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(We had but a 5-inch reel, and since the hypnosis material was also on this reel we didn’t think we could record the whole Seth session, even with 4-track technique. But Jane set up the recorder, placed the mike on a coffee table near the center of the room, and ran a few feet of tape to make sure her voice was picked up from any part of the room. She then rewound the tape, recorded her name, the time and the date, and switched the set off. This was done by 8:45.

(Break at 9:27. I announced the time aloud, we made a few comments on how the session was going, then Jane shut off the recorder. She was not nervous by now, as usual. We had the machine set to record at the slowest speed possible, in order to make the tape last. When Jane felt Seth coming on again, she turned on the recorder, I announced the time, and Jane began to dictate once more. Resume at 9:31.)

(During break Jane had to flip the reel on the recorder because the tape was almost used up. This took a few minutes. When finally all was set, she turned on the recorder and resumed her dictating and fast pacing at 10:12.)

(Along in here the recorder abruptly ran out of tape. The noise of the flapping end was startling. But the machine switched itself off, and Jane did not interrupt her dictation.)