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(At 8:55 PM Jane was still sitting out on the front steps; it had been a very hot day, and a busy one for us. By this time I was getting my papers together for the session. I took my usual place at our living room table, wondering whether Jane would appear on time. Just as I became comfortably seated she entered, saying that although she did not know the exact time she felt she should come upstairs.

(Earlier this evening the pendulum had told Jane we would have a witness for the session, but none had appeared. Jane was somewhat nervous by 8:59, though not anything like she used to be. She began dictating on time in a normal voice, and at a rather brisk pace. Her eyes darkened and she paced back and forth as usual. None of these attributes changed to any degree during the session.)

(Jane paused. She had barely begun to pace.)

(“Jane picked the name up on the Ouija board the other night.”)

(It will be noted that Seth referred to Thomas Voghler in the present tense, whereas the board noted he died in 1894. But this subject is closed, at least for now. Jane gave an amused chuckle.)

(Jane and I have been waiting without effort, yet with anticipation, for Seth to get to our personal experiments with psychological time. We have kept detailed records, and I have made at least a sketch of most of mine. Many of mine have been visual, while Jane seems to produce more audio effects. We have been aware, without making any detailed analysis of our own, due to lack of time for the study necessary, that our experiences with psy-time would probably fall into certain categories.)

(For the record, let it be known that our landlord, James Spaziani, has already looked at the house in question. He did so Sunday night, yesterday, unknown to Jane and me. Yesterday afternoon I had told Jimmy that Jane and I would value his opinion of the property, but no arrangements had been made as to when the three of us might get together to look the property over. Jimmy told me this afternoon that he had already seen the house.)

(Break at 9:31. Jane was dissociated as usual. She said it had seemed like a timeless half-hour to her. My writing hand felt no fatigue.

(Our cat Willy had been more or less peaceful during the first delivery, but just before break ended he became quite active, as he has often done lately during sessions. Willy began to chase bugs. Then as Jane began dictating he dove for her ankles and began nipping at them none too gently. Without interrupting her delivery Jane picked him up and deposited him in another room. Resume at 9:38.)

(Jane smiled at the pun.)

(Here Jane took a rather long pause, pacing from one end of the living room to the other before resuming.)

(Break at 10:05. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her delivery had slowed somewhat from its earlier pace. We let Willy out of the other room; ignoring us, he curled up in a chair. Jane resumed in the same manner at 10:14.)

(Break at 10:32. Jane was dissociated as usual. Just before break, she held her hands out toward me, indicating that once again they felt fat or enlarged. She could not say just when the phenomenon began, but during break it began to quickly abate.

(Jane resumed dictation at 10:37.)

(An empty glass rested on the table before me. Jane picked it up by way of emphasis.)

(End at 11:00. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her hands still felt somewhat fat, she said, though the sensation was much milder than before. My writing hand felt no fatigue to speak of.)

(Tuesday, 6/30, 8:30 PM: I experienced my usual sensation upon suggestion to myself that I felt light, although in quite a mild form. Later, I had a brief glimpse from directly overhead of two men descending into an outside cellarway attached to a house. They both wore hats, which I could see plainly, and their faces were hidden. I also saw the steps leading down, and the opened wooden door on the right, from my viewpoint. I thought the men might be inspecting a property, and so add that this is the time of month that Jane and I have been considering the purchase of a home. We too have been looking over a property.

(It might be worth noting here a point which came out as Jane and I were discussing the above experiment the next day. It develops that at about the precise time I had induced the desired state in myself, while lying on the bed in our bedroom, Jane had been sitting quietly in the living room, almost dozing on the couch. Two closed doors separated us. It had been a busy day for Jane at the gallery, so busy in fact that she had not had time to go down to the restaurant for the usual order of coffee the gallery personnel are used to enjoying every afternoon. While sitting on the couch, she had thought again about missing coffee break; the thought had come with some vehemence because the gallery is in a state of flux, and Jane finds this quite upsetting.)