“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The list is a summary of three other pages of detailed notes, which are on file. To my surprise, when Jane checked the list with her own pendulum at about 8PM, before the session, she received definite answers that agreed with each item on my list. A qualification appeared only under the chocolate headings where Jane’s pendulum said she could use the dry malt mixes now in stores, as opposed to the regular old-time cocoa used in baking, hot chocolate, etc. I definitely did not expect such complete agreement on Jane’s part with my list.)

5) Beer.

7) Chocolate in any form: Cake, ice cream, donuts, pie, candy, cookies, drinks or malts, puddings and sherbets, etc.

(Here, Jane’s pendulum said it was okay for her to use the dry malt mixes recently introduced in food stores, because these contained no emotional charge for her. But her pendulum stressed also that all other chocolate and products should be avoided.

[...] Georgia, Mary Jean, and Jan came in to kid around, eat chocolate-covered graham crackers, and drop veiled references to the birthday party they’re planning for me tomorrow. [...] They asked what my favorite cake was while telling me theirs — and I said chocolate with chocolate icing.

(The crew at the hospital did have a birthday party for me, and even though I knew what they were up to, it was still a delightful surprise, what with their obvious good will and cheers, the cards, and the food — more than we could eat, at least Jane and I. Mary, the head nurse, made the chocolate cake with chocolate icing. [...]

[...] This is a case where Jane had seen one of the two items making up the envelope objects very recently—the beer can cap, on Friday, October 7, three days ago. She had never seen my penned note bearing the date and identifying the brand of beer, Draft Beer. See pages 86-88 for tracings of the two envelope objects, and the beer can. I might add that Jane saw the beer can cap only in a casual way. [...]

[...] Jane and I furnished wine, so did the Gallaghers, and the Wilburs brought two six-packs of beer—one of Draft Beer, the other of Carling Black Label.

[...] Seth didn’t help us out here and I neglected to ask him to after break, but in view of later data Jane and I believe this applies to the design on the Draft Beer can, furnishing the cap used as one of the envelope objects. [...] Due to its nature a beer can would bear a vertical format. [...]

[...] She tied up the Milwaukee name to our having beer to drink at the gathering Friday evening: and of course a beer can furnished the metal object used in the experimental envelope. [...]

(The memo pad slip used as the 80th envelope object is printed in a dark chocolate brown on a paper that is a rather bright orange brown of middle value. [...]

[...] It is printed in a dark chocolate brown on rather bright orange brown paper. [...]

[...] The large capital M of the word memo is in the upper left corner of the object, printed in a dark chocolate brown.

[...] The chocolate brown ink printed on the object is dark; perhaps this gave rise to the dark photo data.

[...] Jane also ate little, except for several cups of iced chocolate milk. [...]

[...] You will not get it like your chocolates (indicating the box on the table) wrapped up in a merry box. [...]

[...] You will not find it in the shelves of some store—and you will not find it chocolate-coated. [...]

[...] You should avoid all chocolate in any form. [...]

[...] You should not, for example, indulge in beer, breads or cereals over much... [...]

(Jane ate a better lunch today — that is, not enough to keep a bird alive, but still an improvement over most of the month of July: A little soup, a little egg yolk, coffee, a little custard, chocolate milk, and so forth.

[...] He was like some kid admiring a box of chocolates; each piece representing one of his own talents, wondering which piece to nibble on first. [...]

(Tracings of the beer can cap, and my note, used as the objects in the 73rd envelope experiment, in the 292nd session for October 10,1966.)

(Backs of the beer can cap, and my note.)

(Drawing of a draft beer can. [...]

The swelling has to do with a chemical that encouraged in certain parts of the body only a retention of fluid, and this was aggravated by beer consumption, and also by the drinking of whole milk.

[...] I am no medical man… Because of the psychological condition he extracted, or he used this in both whole milk and beer, in such a way that it left residues near certain joints, blocking passageways and allowing fluids to accumulate. [...]

[...] Beer and whole milk are contained in the list. [...]

And I drank brandy in my day and it was not hidden in tiny chocolate boxes... [...]

[...] She did quite well, taking chocolate milk, coffee, a slice of toast and jelly, several bites of egg and bacon. [...]

(“Do you want me to get you some beer?”

[...] She drank three bottles of beer during the session—more than she usually does. [...]

[...] She felt the effects of the beer. [...]

(For the record, let it be added that although we did go out for beer, we first took John up to the house we plan to buy for a quick inspection of the property. [...]

[...] We sat on the long wide front porch and drank the beer. [...]

(Nor did he reveal his presence while we sat in a neighborhood tavern later, with more beer. [...]

[...] She said it was probably because she had picked up what Seth was going to discuss after break, although I had seen her take a swallow of beer just before she started coughing. [...]

[...] (Pause.)Mints, not chocolate covered, will be of benefit. [...]

[...] She lit a cigarette and sipped at a beer. [...]