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(The session was held in our back room. Jane spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Her pace was a little slow in the beginning but soon picked up speed. Her voice was average.)

There were four voices, all male. Three of these were the voices of personalities who no longer exist within the physical system, but which were closely allied with Ruburt in past lives. The fourth voice was my own. This was an attempt to build his confidence, and to show him how clearly reception can be if his abilities are fully utilized.

(Here, Jane reached out in front of her as though turning off an invisible radio. Her eyes were closed. Her pace however was now quite fast, her voice stronger, and she was quite restless. She changed her position, to lean forward with her elbows on her knees, her head down.)

(Break at 9:30. Jane had been dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed. Her voice had strengthened a bit during the delivery, and her pace had become so fast that my hand was already cramped. Jane said she felt that no more than ten minutes had passed.

(Jane’s pace now slowed a great deal. As when giving the material for Dr. Instream, she sat with her eyes closed and her head down, usually with her hands to her eyes. Her voice was quiet. She used many pauses, a few of which are indicated. I will also indicate where I used a phonetic version of Jane’s utterances, on two occasions. Resume at 9:40.)

Give us a moment again, and we will try to pick them up now. (Pause at 9:50. Jane, her eyes still closed, wagged a finger at me.) Ruburt was correct, Joseph. You should not have given your impressions.

(Break at 10:00. Jane was well dissociated, she said—much more so than usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice quiet. Again, she had the impression that time had passed quickly.

(When she began speaking again, Jane’s pace was slow, her voice quiet. As before, she sat with her eyes closed, her head down and her hands to her eyes. Resume at 10:09.)

(Break at 10:33. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice quiet. She told me she had no idea that there would be an envelope test.

(Neither of us understood the reference to an automobile, particularly. During break I mentioned that I hoped Seth would take a few minutes to verify our interpretations of his data, or to correct us, before he closed the session.

(As soon as Seth said this, I remembered seeing the automobile parked before the Colucci’s house on the evening Jane and I visited there. Since their home is in the country, and not even close to any other house, the car couldn’t be connected to anyone outside the Colucci family. And of course it was not the dentist’s car, which we are familiar with. This is the somewhat complicated sequence of events here: Marie Colucci took the train to her parents’ home in New Jersey, and drove her mother back to Elmira in the parental automobile. When Marie’s father died of a heart attack in NJ, Marie drove her mother back to Jersey in the parental car, then returned to Elmira herself by train.)

There was a very slight connection with your own parents, however, in that Ruburt mentioned the dentist and the trance to them at their latest visit here. And a secondary connection with a car—not close, not a close connection—in which your parents traveled on that occasion.

(Jane still lay on the bed. Now she groped for her pack of cigarettes, and lit one. Her eyes opened very briefly, and barely enough for her to see, as she struck the match. Then she resumed talking and smoking with her eyes closed.)

Now, I could continue along these lines for quite some time, and I am perfectly willing to do so, for your edification rather than my own. If you prefer that we do this while it is fresh in our minds, then take a break and we shall continue. And if not, do not ask me leading questions, and we shall end the session. I am rather closely allied with you both this evening.

(“I guess we’d better close then.”)