OUIJA BOARD

Ouija Board or Ouija Board is any flat surface with letters, numbers or other symbols on which a moving indicator is placed. It was created to be used as a method of necromancy or communication with spirits. [1] Participants place their fingers on the index finger that then moves across the board to answer questions and send messages from the supposed spirits. There is a board game registered with the US Department of Commerce under the name of Ouija, but the designation is now used to characterize any board that uses the same idea. In Brazil there are variants known as Cup Ball, Cup Game, or Cup Session, in which a glass serves as the indicator for the answers. It is also known as Compass Play, when using a compass as an indicator. There are also supports for using pencils during sessions. The board does not need to have a rectangular shape. Many ouija trays are circular. Instead of the pointer, you can use a coin or glass. It is said that the latter is not advisable because the spirit can avenge himself using the glass. Origins The principle on which the Ouija board is based became known after 1848, the year in which two American sisters, Kate and Margaret Fox, allegedly contacted a salesman who had died years earlier and spread a spiritualist fever to the United States and Europe.  There are also indications that the principle would have been perfected by a spiritualist called M. Planchette, who by 1853 would have invented the wooden indicator used until today.  In 1890, Elijah J. Bond of Baltimore applied for the patent of the "Ouija" or "Egyptian Tray of Luck" granted in 1891. In this patent the operation is described and it is alleged that the board is capable of answering "questions of Any kind. "