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SESSION 84

(A husband and wife who were scheduled to witness the session tonight, notified Jane they would be unable to attend because of business pressures. However, Bill Macdonnel arrived to be a witness.

(Lately, since his return from Cape Cod, Bill has had a few twinges in his lung, a mild return of the trouble dealt with by Seth in some detail in the 56th session, May 25, 1964, page 110. In the 68th session, page 218, July 6, 1964, Seth stated that unless Bill took certain steps the lung trouble would return. And lately, Bill has been looking for a place to live that he could also use as a studio.

(Jane was not nervous before the session. She expected it to be short. She began dictation in a voice somewhat louder than usual. Her pacing was regular, her eyes dark as usual.)

With your consent I will now begin the session. Even in the face of your exhaustion; and for your edification I shall indeed make it brief.

(See page 322. We had discussed with Bill the additional information Seth gave in the last session concerning the boat with a symbol on it, supposedly visible to Bill from this particular seaside room in Provincetown, but Bill is not able to recall the craft in question. Seth had also mentioned this boat in the 68th and 75th sessions.)

I have nothing else to add, beside what was given in the previous session regarding Mark’s journeys.

(This statement took me by surprise, until I remembered that in the 63rd session, June 17, 1964, page 159, Seth had given a date of Sept. 2 in which plans “may be born at that date which will affect his participation in his professional field.” I refer of course to John Bradley, entity name Philip; and John had been a witness to the 63rd session.)

(Break at 9:25. Jane was dissociated as usual. She remembered the blocking; she was, she said, afraid she would make a mistake—especially in the beginning of the session. When I said the session was well under way by now, Jane pointed out that her definition of the beginning includes all material given up until and including first break.

Because I kept you so long during an unscheduled session, I intend to keep you now only for a brief period. We will soon begin to return to the inner senses, tying them in with our discussion on matter.

I will now, in line with my policy of balancing out our sessions, end this one. I bid you all a fond good evening—and you cannot blame me now for taking up more than the allotted time which we have allowed ourselves.

I would add–not to this–that of late Ruburt is learning to let his subconscious mind work for him, rather than against him; having to do with the gallery. I am not going to have these sessions deal with mental tricks, even though the end would be a good one. The demonstrations of this sort will always arise spontaneously, and the spontaneous data that so arises will usually be accurate.

(I had been hoping Seth would discuss Bill’s dream. Ever since the first mention of it, I had tried to concentrate upon this question while taking notes. In fact, during this session I experienced many moments when the material Jane delivered directly echoed thoughts of my own.)

I suggest either a break or the close of the session, as you prefer. Since I promised a short session, I will give in and close it.

(While the three of us were discussing the session, and the fact that Jane seemed much less tired than before the session began, she suddenly began dictating again. Her voice was somewhat louder than normal. Jane spoke for most of the time while seated upon the table. Resume at 10:17.)

One note. You both can and should learn to utilize your energies in the same manner that Ruburt utilizes his energies during a session. His fatigue is not only forgotten, but he is no longer fatigued although his working day was personally exhausting.

I do never mean to hint that material goals are basically important, for they are not. But within bounds shoddy physical constructions are a poor commentary upon psychic health. Because your hand is tired I will end, and I will again promise a short session.

(End at 10:37. Jane was dissociated as usual, and said she was not conscious of the point when the dialogue began, taking off from our discussion after the first ending of the session. My writing hand was quite tired.)