“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(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.

(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.

(Her voice was a bit stronger when she resumed, again with her eyes closed, at 9:32.)

As the ego becomes certain of its strength, then it will allow the self to expand. I mentioned in our last session that the scientists did not realize that man has indeed evolved since the development of the human brain. For it has learned to form literally millions of new connections, meanings and concepts, new gestalts that have indeed made man something quite different than he was. All of these are new electromagnetic patterns which are now indelibly a part of the race.

(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.)

I would like to remind Ruburt, again, that I told him that Peggy Gallagher would be of help in our sessions, long before she was a friend.

The affair the other evening worked out well. It was spontaneous, the atmosphere was friendly, and the Gallaghers’ attitude is an excellent one. There will be other and better such communications between the four of you.

(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.

(It might be interesting to note here that Peggy was hypnotized by Dr. Milton Erickson in late March of 1959, during a meeting of the Finger Lakes Clinical Hypnosis Association at the Mark Twain Hotel in Elmira. Peggy attended the meeting in her role of reporter, and volunteered as a subject. Before about twenty people Dr. Erickson put her into a deep trance quite easily, with the result that Peggy had complete amnesia for a ten-minute period. After she learned of the Seth sessions Peggy searched the files of the newspaper for a copy of her article on the experience. It was printed on April 2,1959.)

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

Five objects in particular, and one of them is a gift, or was a gift to him. A cluster of events he considers too many. The number 12. He is very cautious this evening.

There was a 4 o’clock appointment today, or he thinks of a 4 o’clock appointment for tomorrow. His hypnosis experiments have a snag that will be overcome.

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

(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.

(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.