“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane and I went dancing as usual this evening. At one of our favorite spots we met the Gallaghers, Bill and Peggy. It ended up that the four of us returned to our apartment by about 11:15 PM. Jane said she felt Seth “buzzing around”, but since I had just caught up on my notes for the three other sessions this week, I begged off. Jane agreed. The Gallaghers were tired and planned to leave soon also.

(Seth promised to keep his voice quiet, which he did throughout the session. Jane sat with her eyes closed for the most part. Specifically Seth asked that none of us take notes, and I was happy to agree. Thus the first half of this session is summarized from memory, with no particular effort made to remember every point covered. I will try to recall just enough to lead into the second half of the session, which I recorded verbatim in my homemade shorthand.

(Bill also said the 17th century date could be correct if bronze artifacts were shown to be related to the Jesuit missionaries, who were known to be in this section of the country then. Bill has done extensive skin diving in Seneca Lake. Jane and I had heard him mention this rather casually, but knew nothing of the extent of his explorations or deep interest. We had not discussed the subject. Nor has either of us ever done any skin diving.

(Bill was by now so interested that both he and I began to take verbatim notes when Seth resumed, since Bill planned to go diving Sunday. The hour was already late. Jane spoke while sitting down. Her eyes opened occasionally, her voice remained quiet. She smoked. She resumed at 12:55.)

(As she talked, Jane used many gestures. She seemed to try to supplement her verbal descriptions by outlining objects with her hands, as though she was seeing things somewhat difficult to put into words specifically enough. This applied particularly when she was trying to voice descriptions of the geography of the lake bottom. Her pace was comfortably fast.)

(Note the confusion here with the words cove and cave. As nearly as I can recall, I recorded them accurately. As the session continued we felt that Seth was saying cave, but that Jane’s lack of marine knowledge could lead her to say cove, for cave. At times of course she distinctly said cave.

(Jane’s eyes now opened. She looked at Bill and me, scribbling away, and smiled. Her voice remained quiet.)

(Jane, her eyes closed, made gestures with her hands, as if to indicate a current or wave that swept clean.

(Break at 1:15. Jane was well dissociated, she said. Her voice had remained quiet, her pace had been good. Bill Gallagher was quite excited. Both he and Peggy verified Seth’s information about the changes in silting on the lake bottom; Jane was highly gratified to learn that Seth was correct. As far as I know neither Jane or I have come across such specific information; certainly we have never discussed it with the Gallaghers.

(Jane resumed while sitting down and with her eyes closed. But she was smoking as she spoke, and her eyes opened occasionally. Her voice remained quiet. Resume at 1:25.)

(Here, Jane gestured to show that she meant a long flat level of land under water.)

(Jane said she had been really dissociated. All of this material about the strange underwater world was new to both of us, and Jane felt particularly good about having it verified so enthusiastically by Bill. It appeared to be at least an excellent example of telepathy, surpassing even the unscheduled 182nd session. It will be remembered that in that one, which the Gallaghers also witnessed, Seth delivered facts about Bill’s deceased mother that neither Jane or I were familiar with.

(After the Gallaghers had left, Jane told me that whatever ability she possesses certainly operates at its best when there are witnesses. She also said that a few drinks before a session seem to help a great deal. Counting back, we decided she had had three beers in the course of the evening before the session, although they had been spaced out. Jane feels that alcohol somehow promotes a very beneficial relaxation on her part, for sessions.

(Bill told us that later today, Sunday, while at the lake, he would try to check upon some locations as defined rather poorly by Seth. Both Jane and I urged caution. The turn the material took this evening surprised us. We didn’t know what to make of gold chests, Venus in the ascendancy, etc.