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(Today Jane was quite upset because she still hasn’t received a letter from her publisher, Frederick Fell, even though Mr. Fell reassured her about the ESP book when she telephoned him last Monday, October 5, the day of the 195th session. In that session Seth also offered reassurance to Jane.

(For the test this evening I chose a page from my notepad. Jane and I have been trying to think of a good title for her book dealing with Seth and the material, since she has begun work on it. See the tracing on page 322. The page is on white paper, and the writing on the tracing is done with the same pen I used to make the original notes. I sealed the folded page in the usual double envelopes, also inserting two pieces of Bristol board for stiffeners. It’s our 13th envelope test.

(The session this evening was held in our back room and was quite peaceful. Jane spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Her voice was average, her pace rather slow in the beginning.)

(Break at 9:26. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. She ended the delivery with a smile. Her eyes remained closed, her voice quiet. Her pace was fast after a rather slow start.

(Break at 9:54. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes remained closed, her pace fast, her voice good. She resumed in the same manner at 10:01.)

(See the report by Jane and me at the end of the last session. Bill and Peggy will be leaving next week for a vacation in Puerto Rico, and the four of us have already made plans to try some telepathic/clairvoyant communications. The plans are simple; at session times next week Bill and Peggy will attempt to concentrate on Jane, Seth and me, with a view to seeing what Seth can pick up.

(In the 63rd session of June 17,1964, Seth said that Peggy Gallagher’s subconscious abilities were well developed. Peggy is a feature writer for the local paper. Jane was working at the Arnot Art Gallery then, and the two became casual acquaintances. However the friendship between the four of us did not begin to develop until early this year.

(Jane paused at 10:07. She sat quietly with her eyes closed. Her head was tipped down, her hands to her face.)

(As usual I handed Jane the double test envelope. She took it while her eyes remained closed.)

(Break at 10:20. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice quiet, her pace rather slow.

(Once again Jane considered the test a failure, and attributed it to her being upset today. As it developed we did not ask Seth for specific information on the impressions, so I do not know whether they were merely too far-ranging for our purposes, or simply errors. I saw possible connections with a few of them, and will note them for the record.

(The room, my studio, in which I wrote the suggestions for Jane’s new book title, has yellow painted walls. The notepaper is white.

(The material on a dog reminded me that the Bristol stiffeners I enclosed tonight’s test paper in were the same two in which I had enclosed the test photo for the 11th envelope test, in the 194th session. The photo was of our dog, Mischa, now dead. It was taken several years ago or more, on a hot day in the summer; Jane was also with a man whose first initial was W on that day.

(If impressions can attach themselves to the test object itself, they can attach themselves to any other object; so once again it appears that the problem for Jane is one of discrimination. She was disappointed at the results of this evening’s test especially when comparing it with the good results of last Friday’s spontaneous affair with the Gallaghers. See pages 316-321.

(Jane resumed in a quiet voice, with her eyes closed, at 10:30.)

(End at 10:37. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice quiet. Her pace had been average.

(It will be recalled that Seth himself [or Jane?] initiated the idea of asking me if I had an envelope test at each session. The first such test was held in the 179th session, and Jane knew about it before the session began. In that session however Seth also said it would be better if Jane did not know whether I planned a test before any particular session.