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Later, when the parents arrived home, the dripping activity ceased, and a new noise was heard in the form of raps and scratches, which Karl Mannheim initially merrily labelled as being caused by a mouse or a rat.<ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande - Poltergeist Activity">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&pg=PA129&dq=Luther+Miles+Schulze&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Luther%20Miles%20Schulze&f=false|title= Paranormal Experiences |quote= A thirteen-year-old American boy named, Robert Mannheim, started using a Ouija board at the insistence of an aunt inclined towards spiritualism. A few days later, poltergeist activity in the form of raps and scratches was heard in some parts of the house.|publisher = Unicorn Books|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> Nevertheless, there was some desperation during this trial as Karl Mannheim tore up floorboards and ripped down wall panels but could not locate any rodent.<ref name="Sue Lim - Raps & Scratches">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them |quote= By the time Karl and Phyllis Mannheim returned home, the sound of dripping had stopped. But another, stranger sound had begun: scratching, as if claws were scraping across wood...Karl smiled and said a mouse or rat had decided to come in from the winter...For the next several nights the scratching sound continued, beginning at around seven o'clock and fading around mid-night...Outwardly, everyone agreed with Karl: a rat of mouse was making the noise...Still, there was some desperation in Karl's search. He tore up more floorboards and ripped down wall panels.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>   

Later, when the parents arrived home, the dripping activity ceased, and a new noise was heard in the form of raps and scratches, which Karl Mannheim initially merrily labelled as being caused by a mouse or a rat.<ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande - Poltergeist Activity">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&pg=PA129&dq=Luther+Miles+Schulze&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Luther%20Miles%20Schulze&f=false|title= Paranormal Experiences |quote= A thirteen-year-old American boy named, Robert Mannheim, started using a Ouija board at the insistence of an aunt inclined towards spiritualism. A few days later, poltergeist activity in the form of raps and scratches was heard in some parts of the house.|publisher = Unicorn Books|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> Nevertheless, there was some desperation during this trial as Karl Mannheim tore up floorboards and ripped down wall panels but could not locate any rodent.<ref name="Sue Lim - Raps & Scratches">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them |quote= By the time Karl and Phyllis Mannheim returned home, the sound of dripping had stopped. But another, stranger sound had begun: scratching, as if claws were scraping across wood...Karl smiled and said a mouse or rat had decided to come in from the winter...For the next several nights the scratching sound continued, beginning at around seven o'clock and fading around mid-night...Outwardly, everyone agreed with Karl: a rat of mouse was making the noise...Still, there was some desperation in Karl's search. He tore up more floorboards and ripped down wall panels.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>   

On January 26, eleven days after the beginning of the scratching sounds, Ronald's aunt died in [[St. Louis]], devastating Ronald; the boy consequently tried to contact his deceased aunt via an Ouija board, as he had been very close with her.<ref name="Emissary">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=The second account is probably the most famous of all cases concerning exorcism and is believed to be the basis for William Peter Blatty's best selling book, '''''The Exorcist'''''. In January, 1949, a thirteen-year-old boy, living in Mt. Rainer, Maryland became involved in satanic possession after trying to contact his diseased aunt (with whom he had been very close) via an oujia board.|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref><ref name="Sue Lim - Eleven Days">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them |quote= On January 26, eleven days after the first scratching sounds...Aunt Harriet died in St. Louis...Robbie, who seems to have been devastated by the death, went back to using the Ouija board.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> This attempt is said to have led to his [[demon possession|demonic possession]].<ref name="Emissary"/> According to the [[Anglican Communion]], {{Quotation|The Church of England holds the view that possession does not happen of its own accord. One cannot catch demons like one catches the common cold. A person has to be in vulnerable position of put himself at risk in order to get possessed. The greatest risk comes from inviting a spirit into one's body.|Dr. Mehra Shrikhande<ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande - Church of England">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&pg=PA129&dq=Luther+Miles+Schulze&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Luther%20Miles%20Schulze&f=false|title= Paranormal Experiences |quote= The Church of England holds the view that possession does not happen of its own accord. One cannot catch demons like one catches the common cold. A person has to be in vulnerable position of put himself at risk in order to get possessed. The greatest risk comes from inviting a spirit into one's body.|publisher = Unicorn Books|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>}}  

On January 26, eleven days after the beginning of the scratching sounds, Ronald's aunt died in [[St. Louis]], devastating Ronald; the boy consequently tried to contact his deceased aunt via an Ouija board, as he had been very close with her.<ref name="Emissary">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=The second account is probably the most famous of all cases concerning exorcism and is believed to be the basis for William Peter Blatty's best selling book, '''''The Exorcist'''''. In January, 1949, a thirteen-year-old boy, living in Mt. Rainer, Maryland became involved in satanic possession after trying to contact his diseased aunt (with whom he had been very close) via an oujia board.|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref><ref name="Sue Lim - Eleven Days">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them |quote= On January 26, eleven days after the first scratching sounds...Aunt Harriet died in St. Louis...Robbie, who seems to have been devastated by the death, went back to using the Ouija board.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> This attempt is said to have led to his [[Demonic possession|demonic possession]].<ref name="Emissary"/> According to the [[Anglican Communion]], {{Quotation|The Church of England holds the view that possession does not happen of its own accord. One cannot catch demons like one catches the common cold. A person has to be in vulnerable position of put himself at risk in order to get possessed. The greatest risk comes from inviting a spirit into one's body.|Dr. Mehra Shrikhande<ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande - Church of England">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&pg=PA129&dq=Luther+Miles+Schulze&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Luther%20Miles%20Schulze&f=false|title= Paranormal Experiences |quote= The Church of England holds the view that possession does not happen of its own accord. One cannot catch demons like one catches the common cold. A person has to be in vulnerable position of put himself at risk in order to get possessed. The greatest risk comes from inviting a spirit into one's body.|publisher = Unicorn Books|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>}}  

A view of Mannheim's dabbling with Ouija presented by Arlindo de Oliveira, a former [[witch doctor]], states that "occult [[Unclean spirit|spirits]] desire to possess human bodies because that gives them a physical apparatus with which to act and speak in a physical world."<ref name="Sue Lim - Possession">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them |quote= Robbie's playing of the Ouija board gave occult spirits the jurisdiction or right to control him, which they did until they were demanded to leave (cast out). According to Arlindo Barbosa de Oliveira, occult spirits desire to possess human bodies because that gives them a physical apparatus with which to act and speak in a physical world.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref><ref name="Arlindo Barbosa de Oliveira">{{cite web|url =http://www.the-new-way.org/testimonies/guar_006_dedicated_to_the_devil_at_birth.html|title= He had been dedicated to the Devil before he was born, but one day he was delivered from demons by the power of the Lord|quote= Arlindo Barbosa de Oliveira of Brazil was a powerful witch doctor that for many years worked in the office of the President of Brazil, and in the Ministry of War and other government agencies of that nation, but one day he was delivered from the powers of darkness that worked in him and through him.|publisher = W Giacinto Butindaro (The New Way)|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>

A view of Mannheim's dabbling with Ouija presented by Arlindo de Oliveira, a former [[witch doctor]], states that "occult [[Unclean spirit|spirits]] desire to possess human bodies because that gives them a physical apparatus with which to act and speak in a physical world."<ref name="Sue Lim - Possession">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them |quote= Robbie's playing of the Ouija board gave occult spirits the jurisdiction or right to control him, which they did until they were demanded to leave (cast out). According to Arlindo Barbosa de Oliveira, occult spirits desire to possess human bodies because that gives them a physical apparatus with which to act and speak in a physical world.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref><ref name="Arlindo Barbosa de Oliveira">{{cite web|url =http://www.the-new-way.org/testimonies/guar_006_dedicated_to_the_devil_at_birth.html|title= He had been dedicated to the Devil before he was born, but one day he was delivered from demons by the power of the Lord|quote= Arlindo Barbosa de Oliveira of Brazil was a powerful witch doctor that for many years worked in the office of the President of Brazil, and in the Ministry of War and other government agencies of that nation, but one day he was delivered from the powers of darkness that worked in him and through him.|publisher = W Giacinto Butindaro (The New Way)|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>