“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Ruburt has been somewhat uneasy at the thought of a test. To some degree this may affect our results. However, the very fact that he permitted the test to be conducted shows that his attitude is improving.

(Break at 9:43. Jane was dissociated as usual. Traffic had become noisy again, and she said she thought Seth took the break now because of this. Jane had realized she was discussing the envelope. When she opened it she was quite disappointed with the results. I was pleased.

A deeper trance state would allow us to get less distorted results on such a test as this, initially, but our results will improve. And such experiments will be helpful in that the various layers of the two personalities, Ruburt’s and my own, will be seen in their operating procedures.

My interest is in the development of the abilities. Proofs will be a natural result. I communicate with you through Ruburt. I am to some extent therefore dependent upon him. It is up to me to train him, and tests such as this will help us in this endeavor.

Your idea Joseph was a good one basically, for practice. It was hardly scientific enough, even if the results were 100 percent accurate, which they were not, for Dr. Instream. But it is a beginning.

You will get better results either if Ruburt does not know in advance that a test of any kind will be given, or if such tests become so commonplace that they no longer concern him.