#mystifyingoracle

Ouija’s infamous “Blue Ghost” box illustration, based on Lorado Taft’s 1909 statue, “Eternal Silence.” What are you gonna make of your respective Mondays, saints and sinners? #ouija #mystifyingoracle #blueghost #spirit #ghost #haunt #illustration #talkingboard #ouijaboard #eternalsilence https://www.instagram.com/p/CFHcmZIlrn7/?igshid=6ddn6ixo48xl

Fed. 13-14th, 2017

I might add some metal bits after I varnish. #ouijaboard #ouija #ouijaplanchette #mysticeye #mystifyingoracle #witchcraft

Joel Levin’s “Pendulum Oracle: Your Personal Ouija”’from 1977. This envelope contained a small printed card, a little pendulum, and a pair of instruction sheets; one for the items’ use as a divination device, and the other a scripted magic routine for it by none other than Harry Anderson, who I had the honor and privilege of knowing in life. So it was a neat discovery seeing his connection to this little item and I could totally hear his unique voice as I read the routine. Pretty cool little pendulum Ouija! #ouija #pendulum #talkingboard #magic #divination #oracle #magictrick #harryanderson #planchette #seance #spiritualism #mystifyingoracle https://www.instagram.com/p/CEB87EFlzvy/?igshid=3yp85h8i5yxk

A surprising rarity in the Ouija collector world is William Fuld’s 1915 “black diamond” planchette for their “Mystifying Oracle” line. To date, I think we’ve tracked down fewer than ten in private collections around the country, and of those, I’ve had a whopping four pass through my hands, which is pretty astounding odds given how rarely they are seen. Here’s the one I kept, as fresh and clean as one might ever expect, still nestled in its original box. I’m hitting the road for a bit, saints and sinners, heading to my hometown and then into the Louisiana swamps—will post as time allows. #ouija #planchette #seance #spiritualism #mystifyingoracle #oracle #spirit #ghost #antique #psychic #paranormal https://www.instagram.com/p/CC52TgsFVJq/?igshid=1bpgoantc787t

Pint-sized J.M Simmons Ouija just hangin’ out and lookin’ good. This is 1920s specimen, so as always here’s your regular reminder that at that time the swastika was still an ancient symbol of good luck and hasn’t yet been coopted as a hate symbol, and shows up on lots of occult artifacts that predate WWII. #ouija #talkingboard #planchette #spiritualism #occult #spirit #seance #mystifyingoracle #ouijaboard https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3pcoylAhJ/?igshid=fiomvbjzuzli

So there are a couple of games we can play here. The first is show-and-tell. That’s not really so much a game as it is you going to YouTube, searching for “Weird Homes Tour Planchettes” and giving my new private tour video a look. And you should do that! Pour your coffee and give it a watch. It’s fun and informative and if you missed it the first time, now’s your chance to see it! Normally the Weird Homes Tour (@weirdhomestour) is in-person and interactive. But you might have heard we’ve got a pandemic going on. So, to try to simulate that personal interaction that Covid robbed us of this year, the second game you can play is to take embarrassing screenshots of my overactive hands in compromising positions as I wave them around. Feel free to caption them and I’ll post the best (worst?) ones in my stories! I posted my favorite in the last pic of this spread, which also shows the video title. What am I even doing?? Magic? Spelling out secret messages? Squeezing ghost boobs? You be the judge! Enjoy, saints and sinners! #ouija #planchette #talkingboard #weirdhomestour #weirdhomes #automaticwriting #spiritscribbles #ghostwriter #spiritualism #history #occult #mystifyingoracle #spirit https://www.instagram.com/p/CDykrAnlJuZ/?igshid=u5yutv4350en