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Fun and games with names

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

I got to tinkering with a name anagram site, specifically http://www.deanjackson.dj/nameanagram/index.php  You can put in your name, and it will output words from the name, using every letter.  Here are some interesting anagrams that are spiritual in nature.

Mediums of today:
John Edward’s anagram name is ODD WHEN JAR.
James Van Praagh’s anagram name is JAR VAMP SANE HAG.

Mediums of the past:
Helen Duncan’s anagram name is NUDE CHANNEL.
Margery Crandon’s anagram name is GRANDER ACRONYM.
D.D. Home’s anagram name is ODD HEM.  Expanded to Daniel Douglas Home, his anagram name is ALIEN AGED HOODLUMS.

Famous Spiritualists:
Allen Kardec is known for Spiritism, and his anagram name is NAKED CELLAR.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s is not only the author of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories, but a famous Spiritualist.  His anagram name is CARRY ON, HOUND TALE.

The Fox sisters, who were famous for communicating with deceased peddler Charles B. Rosna and founding Modern Spiritualism:
Kate Fox’s anagram name is FOX TAKE.  When spelled “Katie Fox”, her anagram name is ATE OK FIX.
Margaretta Fox’s anagram name is FAT MARX TO RAGE.
Leah Fox’s anagram name is HOAX ELF.
Charles B. Rosna’s anagram name is NOBLER AS CRASH.

Skeptics and debunkers:
Joe Nickell is a skeptic, and his anagram name is JOKE IN CELL.  Hmmm….. ;-)
Harry Houdini, the famous magician, was also famous for debunking fraudulent mediums.  His anagram name is OH! HID URINARY.  His actual name was Erik Weisz, whose anagram name is WE IRK SIZE, or when spelled “Ehrich Weiss”, his  anagram name is SHREWISH ICE.
Other spiritual things:
Near Death Experience’s anagram name is EXERT NEEDIER PANACHE.
Trance Mediumship’s anagram name is CRUMMIEST PINHEAD.
Full Trance Mediumship’s anagram name is MISPLACE MIRTHFUL NUDE.
Ouija Board’s anagram name is A BIJOU ROAD.
Spiritual Development’s anagram name is PRIMEVAL, INSULTED POET.

A few that make you think:
Spiritualism’s anagram name is I SIP ALTRUISM.
Spiritualist’s anagram name is IT IS ULTRA SIP.
Psychic’s anagram name is CHIC SPY.
Lily Dale’s anagram name is IDLE ALLY.
And last but not least, Mediumship is HIP DUMMIES.  Hmmm… ;-)

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Ouija reputation explained

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

The Ouija has a long and rather interesting history.  Here are a couple of accounts to check out:

The History of the Ouija Board
The Infamous evil Ouija Board
Apparently, all the bad press about the Ouija came out when the movie “The Exorcist” was released, back in the 1970’s.  It also sounds like that’s when the Christian fundamentalists jumped on the bandwagon.

At least I now know where to put the blame, as if that would help…..  :-|

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Maybe Ouija and Alcohol do mix

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Here is an article about the Ouija board.  It adds some perspectives and ideas that I hadn’t thought about before in the context of Ouija.  I also discovered that Bil Wilson, one of the founders of Alcohol Anonymous, was very involved in it and also received the now-famous 12-step program ideas from the spirits..

I’ve worked with the Ouija board quite a bit, and a few years ago, with the help of the spirit folks, I developed a new board.  They told me that a pencil would be good as a pointer, because they could see the graphite in it pretty well, no matter how thin it was.  I hadn’t heard of it before they told me, so it was neat to read the article and learn that other people have been told the same thing.

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Getting kicked when you’re down

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

There’s a movie coming out about the Ouija board with “horror genre elements that seem reminiscent of supernatural thrillers like “The Ring” and “The Gift.””

Do we need yet another Hollywood-ed, jazzed-up, negative/spooky movie about spiritual things?  Couldn’t it be positive, uplifting, and healing instead??

The Ouija board is a tool, albeit a very misunderstood tool.  It’s a tool in the same way that a gun is.  You would never hand a loaded gun to a six year old and say “go play”.  That’s crazy because they have no training or experience or sense of responsibility, and they’ll go off and hurt themselves.  It’s for adults who understand and know how to handle it.

Spiritually speaking, when it comes to the Ouija board, there are plenty of six year olds, and sadly, some of them shoot themselves in the foot, and cry very loudly to Mommie.  It scares the other six year olds away (which is good), but it also scares the adults away, those who could understand and handle it.

It’s about people, not the tools. A person’s spiritual training, experience, and sense of spiritual responsibility determine whether they’re six year olds or adults with the Ouija board, and physical age has nothing to do with it.  It’s just not for those without spiritual experience/background/knowledge/etc.

Over the years, I’ve had mostly good experiences with the Ouija board, and only a few bad ones.  Now that’s not an open license to recommend it to everyone, just my experience.

My view is that Ouija board has been abandoned by its potential friends (mediums) and beaten down by its enemies (mediums and others) a long time ago.  Since then, it’s been lying quietly in a heap on the floor, doing nothing, and now this movie is going to walk up, kick it right in the nuts, and then go away.

I hope I’m wrong, but don’t bet on it.

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Thoughts about the Ouija board

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Here is an interesting article about the Ouija board. Everybody seems to have a viewpoint on the Ouija board, so why not share mine? The Ouija is probably the single most misunderstood, mistreated, and abused means of spirit communication there is. Can it be used to successfully contact spirits? Yes. Do most people go about it in a positive/healthy/correct way? NO. Can you get negative things/people/etc. from it/through it? Yes, particularly when you don’t approach it in a positive/healthy way, or you have an interest in negative things in the first place. The Law of Attraction states that like attracts like, so to put it very bluntly, if you’re negative, you’ll attract the negative. By the way, the Law works in the positive direction too.

Why is it so misunderstood? If the Ouija were a screwdriver, and you used it to put screws in, you might say it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread for what it does. If you tried to pound nails in with it instead, you wouldn’t be so thrilled with it. If you gave it to a child who didn’t know what it really was or how to use it, and they poked their eye out, you’d swear never to go near it again. If you’re a mechanic who never used a screwdriver but has heard a lot of stories about eyes being poked out, you’d be sure to tell the people you know to avoid it all costs, and given your reputation as a mechanic, people might well listen.

For people who aren’t mechanically inclined, listening to your mechanic’s advice about avoiding screwdrivers is probably wise, as it avoids a lot of problems. Either way, there’s nothing inherently wrong with the screwdriver, because it’s merely a tool. Just don’t poke your eye out with it.

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