“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I had prepared a test envelope to give to Jane during the 181st session, of August 25, but did not do so because of the short session. When the envelope was not used I did not mention it to her, but saved it for tonight’s session. It contained part of a calendar page for April 1965. I came across the calendar beneath a stack of books and on the spur of the moment decided to use it for the test, wondering whether this type of cut and dried subject matter would have as much emotional pull for Seth/Jane as the subject matter of the first two tests. See the 179th and 180th sessions. Jane was out of the house when I prepared the usual double envelope.

(During break Jane mentioned that Seth had not yet discussed my vision, noted on page 223. Nor had I given her the test envelope. I had discovered that I was reluctant to break into the material when it was going so well, and when Jane gave such an indication of involvement with it. I thought it might introduce an alien note, and also that it might interfere with the results of the test itself.

(I did not mention the envelope, and in view of the late hour decided to forget about it for this evening. Jane began speaking while sitting cross-legged on the bed. Her eyes opened again shortly after she began. She was smoking, and her voice was quiet and fast. Resume at 10:33.)

(Jane, still sitting cross-legged on the bed, smiled and learned forward. Her request caught me by surprise, and it took me a few moments to fish the test envelope out of its hiding place and lay it on the bed before her. It was 10:58; I thought it much too late for a test.)

(She picked up the envelope, fingered it lightly without bending it, and waved it at me briefly. Her eyes were still closed.)

(Jane laid the envelope down. Her eyes were still closed.

(End at 11:02. Jane was dissociated as usual. She said that as I fumbled around trying to find the test envelope, she was forced to wait. During this period she spoke to Seth: “Okay, I’m staying in the background, so you can come through loud and clear,” or words to this effect.

(When she opened the test envelope to see a clipping of a section of a calendar page, containing numbers and a few spots of red and yellow, Jane was quite disappointed. Her reaction was similar to my own as I listened to her recitation of the test data. A very interesting fact now dawned on both of us when we looked at the back of the clipping; for here we found most of the data Seth had given was quite correct.