Hi Sheepers! A neighbor had a garage sale and there were some kids games in the mess of 'stuff', including a Ouija Board. A 20-something friend of the neighbor saw the 'board' and her reaction was as she had just seen the devil himself! She told us "don't touch it!" - "you will go to hell cause the devil will have you in his power." She said she knew she was right cause 'her minister had told her at church and preached about it'. Ouija Boards were popular in the 1920's and 30's, if I remember correctly. Parlor fun for most - sort of a precurser of Scrabble when it came to 'letters and words'. Shirley: bobert@i-1.net

They were very popular when the big 'spiritualism' thing became so popular, but they still can open some doors that can be harmful. I don't believe it will send you to hell, nor that the devil will have you in his power....but I do know from personal experience that some really wierd things happened shortly after our kids got the board and started using it---I didn't really put it together until they got me to "play" it with them....then I found some very strange messages coming through... I could give a long list of things that happened and that came through the messages, but I'll just say it was an energy of some sort that I won't play with, and I won't let anyone bring one into my house....I don't fear the board itself---I just don't want what it can open the door to in my "space". On that track---those things (spirits) are there anyway, but I don't need them to be invited into my life or my home ever again. It was a period of some extreme experiences that were not good; and try as I may, I can't discount everything as "coincidence". I would never connect it with Scrabble other than it being in the board game section.... Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "bobert" <bobert@i-1.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:40 AM Subject: [BSChat] FEAR OF OUIJA BOARD Hi Sheepers! A neighbor had a garage sale and there were some kids games in the mess of 'stuff', including a Ouija Board. A 20-something friend of the neighbor saw the 'board' and her reaction was as she had just seen the devil himself! She told us "don't touch it!" - "you will go to hell cause the devil will have you in his power." She said she knew she was right cause 'her minister had told her at church and preached about it'. Ouija Boards were popular in the 1920's and 30's, if I remember correctly. Parlor fun for most - sort of a precurser of Scrabble when it came to 'letters and words'. Shirley: bobert@i-1.net ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237