Ouija
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The Ouija, also known as a Ouija board, spirit board, talking board, or witch board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the Latin alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", and occasion
Norman Rockwell cover of the May 1, 1920 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, showing a Ouija board in use
A model of a scene depicting divination
Wang Chongyang, founder of the Quanzhen School, depicted in Changchun Temple, Wuhan
Ouija board painted on a two-story building in downtown Austin, Texas
Séance
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A séance or seance is an attempt to communicate with spirits. The word séance comes from the French word for "session", from the Old French seoir, "to sit". In French, the word's meaning is quite gene
Ouija
…various symbols and graphics. It uses a planchette (a small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic) as a movable indicator to spell out messages during a séance. Participants place their fingers on the planchette, which is moved about the board to spell words. The name "Ouija" is a trademark of Hasbro (inherited…
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Paschal Beverly Randolph
Seance, Balmain, Sydney, 1939, by Ray Olsen
A poster for an early 20th century stage show from Houdini, advertised as proving that spirits do not return