of ours used (not played) with a ouiji board extensively in her twenties. She and her friend were contacting what they thought was a deceased young boy. She became suicidal, and had a very difficult time spiritually. When she was finally able to pull herself away from this she had a profound re-version to the Faith, but it shook her deeply and she believes very strongly that her experiences with the board were indeed demonic in nature.
Stay away - very far away - from those things.
~Liza
A good friend of ours used (not played) with a ouiji board extensively in her twenties. She and her friend were contacting what they thought was a deceased young boy. She became suicidal, and had a very difficult time spiritually. When she was finally able to pull herself away from this she had a profound re-version to the Faith, but it shook her deeply and she believes very strongly that her experiences with the board were indeed demonic in nature.
Stay away - very far away - from those things.
~Liza
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beckycmarie
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I recall the last time we had one of these “I’m just curious about the ouija board threads,” it was locked within a few days.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=486551
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vera_dicere
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Sometimes I think warning stories make it more inticing for some with weaker faith.
But I when I was in school our religion teacher, a nun, wasn’t in class, she just didn’t show up. Long and short of it, the next day she told us some boys at a public school played with a ouiji board and brought something out that possessed one of them, the public school’s principal contacted the Catholic schools to get a few priests and nuns to help clean up the mess. The nun went into a lot of detail about the thing if only to warn us.
I’ve also met people who’ve played with them thinking they were talking to deceased loved ones, only to have their lives become a spiritual mess. I won’t give any more detail then that.
I currently know someone who plays with them and is wondering why a “mean ghost” is hanging around her.
But I when I was in school our religion teacher, a nun, wasn’t in class, she just didn’t show up. Long and short of it, the next day she told us some boys at a public school played with a ouiji board and brought something out that possessed one of them, the public school’s principal contacted the Catholic schools to get a few priests and nuns to help clean up the mess. The nun went into a lot of detail about the thing if only to warn us.
I’ve also met people who’ve played with them thinking they were talking to deceased loved ones, only to have their lives become a spiritual mess. I won’t give any more detail then that.
I currently know someone who plays with them and is wondering why a “mean ghost” is hanging around her.
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Arkadin
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When I was no longer practicing my faith, one of my ex-girlfriends had a ouija board. I was excited about trying it out and I got hooked. I always wanted to use it and my ex would get mad because it would say unpleasant things about her and telling me things she thought. Whether true or not, doesn’t matter.
I tried to see if it was real or not, so I would ask it questions in my head…not out loud and usually names of giant monsters that none of my friends would know. Sadly, it would start spelling out the names of the monsters.
I remember asking about God, if He was real and it said that it couldn’t tell us because it was not allowed.
It’s ridiculous, terrible and something to turn away. I’ve suffered such terrible scrupulosity and confusion. As of now, I’m suffering deep depression. Now, it’s been 2-3 years since I did this and I’m not solely attributing my depression and scrupulosity with ouija, but it certainly hasn’t helped.
I was also falling deeper into a music scene wrapped in occultic imagery and beliefs. I fell into it due to some of the sounds produced and how pleasant the musical aspect of the songs were. I didn’t care too much about lyrics and sometimes couldn’t even understand them. That led me to someone that exposed me to a lot of weird occult things (this person didn’t necessarily practice it, but did indulge in some things) and I started having a very warped view on things. I didn’t do magick, but I started falling into numerology, astrology, and a strange idea of the way God worked. Paranoia…
Thankfully, I am now back in the Church. Now, I’m trying not to fall away due to my scrupulosity and depression.
Stay away from this stuff, it will just tear you up at some point.
I tried to see if it was real or not, so I would ask it questions in my head…not out loud and usually names of giant monsters that none of my friends would know. Sadly, it would start spelling out the names of the monsters.
I remember asking about God, if He was real and it said that it couldn’t tell us because it was not allowed.
It’s ridiculous, terrible and something to turn away. I’ve suffered such terrible scrupulosity and confusion. As of now, I’m suffering deep depression. Now, it’s been 2-3 years since I did this and I’m not solely attributing my depression and scrupulosity with ouija, but it certainly hasn’t helped.
I was also falling deeper into a music scene wrapped in occultic imagery and beliefs. I fell into it due to some of the sounds produced and how pleasant the musical aspect of the songs were. I didn’t care too much about lyrics and sometimes couldn’t even understand them. That led me to someone that exposed me to a lot of weird occult things (this person didn’t necessarily practice it, but did indulge in some things) and I started having a very warped view on things. I didn’t do magick, but I started falling into numerology, astrology, and a strange idea of the way God worked. Paranoia…
Thankfully, I am now back in the Church. Now, I’m trying not to fall away due to my scrupulosity and depression.
Stay away from this stuff, it will just tear you up at some point.
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kenofken
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As a person whose spiritual practice has no general ban on such things, I have used Ouija on a couple of occasions. I don’t think too highly of it for several reasons. One, you can do much better divination yourself with Tarot, Runes, or any of a number of other means which don’t rely on spirits. More importantly, Ouija is mostly a waste of time. It’s a bit like calling a random payphone and consulting whoever happens to pick up. Spirits are much like regular people in that most of them aren’t terribly bright or interesting conversationalists. You’re at far greater risk of boredom than possession.
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scimitar60
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Uhhhhh, sorry about this but I have to say about the Tarot cards…
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
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2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to “unveil” the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
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2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to “unveil” the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.
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mangy_dog
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The Ouija board is an instrument of the Devil.
It is a portal through which a man, woman or child is at risk of demonic possession.
Vade retro Satana, non suade mihi vana
sunt mala quae libas, ipse venea bibas.
Crux sacra sit mihi lux
Nunquam draco sit mihi dux.
Sancte Michael Archangele, defendenos in proelio.
Contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli, esto praesidium.
Imperet illi Deus, suplices deprecamur,
Tuque Princeps Militae celestis, Satanam aliosque
spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo
Divina virtute in infernum detrude. Amen.
It is a portal through which a man, woman or child is at risk of demonic possession.
Vade retro Satana, non suade mihi vana
sunt mala quae libas, ipse venea bibas.
Crux sacra sit mihi lux
Nunquam draco sit mihi dux.
Sancte Michael Archangele, defendenos in proelio.
Contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli, esto praesidium.
Imperet illi Deus, suplices deprecamur,
Tuque Princeps Militae celestis, Satanam aliosque
spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo
Divina virtute in infernum detrude. Amen.
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kenofken
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No apologies needed. I in no way mean to imply that divination is endorsed by the Church.
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TeenageConvert
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I used to use them all the time( I was stupid, and had a couple of emo/goth, and adrenaline junkie friends) It caused a lot of ****! lol, I think the scariest time was when we were outside in the woods, and the glass piece wouldn’t move, and we said “if there’s a ghost here then move Haley’s hair” sure enough, haley’s ponytail was pushed onto her shoulder( I don’t know how to explain the movement pushed would be the best word I guess), and then we all heard a young girl(7 or 8) singing, then laughing, then screaming 
. I haven’t used an Ouiji since
But actually, I’mkind of glad I used them, because when I decided to stop with them, I looked up a bunch of Roman Catholic prayers, and those prayers started an interest in Catholicism, after a year of studyng it, I decided to convert, wich is where I am now xD
. I haven’t used an Ouiji since But actually, I’mkind of glad I used them, because when I decided to stop with them, I looked up a bunch of Roman Catholic prayers, and those prayers started an interest in Catholicism, after a year of studyng it, I decided to convert, wich is where I am now xD
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billcu1
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The Qumran community and essenes were expert astrologers. The OT priests used divination. Remember “all that has been called evil has only been called evil to conceal its holiness.”
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