A ouija board is a supposed way of communicating with spirits. Many people believe that through the Ouija board they can talk to relatives or friends who are no longer there. A way to give advice from the other world.
Ouija boards are sold in some stores, especially those dedicated to spiritualism, but you can also make your own. If you do it, perhaps it is another way of being more in contact with the spirits yourself. It is very simple to do and there are several methods, depending on how complicated you want to get.
Paper and pen. It is the easiest method and the one that everyone can do. Take a piece of paper and write by hand the letters of the alphabet and the words ‘yes’ and ‘no’, each one on one side. You can also write others like ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye’, as the beginning and end of a conversation with the spirits.
With a cardboard. If you want to make it something more professional, take a pen and paper and draw the letters. You can make them wider and color their interior to make them more showy, you can choose black or red to make them more within the spiritism environment. When you have them, both the letters and the words that you wanted to write, you should know that the ‘yes’ and the ‘no’ will always be there and the rest will depend on what you prefer. Now you have to take a card big enough to fit all the letters. Now place the letters making a half moon and the rest of the elements and stick them with glue so that they do not move. As passing a glass over a surface with cut and pasted elements can cause problems because when moving the glass some letter can move, put a surface that slides well, Transparent so that you can continue to see the cardboard without problems. Remember to paint the letters a different color than the cardboard, otherwise they will not stand out and you will not see the letters.
With a wooden board. With this technique you will make the oiuja practically the same as if you had bought it. You have to buy a fairly large wooden board. When you have it, make sure that its surface is smooth and if not, sand it down. Before launching to split the punch or the element with which you are going to engrave the letters, paint the pattern with pencil. This way you will know how much space the letters and words are going to occupy, what shape you are going to give it and you can also decorate it with a sun in one corner and a moon in the other upper corner, that the side of the sun is that of ‘yes’ and that of the moon that of ‘no’. You want to make a board as professional as possible, and this way it will look like you bought it even though you actually made it with your own hands.
Now that you have drawn the pattern, make sure that it is how you want it, think that once you start working you will not regret it and you will have to buy another board and start over. If there is any letter that does not convince you, delete it and do it again. Remember that the letters must be large enough to fit inside the glass, that is, when the glass moves, no more than one letter should fit in its hole, if so, you will have to repeat the letters, for this reason the plank must be big. It will be better that you have wood left over and that you can use it to decorate if you don’t have it because then you won’t find out once you get to the Ouija board.
Now that you are clear that you have the sketch of the letters you want, it is time to use the punch or an electric soldering iron. This one is more complex but you will do it much faster. With the punch it will take much longer but it is easier to get and much cheaper.
When you have finished with the entire plank, wait for it to cool down, in case you used the electric soldering iron. When you can, remove the excess shavings with a damp cloth and if there is any letter that does not look quite right, go over it again. At this point and when it is ready you will have to erase the pencil marks that you made in the beginning as a sketch. Now you already have the letters engraved, so the pencil is of no use to you anymore. Once you have erased the pencil marks, removed the shavings and wiped with a damp cloth, wait for the surface to dry.
It is time to give our board a shine so that it stands out and lasts longer, so use varnish or any other element that covers our board. You should apply at least two layers, but between one and the other you have to wait for the drying time, which is quite long. So the best thing is that you varnish one day and let it dry overnight and the next morning you give it the next coat and let it dry all day. In case you need a third coat, but always following the manufacturer’s instructions, wait until the afternoon and give it again and let it dry overnight.
Your board is ready or almost ready, and now comes the time for imagination. Now you know how much free space you have left, if any. So, after varnishing, you can paint some details to finish decorating your board. Paint sits better on wood after varnishing, so don’t make the mistake of doing it before and then varnishing because you won’t have the same finish.
Now that you have the board, you need the element that is going to be moved on it. The most typical is a crystal glass turned upside down. It is a good option in the first and second technique of creating the board, but since in the third you have used wood and you have varnished and decorated your board, it would be ideal that you create that mobile element also with wood. Officially it’s called planchette and it’s shaped like a slightly oval heart. Do the same thing you did with the board, choose a piece of wood and this time you will have to shape it yourself. You can look at patterns on the internet, print it out and put it on the board, so you make the sketch by hand and it’s much easier for you to cut it. Of course, be careful not to hurt yourself.
When you have the board cut, it’s time to sand it well, especially the tips that you have to give a rounded finish that perhaps you couldn’t with the cutting machine. Here focus on the planchette not cutting, since you are going to touch it very often. In the lower part of the planchette, almost in the lower corner of the heart, you will have to make a hole, this is used so that when it moves, the letter that remains in that hole will be the letter that the spirit has wanted us to see, so keep it into account when sizing the hole. Now that you have the plank, take the letters as a pattern so that it is not too much bigger than them or smaller, so that the letter fits perfectly in that hole. When you’re done, sand the hole as well.
If you want to give it a more personal character, I draw something on the table, with some decorative element so that it looks more original and when you have it, it’s time to varnish. Follow the same process as with the board. You will have to give it at least two coats and wait a long time between each one of them, so take advantage of the nights to let it dry. When it’s dry and if you want to give it a decorative motif with a brush, it’s time.
With this you will have made your wooden board and your planchette, also made of wood, to put yourself with the ouija.
After these steps you only have to enjoy your board and practice with the ouija. For this, the most important thing is to create a mystical atmosphere. Gather a group of friends, or you can do it by yourself without any problem, as you prefer, and choose a quiet room, where no one is going to enter. Turn off the lights and choose to light some candles to enhance the ambiance of séance. Also, and if you like, they could light incense to finish completing the atmosphere.
After you have created the atmosphere, you have to be the one to immerse yourself in that atmosphere that you have created, you have to feel that you are about to communicate with someone and feel relaxed. When you think you have entered that space, you can start, yes, take the time you need.
When you start, you will have to throw a question into the air and place your index fingers either on the bottom of the glass or on the planchette and if you manage to contact someone from beyond, that element will move towards one of the letters that you have written, being able to reach complete sentences. Remember that it is very important not to abruptly interrupt the connections that you are going to start and that when you want to end the communication you do it in a polite way, since you say that the deceased should not be angry.