Is ask the spirits really evil?

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The popular games among some universities and middle school students, such as "Ask the spirits", "Chopsticks Fairy" and "Vegetable Fairy", are not new modern games, but variants or simplified versions of one of the oldest witchcraft in China.

Mr Tu Jianhua, director of China Atheism Society, told the reporter that Fuxi originated from the worship of the legendary Ziguxian, but there are different historical records about its origin. In his Three Notes, Hong Mai, a Song Dynasty poet, thought that it only appeared gradually in the period of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, but Liu of the Southern Dynasty recorded it in his Bieyuan.

The story of Zi Gu, the change of time, place and content of asking for heaven recorded in Shen Kuo's Meng Qian Bi Tan reflect the change of witchcraft in Hua Fu.

The biggest change of "Hua Fu" is that it has become a divination game after being manipulated by literati, Taoist priests and wizards. In modern times, it has been used by guilds and has become a means for gangs to gather congregations and gather wealth.

Professor Guo Zhengyi introduced that Hua Fu generally refers to the use of horizontal sticks and pens. Two fingers against the bar, there is a sand table below. After the pen draws a line on the sand table, the host reads the "heavenly book" and can read it again after harrowing the sand table.

During the Cultural Revolution and the mid-1980s, "inviting immortals" began to spread in rural areas. Some invited Guanyin, and some even claimed that Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou could invite them. This kind of activity is particularly rampant in Henan and Shaanxi.

The earliest "disc fairy" was just a one-man play, and later it spread to the witch's disc fairy hall. "Inviting immortals" exists in both the north and the south of China, and the popular one in the north is called "dustpan immortals". Is to fill the dustpan with rice and insert a chopstick. When chopsticks hold up the dustpan with rice, believers think that the dustpan fairy is coming.

Solve the mystery of "ask the spirits"

Mystery 1: Why does the pen move by itself? Contradictory forces act on the pen at the same time

The game "ask the spirits" can confuse people, all because of that moving pen. How can the pen move when both people deny their subjective operation?

Zhang Shufang, deputy chief physician of clinical psychology in Beijing Tongren Hospital, told the reporter that this phenomenon can be explained from a physical point of view: "Playing with' Pen Fairy' is not allowed to be supported by elbows or wrists, but needs to be suspended, and the pen is perpendicular to any point on the paper. At the same time, the fairy seeker is required not to let the pen fall (because it is said that dropping the pen will kill him). Require the body to relax at all times, and at the same time be affected by gravity. To control the body area, it is necessary to maintain a certain tension, and the pressure will increase when the body is commanded. When all contradictory conditions, such as hanging the wrist, no support, smooth paper surface and nib, are met, two people will exert their strength on each other, so the circular motion of the pen under the action of the body becomes inevitable. " The principle of "disc fairy" is the same. Three people walk around, their hands are not balanced, and the food will focus on moving.

Mystery 2: Why does the pen move in the desired direction? Women are more susceptible to psychological suggestion.

In dr. zhang's presentation, there were a bunch of random circles on the paper, and Dr. Zhang's "inviting immortals" was not successful. Is it because of insincerity that it is ineffective? Dr. zhang replied: "Some people will get psychological hints because of the game."

What does "ask the spirits" mean to us? How does this psychological suggestion affect the players?

Among the visitors received by Dr. Zhang, there are cases where they are curious, puzzled and afraid because of playing "Ask the spirits", so that they can't stop, which seriously affects their life and work.

"At first, Xiao Ye didn't believe in the so-called' ask the spirits'. After playing for a few times out of curiosity, I found the result very accurate.

After that, she wanted to ask' Ask the spirits' first when she met anything. The worse the result, the more I want to calculate. The more I calculate, the more I am afraid. I am afraid to go out, dare not surf the Internet, and dare not make a phone call. Shen Zheng, a professor of psychology in Peking University, thinks that if the player is a normal person, there are two kinds of psychological hints. The first is that people who are endowed with suggestive personality traits are easily influenced, because such people are very concerned about the people and things around them. It is not difficult to find that women are the majority of fairy seekers. Feminine characteristics are more likely to be implied. The second is that under certain circumstances, some people will have the symptoms of disobedience because of the narrowing of the scope of consciousness and the high concentration of spirit. That is to say, consciousness will move in the opposite direction. For example, if the body doesn't let it move, consciousness will strongly want to move. Why do you insist that as long as "ask the spirits to ask the spirits" works for the first time, it will appear almost every time? Dr. zhang explained: "The more you try to verify something, the stronger the role of self-suggestion. For example, when you just learn to ride a bike, you are suggested not to hit obstacles, but the more you concentrate, the more the car will hit the wall. " It turns out that the target behavior of the body is completed by the limbs or trunk under the guidance of the senses (usually vision). Many actions in daily life become subconscious actions because of habits, that is, you don't need to think too much.

Mystery 3: Why is the effect of "inviting immortals" different? Some questioners are in a semi-hypnotic state.

In ancient history, spiritualism prevailed in Beijing, Shanghai and other places. 1early 9th century. "Inviting immortals" is actually a form of China's spiritualism. As early as the May 4th Movement, Lu Xun once reprimanded a group of people in Shanghai who played "ask the spirits to ask the spirits". Personal ideological pursuit, values and other issues contributed to the belief of "inviting immortals". Professor Guo Zhengyi pointed out that people who are more sensitive will tremble more even if they have fewer hints. After singing, they will be in a semi-hypnotic state. When people seem to be asleep rather than asleep, they are more likely to be stimulated by the outside world. Therefore, in medicine, hypnosis can cure diseases, but in psychology, hypnosis will make people confused and intoxicated with what they want.

The true colors of "Pen Fairy" and "Disc Fairy" have been solved. However, the number of people who believe in superstition still surprises reporters.

Psychological explanation of "ask the spirits in writing" and "pan Shen";

In fact, ask the spirits and ask the spirits are just a psychological game. Careful analysis of the rules of the game shows that the game has such a tacit understanding:

1, anyone should be sincere and trustworthy. In other words, please don't doubt it.

2. Don't stop the movement of the plate or pen. If the plate or pen moves in a certain direction, the player is actually helping the plate or pen move.

Introduction:

1. If a player cheats, others will think that the plate or pen is moving by itself and become an accomplice.

If a player knows the answer, he can cheat.

In fact, no one cheats. Everyone cheats unconsciously in this game. This is because of the amplification effect of ask the spirits:

Take the disc fairy as an example:

1, if a person holds down the dish, it won't move.

2. In order to make the plate move, the player must try to make the plate move.

In this case, the player will unconsciously cheat:

1. The answer to a question on the game map is concentrated in a certain place, so players will unconsciously explore the corresponding direction.

2. Players tend to test the direction of their sure answers.

3. When the plate reaches the answer, the player will tend to stop the plate.

In this case, if many people know the answer, the cheating effect will be amplified. If only one person knows the answer, others will help. In fact, this encourages the confidence of people who know the answer, which leads players to unconsciously lead this dish to the correct answer. If two people know different answers, one of them will obey the rules of the game and give up his tendency.

If no one knows the answer, players will still tend to move the plate to the answer area. In the process of moving, the player will actually choose an answer. This is different from the answer that many people know, and the answer of the strong-willed party will become the final answer.

Random talk about pen immortals

Let me analyze how the spirits ask the spirits come into being. Before expressing my opinion, please do a small experiment:

Hold the pen flat with one hand, tap the tip of the pen gently on a piece of paper on the table, and be careful not to press the weight of the whole arm on the pen (by the way, it is actually the so-called gesture of asking the spirits of the pen), and then keep it for a few minutes.

Then look at the marks drawn on the paper. If there is only a dot the size of a pen from beginning to end, congratulations. Don't read on, just apply for the Olympic shooting competition. The champion belongs to you, but for most people, there is no way to keep their bodies still like stones. Because of breathing, heartbeat, pulse, blood flow and other reasons, our bodies are trembling gently at any time and place. Most people know this, and a few people disagree. Please experience as I say: stand naturally, close your eyes, relax your body, slow down your breathing and heartbeat. After ten minutes, you will obviously feel your body shaking, like floating in the water, but it is very slight.

Or think about the scene when the instructor trained us to kick the goose step during military training and stood with one leg stretched out and refused to let go. After more than ten minutes, everyone wobbled, and some students' legs were still shaking. Did he shake? I have no choice.

For the convenience of the following description, let's give the above phenomenon a name.

Ok, now I officially start to ask the spirits. There are two students, A and B, who have never asked about ghosts and gods. After listening to the vivid stories of my classmates, I finally decided to give it a try by myself. Their mood can be imagined: a little nervous, a little excited, a little scared, and most importantly, expecting. The role of "expectation" in the initial stage of spiritual inquiry is absolutely important and completely contradictory.

It is said that the two men have been holding pens together and holding out their arms for several minutes. As if nothing strange had happened, they couldn't help feeling anxious. At this time, press >>, because classmate A kept a posture for a long time, his hand moved gently from left to right, only slightly bigger than before, while classmate B was expecting and suspecting that this bigger shaking was immediately captured by B, thus giving him surprise and thinking, "Is it the spirits who ask the spirits?" Is there really a ask the spirits? Will ask the spirits draw a stroke from left to right now? " When b thinks so, his hand holding the pen can't help but relax in the right direction, that is, if

If the pen continues to move to the right, it won't encounter the resistance of classmate B's hand, but if the pen moves to the left, it will be resisted by B because B didn't expect it. This phenomenon can be called-encouraging to continue to the right.

At this time, A also felt the difference of the pen, because it was normal for the pen to shake at first, but it should swing back after shaking to the right, so A also had the same idea as B: "Is the pen really moving?" So a must check,

Here, I would also like to explain how we check whether something is placed stably or whether it moves by hand in our daily life: we will push it to the left and then to the right by hand. If you don't believe me, please stand your pen on the table and check it by hand after you stand it up. It must be a slight swing from left to right, and the movement is very light and fast. This is a habit that we have developed for more than ten or twenty years since childhood.

Well, on the other hand, A wants to check whether the pen is really moving, so he turns left and right, of course, very light and fast, but because of B's >; & gt is working, so the pen can only continue to move to the right, but not to the left, so A also understands that the original ask the spirits really came and asked the spirits to draw to the right, so >> also played a role. Great, the pen really moved, and began to draw to the right under the official action of >> and >>.

Now that the pen has moved, things will be easy in the future. The sign of inviting the gods is to draw a big circle. How did this big circle come into being?

If A and B's guesses are consistent, it is easy to guess whether Bi Xian draws a circle clockwise or counterclockwise, but what if A guesses Bi Xian draws a circle clockwise and B guesses counterclockwise?

Then we continued to analyze the above and said that we drew a long stroke from left to right, and it was time to turn if we wanted to draw a circle. A is guessing that ask the spirits is clockwise, but he feels the resistance of the pen in the clockwise direction. Of course, he doesn't know that this is the result of B guessing the opposite direction, so logically in >> function.

Next, A changed his guess according to his own test results: "Ah, it turns out that ask the spirits to ask the spirits not to draw a circle clockwise, but counterclockwise", so they agreed that a circle would be completed.

It's easy to draw circles and lines, but how is that word written?

Okay, keep analyzing. For example, A asks a question: "Dear Bi Xian, can you tell me my future husband's last name?"

Of course, A and B want Bi Xian to draw a word. Suppose they still draw a line from left to right, and A and B regard this line as a horizontal line. What should they write after writing the horizontal line? It is estimated that in front of this question, there are at least 1.8 billion people who can answer the question: after writing the horizontal line, of course, it is a vertical line, so they wrote another vertical line under the joint action of >> and >>. What should I do after writing a vertical? Of course, I'll write another line.

After these three strokes were written, the two men had differences. A wonders whether ask the spirits wrote the word "Wang", and then the next stroke should be horizontal, while B wonders whether ask the spirits wrote the word "Zhao". Then the next stroke should be written vertically, so with the joint efforts of two people, one stroke should be written neither horizontally nor vertically, but obliquely.

At this time, B understood for the first time that it turned out that ask the spirits still had to write the word "Zhao", but not in the order of strokes. As for A, years of cultural education have played a role: since a word has been written four times, it should be easy to guess what it is. A immediately reacted that it was not the word "Wang" but the word "Zhao", so a word came out.

Of course, I often write four images, so it doesn't matter. "Can you understand the words written by Bi Xian?" ! "

Well, that's about all I want to say. The so-called "ask the spirits" is myself.

But some people say, then why is something so accurate? I don't know this either, because I can't prove it is false, just as you can't prove it is true.

If ask the spirits to ask him to calculate tomorrow's lottery number, it should not be difficult.