Table Turning or "Table Tipping" (see Ouija board)'s a type of séance in which participants sit around a table, place their hands on it, and wait for rotations. The table was purportedly made to serve as a means of communicating with the spirits; the alphabet would be slowly called over and the table would tilt at the appropriate letter, thus spelling out words and sentences. History When the movement of Modern Spiritualism first reached Europe from America in the winter of 1852–1853,… (More on Table-turning)