Planchette

Planchette

A planchette is a triangular or heart-shaped board supported by castors which moves to spell out messages, or answer questions. Paranormal advocates believe that the planchette is moved by some extra-normal force. Skeptics attribute the motion to the ideomotor effect. In typical usage, a pencil would be attached to the planchette, printing letters or other designs on paper to be later interpreted by a medium.

The most common use of the planchette is with a Ouija or spirit board. In this instance, it is sometimes referred to as an "indicator" or "pointer" to show where something is etc., like a Dowsing board. Used since the beginning of the Spiritualism movement of the mid-nineteenth century, planchettes predate the invention of spirit boards.

Although speculation exists that the planchette was named after its inventor, the French word "planchette" translates to English as "little plank."

See also

* Automatic writing

External links

* [http://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/planchet.html Planchettes] at the [http://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/ Museum of Talking Boards]


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