“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Again this session took place without the board. As early as 8:35 Jane felt somewhat nervous. At 8:45 she had “no idea what he’s going to talk about tonight.” At 8:55, when I asked Jane if she had anything yet, she shook her head. She said that sometimes during a monologue she was aware that she was sipping wine or milk, and sometimes not.

(Jane began delivering material at precisely 9 PM. As she did, our cat Willy behaved in a most strange fashion. He had been sleeping on the couch but as Jane rose to begin Willy leaped down to the floor. Half crouching in the middle of the room, he looked all around with his eyes round and his ears drawn halfway back; it is a pose we have often seen him take when on the alert.

I do not know if Ruburt is less nervous before a session when you do not use the board, or more nervous. After so many sessions I would think that he would be reassured.

On your particular kind of culturally organized grouping the camouflage is necessarily strong, and the outside senses correspondingly vivid. This of course is bound to block some inner data. At the same time it is the inner vitality which creates the camouflage to begin with. Joseph was right when he spoke of entities creating stages upon which to act out their problems. The point of course being that once the play begins the actors are so completely immersed in their roles that they forget that they themselves wrote the play, constructed the sets, or are even acting. The reason for this is rather apparent.

Incidentally, I was able to give you some of the information about Miss Callahan by drawing upon some of the abilities or qualities of Frank Watts, even though he is resting at the time.

I would also like to really bawl Ruburt out in strongest terms about his smoking habits. This time of year in particular too much smoking is not good; and he knows I was going to say this and blocked me nicely since the beginning of this session.

Ruburt was upset and for good reason. That is although in one way the birds that were killed were meeting a natural end, the reason behind this end was wrong in terms of emotional value and he sensed this. It goes without saying that a bird’s death is inevitable, but a cat killing a bird does not have to juggle the same sort of values with which man is concerned.

Your cat sensed me in the beginning of the session. He is however rather acquainted with me now. It takes a while for Ruburt and I to get together so to speak, and at that time I was diffused and he was confused.