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Sinnlos
Sep 5, 2011

Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

They work because the ideomotor effect. Essentially, you *think* about the planchette moving and spelling something out, but you don't believe that you are moving it yourself. The group though all believe that the planchette is doing something, so all of you end up subconsciously moving it.

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Sinnlos
Sep 5, 2011

Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

Dr.Caligari posted:

What is a spirit box, and could you share your good results with it?

Are you using the Ouija alone? It won't work (see Sinnlos' post). Actually, it might work in the same way automatic writing 'works' (through self hypnosis).

It still works on your own, once again due to the ideomotor effect.

Any effects you observe from a ouija board are due to your subconscious, and not in a like a revealing and worthy of analysis way. Just involuntary muscle movement and a brain wired for pattern recognition.

Sinnlos
Sep 5, 2011

Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

It truly is amazing and supernatural that you can hear words coming out of a radio. Must be ghosts.

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