“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 19th envelope test was held this evening. The test object was the front of an envelope mailed to us by Jane’s father last July. See the tracing on page 101. The writing was in blue ink on white paper. Note the error, 1985, in the postmark; I thought Seth might comment on this but he did not. The envelope front was folded once and placed between two sheets of Bristol, then sealed in the usual double envelopes.

(As mentioned by Seth in the last session, I have begun keeping a record of outside weather data from our television weather channel. This includes humidity, barometric pressure, etc., as detailed on page 97. This record is for session nights only; I do not know whether it is necessary to insert the data into each session. When we begin our dream experiments with the recorder, we will also keep a daily weather record, again as suggested by Seth.

(The session was held in our front room. With the windows closed traffic noise was not a problem. Jane began speaking while sitting down, in an average voice and at a good pace from the beginning. Jane’s eyes opened wide immediately after Seth’s greeting, which is most unusual. They were very dark. Seth/Jane was quite pleased and amused, and spoke with a smile. Jane was smoking.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(Seth has dealt with psychic gestalts, religion, the Crucifixion, beginnings and endings, etc., under the general heading of the God concept, at various times. See the following sessions among others: 24, 27, 31, 51, 62, 66, 81, 95, 97, 115, 135, 145, 146, 147, 149, 151, 177.

(Seth has referred to my lack of holiday enthusiasm in the past. I have been conscious of this ever since and have been making attempts to improve it. So far this season, I believe my attitude has shown a marked improvement.

(Jane insists that “A strip” refers to the beautiful long beaches at both Daytona and Ormond, which adjoin each other. Without going into personal details, we can say that Seth is correct when he refers to “A connection with an event that was not particularly pleasant”; this involved us and Jane’s father in Florida.

(We do not see a connection with “Light and dark, with shadow shapes” particularly. Jane’s father, who addressed the envelope, can be “A connection with another individual, a male.” Jane’s father is of course “someone who visited here,” but we do not know what “A photograph” means, particularly, in the test data, since Seth did not elaborate.

(Usually now we do not ask Seth to explain every reference made in a test if we do not see any connection. We list what we see as connections, and have noted that if we are really puzzled about any test data, Seth will say something about the problem after break.

(“Good night, Seth.”