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SESSION 192

(This session was entirely unplanned. It was also not consciously expected on my part, although checking over my predictions for Friday and today, I discovered that I had unwittingly made several correct notes concerning it. These correct predictions were quite specific, and included such words as “cave” and “long swim.”

(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.

(The first point I would like to make is that Seth told us enough of the clairvoyant material involving Dr. Instream is valid; this will keep up the doctor’s interest. The second point concerns the main subject matter of the session, which evolved from a question I asked Seth about the Gallagher’s cottage on Seneca Lake. Bill was inspired to ask Seth whether it would be possible to locate Indian artifacts on the lake bottom; he had long been curious about this.

(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.

(End at 2:35 AM. This proved to be the end of the session even though Seth called it a break. The Gallaghers wanted to have energy for diving later in the day, so called it quits. Before leaving, Bill told us how right Seth was about silt storms; he related a terrifying incident in which he had become involved in a silt storm, and lost his sense of orientation.

(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.

(Tracing of the Ballantine Ale label used in the 10th envelope test, in the 193rd session, September 27,1965.)