Homemade Ouija board
Item
Merrill, James, “Homemade Ouija board”, not dated, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/39815
- Title
- Homemade Ouija board
- Description
- A homemade Ouija board, one of numerous boards James Merrill and David Jackson employed through the years for their séances. Merrill said they preferred these to the store-bought boards because they allowed for more room for clearer and faster transmission. They used a teacup as a planchette.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Oversized box, Item 41
- Contributor
- Jackson, David
- Relation
- Series_IX_Realia
- Exhibit cases 7-8: Other World
- James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 194
- Format
- 23" by 29"
- 1 jpeg. 600 ppi
- Language
- English
- Type
- Physical Object
- Identifier
- MSS083_III_ouija_board.jpg
- Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Date
- not dated
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Site pages
- The Other World - Realia
Merrill, James, “Homemade Ouija board”, not dated, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/39815