Ouija Boards? Bottom Line Is Protect Yoursel

by Cara Yowell

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I was really surprised at the responses I received to my review on The Isis Channeling & Feng Shui Deluxe Kit.
Many people emailed me about their experiences with Ouija’s and how they thought they were dangerous. Everyone accept my friend Pent(of course) who shared with me some letters Crowley penned about the Ouija being an reliable tool for the Adept.

Whatever you want to believe is your choice. I prefer not to mess with Ouija Boards.

Please note that The Isis Channeling & Feng Shui Deluxe Kit is not a Ouija Board(thank God!)

It’s pretty cool little tool.

Because of the overwhelming bad attitude toward Ouija Boards(mine included), I decided to post the following informative article.

The Ouija Board – A Metaphysical View by H.P. Thomas Moore

Simply saying the name ‘Ouija Board’ brings up a variety of mixed emotions in people. Many have had experiences with this talking board in their juvenile years, and many more refuse to even acknowledge the experiences that they had. In the metaphysical world, a world filled with future psychics and spirit mediums where does the Ouija Board stand?

The Ouija Board, as I have come to understand it is a tool much like any other. The Tarot Cards, Pendulum and Crystal Ball all have their purpose in the metaphysical world, so too does the Ouija Board. Before looking into the metaphysical of this fascinating board, we need to understand where it came from.
In the 1800’s the world saw a rise in the Metaphysical and Spiritual realm. People would gather for Séances and Table Tipping in order to once again contact those that had passed from this life. During the 19th century psychics and mediums alike began to invent different ways to communicate with the dead. Some of these were rather long and tedious like table tipping, while others bean to shape the instrument we know as the talking board. One of the first was an intricate pulley system that held a pendulum. The pendulum would hang over a paper with the letters of the alphabet on it and move in accordance to questions asked by the medium. The pendulum would then point to the letters and spell out its answer. Before long this instrument began to take further shape, and a moving planchette was created in order to hover over the letters of the board.

This form of communication with the dead was one of the clearest yet, and the form of the Ouija Board took shape. In 1892 a man named William Fuld took over a toy and novelty company. Seeing the popularity of the board the mediums were using he decided to create and patent it as a toy, a product that everyone could have access to. Fuld named it the Ouija Board and sold millions of the toys dominating the competition. After Fuld’s death in 1927 the family sold the patent to Parker Brothers, who still hold it and produce this talking board today.

From device to toy the Ouija Board has been around us for years. With its background and superstition it is no wonder why those in the metaphysical world feel strongly about it. The original purpose of the board was to communicate with the dead, and it seems that it has fulfilled its purpose of that even after being packaged as a novelty toy. In fact many people have their first psychic experiences linked to the use of the Ouija Board, though not all of them are pleasant. The metaphysical world sees this talking board as a gateway to communicate with the other side, just like any other tool or ability used within the psychic realm. As they say “With great power, comes great responsibility” and the Ouija Board is not left out of the equation.
One of the things that many psychics speak of when it comes to receiving future oriented information or communicating with the dead is the idea of psychic protections. So what is a psychic protection going to do for you and why is it needed to use the Ouija Board? Before we can understand the use of protections, we need to understand energy. Energy is around us all of the time and is neither positive nor negative. The actions that a person takes with the energy give it a positive or negative charge, forcing the energy to act in a specific way. That being said, it is important to understand that there are spirits that are both positive and negative. The idea of psychic protection is to create a sacred space. This space allows all energy and spirits that are positive to enter and pushes away the spirits and energy that are negative. From a spiritual standpoint this is one of the major faults of the Ouija Board. The board does not come with a protection to use; in fact it doesn’t even mention it. Without the psychic protection, the users are allowing any entity to communicate with them whether it is positive or negative.
If you talk to some of your friends and ask them if they have used a Ouija Board, most of them will tell you the strange and sometimes frightening experiences that they had. It is due to the fact that no protections are used that the negative energies are allowed in. These types of energies ‘feed’ on the emotion of fear and so cause fear in us in order to survive. On the spirit realm a medium or even a person using the Ouija Board look like a bright shining light. The positive spirits see this as a doorway to communicate and possibly re-connect with loved ones and pass along messages, the negative spirits see this as well. Any entity that is positive does not seek out to hurt, harm or scare anyone, they simply seek to communicate and pass along messages to their loved ones. However the problem arises when the negative entities get there first. When you use the Ouija Board, the planchette moves around and spells out the answers to your questions. Often times when a negative energy is attached it will start off by being kind, maybe even telling you the truth. Then it begins to scare you in order to gain energy from your fear based reactions. The psychic protection prevents this from happening, think of it like a bouncer at the door to a club, if your not on the guest list your not getting in…period!
These protections are done in many different ways, from white light to calling forth the Archangels every religion or spiritual path has a protective method with it. Some of the newer talking boards out there do come with a protection. The Psychic Circle for example is a board that in it’s instructions tell you to say a prayer of protection before playing. The metaphysical view on the Ouija Board and talking boards in general is a mixed one. Many feel that the board can be an important tool in connecting with the other side; however it should be done in a way that is spiritually safe for the players.

Next time your at a party or a friends house and they want to play with the Ouija Board or talking board, remember to protect your area. Allow only positive spirits to enter and give their messages and you will surely have a good experience with this psychic tool.

H.P. Thomas Moore is High Priest of The Coven of L.I.G.H.T in South West Florida, as well as a professional Psychic. He teaches a variety of classes in the metaphysical field as well as Wicca and can be contacted through his site at http://inperfectloveinperfecttrust.webs.com

Article Source: NewAgeArticles.com

P.S. When it comes to playing with Ouijas, The Queen of Metaphysics says:

“Just say NO!”

Ouija Boards,Pendulums,Channeling and Feng Shui, Oh My!

My Experience with The Isis Channeling & Feng Shui Deluxe Kit

by Cara Yowell

I received a request to review The Isis Channeling & Feng Shui Deluxe Kit recently. My first reaction was,” not another channeler,no Oujia board-like stuff.”
Boy,do I stand corrected!

Before I get into the great stuff about this little gem of a kit, let me first give you some background.

I hate Ouija boards and channeling. Yes, it’s true. I’m a natural medium and have chosen not to develop the talent for the time being. But if channeling floats your boat, that is your prerogative. It is just not my bag. And I’ve always had a thing about Oujia boards. Perhaps it was The Exorcist(thanks, Linda Blair) or the bad experience I had with one as a kid at Christmas(not to mention I begged for the thing).

Dunno, just don’t like them. My friend Pent plays with them all the time, but has recently had to do some banishings because of them. Hmmm?

So what the heck am I talking about? Okay, I received The Isis Channeling & Feng Shui Deluxe Kit via mail. Hoo-wee! My reaction again was “no way in hell.” Now it may appear that I am being harsh. You bet I am! This reaction was before I even bothered to open it from the Priority Mail box. I knew the kit contained a pendulum and a letter and number board.

And then I started thinking about Lynn Grabhorn of Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waitingfame. She got all whacked out using a pendulum. Lynn was specifically asking her “spinner”questions. You can read about this experience in her book,Dear God What’s Happening to Us. I mostly use the pendulum to change energy in the environment. No problems with proper use of the pendulum. Hey, I’ve trained with Raymond Grace on this, of course I know my stuff…or so I thought.

After I got over my initial negative response, which was based on preconceived notions and past negative experiences, I took a closer look at the kit.

To my surprise it was absolutely beautiful!

And as a bonus, it’s also a Feng Shui Kit with a compass.

How could that be? Channeling and Feng Shui?

Well, before I get into how it can be a Channeling and Feng Shui Kit at the same time, let me share with you my experience of Feng Shui.

The extent of my knowledge is the following:

1.Do not have a mirror in your bedroom.
2.Animals,plants,fountains,and crystals are good.
3. Keep the bathroom door and toilet seat shut.
4.Make sure the foot of your bed does not face the door.

Never been able to use a compass…they just don’t seem to work for me. Feng Shui and Palmistry…two modalities I haven’t been able to learn. Not any more! At least I can now learn Feng Shui.

The compass in the kit actually worked for me, so it increased my confidence in being able to use Feng Shui to layout my new diggs. I now have “Feng Shui” hope!

The kit is able to incorporate both systems because of it’s design…you just flip it over. One side is “conscious interactive channeling,” number and letter wheel, the other is a Feng Shui Ba-Gua.

Now the channeling part is well thought out. It includes a rose quartz crystal pendulum and instructions on how to cleanse it and get it responding to you. It worked like a charm. I think I was most impressed by the instructions that included a blessing to say before beginning the work. Like Ouija’s, these type’s of practices can leave you open, and the intent behind the creation of this particular kit and the blessing help to protect you.

Now,I am not an advocate of channeling other beings or talking with the dead, though you could use this kit for those purposes. The Isis Channeling & Feng Shi Deluxe Kit is no Ouija Board!

I do believe in communing with your higher self ,accessing your subconscious and intuition. And that is what I used the kit for. The Isis Channeling & Feng Shui Deluxe Kitcalls it’s method of channeling “conscious interactive channeling.” Most dowsers use pendulum charts with numbers and letters, similar to this kit.

Another bonus is the kit is portable and durable. Just fold it up and put it in it’s convenient little carrying case and you’re good to go! No fooling around with paper pendulum charts and a bunch of feng shui tools.

If you are into energy work, or would like to explore “channeling” or “accessing your higher self” or learn a basic form of Feng Shui, you should take a look at The Isis Channeling & Feng Shui Deluxe Kit. The Queen of Metaphysics gives this kit a major thumbs up. In my opinion, The Isis Channeling & Feng Shui Deluxe Kit best use is as a tool to develop and access your intuition. Very easy to use, just remember to bless and protect yourself..you know,PRAY before using.That is my caveat with all forms of what can be interpreted as divination.

It’s beautifully packaged. It’s affordable. It’s kinda fun.

The creator of the kit, Mary Louise Schiavone is delightful. She truly has high intentions for this kit.

Divination Vs Prediction

Divination has always been one of the most popular and widely practiced of all the occult arts. In a world so full of uncertainty the idea of getting some wise guidance from a higher power, the idea of peeking into the future and gaining advanced knowledge of what will happen, the idea of knowing the consequences of your actions in advance so that you can choose the right path - these are all very appealing notions indeed. 

There a literally hundreds of different methods of divination, from examining the entrails of a recently slaughtered sheep or goat, to staring into the flames of a fire. Today, with divination at least as popular as it ever has been in the past, the most commonly used methods are astrology, tarot cards, palmistry and the Chinese I Ching.

But although more people than ever have access to some form of divination, such as newspaper horoscopes which are read by millions, there is also a greater degree of misunderstanding around as to the nature and purpose of divination than would have been the case in the past.

Most people tend to think of divination as fortune-telling, as a method of predicting what will happen to someone in the future. But actually this is an over-simplification, and it introduces a subtle but important error into the way we think about divination. Whether you perform reading yourself, or if you are just an interested person who maybe reads their horoscope, you should know that in order to gain the most possible benefits from consulting a divinatory device it is important to be aware of the nature of the information which you will receive.

The classical warning against the kind of misunderstanding which is prevalent today was given in the form of a story. This story is about a king or emperor (I don't remember the details, only the general outline, but it's that which is the important bit). There was tension with the neighbouring kingdom and the emperor consulted an oracle to help him in a decision about whether or not to declare war and invade his neighbour. The oracle told him that if he went ahead with the war her would crush a great army and lead to the collapse of the kingdom. he took this to mean that he would win a great victory and went ahead with the war, but it turned out that through his own incompetence his actions crushed his own army, and lead to the collapse of his own kingdom.

The significance of this story is that the emperor went to the oracle expecting a prediction but actually got a divination and his misunderstanding lead to his downfall. In this case it was not in the oracle's power to predict the exact outcome of events, or describe what would happen to whom. What she did (what divination always does) was to describe the character and form that events would take. Within this pattern individual people and events are somewhat irrelevant, and cannot be accurately predicted. If you keep this in mind when using divination it will serve you well.

It is also important to remember that whilst divination describes the cosmic, spiritual influence which will come to bear, and the overall character of what you might call the physical and psychological environmental factors, human free will and the inertia of material circumstances may have something else to say. The correct attitude to divination is expressed in the medieval word from divinatory signs - 'auspices'. You may often read in a newspaper horoscope, for example, that you will come into some money or that you will meet a new lover, or some other such thing. But what it should really be saying to be more accurate is that it is an auspicious time to do business, look for a new source of income, or play the lottery, or that now would be a good time to socialise and meet new people. By doing this they would not be trying to predict the future, an endeavour in which they would often fail, but would instead be providing advice as to how to make the most of the situation and how to be successful, happy and perhaps most importantly in harmony with the world around you, which is what divination is all about.

Reproduced by permision of the Morning Star Portal. By: Kephri Ra

Article Source: www.NewAgeArticles.com

What’s At The Heart Of Divination

Divination is also referred to as fortune telling. Divination uses aspects of the supernatural to predict the future or give insight. There are many different forms of divination. Divination usually involves a ritual or other formal routine. This could involve the lighting of candles, chanting of incantations or burning of incense. Divination is a way to connect with the other side, which could be those who have passed away, spirits or holy beings.

Divination is a highly criticized practice. There are many people who believe that divination cannot be proven as real. They believe that since divination usually involves one person connecting with the other side that the person is simply scamming or faking the connection. Many skeptics believe that divination is merely tapping into the sub-conscious mind and not communicating with the other side at all. Still others believe that there is no connection at all and the person doing the divination is just saying whatever they believe people want to hear. Despite numerous attempts to prove critics wrong, there is still skeptics out there who will never believe in the supernatural abilities of those who practice divination.

Some of the more popular and best known forms of divination include the following:

Astrology- Using the positions of the planets, sun and moon in correspondence with time, date, location and the Zodiac to give insight into one’s life and future.

Tarot- The use of a 78 card deck that is laid out into spreads or patterns then read to look into one’s situation.

Palmistry- Reading the lines on ones hand to interpret their life path.

Rune Casting- The use of runes that are cast upon the ground or a cloth to tell a persons situation.

Channeling- Connecting with the other side, spirits, and delivering their messages.

Psychic/Intuition- Connecting with a spirit or other celestial being to deliver messages, can be used with other forms of divination.

Divination may be something that a person is born able to do. For others it is something to be learned. It is widely thought that every person has the ability to tap into the supernatural. It just takes time for some to learn how to do it.

Divination has been used for centuries. It is often looked at as evil or as something that is only done by those who do not believe in God. This is not true. Many religious activities often include divination style practices. Anything that brings a connection between a person and a celestial being, be it God, a Saint, an angel, is a form of divination.

Most divination is done in a proper setting. The area used for divination is only used for that purpose. Nothing else is done in that area. Many times there are alters or other things to honor the spirits that may be present. It is done in a manner that shows respect to those beings that are coming to help or send messages. For people that practice divination it is a very serious ritual.

Divination is something that requires great patience and dedication. It may take a person a long time in order to connect to a spirit and when they do it can tae even longer to understand the messages they may be sending. It is a process that should be done with the knowledge of how to do it properly. Many times people expect to see amazing things, like lights flickering, the person performing the divination to fall into a trance or something else spectacular. This is usually not how it happens, though. It is usually a rather peaceful process that happens almost naturally.

By: Marissa Moonwhisper             Article Source: www.NewAgeArticles.com