How to Use a Ouija Table

1. Sit the participants around the Ouija board in a circle, preferably with the Ouija board set in the middle of a dining room table. Three or four people is ideal.

2. Link hands around the table. Left hands should be on top of the next person's right hand.

3. Say a prayer of your own creation, or find a prayer of protection online, to ensure nothing negative occurs as a result of your Ouija session.

4. Tell all participants to place two fingers on the planchette, or pointer. Do not apply too much pressure; just rest fingers gently on the planchette.

5. Ask questions of the 'spirit.' The planchette should move, seemingly independently of interference, around the board. The letters on the board spell out the answers as the planchette moves to them. Your board will have all the letters of the alphabet on it as well as the words 'yes,' 'no' and 'goodbye.' It also might have pictures of the sun and moon on it. When asking a spirit if it comes from the sun or moon, positive answers represent good and bad spirits, respectively.

6. Close the session if the planchette points to the word 'goodbye.' This means the spirit wants to leave, so you should let it. Similarly, if you want to end the session, use the planchette to say goodbye and vocalize it, as well.