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SESSION 33

(This afternoon at 2 PM a very large tree limb fell just outside our living room windows, where I type up these sessions.

(At 8:30 this evening Jane had “not even a glimmer” of what Seth would discuss for the session. She did not say so, but by watching her I saw that she was becoming nervous, as she has quite often. She said that sometimes for a period of perhaps two weeks, she will have an idea of what Seth will talk about; then will begin a longer period during which she has no advance ideas. At 8:55 this evening she still had no idea of what she would be talking about. At 8:59 she had “just a tiny glimmer.”

(Jane began this session, without the board as usual, in a fairly strong voice. She immediately began to pace back and forth. Her eyes darkened.)

The American Society for Psychic Research will give you greater benefits I believe than the people at Duke, in this particular instance. I was not aware through Ruburt’s subconscious mind of the Society when Duke was mentioned earlier in these sessions. In the long run you are both better off that Ruburt’s publishing house did not take her book at this time. Incidentally, Ruburt is learning some inner confidence as far as depending upon his inner resources in the handling of problems in ordinary and professional life.

I have mentioned before that there is no invasion of any kind in these sessions. Ruburt merely allowed himself to recognize my existence. Obviously, I exist whether he recognizes me or not. Nor, and this is strictly for the record, since I know that you both understand this, nor am I any so-called spirit.

I do have a structure nevertheless, and I can change or interchange the components of that structure so as to appear or operate under vastly different conditions. During these sessions I use my basic energy components in a different manner than I would under other circumstances. In other words, I change the alignment of my components, focusing my powers into one particular direction.

(Break at 9:41. This portion of the session ran longer than usual, and Jane said Seth didn’t want to stop. Jane was mildly dissociated. She said that she has been stewing about the problem of involvement since receiving the letter from the psychiatrist, but that the above material made her feel better.

I do not know specific people, but I will improve upon these matters as our grand duchess lowers her guard. I am quite dependent upon your Ruburt-Jane, not in my own perceptions but in my ability to communicate them to you. The whole problem lies here, but we are making strides, and we are making them despite some personal temporary setbacks, when Ruburt reads a book that makes him worry about these sessions. Then all three of us work twice as hard for the same results.

This was the result in the past of the adolescent’s rather natural lack of discipline. You learned discipline at an early age, and therefore did not have to fear the abilities that you disciplined rather easily, and for reasons that I have explained to you earlier. This gives you greater inner confidence, and the confidence itself is a very important element in these sessions.

(“Jane appears confident enough once she starts a session.”)

Once the session has begun he is confident. For this small favor I thank him. I do however understand the problem. You may ask me what you wish.

I believe that it will. Confidence should increase with each session. I have no control over exterior circumstances that affect you, however. Ruburt naturally can learn and is learning to control his responses to such conditions, and incidentally this week he has made a few strides as far as the quiet times he has spent in using psychological time.

I mentioned in an earlier session that Ruburt helps in reassembling me, and here your affirmation, Joseph, is a great aid.

(Now, Jane’s voice, which had been stronger than normal through the whole session, began to take on added timber; that is it began to grow deeper more than it increased in volume. I felt that this trend would continue. Already her voice had changed more than it had in any session except the 14th. She gave no sign of concern or surprise.)

The Kennedy material was not distorted in these sessions, though some parts of the Oswald material had small unimportant distortions due to Ruburt’s tendency to compare Oswald’s mother with his own present mother. The distortion was slight.

You should continue your own experiments in the use of psychological time, Joseph, as we also depend upon your abilities in these sessions.

(A copy of this poem will be found at the end of the session. Jane was still talking in her loud deep voice.)

I do. However it is too late to go into this in tonight’s session. I believe that I have answered most of your questions.

The material at the beginning of tonight’s session is important. I suggest when you can that you reread the material on the inner senses, the fifth dimension and your precious flying saucers. There is a connection here with the transference of energy from any one plane to another, and from the inner senses for example to a painting, that should be very helpful.

I suggest we end the session. My salty peanuts have done well.

(“These sessions.”)

(“Then Wednesday’s session will be better yet.”)

Your divider is an excellent camouflage pattern. In case you wondered Ruburt’s weekend fling with the furniture was a result of various things—an inner, unrecognized knowledge that her publisher would put off the book for now, and a burst of doubt over these sessions coupled with worries concerning your parents.

(After the session, Jane said that along with this answer she also received the thought from Seth, which she did not give voice to, that even though Miss Callahan did not pass away by April 15th the date would still be a significant one for her, a time of change; but whether for the better or worse Jane did not know.

(“Seth, how much of that material Frank Watts gave us in the first sessions was distorted?”)

All in all a splendid session. I’ve been attempting to get the point across about your father’s example now for three sessions, and finally Ruburt let me make it.

(Here Seth referred to Bill Macdonnel. Bill is a schoolteacher in his mid-twenties, and one of our friends who has known about these sessions from the beginning. He has read much of the material, and participated in the seance we tried. He has quite often expressed a desire to witness a session. In past sessions Seth has given Bill the name of his entity, Mark, and answered for Bill several questions that we relayed. And of course we have been thinking lately that Bill would be an obvious choice for a witness.

(There follows the Kennedy poem referred to by Seth in the 33rd session.