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(Her dentist was so puzzled by her exceptionally good reactions that in the middle of the session Jane had to explain her apparent insensitivity to pain; usually it takes two trips for her to achieve the same results, with the use of Novocain. Today she had no anesthetic of any kind, and in addition her dentist reported he was able to do a much more thorough job.

(Jane also had another success involving her cooperating subconscious. Last Saturday afternoon she lost a package downtown while shopping. It was late in the day before she discovered this, and she just had time to make the rounds of the stores, all of whom reported nothing found and turned in. At home that evening she questioned her subconscious with the old pendulum technique, and learned she had left the package in the dressing room of a certain store—one which had already said no package had been found.

(Jane called the store Monday, and was told the package had been found. I drove her down to the store for it Monday evening. She plans to use these two experiences in her ESP book. Jane tells me that she now has little talks with her subconscious, requesting its help. I have been experimenting also with subconscious communication, at times with excellent results, and also using the permissive “I can” approach, rather than the commanding “I will” approach.

(Lying down for a nap late this afternoon, Jane heard a loud noise within, then felt what seemed to be a blow within her head—that is, a rather strong jolting without any external cause. The experience was so vivid she found her head rocking back and forth on the pillow, like a “flower on a stem.” She has felt this jolting before, for instance on April 28,1964, and on April 30,1964, just before her “Saratoga experience”, but not recently. See Volume 2, pages 64-65.

(The session was held in our small back room, and again Jane spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed. She displayed no particular voice effects. Her pace was a good one, though not as fast as last session’s.)

He spoke to his subconscious therefore as a partner and an equal, which indeed it is. It was because of this approach, among other things, that the results achieved were so successful. Nor after stating his case did he then badger the subconscious.

I was going to suggest, for practice, that you yourselves find out from the pendulum. I would like you to become familiar with the experience of conversing with this portion of your own personality. I would like you to become intimately aware of this not-so-silent partner.

(Jane now took a long pause, by a good length the longest of the session. For the most part her rate of delivery was excellent. For the session dealing with the refrigerator see the 30th, in Volume 1. It was unscheduled.)

(Break at 9:32. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. She resumed at a good rate and in an average voice at 9:42.)

(Break at 10:09. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her pace had been good, with few pauses. See page 16 for a description of her psychic experience of this afternoon, referred to above.

(Jane now took a very long pause. It was one of her few pauses during the session.)

This energy, incidentally, can be most effectively used for creative work. I could have given you much of this material earlier, but I wanted you to understand the basic reasoning behind the material, and for this a knowledge of the nature of action was necessary.

(End at 10:44. Jane was fully dissociated.)