PROFILE: The Ouija Board - Harmless Halloween Game or Occult Doorway?

Published: Tue, 10/31/17

Good morning ,

Here is your copy of our latest Profile on the Ouija Board, the controversial best-seller currently distributed worldwide by game and toy maker Hasbro^®. Is the Ouija Board merely a way for teens to have some spooky fun or a harmless Halloween game?

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    This is no mere game or toy! It is a tool of the occult that allegedly enables players to function as amateur mediums, contacting the dead. Communication with the dead is an occult practice known as necromancy that is clearly forbidden in the Bible (Deuteronomy 18:10-12).

    The Ouija Board has been a point of contention and even legal action throughout its history. Did you know, it actually took an IRS court ruling for the Ouija Board to be classified as a game? Eventually the IRS ruling led to the Ouija Board patent being purchased by Parker Brothers^®.

    Enabled by the marketing muscle of one of the world's leading game makers, the Ouija rocketed it to success -- actually outselling the board game Monopoly.¹ Habro^® eventually acquired the rights to the Ouija Board and it's popularity continued to explode. To date, there have been at least 69 movies featuring the Ouija Board.

    This raises some important questions:

Who invented the Ouija Board and why?
Who or what is spelling out the answers to the players' questions?
Is it psychic, psychological, fraud or all three?

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¹Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, The Strange and Mysterious History of the Ouija Board, "In 1967, the year after Parker Brothers bought the game from the Fuld Company, 2 million boards were sold, outselling Monopoly...." October 27, 2013; http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-strange-and-mysterious-history-of-the-ouija-board-5860627

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