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I was pleasantly surprised to discover that a reference was made and a link was given to my article on the Philip experiments in an article entitled Ouija Board: Conduit of Evil or Belief? that is featured in ParaNexus. Its an interesting article and I recommend giving it a read along with exploring the rest of the ParaNexus site.
I've discussed my own thoughts on Ouija boards within this blog before, and in a nutshell I really do not think there is anything magical or special about them. I tend to agree with what my friend and colleague Elvis of The Shadows Project has to say about them:
"Ouija boards are made out of crafting supplies. They posses no additional powers except for whatever powers are within the elements that make up the materials themselves."
However, the Ouija is well recognised by most people and featured in numerous works of fiction and horror films so that its appearance alone can produce negative psychological effects particularly as people tend to use them in darkened rooms with candles etc creating a "spooky" atmosphere. Therefore I ALWAYS strongly recommend to already possibly frightened witnesses to not pursue communication or interaction by using these devices because it does tend to stir things up, real or imagined, something for which they may not be mentally or emotionally prepared for, not to mention potentially upsetting to others they live with.