One ring-ey ding-ey, Two ring-ey ding-ey….Circling ‘round the Ouija board

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Adventure Horror Suspense

Heebie, Jeebies!


Eleven days from today.

The ghosts, goblins and ghouls come out to play.

Seeking “treats.”

At the expense of others.


(Unfortunately seems like daily life right now.🫤)


Not one to be considered a fun-hater. Will join in the spirit of the spirits, and of the spirit of the Hallowed holiday of stuffing candy into bags and into our 😁faces. And contacting the dead to say “hey”,


Wassup?

How’s it going down there…


Side fact:


Did you know? The price of salads goes down to this time of year?🥗.


Sugar highs.

Sugar lows.

Hyperactivity rise.

Energies blow.

Take a precarious

Nose Dive.

Trunks full of treats.

Treats lay in trunks.


We don’t need no stinkin’ phone.

Circling round the dial.

To get in touch with Satan.

This time of year, we can talk to Satan.

Circling round a board.

A spirit board.

Not a surfer dude board.

Not a cup board.

Not in a room and board.


It is actually a great way to learn how to spell board😁! any lover of words may agree.


This board is a-sit-on-the-floor-board.


The Ouija board.

Loved by denominations.

Denounced by denominations.

After all.


Demons were not folks to be called on the Telly-phone.

Cautionary tales that the board opens a door to evil spirits is bad enough. A supernatural dare to young people who tend to throw caution to the wind when reaching out to and for spirits.(wk)


Bring it On.


Go ahead and laugh.

At the prospect of talking with the dead.

Is is no real worse than talking to one’s self☺️

I dare you.

Bwahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh🧖🏼‍♂️👁️🪓⚡️🐲🧖🏼🧟☠️👻🫣


So. Provided you can make your way to the floor.

Have a seat.

Cross you legs.

Place your fingers on the planchette (a small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic) that is now your connection to all things,


Dead.🫣


The Ouija was considered an innocent parlor game by some. Unrelated to the occult until American spiritualist and professional Chessmaster Pearl Curran popularized its use as a diving tool during World War I. (Wk)


Ironic.


Pearl allegedly attempted to contact a spirit who was later to be named:


Patience Worth.

Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful!


Psychologists and Skeptics who have studied Curran’s writings are in agreement that Patience was a fictitious creation of Curran.


It does, however, beg the question of beliefs.

A belief of communication.

Hint. Hint.

Nudge. Nudge.


Paranormal.

Smothering.

Precocious.

Highly gifted.

Highly curiosity.

Telly- phone.



Curiosity has been known to kill a cat or two.

Where karma participates, is any one’s guess.


I suppose, since we have been given carte blanch to hop into Halloween as of these assignment writings, I suspect the patience of a Saint would not have jived well with Patience Worth.


Possibly, however, otherworldly, an influencer of special and epic influences in her neck of the woods, at the time.


Ok.

Back to the floor

Legs crossed.

Fingers gently on the planchette.

Ask away!


Is there life after death?

Is there reincarnation?

Taking a thing to an extreme?


Who really wants to communicate with Satan?


Well, Spiritualists, do. Or.May.

Spiritualism was a social religious movement in the nineteenth century, according to which an individual’s awareness persists after death and may be contacted by the living.


Your call.

On the Telly-phone.

With folded hands.


Hey.

This is not so otherworldly after all.

It kinda makes sense.

We, if we navigate our personal business, “things” right, we CAN leave a mark, a good mark on the lives of those in our orbit, when we physically leave,


Here.


It has been said, by detractors, however, that this spiritualism stuff is witchcraft.


Fair enough.


Reincarnation?

I wouldn’t mind coming back as a dog.😳😁

Seriously though.


Detractors.


Believers of Theosophy opposed Spiritualism. Theosophy teaches a metaphysical theory of evolution mixed with human devolution.Devolution is backward evolution.


(As previously mentioned at times, current life seems as if we are already there🫤) Devolution is the notion that species can revert to supposedly more primitive forms over time.


Like I said.Wouldn’t mind coming back as a dog☺️


Back to the Ouija board.

The Spirit Board.

Who cares. Who knew if the friend sitting across from you with their fingers also on the planchette were really “jagging” you and moving it around the board…In a mean or “fun” Halloween “trick.”


There he was. All along? Satan wrapped up the the appearance of your bestie/ Your BFF. Or. Satan the spirit of never ending circling.

Round you. Round the Ouija board. In an attempt to get into your head.


Same difference.


The letters and numbers on the Ouija board use the Latin alphabet as the yes or no questions. The hellos and goodbyes.


Idea or Ideomotor?

A subject can or does make motions unconsciously. Ideomotorly.

Perhaps Satan was in the room.


Heebie Jeebies.For sure.

Makes me want to stay out of the darkness.

Stay in the light.

Take a shot.

Of something.


Although communication with Satan on the Hallowed Holiday of Halloween, takes trickstering to another level. After all, days after, the blessed time of All Soul’s Day happens. Where we once again celebrate the lives of those who have gone before us.


Why must we picked up the Telly-phone to contact them? If this spirit stuff is to be true, can’t we simply cry out, lament, if we need to talkie to them?


There are enough heebie-Jeebies to go around. And. Not all are advantageous, good. The nose dive of all nose dives usually is not,


Good.


The heart rate tends to plummet along with the rainbow-hued graphs and pie charts.


Dear God.

I have an ask:

Please have mercy on the souls of those who think it magic. Magically appears in the in boxes of our lives.


I, for one, still,use my fingers and toes to count as high as 100. I will, with happiness play the Ouija game and place them on the planchette of the board, with my friends and neighbors and hope,


Someone answers

The Call.🙏🏻🔥

Satan and I disagree on 100% of everything.

Even if and when I over indulge in treats and candy and ride the highs and lows.😀🤢











October 20, 2023 17:22

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