“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I planned no envelope test for this session, thinking that the test material on the Gallaghers in Puerto Rico, and on Dr. Instream, would be enough for one session. I was more interested at the moment in having Seth finish his analysis of Jane’s two dreams, which he began last session, and made it a point to say so just before the session tonight.

(Last Monday noon, October 18, our friend John Bradley visited us while making his rounds as a traveling drug salesman. He was too busy to witness Monday’s session, but promised to visit us on Tuesday evening, October 19. During the day on Tuesday, John had to attend an important business meeting of his regional office in Binghamton, NY, perhaps sixty miles from Elmira.

(Remembering her success in clairvoyantly tuning in on Bill Gallagher as he made his business errands on the evening of October 8, Jane decided to try the same thing with John on Tuesday. The difference here was that John had no forewarning of Jane’s efforts, since she didn’t get the idea until after he left us Monday. See Session 196 in Volume 4 for the Gallagher material.

(At 8 PM Tuesday, Jane wrote down 13 impressions, all dealing with John Bradley’s supposed activities. She was ironing at the time, and pleasant music was on the radio. She wrote the impressions in an offhand manner, she said, without straining; she had no idea at the time as to whether any of them were correct. John arrived from Binghamton perhaps three quarters of an hour later. Going over the list with us in the course of the evening, he confirmed 10 of Jane’s impressions as correct. Some of them were quite striking.

(The session was held in our small back room. Jane began speaking while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Her voice was quiet to begin, her pace quite slow.)

First however I would like to speak briefly about Ruburt’s attempts at telepathy with Philip last evening. Such exercises are excellent training, and they will boost his confidence, particularly where distance is a factor, as it was last evening.

He thought the clothing was on sale, that it was cheap at the price, but it only seemed so because he did not know that he had already paid for it. Here he found an excellent jacket which he realized was his own from a previous season. The jacket was green and warm. It represented what will seem like a new ability to him, when he will shortly discover it in himself.

He will however then realize, or he should realize, that this ability was his in a past life, but unused, and is now awaiting him. It will bring both warmth and confidence, and will give him protection.

In his dream he is also aware that these people like him, and that in some manner he has been acquainted with them in the past. This also brings forth feelings of rediscovery and joy that accompanied the dream. The persons involved were good friends indeed in a past life. They were images of the men whose voices spoke to him in his earlier dream, when he was so frightened; and when he leaped so gracefully from the banister, I was the one who extended an arm to assist him.

In the dream however I was a young man with olive skin, from a previous existence. That is, it was myself in a previous existence. There were the other men whose voices were also heard in the first dream. This time however the intended vote of confidence was given emotionally, through smiling gestures and so forth.

The separate building of apartments represented possibilities in the more distant future. Ruburt is not ready for them yet. The one room into which he looked for example was not vacant, or ready for him in other words. The ability represented by the jacket however represents the fairly immediate future.

His dancing and high spirits are self-explanatory. His excellent mood upon awakening showed that the import of the dream was clear to him on a subconscious basis.

(Jane said she hadn’t consciously connected the voices in the first dream with the olive-skinned males in the second dream. She well remembered the young man who gracefully assisted her off the banister in the second dream. He had, Jane said, exceptionally beautiful and smooth olive skin. He was not very tall, but short, slim and well proportioned, with dark hair. Jane doesn’t recall this young man’s features specifically, nor for that matter the features of any of the other males. She remembers the fact that they were all smiling, and their smooth olive skins.

(It was now time for the second clairvoyant test with the Gallaghers in Puerto Rico. Jane began speaking while seated and with her eyes closed. Her voice was now quiet, and she used many brief pauses. Resume at 9:30.)

(Break at 9:46. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice average. As in the last session when dealing with the Gallaghers, she had no visual images to accompany her delivery.

(When she began speaking again her pace was slow for the most part, with many pauses. She sat with her eyes closed. Resume at 10:00. This is the 10th Dr. Instream test.)

(Break at 10:14. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice quiet. She had used many short pauses, other than those noted.

(While giving the data involving the car at the beginning of the test, Jane said she had a feeling of unsureness at to the location of the car. She didn’t know whether it was at Dr. Instream’s office or at his home. She also didn’t know whether the unsureness referred to Seth or herself.

It is interesting to see how the second dream was intertwined with events and concerns having to do with everyday realities.

Believe it or not, Ruburt’s letter was a surprise to him. He will feel hurt, but cover this with a cosmopolitan manner.

(This surprised me. Seth here referred to two rather brief but vivid and colorful dreams I had written down just before tonight’s session began. Jane came back to the studio just as I finished. I told her I was noting a couple of dreams down, but did not describe them to her since time was getting short.

(On the spur of the moment I began to concentrate on having Seth tell me more about this man. I was not sure whether he referred to this man as being part of my dreams, of whether he meant this unseen man existed physically.

The symbol of a road involves the distance from one life to another, and the change from one set of parents to another. The aggression can be channeled into the pursuit of your goals. There was something to do with a child in the dream somewhere.

(Break at 10:40. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed for the most part. Her voice had been quiet, her pace slow.

(Dream # 1; Monday night, October 18: In color. I was showing a young man in his early twenties some things about drawing. He was blonde, a man I did not know. Deep voice, straight hair, white shirt sleeves. He had a drawing board to which he had fastened a sheet of rough watercolor paper, and carried this around with him. I saw that he had covered the paper with fine-line figure drawings and portraits, in pencil and pen. This is an unusual way to work on watercolor paper. Good drawings, and I still remember one profile head in line, quite clearly.

(Dream # 2; Tuesday night, October 19: In very bright and vivid color. Had to do with our Ford station wagon, which is blue. In a big old garage with Jane, I was ready to drive the car away, but then seemed to look up at it on a hoist. I saw that the radiator was pulled away from the rest of the motor, that hoses and other connections dangled, and that the oil and water had drained away. I realized the car hadn’t been used in a long time.

(Then I saw that the car sat on a steep grassy bank, beside a river I believe, and that another old jalopy had somehow been moved in front of our car so that we couldn’t move it. The bank was covered with brightly colored high grass and weeds. Jane and I tried to walk along a path toward the car. The path was worn down to the bare earth. We were barefoot, and now I saw that the path was littered with pieces of broken glass. I think I backed up, telling Jane something to the effect that we had already gone too far. Neither of us were cut or injured.

(At break I did not tell Jane anything about the contents of either dream. I thought that what Seth had said so far was related to the dreams in most cases, without being very specific, and was especially interested in his remarks about the intensity of color; this is true of the second dream especially. I also thought the material on my being close to achieving a goal good, in that I have had definite feelings along this line lately. Nor had I said anything to Jane about this; it is my habit to see how things work out instead of making predictions.

(I did mention to Jane at break that I was concentrating on a question. I then added another question, I told her, but said no more other than that. I wondered whether Seth could answer the two questions. The second question was merely whether Seth could tell us anything about the blue car featured in the second dream.

The lake however was in the early part of the first dream.

(Break at 10:53. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice quiet. She said Seth’s admonishment to me hadn’t bothered her. Neither of my mental questions had been answered.

(During break Jane again lay on the bed, or half reclined, while she smoked. She began to speak from this position. For part of the delivery at least her eyes were open. I found it a little hard to tell when they might be partially open since she left her glasses on, and reflections interfered. Her voice was quiet, her pace rather fast. Resume at 10:58.)

The failure perhaps was my own. The dream material should have been continued without a break. However I felt that Ruburt might need one. Still we have done well, as you should discover when you read your dreams over once more.

Had you asked the two questions mentally without letting Ruburt know they were significant, you should have received your answers. This is simply because this sort of thing is fairly new with him, and so he was on guard. Later it will not matter.

(End at 11:01. Jane was dissociated as usual. I believe her eyes were closed most of the time. Jane said she didn’t know, that during the session she wasn’t concerned one way or the other.

(Jane was very curious as to what new abilities lay in store for her, especially the one that Seth said she would shortly discover. We speculated that Seth’s method of interpreting my dreams in this session might have something to do with it.)