“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(As stated on page 21, Barbara did take her own daughter, Lisa, to visit Story Book Land, the subject of the postcard sent to us by Barbara, and used as the object in the 69th experiment. We now learned that Barbara had taken another child along also—for a total of two. The other child being one of Barbara’s sister’s in Ft. Belvoir.

(Regarding “Vases”, interpreted on page 23. Our interpretation may be a good one, but Barbara pointed out a better one. On the visit to Story Book Land with the two children, Barbara also visited the display for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. [The postcard used as object for the session showed Mother Goose.] The Ali Baba display was quite impressive, Barbara said; so much so that she took a picture of Gary, her sister’s young son, in one of the large jars or vases belonging to Ali Baba.

(Barbara had not told us about this. We did not know about the Ali Baba display at Story Book Land, and had no thought of linking up the “Vases” data with this. We have not seen the photo Barbara took of Gary in the giant vase or jar.)

(On Saturday, September 10, Jane and I checked some of this experiment with Barbara. Two points arose worth noting.

[...] Remember that Jane had an image of Barbara’s boyfriend Dick. Jane is sure this data is a reference to the fact that last Saturday evening, September 3, Barbara and Dick visited a local pub; a bone of contention arose between them over this visit, but will not be discussed here. Suffice it to say that strong emotional feelings were engendered by the visit, and that Barbara discussed the visit with Jane today, the day of this experiment. The connection of course being that Barbara sent us the postcard used as object.

[...] The object was a postcard mailed to us by Barbara Ingold from Ft. [...] Barbara lives in the downstairs apartment, beneath us.

(One image Jane had while speaking was of Barbara’s boyfriend Dick, and of the very colorful plaid sports jacket he wore. [...] This is a legitimate connection, since the image served to bring up the idea of Barbara, who sent us the card used as object.

[...] The connection here is Barbara herself, who mailed us the card used as object. Barbara, as well as her boyfriend Dick, played a strong emotional part in the envelope data for the 68th experiment, of August 29, 281st session.

[...] Jane is subjectively sure that this is an excellent reference to Barbara and her sewing ability. Barbara does a lot of sewing, and Jane has seen drawers of various kinds of material that Barbara has bought on sale, saving it for whatever use the future brings. [...]

[...] Jane believes these apply in the following manner: Barbara’s boyfriend Dick lives perhaps 25 miles away, and thus had to journey to see her on the night the three people were grouped in the yard, when Jane produced the poem used as object. Invitation can apply through Barbara’s talk about marriage to Dick. It also applies through Barbara calling to me to join the threesome; she thought I was in the studio. [...]

[...] Also in the backyard were the girl who lives in the downstairs back apartment, Barbara, and her steady boyfriend Dick. [...] This surprised Jane, for she saw that Dick was angry with Barbara for teasing him about marriage. [...]

[...] Barbara and Dick went into Barbara’s apartment to mix Jane a drink. [...]

(Barbara Ingold and John Bradley witnessed the session. Last night, Sunday, April 9, Seth spoke briefly to Barbara and invited her to attend this evening’s session.)

(During break Barbara said in conversation that she didn’t like “any” Germans and that she has no musical ability.

([Barbara:] “Do you mean alto, a l t o?”)

(“Did Barbara have any children in her last life, the Oklahoma existence?”)

(After that session I checked out Peg’s notes with Barbara. Unfortunately now I can’t put my hands on Barbara’s scrawled script but will find it and include it here. [...]

(Barbara insisted that she wanted help, but as in other cases that Jane and I have encountered, her focus upon her distress was so intense that we couldn’t breach it; certainly not in the little time available. [...] Barbara just couldn’t grasp that she was creating her own reality.

[...] When I opened the door I faced a comely but very agitated woman whom I’ll call Barbara. [...]

[...] When I returned I was able to tell Jane that Barbara had made a decision. [...]

(And Jane had something to tell me: She had been able to account for her strange restlessness this evening as soon as Barbara appeared, for she realized she’d been “picking up” that the session would be interrupted. [...]

(Barbara Ingold, who lives across the hall from us, attended this session.)

([Barbara:] “Good evening, Seth.”)

([Barbara:] “Good night, Seth.”

[...] Jane and Barbara had also helped because of their talk before the arrival of the Gallaghers. [...] All of the data concerned Barbara, who verified several striking points.

[...] Present were Bill and Peggy Gallagher, Barbara Ingold, Jane and myself. [...]

[...] She called me once again; as I went to her she burst into tears; her crying was strong and highly charged; it seemed obvious she was responding emotionally to an experience of Barbara’s of an early age; Jane seemed to have attained a state beyond words. [...]

[...] Barbara could verify none of this experience, which would be the case were it buried in the subconscious. [...]

(Bill M., from Elmira, now lives in Santa Barbara, California.)

(We have no way of knowing what has happened concerning Bill in Santa Barbara as yet. [...]

(Note: last thing she said was afternoon…one of the first things Jane asked Barbara when she was partially recovered was whether she had ever tried to commit suicide in the afternoon. [...]

[...] I rather think that Seth put her in a deep trance for this highly charged material to protect her from the sort of thing she went through with Barbara when he wasn’t around.)

[...] Connection with a Barbara. [...]

[...] The call was from Bill Macdonnel in Santa Barbara, California. [...]

[...] A neighbor, Barbara Ingold, came up Friday about 7: with a shaker of stingers, one for Rob, Barb and myself. [...]

[...] There was one situation in particular that frightened you both—the time that Ruburt ended up on the floor when he picked up the information from your neighbor, Barbara.

[...] Note that Bill is also in California now—Santa Barbara—quite a distance up the coast from San Diego, where Pete lives. [...]