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- DictionaryOui·ja board/ˈwējə ˌbôrd/
noun
- 1. a board printed with letters, numbers, and other signs, to which a planchette or movable indicator points, supposedly in answer to questions from people at a seance. trademark in US
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The Ouija ( / ˈwiːdʒə / WEE-jə, /- dʒi / -jee ), also known as a Oujia 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 occasionally "hello" and "goodbye", along with various symbols and graphics.
Oct 27, 2013 · The Ouija board, in fact, came straight out of the American 19th century obsession with spiritualism, the belief that the dead are able to communicate with the living.
Jun 11, 2015 · The early origin stories of the board show how "Ouija's" meaning changed Two people play the Ouija board in 1972. Their board's name was unique as well, with a surrounding mystical myth.
Aug 28, 2023 · According to Smithsonian Magazine, the Ouija board stems from Spiritualism, a belief that the dead can communicate with the living. Of course, this idea is something that has existed on a...
Jun 24, 2024 · Ouija board, in occultism, a device ostensibly used for obtaining messages from the spirit world, usually employed by a medium during a séance. The name derives from the French and German words for “yes” (oui and ja).
May 16, 2012 · But the Ouija Board, by contrast, stands as a relic of that era when popular uneasiness grew proportionately, just as modern empirical science gained in confidence and explanatory power.
Oct 4, 2023 · They filed the first patent for a game they called the “Ouija board,” which looked and operated much like the talking boards in Ohio; the patent was granted in 1891.
