“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(It was a very hot and humid night but we held the session in our small back room. We opened the windows however. Jane said she felt a little nervous, embarking on the clairvoyant tests with Dr. Instream. She also felt anticipatory. She began speaking while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Her voice was quiet. She used many pauses.)

(There came a knock on a window from the front of the house. The loud, brittle sound was clearly audible through the closed door. Jane came out of her trance without effort. Our first impulse was not to acknowledge the sound, but since it was unusual we did so. It proved that a TV antenna had been loosened over our porch roof, and a repairman asked us for the loan of a flashlight. We told him we were at work in the back of the apartment, and left the light with him.

(I was somewhat irritated by the interruption, since we use the cramped back room to avoid such incidents. But Jane told me not to worry, that the session was going to be a good one, that she felt Seth coming through well.

The protoplasm is not entirely physical, however, but in a basic manner is a meeting ground between physical matter and inner vitality. Therefore the characteristic ways used by any given personality, in connection with his or her physical image, will also be used in the construction of dream images.

The dream images are indeed extensions, not only of the psychic or inner self, but a definite extension of the electromagnetic and chemical properties that operate through the physical self. It is indeed as if extensions of nerve endings reached out in self-expansion, making new connections, and this is indeed what occurs in the creation of dream images.

As far as Ruburt is concerned, uncertainty as to whether or not a session will be held, is disturbing. There will be some circumstances when conditions are not of the best, however, when interruptions may bother. But generally we are beyond such disturbances.

(Here Seth refers to Jane’s trip downtown to the records offices, in search of data on Frank Watts. She was somewhat uneasy setting out on her journey, but wound up enjoying the afternoon a great deal.)

A discrimination, preferably a spontaneous and subconscious discrimination, is necessary, but it may be consciously diverted if undue conscious direction is not allowed to rule with a heavy hand. You may consciously give the suggestion to yourself, that you will constructively use such energy, for example, but then the matter should be forgotten and left alone.

Mass and form may seem synonymous, but they are not. Mass is not dependent upon weight. We may say however that dream images have a density which is formed of electrical intensities, that are partially the result of chemical actions.

Ruburt may be nervous initially but this will pass. He is actually learning rather quickly, more quickly than I had anticipated. Again, we work with fine distinctions.

The Instreams did not consider going to York Beach. Neither was their visit a complete coincidence, although it might seem so. All experiences have an electrical reality. Your experiences at York Beach had such a reality, and having met you, not Dr. Instream but his wife unconsciously picked up this connection, and responded to it.

(It was 10:11 PM. Jane sat quietly, her eyes closed. Actually her pause was quite brief. Her head was down, a hand to her face. Jane used many pauses delivering the following material, and I will indicate a few of them. I had the impression that she was being careful in what she said, but not that she was particularly nervous.)

(I was still somewhat puzzled by the answer, but did not press for elaboration for fear of distracting Jane. I had barely looked at the page of test script when I prepared the double envelopes this afternoon.)

I also have the impression of rubber, but do not know to what this refers. An item of value, and necessary precautions.

(There could be strong verticals, depending on how Jane held the envelope; I do not remember. There are of course separations and many designs. Jane said the station wagon mentioned could be an item of value. Necessary precautions refers to steps the couple take upon learning the imminent arrival of the girl’s father, although these are not outlined on the page of test script, but on both preceding and succeeding pages.

(Five items could be the station wagon, a cup of coffee, a pile of bricks, paint-stained khakis, and the world itself; but this is open to other interpretations, we would say. A strongly circular design I interpret as the world. I interpret the impression of rubber as referring to the rubber band that held the manuscript together in the file drawer. I do not know what to make of the reference to hills, unless it is a rather far-out connection with the “pile of bricks” simile in the script.

Ruburt is indeed being very cautious. But he is learning to open up more in these tests, to let more information through. The opening up of the channels is the important thing. Oftentimes information will come through in a rather indiscriminate fashion, and a spontaneous (underline spontaneous) choice of available information is important. A variety of impressions may be received, many valid, but not closely connected enough for your purposes. So it is in the area of distinctions that we must work.