Ouija Boards

Getting Started

Ouija Boards are excellent for contacting and having conversations with Daemons and spirits. Many practitioners prefer to work the board alone, as another person can be a distraction and prevents any real intimacy with the spirit contact.

For those of you who are new to this, make sure the board is on a completely level surface. It is important to enter into a trance when using a Ouija Board. Place your fingertips lightly on each side of the planchette. Soon it will gently begin to pull. Just relax and let it work. It can take a few minutes to get going. It is important to be free from distractions and not to be disturbed.

With regular practice, a natural trance state develops. Everything else in the room fades. Your total focus locks onto the board, as if an aura surrounds all of its edges, and nothing outside of it exists. We are all individuals, so your specific experience may differ.

The Energy of Contact

The higher ranking the Daemon, the more energy you will feel. Experienced practitioners report that extended Ouija sessions with familiar Daemons can produce profound energetic experiences. When a Daemon asks something to be spoken aloud, powerful energy can ignite within the practitioner like a flame.

When we have very close contact with or invoke Daemons, we can feel their energy. The practitioner's skin may feel sensitized, like with a fever or sunburn, but without pain. This can last for hours. Daemonic energy is electrifying. Father Zeus's energy is different: those who have experienced it during ritual know it is calming and beautiful.

Daemons come to us through telepathy and astral projection. Daemons project differently than humans. With humans, you can see the connecting strands, and when they leave, they snap back out quickly. Tradition holds that the cords connecting the soul to the body are silver-colored, though practitioners have reported seeing copper-colored ones. Strands are rarely seen with Daemons, but the higher-ranking ones physically exist in another world. There are some Daemons who can stay with us at all times to protect us. These Daemons are lesser, as they are in spirit form.

The more you use a Ouija Board, the better you will become at working with it. When we establish a close relationship with a Daemon, all we have to do is tune into them, and they will usually come to us. Daemons are here to help us spiritually advance.

The Three Methods of Reception

Each of us is individual and will have slightly different experiences in using a Ouija board and receiving messages:

1. The Automatic Method: In this case, the planchette moves automatically, without the operator knowing what the spirit concerned is going to say. Messages in foreign languages will also be received, even in languages the operator does not know and has never heard before. If this happens, it is important to remember and to write the message down on paper.
2. The Inspirational Method: This is the most common. Here the messages will be given in a sort of thinking aloud inside one's mind. In this case, one practically knows beforehand what the spirit is about to communicate. Through frequent repetition, this inspiration will become a passive listening type of communication. One will perceive messages from one's mind or from outside of the self. This is sort of like dictation, in that the words come into your mind and then your hands move the planchette.
3. The Intuitive Method: This is where you have the feeling as if you moved the planchette yourself. Any questions will be answered instantly. The planchette spells out words and sentences in full consciousness, without the operator hearing anything or being inspired in any way.

The methods can also appear of a mixed kind, for example, half automatic and half inspirational, or intuitive and inspirational, or all together. Which of the methods will be the dominant one will only be known after a long period of exercising. Each of the methods is good and reliable, provided you are using them honestly and candidly. Practice makes perfect.

The three methods of reception are adapted from Franz Bardon, Initiation Into Hermetics (1956).

Safety and Precautions

One important point: Ouija Boards can be open to anything and everything. It is true that some people have had bad and/or upsetting experiences. Know that not all spirits are friendly or of Zeus. If you happen to come into contact with a negative entity, end the Ouija session and do not think of the entity anymore. If you have a Guardian Daemon, summon him or her and ask for assistance in getting rid of the negative entity.

Normally, Ouija Boards present no problem and are safe to use. No one should ever fear. In the case of a negative entity, the longer the contact, the more the entity can intrude into your world. Several Temple of Zeus members have stated that they always ask any entity if he or she is of Zeus. Enemy spirits will not reply back and will usually leave on their own. By performing the dedication to Zeus, we have his protection as we advance in power and spiritual knowledge. This includes working with Ouija Boards. As with anything else, the environment in which you are using the board matters.

Setup: Place the board on a completely level surface. Light candles or incense if you wish, but these are optional. The important thing is that you will not be disturbed.

Safety Rule: Always ask the entity if it is of Zeus. Hostile entities will not respond and usually leave. If you encounter a negative entity, end the session immediately and do not think about it. Call upon your Guardian Daemon for assistance.