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Coast-to-Coast's Ouija Experiment in Fear
Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 (CDT) by Thoth
 On the July 25, 2007 broadcast of Coast-to-Coast AM with George Noory, he was scheduled to conduct an on-air Ouija board experiment. The show had been hyped for many weeks, and in the space of those previous weeks he had been encouraged by a few to go ahead with the experiment and warned by many more to forego it.
When it came down to the night of the experiment, George backed out. The experiment was all set to go. Rosemary Ellen Guiley brought a vintage Ouija board, seeing the event as an opportunity to “advance people’s thinking about spirit communication.”
Bruce Goldberg was also in favor of trying the experiment and even invoked “white light protection” to shield the experimenters from any harm from lower astral entities. He, too, thought it would be educational for listeners as an example of psychic empowerment.
The
dissenting voice came from Jordan Maxwell, and it was a strong one. He
told George in no uncertain terms that such an experiment would be a
mistake and that it was very dangerous and “extremely foolhardy”,
warning there was a possibility of opening a portal that would allow
dark entities to come through.
So there were two people approaching the night with a very positive attitude, and one with a very negative point of view.
Unfortunately, from my own
point of view, George allowed the negative attitude to prevail. And his
reasons for stopping the experiment seem ludicrous here in the 21st
Century.
Misplaced Reasoning
We don’t even know for sure
what the experiment was going to be or how it was to be conducted. We
don’t know who was going to touch their fingers to the planchette or
who was going to ask the questions. We don’t know what the questions
might have been. The only clues we have are in George’s revelation that
he had had a near-death experience that left him obsessed with the
afterlife. His intention with the experiment was to see if he could
contact spirits, specifically that of his dead aunt, who could tell him
the afterlife is real.
So why did George back out? Because, he told his audience, of strange things that have happened in the previous weeks:
- People getting into car crashes
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People getting trapped in the St. Louis Arch (where he lives)
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His daughter is pregnant and she miscarried during a previous pregnancy
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An earthquake in Indonesia
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A previous guest’s mother had died
I cannot emphasize how
crazy these reasons sound to me as someone who takes paranormal
phenomena seriously. For one thing, these kinds of things happen every
day. How is a radio Ouija experiment possibly responsible? Second, four
of the five events took place before the experiment – not during or
after.
What are the implications
of these reasons? Because George Noory was going to conduct a Ouija
board experiment on the air, did evil spirits cause car crashes and jam
an elevator in the St. Louis Arch? Is he saying that the Devil reached
out and killed that previous guest’s mother? Did legions of demons
clawing out of the depths of Hell on their way to the Coast-to-Coast
studios cause the earthquake? Was there a real fear that lower astral
entities coming out of the Ouija board would affect his daughter’s
pregnancy?
Wow. This is cynicism,
negativity, superstition and fear of an appalling nature. George also
quoted an e-mail from a listener who implored him to stop the
experiment for the sake of mankind! Are you kidding? With this kind of
overblown, narcissistic – I dare say silly – negativity floating around
on Coast-to-Coast that night, maybe it’s a good thing he didn’t go
ahead with the experiment.
Who to Blame
Perhaps it’s worth
disclosing here that I do not believe in the Devil, demons or even
lower astral entities. These are names and personifications of the
negativity and darkness that can arise out of our own human nature.
Neither do I believe in the inherent evil of the Ouija board. The Ouija
board, like anything else at which we direct our intention, yields what
we put into it. If it’s used with a sense of good-natured
experimentation and fun, that’s what you’ll get. If you approach it
with fear and cynicism, that’s what will come out in return. This is
true of any of life’s activities, from driving your car to raising your
family.
So perhaps George made the
right decision. He said he didn’t want to be responsible for anything
bad happening. Indeed, had he gone ahead with the experiment, you can
be certain that he would have been inundated with calls from many of
his listeners blaming the experiment for all kinds of things. People
would have been complaining for days about car troubles, deaths, lost
keys, business woes and who knows what else. Stuff that happens all the
time. There certainly would have been no acknowledgement of all the
wonderful births, successful business deals, joyful family picnics or
lottery wins that took place on that day and those following.
The Ouija board, demons and
evil entities don’t cause our troubles. We do. With our intention, we
direct the course of our lives, for good or ill.
Backward Thinking
The Ouija experiment could have been an interesting, fun night of radio entertainment. That it was stopped was disappointing.
Here's the most
disappointing thing about it: it's precisely this kind of superstitious
nonsense that impedes serious paranormal research. I’m not sure how
serious a paranormal experiment it could have been (probably not much,
given the circumstances), but what happened is an example of how we can
allow medieval superstition to block us from attempting to find out
what’s really behind various forms of psychic phenomena. This backward
thinking cannot possibly advance explorations into these mysteries, and
it gives skeptics plenty of ammunition with which to make paranormal
research look ridiculous.
Good didn’t win out over
evil that night on Coast-to-Coast. Neither did the Devil and his
minions win. What won out, unfortunately, was irrational fear. And as
Roosevelt said, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Re: Coast-to-Coast's Ouija Experiment in Fear
by nevermore on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 (CDT)
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I read what you had to say about this JOKE that Geo. conducted on National radio. I listened to the program that night. It was nothing but a joke. He did nothing but lead the people on in the previous wks. He never once said that he was going to do this, but he led you to believe it. Up until the very last minute he left you hanging. Then he conviently came back from break and declined. His reason' FOR THE SAKE OF THE LISTENERS. I feel that he never was seriously going to do it. It was all for show. I have written to C2C and expressed my discust with this Program. I feel that George is nothing but a FlimFlam Man. He is nothing but a Con atrist. I have no respedt for him or this Program. |
Re: Coast-to-Coast's Ouija Experiment in Fear (Score: 1)
by on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 (CDT)
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.thothweb.com/index.html | | Thank you nevermore, That reminds me of Orson Wells and his radio address of the "War of The World`s" That brodcast held the whole nation in fear. I have to agree with you. |
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