“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Before tonight’s session Jane and I were discussing ways and means of taking her blood pressure, her weight and various other measurements of a physiological nature before, during and after sessions. Seth referred to this in the last session briefly. We know several doctors on a social basis, but for various reasons hesitate to ask one of them to perform these duties; we would also like to repeat these studies regularly, and could hardly expect a medical man to be available in this respect.

(The name of Father Martin came up in the conversation. He is a monk in a nearby monastery, an ex-doctor, and knows of the sessions casually. He has not witnessed any. Jane and I like him, but doubted his availability very often. One reason is that he gets up at 4 AM to work on the monastery farm.

(Another project we would like to explore is photographing Jane during sessions. I could handle this with a little practice. We talked of illustrating Jane’s book on the Seth material, which she is now writing.

(Jane has decided that she smokes too much during sessions; as a result she did not smoke while dictating this evening, but did light up at breaks. The session was held in our back room, and was a quiet one. Jane spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed for the most part. Her pace was quite slow in the beginning, but by first break was up to its usual rather fast state.)

(Break at 9:25. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her eyes had remained closed; her pace had been fast as break approached.

(Jane resumed again with her eyes closed, and at a somewhat slower pace, at 9:33.)

(Jane has not been smoking during her deliveries this evening. However she now took a sip of wine. Though I could not see whether her eyes opened or not, I assume they did sufficiently for her to pick up her glass without fumbling.)

(Break at 9:58. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her voice was average, her pace also. She said she slits her eyes open when she picks up a wineglass, knocks the ashes off a cigarette, etc. Her head is usually tipped down in such movements and I can detect no opening of the eyes.

(It was now time for the 21st Dr. Instream test. As usual Jane spoke in a quiet voice, sitting with her hands raised to her closed eyes. Her pace was not very slow, however, although she took a few long pauses. Resume at 10:03.)

(As usual I handed Jane the standard sealed double envelope containing my drawing of the symbol shown on page 95. She reached out for it without opening her eyes, then sat quietly holding it in both hands. Momentarily, she laid her left hand flat upon the envelope. This is the 18th envelope test.)

(Break at 10:24. Jane was dissociated as usual, she said. Her eyes had remained closed. Her pace on our own test had been faster than on the Dr. Instream material.

(Jane resumed at a slow pace, with her eyes closed, at 10:35.)

(End at 10:41. Jane was dissociated as usual.)