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SESSION 73

(This morning Jane invited Dr. and Mary Piper to witness the session tonight. The doctor and his wife accepted the invitation, contingent upon whether his office was still busy at session time, and whether they could get a baby sitter.

After eight o’clock on the night of a session, Ruburt should take steps so that he is not concerned over the question of whether or not particular visitors will arrive. I cannot get through to him as well when he is so concerned; nor, when he is so concerned, can I let him know ahead of time whether or not witnesses will arrive.

(Before the session, Jane had remarked that she wished Seth could, or would, let her know whether witnesses were coming. If she is able to let Seth so inform her in advance, it would be very convenient, to say the least.)

(Jane paused by the windows, looking down the rather large room to the door. I lay my board aside. As I did the door opened and the Pipers entered quietly. Neither of them had attended a session before, but Jane had made arrangements that they were to enter without knocking if they arrived after 9 PM.

(Jane remained standing mutely by the windows while I showed the guests to seats. I gave them copies of the last few sessions, to familiarize them with the material in case they would rather read than listen at first.

(Jane then resumed; but now her voice was much stronger and some-what deeper, quite different from the easygoing tone and volume she had used to open the session.)

(I thought this a good question, since we knew nothing of the Piper’s personal history. I interrupted Jane’s delivery somewhat to ask it, and it will be noted that Seth did not answer it. As the session wore on I neglected to repeat it. I have the feeling that the question did not really penetrate enough to make itself felt.)

I will suggest a short break. And incidentally, I have not forgotten the party, of which I have said already too much. I feel that after so many dry and studious sessions I owe you a night to remember, but I shall keep my dignity, and you may worry about your own.

I will now, with your kind permission, say a few words in reference to the reality of which I spoke briefly last session.

(See the 43rd session, page 4. Jane now pointed to a painting I had finished a couple of years ago; it hung over our divan, above the couch. I had used Jane as a model, and in the painting she stood by a river, beneath trees; across the river could be glimpsed a village.)

(Jane’s Jan. 10/64 trance is described in Session 14, Vol. 1.)

You knock your head against walls that you yourselves have made. We will go into a long discussion concerning the actual physical and subconscious mechanisms involved in the construction of idea into material reality at a later session.

I will now close the session, somewhat early by a few moments or so, and again I would suggest that your visitors read as much material as possible. They are of course welcome to any session, but a familiarity with the material will add to the benefit that can be received by witnessing a live session; and indeed, I can be a lively one. I have been in my time quite reprobate. Ruburt does not allow me much leeway at present. I will now bid you all a fond good evening. Your psychological time experiments should go better next week.

It has to do simply with the ebb and flow of your own energies; and we will have a session soon, dealing with the experiments which you have listed.

(While trying psychological time I had the following rather mild experiences. According to Seth in the 73rd session, my psychic energies are at low ebb.