{"id":8228,"date":"2023-11-07T09:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=8228"},"modified":"2023-11-07T09:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:58:43","slug":"priest-issues-warning-about-ouija-boards-attempts-to-talk-to-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2023\/11\/priest-issues-warning-about-ouija-boards-attempts-to-talk-to-the-dead.html","title":{"rendered":"Priest Issues Warning About Ouija Boards, Attempts to Talk to the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8231\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8231\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2023\/11\/ouija-board-occult-pratices-credit-pexels-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"ouija board\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pexels.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Catholic exorcist is warning against using occultic tools like the Ouija board, sounding the alarm that such actions could open demonic doors. Fr. Dan Reehil, a priest with the Diocese of Nashville, told Fox News the spiritual realm is authentic and must be taken into account, noting the perils of forgetting its presence.<\/p>\n<p>Reehil said, \u201cWe too often forget that there is much more to this world than meets the eye. Angels, demons, spirits and souls do exist, and they can have an impact on our lives.\u201d As an exorcist, a Catholic official who fights and expels evil, Reehil warned against using the Ouija board, a tool some critics see as a mere parlor game or trick. Still, others, like the priest, have an ominous warning: that such usage can open people up to the demonic. Reehil also said that these tools alleging to connect people to the dead are built on spiritual lies.<\/p>\n<p>Reehil told Fox News, \u201cDemons lie and impersonate dead people. When asking a board for information about a deceased person or a life decision, they are all too happy to embed themselves into your life. Using an Ouija board is inviting a demon into your life, whether the person has that intention or not.\u201d Ex-psychic Jenn Nizza, who spent decades embroiled in the occult before finding Jesus, agrees, telling CBN Digital last year Ouija boards are \u201cdemonic\u201d and added, \u201cPeople need to know the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Ouija board or a spirit board is a tool of divination, which is a way to access information supernaturally outside of God\u2019s will, outside of God\u2019s boundaries,\u201d Nizza said, adding, \u201c[God\u2019s] super clear in His Word to avoid such tools and practices.\u201d The ex-medium said these boards are a form of \u201cautomatic writing,\u201d a practice she often used in her past work as a psychic. It\u2019s a method in which Nizza said the demonic realm provides messages to and through people.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LMx0SBFaSTg?si=iyjKkd7hqaZNYoLN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to a Ouija board or other talking boards, the users place their hands over something called a \u201cplanchette,\u201d a device that moves across the board. This device then purportedly pushes around the board and spells out messages. While many play with these boards for the thrill, Nizza said it\u2019s actually a practice of \u201cinvoking demons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nizza said, \u201cThat\u2019s what you\u2019re doing because you are looking for something. You may think you\u2019re kidding around, or it\u2019s a joke. You\u2019re asking questions; you\u2019re looking for information.\u201d She added, \u201cAnd because it\u2019s demonic, the demons will show up \u2026 entities will be there and start moving things around and providing some information.<\/p>\n<p>The Ouija board was first developed in the late 19th century as a parlor game; these were formerly called \u201ctalking boards.\u201d\u00a0At the time, s\u00e9ances and other spiritual practices were quite popular activities.\u00a0While the Ouija board is marketed as a toy or board game, Reehil, from his point of view, disagrees with this characterization.\u00a0He said, \u201cOuija boards should not be viewed in the same way as a typical board game. Although it is advertised as a game, it is far from it. Rather, it is a form of divination.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Catholic exorcist is warning against using occultic tools like the Ouija board, sounding the alarm that such actions could open demonic doors. Fr. Dan Reehil, a priest with the Diocese of Nashville, told Fox News the spiritual realm is authentic and must be taken into account, noting the perils of forgetting its presence. 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