Ouija Spirit Talking Board Traditional oracle Victorian StyleThis spirit board comes with a traditional aged Victorian looking design (But is a brand new item) with a sun and moon pictured at the corners. It features curved layout style alphabet & numbers 1-9 +0 and the words, Yes, No, Hello & Goodbye. The image is made to look aged and is printed onto a plasticised fabric that is bonded to a sturdy wooden board. The finish gives a good easy glide motion to the planchette which has a matching ornate design in a heart shape hole in the centre.The board is 38cm x 38cm x 0.8cm the planchette is 12cm x 9cm x 1cmWhat Is The Ouija, Spirit Or Talking BoardThe ouija also known as a spirit board or talking board is a flat board marked or printed with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9, the words "yes" "no " and often "hello" and "goodbye" along with themed symbols and or graphic images. A small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic " planchette" is moved around the board by the participants as they place their fingers on the planchette. The idea is that messages from the subconscious mind or unseen forces will magically be spelled out as the pointer moves mysteriously around the board.History of talking boards"Ouija" is a trademark of Hasbro games, but is often used generically to refer to any talking or spirit board. Following its commercial introduction by Elijah Bond in 1890, the Ouija board was regarded as a joyful little parlour game and was never intended to have any kind of dark or occult status. In fact it's original instructions were that two people had to balance the board on their knees while sitting face to face on chairs, they then had to balance unsupported hands on the planchette /pointer. This creates a physical micro movement muscle chain reaction that almost always resulted in movement of the pointer due to this balancing act. Questions would usually be based around courting coupl