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(The session was again held in our front room, with all of us sitting in a circle. Jane’s eyes remained closed for the whole session. She spoke while sitting down, and in a voice a bit stronger than usual. Her manner was quite active and much of the time she leaned forward, elbows on her knees. We anticipated a short session. Jane actually began speaking at 8:56.)

(Jane’s voice was quite amused. The reference here is to the story Peggy Gallagher wrote for the Elmira Star-Gazette concerning Jane’s ESP book. It was excellently done, and was printed on July 6.)

(Break at 9:11. Jane reported that she was fairly well dissociated for a first delivery. Her voice had again acquired a touch of that peculiar accent, or brogue as I call it. She resumed in the same active manner, with a bit louder voice, at 9:19.)

(See the 63rd session in Volume 2. Jane now smiled and turned toward Lorraine Shafer. Her eyes were still closed.)

(Break at 9:30. Jane was fairly well dissociated. Her voice had acquired a strong edge and had been fairly loud. Concerning her accent, which I have called a brogue, Lorraine and Bill Gallagher said they thought of it as a cultivated, well-educated accent acquired perhaps by one who had spent some time in Ireland, for instance, then moved on to live in another country—England, for instance.

(Jane resumed in the same manner, leaning forward in her chair and with her eyes closed, at 9:40.)

(Here Jane smiled broadly, then sat quietly for a moment.)

(Break at 9:55. Jane was well dissociated as usual. The discussion that followed during break was very lively. Jane’s voice had been loud last delivery, and active; and she resumed in the same manner, smiling often, at 10:05.)

(Jane’s voice had been climbing the scale somewhat as far as volume went, and her rather fast delivery became even faster. Seth/ Jane was highly amused while delivering the above paragraph. Strangely, as far as I recall no one had ever mentioned the possibility of Seth laughing, myself included.)

(Seth/Jane smiled.)

(End at 10:20. Jane had been well dissociated as usual. A lively discussion now developed among us as to the nature and possible origin of the brogue or accent Jane had displayed during most of the session.

(The discussion was sparked because of Seth/Jane’s pronunciation of the words “fate” and “stock” in particular, and others similar. Bill and Lorraine did not believe the accent to be Irish, even considering Jane’s early years in an Irish neighborhood and her association with Irish priests.

(Bill Gallagher knows something about languages. He made so many good points that I asked him to write them down for the record. He had just begun when Seth came through again, loud and clear. Jane’s voice was strong but not close to matching the rather spectacular 158th session, for example. It was obvious that she and Seth enjoyed the proceedings immensely. She spoke rapidly and used many gestures, but her eyes remained closed throughout. Resume at 10:44.)

(Her eyes still closed, Jane pointed to a portrait I had just hung. It was of a short heavyset bald man, beckoning to the viewer to come closer. I had been working on it for some weeks.

(The idea for it had come to me one day and I had begun work on it at once. In view of some rather odd sensations it had engendered within me I had thought it might refer to Seth, or myself in a previous life. Jane had admired it at once, even from the first drawing, and insisted all along that it pictured Seth.

(It is of interest here to note that in the 134th session Seth also announced that I had painted a likeness of him. This painting shows a much younger blond man, bearing no resemblance to the other portrait. I have not asked Seth about the discrepancy yet of course, but Jane feels they both represent different facets of the Seth entity or personality.)

(This play upon words, in Seth/Jane’s peculiar accent, brought forth laughter from the group.)

(End at 10:55. Jane was well dissociated. She took quite a few moments to open her eyes. She said a word Bill had used had started her off again, to her own surprise. Bill said Seth used the Jesuit simile to make his point very well. He also said his ulcer had been much improved lately; it had bothered him a little earlier today, for instance, but hardly at all this evening.

(Jane was keenly aware of Seth’s emotions during the above delivery, she said, and as always it made the delivery most enjoyable. When this involvement takes place, she feels reserves of energy sweeping her along, welling up from Seth, even when she might feel tired to begin with.)

(For data on my other sensations and some visions, see the following sessions: 22, 24, 26, 27, 65, 145, 146, 163. These would not include, either, the “fat hands” sensations that Jane and I experienced during sessions.)