What's the Origin of the Talking Board?

Wejs is a trade mark that's been in continuous use since 18 90. Talking boards existed before a wiji or wija, it's just the most popular. If we say that 18 forty eight was the birth of modern spiritualism in america, then the fox sisters had it real close. Instead of people using a planchet to place their hand on and ask the spirits what they want, a plance would spell it out by using a pencil as one of the legs, pointing it out and spelling it. And when that happened, it was like magic birch.