Spirit Board

**Owner(s):** | The Halliwell family

The **Spirit Board** also known as the **Ouija board** or **talking board**, is a flat wooden board marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9, the words "yes", "no", "hello" (occasionally), and "good-bye", along with various symbols and graphics.

The Halliwell spirit board was made from burl wood with the letters, numbers and triquetra applies under a resin top coat. The planchette was made from Cocobola wood and has the traditional, slightly heart-shaped form with a triquetra engraved in the point and a bevelled glass lens. Patty's message was carved into the wood by hand.

## History

* In late **1998**, On the night she returned home, Phoebe Halliwell and her sister Piper were catching up while *playing* with the spirit board. When Piper left the room, Phoebe's hand (which was touching the planchette) moved along with the planchette without her doing anything. When Phoebe explained that the planchette began to move on its own, both Prue and Piper thought she was playing a joke on them. Prue returned to what she was doing and when Piper was about to do the same, the planchette moved again. Shocked, Piper called for Prue who came back, grunting. Phoebe, who had written down the message on an envelope, showed it to her sisters. The message spelled: "A-T-T-I-C". This led Phoebe to go to the attic, which had been closed off ever since they could remember, and found the Book of Shadows and the spell that unbound their powers.
* In **1999**, While cleaning the attic, Prue received a message on the spirit board from a young boy named Max (through Leo's help), who had been kidnapped for his powers. All he wrote was "Help Max", but it was enough for Prue. She took the spirit board with her to work where she received a second message shortly after Andy arrived at her office. While Andy explained that a "Max Franklin" was involved in a break in, Prue received a second message from Max: "Kidnapped, Auto shop". Prue would eventually talk to Max's father and could find the auto shop were she found Max and could help him.
* In late **1999**, Unable to figure out the name of the demon who stole their Book of Shadows, Phoebe and Piper consulted the spirit board for help. Focusing themselves, they heard their grandmother whisper to them: "The Power of Three", after which the planchette began to move, spelling out: A-B-R-A-X-A-S.
* In **2000**, While tapped in an unknown plane, Prue tried to contact her sisters through the spirit board. However, she was interrupted every time she tried by War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who was also trapped in that plane. While War was chasing Prue, he shoved the planchette from the board onto the floor, breaking its glass out of it.
* In late **2005** Billie tried using the spirit board to find her sister, Christy Jenkins. Meanwhile, the Charmed Ones were kidnapped one-by-one themselves and were replaced by demonic doubles. They had been trapped inside the doll house replica of the manor and were unable to use their powers. Remembering that Billie had the spirit board at her side, they Charmed Ones combined their powers to send a message to Billie. She received their message, when she was scrying with her laptop, first thinking it was from Christy. However, since the message spelled out "D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E", Billie had no clue what it meant.

## Notes

* The sisters incorrectly referred to the planchette as the pointer. An understandable mistake seeing as the sisters themselves were not involved with the craft during their youth. However, in Prue's line of work at museum's and an auction house, one would presume her to know the correct term.
* Before she died Patty left a message to her three daughters (Prue, Piper, and Phoebe) a message on the back of the spirit board - *"To my three beautiful daughters, may this give you the light to find the shadows. The power of three will set you free. Love, Mom."*