Brought in from the Cold 12am Boxed Phantom October 26
A planchette is a small, usually heart-shaped flat piece of wood 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 seances during the Victorian era, and in modern usage the term is most commonly associated with the heart-shaped pointers for Ouija or " talking boards."