“In the ’60s and ’70s, Ouija circles sprang up in college dormitories, and the board emerged as a fad among adolescents, for whom its ritual of secret messages and intimate communications became a form of rebellion. One youthful experimenter recalls an enticing atmosphere of danger and intrigue—‘like shoplifting or taking drugs’—that allowed her and a girlfriend to bond together over Ouija sessions.”—Mitch Horowitz