A Poisonous Plants spirit board displayed on dark wooden decking, surrounded by lush green foliage. The black board features a central skull with purple snake emerging from it, flanked by poison bottles and toxic botanicals including foxglove and Wolfsbane. White lettering shows the alphabet in an arc, numbers 0-9, YES/NO corners, and Hello/Goodbye text. A matching black planchette with botanical designs sits beside the board. Purple amethyst crystals are placed in the corners, creating a ritual arrangement.

Close-up of a spirit board featuring two dark apothecary bottles labeled Wolfsbane and Angel's Trumpet, each marked with skull-and-crossbones poison warnings. Purple wolfsbane flowers and white angel's trumpet blooms rest against the bottles. A violet snake curves through one corner while scattered leaves and stars fill the black background. Gold trim frames the board, with Hello scripted elegantly below.

Spirit board photographed at an angle on dark wood, showing a central skull with a purple snake emerging from its mouth. Foxglove blooms and golden botanical clusters surround the skull beneath a crescent moon. The alphabet arcs across the top in cream letters, with numbers 1-0 below. A heart-shaped wooden planchette rests on the board, decorated with ivy and its own poison bottle labelling Angel's Trumpet. Green houseplants frame the edges.

Full spirit board on wooden surface, featuring alphabet arc with YES and NO corners, central skull with purple snake, and botanicals including foxglove and wolfsbane surrounding a crescent moon. Apothecary bottles marked Poison flank the design. The matching planchette displays ivy and Angel's Trumpet labels. Fresh ivy and amethyst crystals frame the edges, with Hello and Goodbye scripted below.

Close-up of a spirit board corner showing two dark apothecary bottles labeled Wolfsbane and Angel's Trumpet with Poison Danger tags. A metallic blue beetle perches beside purple wolfsbane blooms while a violet snake curves near a pale skull. White stars scatter across the black background among green leaves and golden botanicals. Hello is scripted elegantly below with numbers visible at the edge.

Spirit board photographed at an angle on dark wood, showing a central skull with a purple snake coiling from its mouth. Foxglove blooms in vivid purple and golden botanical clusters surround the skull beneath a crescent moon. Ivy trails along the bottom border in delicate detail. The matching planchette rests below, decorated with its own botanical imagery. Green houseplants frame the edges of the composition.

Spirit Board- Poisonous Plants

Name: Spirit Board- Poisonous Plants - Bramble & Bone
Price: 20.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£20.00

If you’re after a talking board that leans into the aesthetic of poisonous plants, this is the one. The Poisonous Plants board is a practical tool for those working with spirit contact, scrying, or any practice that requires direct conversation with the unseen. Decorated with a central skull and botanical imagery of toxic plants, it anchors your work in the liminal space between life and death. The included planchette means you can start immediately.

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Categories: Altar & Shrine Goods, Diana, Divination, Other, Divination & Prophecy, Hekate Tags: altar, altar tool, ouija, spirit board, talking board, wisht board, Witchcraft

This talking board, sometimes called a spirit board, is an old method for gaining insight and making contact with spirits, ancestors, or the liminal energies that move through the wild places.

The talking board is rooted in practices far older than its Victorian form suggests. It stands at the convergence of at least three distinct traditions: automatic writing, used for centuries as a method of spirit-guided divination; the deliberate use of glass to trap, contact, and commune with spirits; and wisht boards and similar magical tools that combined symbols with boards with ritual intent.

These separate methods merged in the mid-1800s to create the recognisable spirit board we use today. What emerged was a tool that proved both simple in construction and powerful in practice, which is precisely why it has endured and gained fame as a divination method.

The Poisonous Plants design uses a central skull surrounded by botanical imagery of toxic plants to anchor your work in the threshold between life and death rather than the gothic aesthetic that dominates most modern boards. The poisonous plants aren’t decoration – they’re guardians of liminal spaces and have been used in spirit work for centuries.

The board itself is sturdy enough for regular use, with clear lettering and a simple yes/no layout that won’t distract from the work at hand. It comes with a planchette, so there’s no need to source one separately. If you’re using it for ancestor work, hedge-crossing, or any practice that requires clear communication with non-corporeal beings, the poisonous plants imagery serves as a visual anchor. It reminds you that spirit work has always walked the edge between worlds, where danger and knowledge meet.

(Please note that we don’t necessarily recommend all of the instructions on the back of the box- smudging is not a good match for these activities)

Dimensions: 31 cm (length) × 39 cm (width) × 1.5 cm (height)

Includes: Planchette and board.

Interested in other historical forms of spirit boards?

Spirit Board Table

Handcrafted Ouija Board

Circle Form Board

Interested in how they’ve been used in counter-magic charms?

2075 – Ouija Board: Counter-magic charm – Museum of Witchcraft and Magic

Lastly, to see how people use these in action, visit our Instagram Page. If you want to learn more about our products, go to our ‘Learn More’ Page.