Sue, do yourself a favor & DON'T experience a seance...you never know for sure who will wind up being a medium (we're talking "natural" medium here), and the one time I agreed to participate, the spirit of my ex-wife's mother chose to come through ME! That wouldn't have been so bad, but she was murdered by her estranged husband (shot twice), and I got to feel the pain of the two bullets! I thought I was going to die before the circle was broken! Mike IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: Sue & Bobby Bates <bsbates@netease.net> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/6/2002 11:46:21 AM > Subject: [BSChat] Re: [BS-L] Ouija boards.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doris" <ginlu@charter.net> wrote..... > To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:13 AM > Subject: Re: [BS-L] Missing Benton > > > I'm jumping in for a few remarks.... > > > > I could tell you some real horror stories about Ouija, but won't go > into it here....however, I must agree that it's "inviting strangers > into your home". > > It will likely start very innocent and escalate into something very > different---this is a "doorway", and it's an invitation. > > Most of the "contacts" appear to be what/who you want....but seem to > change later on. > > > > I've been tempted to use it for genealogy, but decided I couldn't > believe it anyway.....and after our experience with it, I decided to > leave it alone.... > > > > Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... < > > I'm taking this to Chat with my 2 cents worth here..... > Doris, you make some very excellent points on the subject and I > agree with what you've said. It is like opening a doorway for lesser > entities and can have negative results. > There are simple precautions that can be taken to protect ourselves > (speaking collectively here), but I'm not going to go into them > because I really don't believe that this is an area that should be > messed with and certainly not by people who utilize it as a toy. I > tend to think of it as a loaded weapon. > My upbringing was such that I am familiar with the Ouija or the > circle of letters and a glass, table tipping, spirits, etc. The only > thing that I've missed out on experiencing has been a seance. Let's > just say that I've learned enough from the time that I was quite young > that it's an area that I generally don't mess with and for good > reason. ;-) > Best, > SueB > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > 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 --- Shuler Michael --- grinch42@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

"Shuler Michael" <grinch42@mindspring.com> wrote.... > .... and the one time I agreed to participate, the spirit of my ex-wife's mother chose to come through ME! That wouldn't have been so bad, but she was murdered by her estranged husband (shot twice), and I got to feel the pain of the two bullets! I thought I was going to die before the circle was broken!< Gads, Mike, sounds like real fun--NOT!!! I really don't have any desire to participate in a seance. The only person that I would trust to hold one with me as a participant now lives in FL and I don't have any plans to visit there again, at least not in the foreseeable future at any rate. Let's just say that I'm VERY cautious when it comes to the metaphysical realm! ;-) Best, SueB