These forces behind the possessions are demons of satan’s kingdom. The Ouija board is one of the easiest ways to get demon-possessed or have a person’s abode be demonically infested. The following is from the book Encyclopedia of the New Age:

Precursors to the Ouija date back to ancient times. In China before the birth of Confucius (c. 551 B.C.), similar instruments were used to communicate with the dead. In Greece during the time of Pythagoras (c. 540 B.C.) divination was done with a table that moved on wheels to point to signs, which were interpreted as revelations from the “unseen world.” The rolling table was used through the nineteenth century. Other such devices were used by the ancient Romans as early as the third century A.D., and in the thirteenth century by the Mongols. Some Native Americans used “squirulate boards” to find missing objects and persons, and obtain spiritual information. In 1853 the planchette came into use in Europe…. The Ouija enjoyed enormous popularity during and after World War I, when many people were desperate to communicate with loved ones killed in the war and Spiritualism was in a revival.

Many people have documented the occult origin of this “parlor game,” which was specifically designed to contact the spirit world. Its nineteenth century development began with prominent French spiritualist, M. Planchette, in 1853, and in 1891, its patent was bought from Elijah J. Bond by William Fuld, an inventor interested in spiritism. Bond, an American, invented the Ouija board’s current form in 1892. In 1966 Fuld, often considered the modern “father” of the Ouija board, sold his patent to Parker Brothers.

Although Parker Brothers keeps sales figures confidential, the board has sold perhaps 20-25 million sets. And in spite of its vast influence, few critical books have been written exposing its dangers. We could find only two. Professor Edmond Gruss’ The Ouija Board: Doorway to the Occult is the best; it documents the ancestry of related forms, its modern history and variations, its consequences and hazards, including numerous cases of Ouija-board-related tragedies. Another text is Stoker Hunt’s Ouija: The Most Dangerous Game, which contains two chapters instructing people in use of the board.

Not surprisingly, the board is often associated with mediumism, spiritism, and spirit possession; as a result, it should be considered anything but a game. Nevertheless, it continues to be marketed as a game, no doubt because of lucrative profits.

Many famous mediums began their trade by experimentation with the Ouija board, such as Mrs. Pearl Lenore Curran, who became the recipient through the board (and later via automatic writing) of the famous “Patience Worth” material. In 1919, Stewart Edward White and his wife, Betty, were introduced to entities called “Invisibles,” who inspired several books including The Betty Book, and The Unobstructed Universe. Jane Roberts, famous for her two dozen “Seth” books, is another example. In all three cases, the spiritistic contacts were begun casually and were unexpected.

Dangers of Spirit Possession and Other Consequences

Even seasoned occultists and psychic researchers warn against using the Ouija board. Medium Edgar Cayce himself called it “dangerous.” Edmund Gruss refers to medium Donald Page, an “exorcist” of the “Christian” Spiritualist Church, who asserts that “the majority of possession cases” result from involvement with the Ouija board. Page believes it is one of the quickest and easiest ways to become possessed.

Discussing the relation of Ouija boards to automatic writing, psychic researcher Martin Ebon also alleges that possession is a frequent occurrence:

It is common that people who get into this sort of game think of themselves as having been “chosen” for a special task. The ouija board will often say so, either directly or by implication. It may speak of “tests” that the sitters must undergo to show that they are “worthy” of this otherworldly attention. I have not been able to figure out why this is so, but quite often the ouija turns vulgar, abusive or threatening. It grows demanding and hostile, and sitters may find themselves using the board or automatic writing compulsively, as if “possessed” by a spirit, or hearing voices that control and command them. This is no longer rare. I’d say it is now so frequent as to be common.

The Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, founded by medium Edgar Cayce, receives “countless letters from a great many who are having serious difficulties as a result of trying Ouija boards and automatic writing.” Professor Gruss reveals that, “Reading several dozen letters in the A.R.E. files made it obvious that the patterns of development and entrapment were very similar. Hugh Lynn Cayce wrote that in 1956 there were 274 people who wrote to him that they were in trouble because of automatic writing or ouija board use.”

Psychic Alan Vaughan also points out the following: “It is significant, however, that the greatest outcry against the use of Ouijas has come from the Spiritualists not the parapsychologists. In England, Spiritualist groups are petitioning to ban the sale of Ouijas as toys for children—not because of vague dangers of ‘unhealthy effects on naive, suggestible persons’—but because they fear that the children will become possessed.”

Psychic and spiritist Harold Sherman, president of ESP Research Associates Foundation in Little Rock, Arkansas, agrees: “The majority who have become involved with possessive and other entities came by this experience through the ouija board.”

Despite the warnings, most people continue to view the Ouija board as a harmless pastime:

Spiritualists, psychologists, psychiatrists, medical doctors, theologians, and other informed persons have all given warnings on the hazards of using the ouija board and similar devices. In spite of all they have said, it is evident that many persons are still ignorant that dangers exist.

Those who know little or nothing about the occult and ouija board experiences do not understand these warnings concerning the “innocent” use of the board. One who speaks of physical, mental, spiritual, or other problems which might relate to ouija use is often viewed as an extremist, obsessed with groundless fears. How could the use of so simple a device result in anything detrimental to the user? This is often the attitude until, through personal involvement, the reality of the dangers is experienced, and the warnings are then remembered. Often by this time permanent damage has occurred.

Indeed, the dangers of the Ouija board have been noted long before our modern revival of the occult. Almost 70 years ago, the medium Carl Wickland, M.D., referred to his own encounters when he wrote of “the cases of several persons whose seemingly harmless experiences with automatic writing and the ouija board resulted in such wild insanity that commitment to asylums was necessitated…. Many other disastrous results which followed the use of the supposedly innocent ouija board came to my notice.”

Edmond Gruss refers to a clipping from the files of the famous magician Houdini, concerning a Dr. Curry, a medical director of the State Insane Asylum of New Jersey, who stated the Ouija board was a “dangerous factor” in unbalancing the mind and predicted that insane asylums would be flooded with patients if interest in them did not wane.

Noted psychic researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren refer to one instance where the Ouija board was used “as little more than a joke,” and yet it led to the house becoming “infested” with evil spirits. Noted occultist Manly P. Hall is founder of the Philosophical Research Society and considered one of the leading authorities on the occult in this century. In Horizon magazine for October-December 1944, pages 76-77, he recalls, “During the last 20-25 years I have had considerable personal experience with persons who have complicated their lives through dabbling with the Ouija board. Out of every hundred such cases, at least 95 are worse off for the experience…. I know of broken homes, estranged families, and even suicides that can be traced directly to this source.”

Other authorities on the Ouija board, Ed and Lorraine Warren, cited above, state in their book Graveyard: “Ouija boards are just as dangerous as drugs. They’re not to be played with…. [J]ust as parents are responsible for other aspects of the children’s lives, they should take equal care to keep the tools of the devil from their children … especially in an era when satanic cults are on the rise. Remember: Seances and Ouija boards and other occult paraphernalia are dangerous because evil spirits often disguise themselves as your loved ones—and take over your life.”

Dr. Thelma Moss, a parapsychologist on the staff of UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute, prefaced her discussion of the Ouija board in The Probability of the Impossible with: “Warning! For certain persons, the Ouija board is no game and can cause serious dissociations of personality.”

(John Ankerberg & John Weldon, Encyclopedia of the New Age, pp. 151-153)

The Biblical Condemnation

“10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.” – Deuteronomy 18:10-12

If you believe you have been demonized through the use of the Ouija Board but have repented and turned to the Lord Jesus Christ and need deliverance prayer, feel free to reach out to me.

If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you can receive Him into your heart, and He can deliver you from darkness and sin and have your name written in His Book of Life.

If you are sincere, you can say this simple prayer to the Father (it doesn’t have to be word for word):

“God, I recognize that I have not lived my life for You up until now. I have been living for myself and that is wrong. Please forgive me of all of my sins just as I forgive others. I need You in my life; I want You in my life. I acknowledge the completed work of Your only begotten Son Jesus Christ in giving His life for me on the cross, I believe in my heart Jesus is Lord and was raised from the dead and I long to receive the forgiveness you have made freely available to me through this sacrifice. Come into my life now, Lord. Take up residence in my heart and be my king, my Lord, and my Savior. From this day forward, I will no longer be controlled by sin, or the desire to please myself, but I will follow You all the days of my life. Those days are in Your hands. I ask this in the Lord and GOD Jesus’ precious and holy name. Amen.”