Not sure if they still do the rounds or pop up in people’s childhoods, and to be honest, I can’t quite remember how it came up in mine. I’m assuming a movie, as it was the 80’s and there was plenty of dark themes going on. But when it did come up as a topic, I was told very sternly that I was not to go anywhere near one, and it was a serious matter. That confused me somewhat as we weren’t a religious household in any way, but as soon as you know there is an extra mysterious element added, well, of course that would pique the interest of someone like me.

Once you start looking into things I guess you would call ‘of an occult nature’, you start to see there are a few things that get lumped together. Seances, tarot reading, Ouija boards and other things that often get put down as witchcraft, or are thought of to be in a more Victorian charlatan time. And for many years I have been, and still do remain a sceptic on many of those things as they are presented. But as with much, I review my previous reasonings and see if there could be an element of truth to something, or that we have misunderstood it’s meaning or purpose. And I wonder of the things that we are told to think are normal, and not to give it further thought because that would be silly. Well, I have never been one to shy away from what may seem like a ridiculous idea or concept to some, as you should well know by now if you have read my previous articles.

But the main subject point for this is the concept of a Ouija Board, and that it is said to be a communication device to connect you with spirits and the dead. In recent years I wondered if it was indeed a communicator, but maybe not to the dead or ghosts, as on that subject I am also sceptical, but still a cross-dimensional portal of sorts. And although contact with something that seems familiar may make people presume it to be the passed over soul of their loved ones, it could also be that things there have existed in this dimension for a time so are still part of it in some way. When they call it ‘the other side’ maybe it is, but just not in a life after death kind of way some believe.

And of that suspected portal through letters and numbers, is it just confined to what we would expect a Ouija board layout to be? Or could it be a computer keyboard, and just pen and paper or anything you can use to imprint words, numbers and symbols? And really, when you think of the board as a communication device, you must remember that it seems to only be a way for the other side to relay a message, but seems they are listening and watching already. And that method just taps into it for them to be able to answer directly, where we might think of questions and the centre piece moving to spell out the reply. I wondered about the words aspect too, my line of thought went as follows –

A Curse “a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.”-

Cursive – a type of handwriting

Cursor – “A moveable indicator on a computer screen identifying the point that will be affected by input from the user.”

An obvious path, and not neccessarily correct, but seems of note. That a spoken curse, if a real thing, can then be manifested using written word instead, and perhaps words had more power than we knew, it might be a reason to want everyone writing and using cursors and being taught cursive. Or not, and it really is just a normal form of communication, that only is similar in word.

Casting a spell – another where words cross over in usage, also mentioned in Crafty and Words and Meaning, and one where manifesting something using words is important. As well as perhaps extra symbolism and items to ‘enhance’ the atmosphere for the imagination to help with the energy needed for it.

Casting in the industry of entertainment, TV, movies, theatre and so on. Choosing the candidate that will facilitate the channelling of words. In most of those, to create an obvious illusion you know about, but in all the other areas where they specifically pick someone to be the voice or the face of something in the ‘real world’, it would appear they are also creating an illusion.

Where writing, drawing, words and symbols appear to have more meaning than we think, but also statues, icons, relics and creating a ‘live version’ of things may also be a potent way to manifest things from that ‘other side’. If of course, such things are possible, and with a rather dark theme running through society at the moment, it seems as if it just might be…

(c) K Wicks

What is it that defines what you think you should have? Personal wants, preferences, and desires are all built around your personality and model of thinking and feeling they say. Ego also plays a pivotal role. But at what point does admiration become envy, and why in some does it take that step over the fine line to jealousy? Sometimes then taking on an extra competitive edge, covered slightly in Who’s Got The Biggest… And of course, general conditioning can’t be overlooked. What you see and absorb throughout your life, and all the influences within that play a part really do help to create and nurture the desire aspect needed for it to become so ingrained, it becomes a way of life and as the mindset of the masses.

Consumerism and Social Status in particular have a leading role. To create the class system of separation and a desire to be something else, to help with that social pecking order we have. But first you need people to want that, to want to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’, and base what they think they want, on what someone else has or on what they appear to have or be. Not even knowing perhaps if that person too is trying to keep up with someone else and isn’t even being themselves. And it’s taken an even stranger turn, with jealousy and ego combining to create a rather psychologically unstable ‘admirer’ of what you are. Almost as if being ‘better than’ isn’t on the cards anymore, it seems to be turning into ‘existing instead of’. Where a Single White Female type ends up so detached from themselves, and so desperate to be something else, I guess they start hating and becoming obsessional over that which they covet. Revealing that ugly and hateful feelings can often be under the surface of what appears to be admiration.

But in order to get people to play the game of wanting more, or to be something else, you first need people to be aware of what they could be having, or doing, or wanting. Don’t get me wrong, I believe inspiration is a good thing, and looking at what others are or what they have is normal in my opinion, to understand what it is you actually want or to be. But is it perhaps that inspiration and reality are at quite opposite ends of the spectrum for some, and if you do not have a realistic attitude of ability or skillset, then I guess it leaves a rather wide gap for things like envy to rear its head in some people. And then spill over into jealousy and go on to cause all sorts different behaviours and thoughts based on either the delusion that gets mentally put in place, or the hatred of the reality that is understood. Either of those scenarios often seems to bring an awful lot of trouble with it.

But it has been encouraged for the longest time now, to sell products, lifestyles, dreams and ideas of what you think could be, conveniently often not factoring in what you already are, and often they are other people’s dreams and ideas. And for some that will be enough, looking to something else to give you all the ideas and lead you, and for someone else to tell you who to be and facilitate that. But sometimes I can’t help thinking it’s better to have your own ideas and dreams, and most of all, know who you are…

(c) K Wicks