“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Wed. 7/8, I missed trying psychological time. Jane had nothing to report.

(At noon today Jane told me she thought Seth would give us a short session, because of the extraordinary one of Monday, 7/6. This was to help me get caught up on all the typing.

(Jane was up from her nap at 8:30 PM. As session time approached she felt a little nervous, yet not very much. By 8:50 PM, Willy was once again prowling through the apartment, both alert and stealthy at the same time. But again, as soon as the session began he calmed down and began to doze in a chair.

(Jane began dictating in a slightly husky voice, at a fairly rapid rate. Her pacing was brisk; her eyes darkened as usual.)

(“You said that Jane and I were very fussy about what we saw.”)

(Break at 9:26. Jane was dissociated as usual. She resumed in the same husky voice at 9:30.)

(“What about those fragments you said Jane and I created at York Beach, Maine, last August? Were they apparitions?”

(Jane and I think the above to be a very significant bit of information.)

(Break at 10:00. Jane was dissociated as usual. She said she could feel Seth leading up to this point through the last session. She also still felt it would be a short session. My writing hand felt no fatigue.

(During this break Jane and I checked one point we had thought of since the last session, and this was the amount of light available in the room during the time Bill Macdonnel and I had noted the change in Jane’s features as she stood in the bathroom doorway.

(I now had Jane take the same spot again. See the floor plan on page 223. I soon discovered that even the pole lamp I always have on furnished enough light to see Jane’s features clearly. Even though this light is on the other side of the bath door, due to reflection from the white walls of the room there was plenty of light. With the light on the room divider on, or the closet light on, the illumination was enhanced. Jane said that after careful thought she felt the closet light was also on during the break at 9:56. I had neglected to check this point at the time of the session.

(“All right, just one question. What if Jane and I go to York Beach in Maine again, and meet those fragments we created; what will happen, if anything?”)

(“If by any chance Jane and I meet those fragments at York Beach again, will we be able to speak to them?”)

(“I’m just curious. Jane and I have talked about the possibility at times.”)

(This in reference to a different system of budgeting that Jane suggested we try.)

(As far as Jane and I knew, Bill was now on his way to Cape Cod.)

(“You said earlier that when Willy and the bug created each other, they saw solidity in infrared. Would this apply to their constructions of Jane and I also?”)

(See the 64th session, page 172. Jane was smiling in a most amused fashion. Again now, she walked over to our couch and squatted down upon one arm of it as she had done in the last session. I wondered if again Seth was keeping her from her cigarettes, which lay on the table before me.)

(“I was just taking it easy on Jane for a change.”

(“How often does Jane have to use it?”)

(“And there will be a gradual improvement in Jane’s eyesight?”)

(“Can Jane’s eyes be closed when she uses this water, or should they be open?”)

(It might be added here that although question and answer passages are entertaining, they are difficult for me to conduct. I do not miss any of the material, yet am forced to go at top speed in order to get it all. I usually note a few words giving the meaning of the question itself, then concentrate on taking down the answer verbatim. Short answers from Seth interrupt the rhythmic flow of the material, as far as recording it goes. I have also found that generally much less material is gathered, and it is less detailed. Usually though, I can see that such passages are most amusing to Seth/Jane.

(Jane has no depth perception, although her glasses help this condition. She cannot drive an automobile, for instance. She has been told that although it is in good condition, for some reason she does not use one eye. As it happens, the eye she uses to see with is much the poorer of the two.

(Jane was still squatting on the arm of the couch. She stared at me, her eyes very dark, her hands on her knees.)

(End at 10:40. Jane was dissociated as usual. My writing hand felt no fatigue.)