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How Do You Play the Ouija Board by Yourself?

The Ouija Board is a well-known board game that is playfully used as a means to communicate with spirits. You gently keep your fingers on a push piece that then travels around the board in response to your questions to highlight letters that spell out answers to your questions. While some people take the Ouija Board very seriously as a communication tool with the dead, there is no scientific evidence to suggest the movement of the push piece, called the planchette, is anything more than the result of users' own subconscious manipulation. Playing the Ouija Board by yourself requires some concentration.

Instructions

- 1
  Sit down comfortably in front of the board in a relaxing environment without distraction. You can light candles or put on soft music, but this is not required. A darker room can help get you in the right mindset.
- 2
  Place the first two fingers of the left hand gently on the edge of the planchette, using as little pressure between your finger and the plastic as possible.
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  Repeat with right hand as well on the opposite side of the push piece, touching with two fingers with minimal pressure.
- 4
  Narrow your eyes so they are only half open and breathe slowly in and out. Keep your mind as blank as possible.
- 5
  Ask a question out loud once the plachette starts to slowly move around the board. Keep your fingers in contact with it, but don't physically guide it across the board through force.
- 6
  Spell out the letters as the push piece stops over them and form them into words to get the response to your question.
- 7
  Continue asking questions until you are satisfied or until the push piece stops moving entirely.

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