Its an ouja board (pronounced wee-gee), but on charmed they call it a spirit board. An ouja board has all of the letters of the alphabet and nnumbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,and 0 on it. The pointer is a triangle shaped devise that you put your fingers on, the pointer has a hole near the tip so when the pointer goes over the numbers or letters you can see them. Its said that if your fingers are on it lightly and it moves then spirits are contacting you through the ouja board.