“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Lorraine is separated from her husband. Seth’s whiskey connection arises from the fact that he was drinking heavily at that time in Asheville; the only time he did so. There were arguments, Lorraine said. If her youngest child, a boy, had listened, he did so at the age of one. Lorraine remembers a black mailbox; the apartment of course had a rear entry also. Lorraine described a party to us.

(Jane had been speaking rather quietly if rapidly, with her eyes closed. Lorraine, who was also taking shorthand notes, sat close by. Now Jane, her eyes still closed, leaned rather quickly toward Lorraine and her voice boomed out briefly. I confess that I jumped. I didn’t have time to observe Lorraine’s reaction.)

(Jane smiled as she spoke. By the Jesuit and the cat lover Seth meant of course Bill and Peggy Gallagher, who have witnessed quite a few sessions. Jane and I soon noticed that Seth did not refer to Lorraine very often, even when she was a witness, and have speculated about the reasons for this. By contrast we have obtained a good deal more information about the Gallaghers, and Jane has been aware of better “contacts” somehow in relation to them. Our thought has been that if Lorraine kept coming to sessions, sooner or later Seth would speak to her.)

(One of the questions Lorraine had at break, in relation to Seth’s statement about helping her, was whether Seth would help through Jane, or through Lorraine herself directly.

(Lorraine handed me her envelope while Jane was out of the room; thus Jane did not see it before the test. [...] I did not mention to either Jane or Lorraine whether I had planned a test for tonight. Lorraine did not tell me the contents of her envelope. [...]

(Here Seth refers to Lorraine Shafer, who had to leave at last break. He also did well with Lorraine during the last session she witnessed, the 195th of October 4,1965, delivering quite a bit of information on Lorraine’s past; she verified much of it. [...]

[...] It was furnished by Lorraine Shafer, who witnessed this session. [...] The last session witnessed by Lorraine was the 195th, of October 4,1965. [...]

[...] She was aware of course that Lorraine had brought a test envelope. Jane now wondered whether I would try to be tricky, and perhaps keep Lorraine’s envelope for a later test, while giving her the usual envelope that I had prepared. [...]

(Lorraine Shafer witnessed tonight’s session. [...] Lorraine now told us that she too had been in York Beach, ME, during the same week that Dr. Instream had been there. Dr. Instream had stayed overnight in York Beach on Monday, August 23; Lorraine had visited the town on Saturday afternoon, August 28.

[...] Lorraine knows them superficially, having witnessed a few sessions with them. We find no reference to either Lorraine or York Beach in the 182nd session. [...]

(To our surprise Lorraine told us this evening that she is quite familiar with Seneca Lake. [...]

[...] Lorraine was also taking shorthand notes.

(Mrs. Lorraine Shafer witnessed tonight’s session. [...] Lorraine took her own shorthand notes of the material. [...]

[...] Lorraine told us that her first name was Meredith, and that her mother in naming her Meredith Lorraine intended to call her Mary Lou, but never did so. [...]

[...] It will be remembered that Philip is the entity name for John Bradley, who first mentioned the sessions to Lorraine. Lorraine told us later that she was not consciously aware of the existence of the sessions before John told her about them. [...]

(Lorraine thought the last sentence of the monologue was significant to her. [...]

(Tonight’s session was witnessed by Lorraine Shafer and Bill Macdonnel. [...] Lorraine witnessed the 168th, of July 7,1965. It will be recalled that Bill Macdonnel’s entity name is Mark, and Lorraine’s is Marleno.

(Lorraine had asked the questions. Now Jane, her eyes still closed, leaned forward in her chair toward Lorraine. [...]

[...] Her pace was rather fast but I had no trouble keeping up with her; nor did Lorraine, using shorthand.

(I looked at Lorraine and Bill, but neither of them had a question prepared. [...]

(Lorraine Shafer and Bill and Peggy Gallagher were witnesses for the session. Lorraine has witnessed the 144th and 162nd sessions, the Gallaghers the 158th, 161st and 162nd sessions.

(See the 63rd session in Volume 2. Jane now smiled and turned toward Lorraine Shafer. [...]

[...] Concerning her accent, which I have called a brogue, Lorraine and Bill Gallagher said they thought of it as a cultivated, well-educated accent acquired perhaps by one who had spent some time in Ireland, for instance, then moved on to live in another country—England, for instance.

(Lorraine was not consciously aware of the questions she has evidently been considering, according to Seth, although she said she is aware of the ideas she has about the Seth material.

(For the session we had three witnesses: Lorraine Shafer, who witnessed the 144th session, and Bill and Peg Gallagher, who have witnessed the 158th and the last session. [...]

(Lorraine is an expert at shorthand, whereas Peg and I use an abbreviated longhand. [...]

(Seth now made a reference to Lorraine by her entity name.)

(Lorraine’s neck felt much better, she said, and Bill’s ulcer had quieted down. [...]

[...] For material connected with the first question, see my notes on Lorraine Shafer, York Beach, and Dr. Instream on pages 289-90, preceding the 193rd session.

(“Do you want to say a few words about Lorraine Shafer being in York Beach the same week in August that Dr. Instream was there? [...]

(Marleno is Lorraine Shafer’s entity name.

(This afternoon Jane and I met a friend of John Bradley’s, Mrs. Lorraine Shafer, Horseheads, NY. [...]

[...] The object was chosen by Lorraine Shafer, and to some extent she helped us interpret the resulting data.

(Much of the session was a kind of review, as the 162nd session was, which the Gallaghers also witnessed, with Lorraine Shafer. [...]

[...] This brogue had been quite pronounced at times during the 162nd session, witnessed by Lorraine Shafer and Bill and Peggy Gallagher, and I have noted traces of it during subsequent sessions.

(Tracing of the hospital visitor’s pass, furnished by Lorraine Shafer, and used as the test object in the 24th envelope test, in the 219th session for January 3,1966.)