This is a big one, folks. Before I say a word about it, gotta send out digital hugs and kisses to my amazing BFF and fortune-telling collector extraordinaire @brandieknight1980 for discovering this long-sought beauty in a pile of collectibles and sending it my way. You see, the Ouija didn’t land as great in the UK as it did here in the States, but the automatic writing planchette kept its traction and the parlor game of “Ask the Glass” became popular. Ask the Glass used homemade alphabet cards and a simple tumbler on a tabletop to achieve the same effects as a talking board, and that’s exactly what Hamley Bros. sought to market in 1905 with “Vishnu: The Occult Fortune Telling Game.” Inside it’s large, well-illustrated box buyers discovered a set of mini alphabet cards, so they didn’t have to make their own, and a specially-made glass tumbler etched with mystical and alchemical symbols. It’s gorgeous, and thank you so much to Brandie for her thoughtfulness, friendship, and kindness! #ouija #talkingboard #fortuneteller #fortunetelling #alchemy #occult #boardgame #asktheglass #seance #spiritualism https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2MCn7FcPF/?igshid=u43rl4vihrj2
