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Today’s the day for this goofy little Valentine’s Day tradition of ours, as my amazing and ever-sprouting daughter and I wish everyone a happy V-Day with our reliable Chad Valley planchette from the 1930s! Jack just couldn’t get into it, but maybe next year? And yes—still on social media hiatus for the most part here, folks, but I’ll be back around before you know it. Until then—enjoy your day, lovers, saints, and sinners! ❤️ #planchette #ouija #valentines #valentinesday #heart #red #love #talkingboard #spiritscribbles #automaticwriting #ghostwriter #daughter https://www.instagram.com/p/CLR4nmRFhnN/?igshid=kgnrcxz4iqnm

“I met Death today. We were playing Planchette.” One must be careful in their choice of séance companions... #planchette #seance #spiritualism #spirit #ghost #talkingboard #automaticwriting #spiritscribbles #ghostwriter #occult #death #skeleton #psychic #seventhseal #ouija https://www.instagram.com/p/CDv-nJjlAh-/?igshid=o6l5hlvnuwgh

I posted this event shot taken at The Night Owl Podcast Free Range Spirits 2020 event in my stories already, but I thought the composition was so lovely I figured I’d put it here in the feed for posterity! #ouija #planchette #occult #seance #spiritualism #spirittrumpet #magic #rappinghand #talkingboard #automaticwriting #ghostwriter #spiritscribbles https://www.instagram.com/p/CGkMyN7FJ1A/?igshid=qhtee0lj2u81

The “Enchanting Medium” planchette hasn’t made an appearance in a bit, so I brought her out for a little light. Hope your week is off to a good start, saints and sinners. #ouija #planchette #automaticwriting #spiritscribbles #ghostwriter #spiritualism #galvanic #automaticwriter #spiritualist https://www.instagram.com/p/CClPmLsl9nu/?igshid=62j5ns4eck09

An early Selchow & Righter “Scientific Planchette” resting comfortably on a bed of early occult-themed cigarette trading cards, as one does. #planchette #automaticwriting #ghostwriter #spiritscribbles #seance #occult #spiritualism #talkingboard #ouija https://www.instagram.com/p/CGSKnOeldbU/?igshid=1rytsf26jkpsv

There are lots of great depictions of the so-called “first Ouija board murder” committed by 15-year-old Mattie Turley. It was the night of November 8, 1933 in Prescott, Arizona, when she killed her father, Ernest Turley, with a shotgun blast, ostensibly at the command of the board’s messages, saying “the board could not be denied.” The thing is, there are conflicting reports of whether the family used a talking board or an automatic writing planchette in their séances, with some reporters very accurately describing the use of a writing planchette (as illustrated here), while others describing the Ouija, with one article even posting a photograph claiming it was the actual board used by the family. The latter is very likely true, but also a good illustration into the lingering presence of the planchette in the public consciousness as the default mode of spirit communication, even generations after Ouija’s introduction. So here’s that. And it makes for a swell drawing which, come to think of it, would’ve been a great Father’s Day post. #planchette #murder #ouija #ouijaboard #spiritualism #occult #killdaddy #automaticwriting #ghostwriter #spiritscribbles https://www.instagram.com/p/CBx2IUgFlJV/?igshid=vsktpcfyvc5l

One of the most haunting images in my archives, from William Marriott’s infamous Spiritualist expose article in the 1910s. About 95% sure that’s a Jaques & Son planchette, not a Sturmberg, for the curious. Enjoy your day, saints and sinners #planchette #séance #talkingboard #spiritscribbles #spiritualism #spirit #blindfold #ghostgirl #automaticwriting #ghostwriter #seance #spiritscribbles https://www.instagram.com/p/B-hjwAdlVXR/?igshid=1vtl7dwt3h2fq

The "bearskin rug" automatic writing planchette from the College of Psychic Studies holdings, the sister planchette to the heart-shaped planchette I posted Monday. Incredible hardware and craftsmanship, though mysteriously incomplete in a way that still leave me questioning how users attached the pencil, which may have protruded on a thin bar from the nose of the planchette to keep the writing from being concealed by the planchette’s body. Period illustrations hint this may have been a companion piece to a French “Oui-ja” table produced around the turn of the century, or was possibly inspired by that product’s unique shape. Happy Wednesday, saints & sinners—hows your Halloween prep coming along? 🎃 👻 #planchette #automaticwriter #spiritscribbles #ghostwriter #seance #spiritcommunication #spiritualism #occult #ouija #talkingboard #psychograph #automaticwriting #psychic https://www.instagram.com/p/CGmuYxulTxP/?igshid=ds9eufu40mv6