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(As break began, I realized that my hands felt fat or enlarged; at the same time Jane said hers did also, and that she had been aware of it earlier in the session but forgot to mention it. My right hand, and especially the third finger, felt very full and engorged. At such times the skin acquires a taut, almost flushed look, and the fingers feel strained when they are doubled up. The phenomenon lasted for several minutes with both of us.
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(The phenomenon persisted in my right hand to a surprising degree. Even the thumb and little finger were now involved. By now of course I was quite sure that this was deliberate upon Seth’s part, considering the subject matter of the material. I still disliked interrupting the material’s flow, however.)
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(I was now most interested in taking some measurements from both Jane and myself while our hands felt this way, as Bill Macdonnel had helped me do in the 47th session, when we found definite physical evidence of finger enlargement. Not being able to do this at the moment however, I did recall Seth’s very definite statements in the 49th session, page 63, concerning his most conservative attitude toward demonstrations.)
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(Far from diminishing, my hand phenomenon was now at its peak. So was Jane’s. The third finger of my right hand seemed to enlarge even more. Jane looked for our scissors; since we were unprepared it took a few minutes to find them and cut some narrow strips of paper. These strips I used as tapes to measure the circumferences of the third finger on both of our right hands. I measured Jane’s above the middle knuckle, and mine above and below the same knuckle.
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(At 11:35 Jane’s measurement was 2 ”. The following night, 5/21, the same finger measured 2 ¼” at the same spot, for a difference in circumference of ”.
(My finger measured 2 ” above the middle knuckle; the following night it measured 2 ” at the same spot, for a difference in circumference of ”.
(Below the knuckle the same finger measured 2 ¼” after the session ended. The next night it measured 2 ” plus, at the same spot, for a difference in circumference of a little more than ”.
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