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.
Reehil said, “We 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.” 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.
Reehil told Fox News, “Demons 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.” Ex-psychic Jenn Nizza, who spent decades embroiled in the occult before finding Jesus, agrees, telling CBN Digital last year Ouija boards are “demonic” and added, “People need to know the truth.”
“A Ouija board or a spirit board is a tool of divination, which is a way to access information supernaturally outside of God’s will, outside of God’s boundaries,” Nizza said, adding, “[God’s] super clear in His Word to avoid such tools and practices.” The ex-medium said these boards are a form of “automatic writing,” a practice she often used in her past work as a psychic. It’s a method in which Nizza said the demonic realm provides messages to and through people.
When it comes to a Ouija board or other talking boards, the users place their hands over something called a “planchette,” 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’s actually a practice of “invoking demons.”
Nizza said, “That’s what you’re doing because you are looking for something. You may think you’re kidding around, or it’s a joke. You’re asking questions; you’re looking for information.” She added, “And because it’s demonic, the demons will show up … entities will be there and start moving things around and providing some information.
The Ouija board was first developed in the late 19th century as a parlor game; these were formerly called “talking boards.” At the time, séances and other spiritual practices were quite popular activities. While the Ouija board is marketed as a toy or board game, Reehil, from his point of view, disagrees with this characterization. He said, “Ouija 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.”