Planchette - Wikipedia A planchette ( p l ɑː n ˈ ʃ ɛ t or p l æ n ˈ ʃ ɛ t ), from the French for "little plank", is a small, usually heart-shaped flat piece of wood equipped with two wheeled casters and a pencil-holding aperture pointing downwards, used to facilitate automatic writing
PLANCHETTE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of PLANCHETTE is a small triangular or heart-shaped board supported on casters at two points and a vertical pencil at a third and believed to produce automatic writing when lightly touched by the fingers; also : a similar board without a pencil
3 Ways to Make a Planchette - wikiHow To make a planchette, start by getting some wood, cardboard, or plastic and cutting it into the shape of a heart or teardrop Then, cut out a small window in the center of the planchette, which is what you'll look through to see the answer on the Ouija board
Before the Ouija…there was the Planchette - Harvard University The Planchette, a French word for “little plank,” was a heart shaped piece of wood with wheels and a slot for holding a pencil or some other writing implement The purpose of a planchette was to assist with the generation of automatic writing, or as a medium to encourage communication with the spirit world
What is a planchette? - Decimononic Some say that Mr Planchette, a French Spiritualist, invented this instrument -to which he gave his name- in 1853 G W Cottrell, who would later be responsible for manufacturing America’s first planchettes, claimed in his 1868 book that a sect of French monks was responsible for developing planchette writing techniques in a Parisian monastery
Planchette - Talking Boards - Memento Mori The Planchette, a French word for “little plank,” was a heart shaped piece of wood with wheels and a slot for holding a pencil or some other writing implement The purpose of a planchette was to assist with the generation of automatic writing, or as a medium to encourage communication with the spirit world