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Zozo



Columnist: Matt Forde Posted on Saturday, 28 February, 2015 | 9 comments Columnist:

the ouija board’s pointer or glass moving in a figure-of-eight pattern

the letter Z found scratched into things nearby

violent urges overcoming some board users

communication in what seems to be Latin or Hebrew

people feeling strangled and attacked in other ways

spiders “coming from nowhere”

assaults of a sexual nature

even people being picked up and losing their sight

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This is a story that I heard about only recently. A reader of one of my articles on another site got in touch asking for a little help with the research of a particular series of events, all of which seemed to be linked. It appeared as though more and more independent Ouija board sessions were becoming associated with an entity calling itself Zozo. This was the first I knew about it all but, as I looked into it, it quickly became apparent that it was an interesting enough story to warrant sharing here—certainly; it would be great to read more thoughts on the Zozo ‘phenomenon’ so please leave a comment below. In fact, this is a pretty creepy topic in places.Despite my ignorance of the Zozo phenomenon, it turned out that a lot of people knew about it already and reports of contacts with the thing are growing in frequency. These reports often correlate in certain ways and, if true, many of them contain rather alarming phenomena, with:—eek!Here’s one example of a Ouija board session that supposedly contacted the demon in question:Some people have even reported that quite rare thing in the paranormal world: being followed home by the alleged weirdness, with phenomena continuing even after the ouija board session had ended. This has included hearing ‘conversations’—voices that seemed to emanate from within walls and the letter Z appearing out of nowhere:Zozo doesn’t seem to be a new idea. The first recorded mention of it seems to be in the 1818 book Dictionairre Infernal by the verbosely-named Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy.My English translation runs something like this (apologies for any misinterpretations—French is not my forté):The passage above was echoed in a similar text written by historian Jules Garinet who wrote that the Dictionairre Infernal “comes recommended by the purity of the views and the extensive researches of the writer.” Not everyone was as supportive of Collin de Plancy’s work, though, and I’ve found at least one quote that illustrates this:Sir John Murray—“[the book contains] a great deal of spurious lore which is sadly calculated to deceived the student of the occult sciences.”Jury’s out in regards to the veracity of this source, then.If you believe the reports, Zozo has revealed itself as many things: a vague animal entity, a dog with three heads, Lucifer’s daughter, an immortal spirit, a demon, and even Lucifer himself. The notorious Aleister Crowley claimed that Zozo was actually a term meaning ‘666’.Certainly, whatever it is seems to keep coming back, never quite dying off, and some researchers on the subject claim to receive many reports from people who come into contact with it and seem to be seeking help.But perhaps Zozo is not supernatural whatsoever: it is important to remain rational and consider the fact that it might merely be a kind of viral phenomenon in which readers of the subject unconsciously create their own encounters when they use Ouija boards. It might even be an out-and-out fabrication, with people adding their own made-up stories to create a confusing faux-paranormal tapestry. Afterall, people have reported real-life encounters with ‘Slenderman’—an entirely fictional character.I’ve written an introductory ebook about the ideomotor theory, so I’m rather sceptical when it comes to the supernatural powers that some say Ouija boards tap into. Certainly, the latent, complex power of the human mind cannot ever be discounted when it comes to entering into rational investigations of such matters, and I think it is telling that pink Ouija boards are still sold and marketed to children, even in the US—a country where Kinder Eggs are banned. However, subjective ‘evidence’ abounds.There was a recent episode of the US show Ghost Adventures that looked into a house affected by Zozo after a Ouija board session went wrong. It makes for interesting watching no matter which side of the fence you sit on—and I think that’s the fascinating thing about this case and much of the paranormal gamut as a whole: whether it’s real or not it’s really darned interesting.1. http://www.mindshadow.fr/le-diable-histoires-vraies/2. http://www.ghosttheory.com/2011/08/25/what-is-zozo3. http://paranormal.about.com/od/ouijaboards/a/zozo-encounter.htm4. http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/ZoZo,_the_Ouija_Demon5. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Mentalism-Ideomotor-Effect-ebook/dp/B008IQZN8M/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8