What does a ouija board do? What does it look like?

The board is spelled “ouija” and is often pronounced “wee gee.” The name of the board comes when you take the French word for “yes” (which is “oui”) and the German word for “yes” (which is “ja”) and put them together. The people who came up with this name was the toy company Parker Brothers (they make a lot of board games) back in the 1920s. Do you wonder what a toy company is doing messing around with witchcraft for kids??!! Read on ...

The real name for this board is called a “talking board” and in witchcraft it is used to contact the dead (I’ll tell you how it works in a second …). I don’t know what a “real” one looks like – at this point I know enough about ouija boards to stay away from them – no matter what they look like. I think its important to know just enough about this stuff so we can stay away AND explain to our friends (like for you at sleep-overs) why not to mess around with it.

Here’s how they work. The board has a bunch of letters and numbers printed on it. Then there is a pointer that can move around on the board, kind of like a computer mouse. Somehow the dead person communicates to the person working the mouse and the mouse begins to point to the letters, which of course eventually form the words that the dead dude is trying to say.

I want to encourage you to be wise about this stuff – because witchcraft is bad stuff! I am teaching you about this because I want you to be wise about the choices you make. There are a lot of bad choices we can make that end up hurting us and the people around us. There are also a lot of great choices we can make concerning what we do with our time and our energy and our hearts that will really honor God. Let’s ALWAYS choose to honor God, OK?

Should I fear witchcraft?

You don’t need to fear witchcraft, just stay away from it. I liked the illustration about Satan being like a lion in a cage. Satan has power but his power is limited, it is like he is in a cage. So you don’t have to be afraid of him. As followers of Jesus if we just stay away from witchcraft and supernatural powers, then we are safe. If we dabble around with this stuff then it is like getting in the cage with Satan. That is when we expose ourselves to danger. Remember 1 John 4:4 “He who is in you (that’s Jesus or the Holy Spirit) is greater than he who is in the world (that’s Satan).