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At Ruburt’s stage of development however, he reacts as a result of emotional impetus, which is picked up rather directly, and which acts as additional energy in transmission. It is for this reason that he now and then does enjoy visitors to sessions, because he instinctively feels that he is thereby learning to manipulate and use these abilities oftentimes, and thereby learn the various subjective feelings that accompany valid perceptions, and to distinguish these from subjective feelings that turn out to be based upon invalid perceptions.

In other words, he enjoys the practice, whether or not he knows it. When for fairly long periods there are no witnesses to sessions, then both Ruburt and myself do indeed lean toward unscheduled sessions when informed friends of yours are present. On the other hand when several sessions in a row, regular sessions, are witnessed, then of course I grow impatient because I am anxious to get back to our own material, which is stressed when we are alone.

For training is necessary as with all things, and although Ruburt has excellent abilities he needs also, shall we say, such direct laboratory experience.

Now, speaking once more about our primary and secondary conditions, it should be said now that this will not be as simple as it might appear. Many breakdowns and also syntheses will be needed. Ruburt brought up a point, I believe; he observed that the experience of talking occurred in both the waking and the dreaming states, but did not think that these represented primaries.

These are impressions. A mist; that is, I believe M-I-S-T, and a long road. (Pause.) In parenthesis here, Ruburt’s own connection is with the Gallaghers. An afternoon involving three people. A massage. Something like a... I do not know the phrase... like a bandage used to bind wounds at pressure points. (Pause.)

Ruburt and dark treetops. A connection with wood, rather strongly, as of many trees, and another connection with a long wooden table, as of a picnic table. (Pause.)

Ruburt’s own perceptions are somewhat confused here because he thinks of two photographs. One in which he is perched in a tree. This one taken in California, and the other one of the two of you, taken at your New York glen, by a picnic table, in which your images are almost hidden by the trees.

We will try and say that a photograph is involved, that it is a fairly dark one, that Ruburt is in it, perhaps also a dog. The dark portions are shadows of trees, or perhaps rocks.

There is a man connected with the photograph. Ruburt’s husband. (Pause.) But it has to do with the past, at least five years ago.

Therefore, if the results are poor, this undermines Ruburt’s confidence for the following tests. This is rather important. I have no objection now to the fact that you check the results of the envelope tests immediately afterward; but only when this occurs after the Instream material.

This fact hampered that work this evening. Ruburt knew the earlier test was poor, and he set up defenses.

One point here. I allowed the test to continue because, again, such episodes can teach you lessons. I tried to separate the levels, for a while, of perception; but Ruburt by then would not open up the deeper layers of communication. You may now take your break.