“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(A somewhat similar question arises concerning a dream Jane had on November 30th, and a few lines of the data given for the 22nd Dr. Instream test; see the following lines on page 104 of the 213th session: “He received a book by mail today, a biography sort of book, having to do with a personality of the late 1800’s. A medium.” This material is dated December 1; there follows Jane’s dream of the night before.

(The 20th envelope test was held during this session. See the tracing on page 107. For the test object I used part of one of the paper napkins Jane and I were given when we varied our routine prior to the 213th session, and visited a local discotheque for a beer. See the notes on this on page 102. The results of tonight’s test were very interesting. While we were in the discotheque ultraviolet lights were turned on when the entertainment began; this means the test object was viewed by us in this unusual light, and this fact shows in tonight’s test data.

(It was now time for the 23rd Dr. Instream test. Once again Jane sat with her hands raised to her closed eyes. Her pace was not too slow, although broken by many pauses. Resume at 10:04.)

Now, do you have a test for me, Joseph?

(I handed over the double envelope, and as usual Jane took it with her eyes remaining closed. She held the envelope in both hands for a moment, then delivered the data with short pauses. This is our 20th envelope test.)

(Break at 10:17. Jane was dissociated as usual. She said she didn’t particularly remember what she had said on the three tests, but could to some degree if she stopped to think.

(See the tracing of the test object, the napkin from the discotheque, on page 107.

(“a gathering” can refer to the crowded discotheque, or bar. I wouldn’t say the napkin was an “item strongly connected” to me, although it was my napkin rather than Jane’s that I used for the test. Nor were my initials on it.

(Jane said that as she began giving the data, the association she made with Seth’s data, “white, snow white,” led her to consider the particular photo of my parents’ house taken after a deep snowfall. She said that at this stage of her development it is very difficult for her to tell when such personal associations enter in, unless Seth himself notes it by saying “Ruburt here thinks of a photograph,” etc. Jane said she saw the photo in her mind’s eye, but that as she continued to speak, she eventually received a hazy picture, a “nebulous impression,” of a bar. She did not mention the bar in the test data, and indeed had forgotten it until our discussion of the test brought it back to her mind.

(We now hoped Seth would comment on the test before ending the session. Jane resumed in a quiet voice, with her eyes closed, at 10:30.)

(Tracing of the woodblock print used in the 21st envelope test, in the 215th session for December 8,1965.)