“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The double test envelope for the 8th test contained a page from an old novel of Jane’s entitled The Adult Time. She wrote this seven or eight years ago, and it was never published. The page is not numbered. I rummaged through her files and pulled out a page at random. I folded it in quarters and sealed it up.

(Jane now told me she thought the “two people” referred to by Seth in the 2nd envelope test in the 180th session, were Dr. Instream and his wife Judy. See page 209. At the time, I had assumed that the two people referred to were Jane and me, since she was in the picture I took. We now know, of course, that Dr. Instream and his wife were in York Beach on the night of the 180th session.

(Here Jane pointed at herself rather vehemently. Again, see the 180th session, page 209.)

A stacked-up affair, as of irregular blocks, rather haphazardly arranged. A person, I believe a man, crosses below the terrace. (Pause.) Dr. Instream has also been thinking of a book, and perhaps of a specific page.

A passage which has been in his mind. I have an impression of the number 218. I do not know to what it refers. A page number, an address, or simply the digits.

(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.)

(See the copy of the test item on page 266. It is an excerpt from one of Jane’s early unpublished novels. It can be seen that once again Seth, or Jane, delivered a variety of impressions that can apply easily enough. The script deals with two people. The word “fall” appears once, and is implied in the simile “totter.”

(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.