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Let me first make a few comments concerning the article which Ruburt has just finished reading.

The sort of things with which we are involved then often imply an interruption of action of this kind, and a translation or transformation of data from one range of electromagnetic energy to another. On those occasions when Ruburt has heard me more or less directly in his psychological time experiments, there has always been on his part a sound quite independent of himself, from outside of himself, of static. If you recall, on several occasions he was so certain of the static that he checked to see if he had left the radio on by mistake.

This was the result of my attempt to give the voice an independence, to form sound within your physical system without working through Ruburt’s vocal cords, but to impress your physical system kinetically.

They could not have been received by the physical ears because the necessary transformation of components had not been made within that range. Now, Ruburt helped me, though consciously he was not aware of this, because of the peculiar circumstances.

(When Seth is speaking rapidly I find that I write rapidly in order to keep up, often without much awareness of what I am putting down as far as meaning goes. Because of this I occasionally miss out on asking what may seem like obvious questions. A case in point in the above delivery would be the passage where Seth states: “Now Ruburt helped me, though consciously he was not aware of this, because of the peculiar circumstances.” I would have liked this explained at the time. As it is it must wait for the next session.

In the particular instances when Ruburt heard me, I simply do not know whether or not you would have heard me, and there are several reasons for this. I impressed or affected Ruburt’s ear rather directly because this was the easiest procedure. In other words the actual sound effects, had you been listening, might have appeared as a loud whisper.

The volume in Ruburt’s case was caused by proximity, among other things, and if I set up a small sound very close to him, so that it has an explosive and loud effect; but it was directed in such a manner that it was in a large measure closed off. That is, I affected the physical system but only a small portion of it, but then directed the effect purposefully in one direction.

A small note here: my candle effect was quite legitimate the other evening. This sort of thing will almost always occur without Ruburt’s conscious knowledge for a long time to come. The reason is simply that conscious knowledge of such an effect would inhibit him, regardless of his best intentions, and the energy used would block the action or effect that I was trying to deliver.

I see no reason to specialize, however. I have used the candle twice merely to show Ruburt that I could affect independent objects, and to show you that I could.

I do not mind speaking to your young friends under good conditions; perhaps the recorder can be utilized at such times, and Ruburt can be put to work typing up any additional notes. The number of sessions will never get out of hand, and we shall always be highly discriminating before we speak to anyone, under any conditions.