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(At 6:00 AM Jane woke me to say that she was in the grip of an extremely painful stiff neck. By the time we obtained treatment for it the time was close to noon, so it seemed there would be no session this evening, or at most a few words from Seth acknowledging the seriousness of Jane’s predicament.

(Sunday, and until late at night, Jane had been reading The Winthrop Woman, a book about American colonial life in the 1600’s by Anya Seton. Last night she was unable to get to sleep, thinking about the book, and surmised that in some way the book had roused her subconsciously. Jane had forgotten it, she said, but now thought that upon reading the same book a few months ago, she had also developed neck trouble, although not to as severe a degree. The book dealt extensively with the sufferings of women in childbirth, and their lot in general, in those days.

(By 8:30 PM Jane felt a little better but obviously was in no condition for a session. On the chance that Seth might speak briefly I readied my note paper. We waited. Even by 8:55 Jane still had no idea whether she would hear from Seth.

(At 9:00 PM Seth came through. Jane, holding her neck very stiffly forward, spoke softly and without emphasis. She paced slowly; I could not tell if her eyes darkened. At the same time our cat Willy began to cry and try grasping at Jane’s legs and ankles. He’s done this before at sessions. But now Jane found it difficult to elude him, since any quick movement set up spasms in her neck.)

(Willy by now had made Jane cry out in vexation at his attacks; his claws were sharp upon her bare feet. I lay my paper aside, scooped up Willy and deposited him in another room behind a closed door. Jane resumed dictating.)

(Jane tried to laugh. I thought her last two sentences garbled.)

(End at 9:09. Jane said Seth could have gone on, and that she was tempted to try to hold the session. She was not very much dissociated. Willy bothered her immediately, she said; yet at the same time she was more dissociated than she had thought possible under the circumstances.

(As we sat talking about the reasons for Jane’s painful neck, Seth came through again. Jane resumed pacing and dictating at 9:12.)

(End at 9:25. Jane was more dissociated during this last delivery, although still conscious of her very sore neck. She also felt that somehow Seth had overridden her to some degree in order to get the material through. Jane said she had cringed, mentally, at Seth’s use of the word infantile. She also felt a little better at the end of the brief session.)