“The Ouija board is a really interesting phenomenon. It works by something called idiomotor suggestion. You do actually push the glass yourself you just have no awareness of doing it.”

—  Derren Brown

TV Series and Specials (Includes DVDs), Derren Brown: Séance (2004)

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