“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane and I had visited the Wilburs at their trailer in Wellsburg last Friday evening, January 14, 1966, and met for the first time their 2-year old son, Scotty. When we left Jane forgot her pocketbook and Marilyn returned it Saturday morning; she had her son with her and Jane had more time to observe him. After Marilyn left Jane and I discovered that both of us had been alarmed by the child in some vague way; his actions had been quite overtly strong, we thought, involving such things as pretending to kill our cat Willy, taking swings at Jane and me, etc. We found it hard to like him subjectively, even while dismissing these demonstrations.

(Omitted from the regular session copy to avoid any possible embarrassment to the Wilburs, Marilyn and Don, of Wellsburg, NY.

[...] Don and his wife Marilyn were due to witness the 248th session on April 4, but last-minute developments prevented them doing so. [...] The photo is of a decorative garden cat, bearing a shining glass glaze, and was made by Marilyn.

[...] The M can refer to Marilyn, who made the ceramic cat. Marilyn said the G did not refer to any person with that initial that she knew of, in connection with the object. [...]

[...] Marilyn and Jane thought the F referred to F as in feline, or the F sound in the name Lucifer, the name which Marilyn gave to her ceramic creation. [...]

[...] On the back of the object Marilyn Wilbur had written April 4, 1966, as well as the name she had given her ceramic sculpture. [...]

(Jane said she went through high school with a girl named Marilyn Tuttle. She had forgotten about Marilyn Tuttle until this data cropped up.

[...] It was a joke on Don Wilbur; Don and his wife, Marilyn, visited us that Friday evening and I showed them the sketch. [...]

[...] It is a spoof on Don Wilbur—"Young Donny"—and I showed it to Don and his wife, Marilyn, when they visited us that evening. [...]

[...] Jane said this was her way of getting at a connection with Don Wilbur’s wife, Marilyn. [...]

(Marilyn Wilbur and Peter Murtough were witnesses.)

([Marilyn:] “Hello.”)

For our long-haired blonde friend, (Marilyn Wilbur), shortly a new element, another person who will play a significant part in her life, for either a long or brief period. [...]

(At break Marilyn told us that she does react to people in the fashion Seth describes—either on a long-term or short-term basis. [...]

(“The word grand… a grandparent?” Our young friend Don Wilbur made the envelope object on his usual Friday night visit here with his wife Marilyn. [...] On Friday nights the parents of either Marilyn or Don take care of the little boy so Marilyn and Don can have a night a week free. [...]

[...] The connection, Jane believes, while far-out, was an attempt to get at Marilyn studying music. Marilyn and Don had visited the gallery last week.

(The two young couples, Marilyn and Don Wilbur, and Ann Diebler and Paul Sinderman, witnessed the unscheduled session of November 5,1965. [...]

[...] This is a reference to the Saturday evening of dancing, which was planned in advance by us with the other two couples, Marilyn and Don Wilbur, and Ann Diebler and Paul Sinderman. [...]

[...] I thought this a reference to the fact that Don Wilbur and his wife Marilyn left the dancing establishment somewhat earlier than the rest of us did, because he was very tired after putting many hours of overtime work for the county, in connection with the snow we have been getting this month. [...]

[...] I thought this might be a vague reference to the fact that Marilyn found in her handbag, Saturday night at the establishment, a group of miniature plastic castings of animals that she had made for her two-year old son. [...]

(I became acquainted with Marilyn and Ann at my place of employment. Marilyn no longer works there because she has a son, but Ann still does. [...]

(Our young friends, Marilyn and Don Wilbur, visited us before the session this evening but did not stay for the session itself. [...]

(This evening Marilyn gave Jane and me a flowerpot that she had made in ceramics class.)

(Jane is not sure, but she believes Marilyn could have worn a blue Poorboy sweater Friday evening, one of very dark blue. Jane knows Marilyn owns such a garment.

(Two other couples visited us last Friday evening, Bill and Peggy Gallagher, and Marilyn and Don Wilbur. [...]

[...] Jane and Marilyn were also very surprised, and Jane later told me that after the first shock of seeing the north end of the table rise, seemingly of its own volition, she thought Bill, Don and I actually succeeded in accomplishing this.

[...] Another trio featured during last Friday evening would be Jane, Peggy and Marilyn. [...]

(The witnesses were Ann Diebler, Marilyn and Don Wilbur, and the Gallaghers. [...]

(Shortly after this, while I was in the studio with Marilyn and Ann, I was informed that Jane was being physically sick in the kitchen. [...]

(Two sets of witnesses did attend tonight’s unplanned session, the Gallaghers and Marilyn and Don Wilbur. [...]

[...] Marilyn, Don’s wife, believes she still has Seth’s notes at home and will look for them.

[...] Bill and Peggy Gallagher were present, and Ann Diebler, and Don and Marilyn Wilbur. [...] Ann and Marilyn work with me at Artistic Card Co.

[...] He did willingly answer many other questions asked by Ann, Marilyn and Don, questions mostly based on the material itself and the concepts involved.

(I took the lunch tray out to the cart after Jane was finished, and met Marilyn Sullivan, who introduced herself to me. [...]

[...] He also told Marilyn Wilbur that he saw her, through Jane’s eyes, as an individual—a question Marilyn had raised earlier in the evening. [...]

(Marilyn and Don Wilbur witnessed the session.

[...] Jane is subjectively sure Seth was getting at the name of Mrs. Marilyn Wilbur, who lives with her husband Don in Wellsburg; the Wilburs are good friends of ours. The Marie or Mary is very suggestive of Marilyn.

[...] Three couples were involved on October 7—Jane and I, the Gallaghers, and Marilyn and Don Wilbur.

(Here Seth refers to the unscheduled session held on Friday, November 5, for Ann Diebler, Paul Sinderman, and Marilyn and Don Wilbur. [...]

[...] On Saturday, February 19, Jane and I met Marilyn and Don Wilbur and some others at Myhalyk’s for an evening of dancing. [...]

[...] We had company Friday evening—Marilyn and Don Wilbur, Don’s brother and a girl named Pat, whom we do not know.