Burning an Ouija Board...
Depending on what has been done with the board, how old the board is, the history behind it... ect. You get the point-The stronger the board becomes. It's not just a tool for divination, it can harness and harbor energy. I have had 2 experiences with the Board:
The first, I "inherited" one from my grandmother and she encouraged me to use it and play with it, unfortunately I did when I was young and well... dumb. I had just hit puberty and was beginning to become more sensitive to the environment around me. I attracted something that drifted around me for years, finally I tried to burn it... my brothers tried to cut it in half and then tried burning it nothing would work. Eventually we threw it into the lake, a year later the lake went dry, and miraculously the board was gone. I feel sorry for the person who thinks it a gift, when it's a curse.
The second, my aunt bought as a prop-which she had asked me about prior to purchasing it, and she had made it clear that she would only use it as a prop for Samhain (a powerful day anyway). Her home is haunted, and she likes it like that, by a little boy and his mother. Well, a party goer had a little much to drink and she started fiddling with the board, playing with it. Thinking it was a game. I stopped her from going any further and put the board away, then told her why (see #1). A week later I get a call from my aunt saying her electricity has been going haywire, the water faucets were turning on and off, and she was experiencing strange smells that had never been in her house before. I had to cleanse her home and bind, then burn the board.
1. Binding the board and occular tripod-White cotton cloth, blue silk ribbon.
Timing: First Waning Moon stage-from 75% waning to new moon is ok, as you are casting it out. Candles: white. You can set up your altar/work space as you see fit.
Tools: Ouija board and occular tripod, White cotton cloth, 3 yards; Blue Silk or silk patina ribbon, a roll; Black Matte finish or THICK Acrylic paint, paint brush, and scissors.
You can cast a circle, light your candles, and specify that negative energy must leave the circle, and you can be protected from any influence trying to enter/disrupt the process by having that circle around you. Meditate over what you are doing. Envision how you are planning to bind the board, how will you wrap the cloth around the board? Will it look like an envelope or a present, or will it be quickly wrapped up and bound? How will you bind the board with the blue ribbon? It must be an unending/uncut string that both ends where you cut to both begin and end the binding (like a shoelace). Tie it however you wish. Will it be decorative binding as well as functional or will it be simple and to the point?
To the best of your ability, fulfill the process you envisioned. Then go to work on the occular piece, paint both sides of the occular piece black, make sure it is THICK and when it is dry, that no light can pass through it. Hold it up to a candle/light source to make sure. Since it occurred on Samhain, I wanted to burn it on a strong, polar opposite day.
2. Burning of the board and occular tripod: You can set up your altar/workspace if you wish. If you have trouble starting fires, just let a fire-sign know that you need to build a fire, a big fire, and (from personal experience) they will gladly help. Time Frame: Waning moon-just as before you are casting it out of your life. Date: May Day, Beltane, Walpurgis (May 1st)
Tools: Outdoor firepit, 3 consecrated candles white beeswax-I buy mine from a resale shop that purchases the used candles from Catholic Churches that have been used at wedding ceremonies (full of positive, pure energy, blessed, and dressed in holy water); 3 fresh roses (you can obtain these from your own garden or from a nice neighbor); a bundle of fresh sage (12 good FRESH stalks); fresh cut sweet grass (thin fresh cedar twigs work as well-or raffia); Bound board and tripod; matches or lighter; wood-oak is good as well as ash (but you need something to start the fire so what you have on hand will work just as well); Epsom Salt (about 2 pounds) to cast around the area where you will be burning the board; Cast it under the pit, around the pit, and put some in your pocket; Water in buckets (only you can prevent forest fires if you are doing this at a camp ground).
Thank all parties involved with the ritual-people (for supplies), the plants (for sacrificing themselves to your work), and the trees (for providing you with a cleansing and purifying fire) prior to using any of them.
Begin by casting your salt around the area where you will be burning the board-you are literally salting the earth, a strong symbol-if you are uncomfortable doing this, as it can constitute a curse-use epsom salt, plants love epsom salt and it will render neutral when it rains. If you use another type of salt such as driveway salt or salt pellets, it can render an environment infertile (not only this but it is highly impractical to walk barefoot on).
Cast in a circle AROUND the pit/fireplace (put a little in your pocket). Build yourself a nice roaring fire. While the fire is building dress your candles-remove the petals from one rose and wrap them onto the candle, this takes patience, but is worth it as it smells amazing (do this for all three candles). After the rose petals have been wrapped, attach the sage in the same manner. You can use the cedar twigs as well to build a nice thick and fragrant base for each candle. While doing this activity, focus on what burning the board means to you-freedom, release for whatever spirits may have been plagueing you, or what have you.
Leave the board covered and bound, after the fire has been built and is roaring nicely, first put in the tripod to burn-it will smell funny. Wait until it has completely melted and then place your bound candles into the fire. It will burn hotter and perfume the air. Then place your bound board, cloth and all, into the fire. Watch it burn and as it begins to crumble, picture all of the things said on that board melting and dissolving away, just like that board will do (if you get it hot enough).
You can always pile more wood on.
The next morning, after the fire has died and the surface is cooled, sweep as much of the ash up as possible and deposit it into a moving body of water, it may be a creek, a river, a stream, or ocean. Thank the water for removing this problem from your life.