Aged and patinated to perfection! Carry your connection to the other side with you where ever you go with this planchette pendant. Through a chemical etching process, I created a full detail miniature spirit board planchette necklace on thick Sterling silver. The bailring has been soldered closed for added security and an oxidized 18" silver plated chain is included.
Measurements: 4cm long x 2.5cm high
A planchette, from the French for "little plank", is a small, usually heart-shaped flat piece of wood equipped with two wheeled castors and a pencil-holding aperture, used to facilitate automatic writing. The use of planchettes to produce mysterious written messages gave rise to the belief that the devices foster communication with spirits as a form of mediumship. The devices were popular in séances during the Victorian era, before their eventual evolution into the simpler, non-writing pointing devices for ouija boards that eclipsed the popularity of their original form. Paranormal advocates believe the planchette is moved by the presence of spirits or some form of subtle energy. Scientists explain the motion is due to the ideomotor effect.
