“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane talked with Peggy Gallagher briefly on the telephone this morning and learned that the Gallaghers returned to Elmira yesterday, Tuesday, from vacation in Puerto Rico. Jane learned little about their trip other than that the Gallaghers took many notes to use in checking against Seth’s notes; and that Bill found himself involved in a “strange experience” with a piano player and what he thought was telepathy. The four of us get together this weekend to hash over all the notes.

(For the envelope test I used a pair of name cards made by our friend Bill Macdonnel for his art studio, the Cameron Gallery. Bill gave us these cards perhaps a year or so ago, shortly after he opened his gallery. Each card is handmade and thus somewhat unique. More than anything else, I was interested in seeing if Jane could distinguish that the test involved two objects. I placed the cards between two pieces of Bristol board, then sealed them in the usual double envelopes.

(Jane has been working hard these days, and before the session tonight she remarked that her eyes were tired. The session was held in our quiet back room. Jane spoke while sitting down. Her eyes were closed, her voice somewhat deeper than usual, although not loud; and her pace was rather slow in the beginning.)

(Break at 9:27. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her eyes had remained closed. Her voice had been somewhat deeper than usual, her pace quite even after a slow start. Jane spoke almost as though she were reading aloud, with an occasional emphasis.

(Jane’s pace was again slow, her eyes closed and her voice quiet, when she resumed at 9:36.)

(Break at 10:02. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her pace good, her voice about average.

(Once again her pace was quite slow when she resumed. She sat with her hands to her eyes and her voice was quiet. This is the 12th Dr. Instream clairvoyant test. Resume at 10:10.)

(It was 10:24, and too late for an envelope test in my opinion. In the 197th session, Seth had suggested I give Jane these tests unannounced during the middle of the session. I had forgotten to do so, and when I realized this at last break had assumed it would be better to wait until next session.

(We discussed the test results and made some connections. We did not think Seth would clear up the doubtful points, at least not all of them, because of the lateness of the hour. This I regretted, though thinking the test was a good one. Jane was now tired.

(The “impression of a seesaw... as a children’s game,” is quite interesting to us, and we believe a good example of the way associative memory can work while also being accurate. At the time of the exhibition I participated in at Bill’s gallery last winter, he had not had the gallery open very long. Building was still going on; in the back room were sawhorses he had borrowed from a carpenter, plus many other tools, scraps of wood, etc. Note that the sawhorse shape and the support for a child’s seesaw would be practically the same. Jane is very attached to playground accoutrements; she has especially fond memories of children’s seesaws and swings. Indeed, playgrounds have an almost mystical significance for her and she uses them often in her paintings.

(End at 10:37. Jane was dissociated as usual and her eyes remained closed.

(Jane’s relations with this man became so acerbic that she left his employ in the fall of 1964. At the time Seth said it was a wise move, and that from that point on Jane would do well with her writing. This has been the case. Seth also dealt rather extensively with the conflict between Jane and the director of the Arnot in the following sessions: 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84 and 85. All of Seth’s material on the situation has worked out. At the time, we found the psychological information contained in these sessions very helpful. See Volume 2.

(Jane and I encountered her ex-employer at the reception at Bill’s gallery last winter. Jane was acting as an unofficial hostess. In introducing this man to another couple, or trying to rather, Jane discovered in mid-sentence that she had forgotten his name.)