How Do Ouija Boards Work by Elune Blue

Ask a trivia expert what empowers the mysterious movements of the Ouija and they might answer, glibly: "Oh! It's the ideomotor effect." They wouldn't be wrong, but they might not be being entirely precise. Learn more about the Magic of Ouija: https://eluneblue.com/how-do-ouija-boards-work/ 🎵 Song: I Walk With Ghosts by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgUi_JxW-eU Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Connect with us online: Website: http://eluneblue.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EluneBlue/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EluneBlue Tumblr: https://eluneblue.tumblr.com/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/eluneblue/ Transcript: Ask a trivia expert what empowers the mysterious movements of the Ouija and they might answer, glibly: "Oh! It's the ideomotor effect." They wouldn't be wrong, but they might not be being entirely precise. To put it simply, the ideomotor effect is a proven scientific phenomenon that describes the involuntary, physical reaction to sensory input. For instance, when you're cold, your body shivers. Likewise, when you tell a lie, your fingers will betray you and twitch. These are both automatic, involuntary movements your body makes that demonstrate the ideomotor effect. Research has shown that the ideomotor effect impacts Ouija much like the swing of a pendulum. When you ask the board a question, the planchette will move under your hands without conscious effort. Additionally, it has a likely chance at arriving at the correct answer because you're subconscious is covertly directing it to do so. However, there is little room for the ephemeral -- and therefore unprovable -- spirit world in the realm of science. There is no empirical proof of the spirit world -- yet. Thus, science generally regards the spirit world as irrelevant. Furthermore, the ideomotor effect is used to explain away all spiritual occurrences surrounding your encounters with Ouija. But the ideomotor effect being the phenomenon at play when one interacts with Ouija ought not be mutually exclusive to the influence of the spirit world. Spirits can interact with your subconscious and provide sensory input. For instance, when you're alone in a room you might suddenly smell the aroma of a perfume you do not own. Or perhaps you've experienced a slight and peculiar chill out of nowhere that makes the hair on your arm stand on end. Ouija, in truth, provides a nexus by which the spirit world can interact with the material world to dramatic effect. You'll often hear of people feeling like they were "haunted" shortly after interacting with Ouija. The Ouija board provides an opening by which a spirit can interact with the physical world, and in the presence of a strong enough entity, expect to experience ideomotor phenomena. #ouija #ideomotor #eluneblue