“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Pause.) A fond farewell of some sort this evening. Is someone going on a trip?

(Thus Jane and I followed this procedure concerning the data Seth gave on Peggy’s business trip to Washington, DC in December. A written question-and-answer period was held with Peggy a day or two after her return. Peggy cooperated wholeheartedly and gave much information. I stressed that we did not want to put words into her mouth concerning Seth’s data, and she agreed that we did not.

(Perhaps Jane’s puzzlement while giving the data on this page was caused by her confusing several airplane flights. The Gallaghers were involved in four airplane trips in a space of five days: From San Juan to St. Thomas, and back; from San Juan to New York City; from New York City to Elmira, NY.)

(“On the plane on Tuesday, October 26, I read during the trip. Bill spent his time studying people.”)

(Note by R.F.B.: After Peggy and Bill left for Puerto Rico, I quizzed Jane to see how much geographical knowledge she had of the island. It developed that she had but the most general idea, to the effect that it lay south of Florida in the Caribbean. She did not know the name San Juan, for instance; nor had the Gallaghers told her, since we asked them to tell us nothing about their projected trip as soon as it was mentioned.)

(Seth gave data on Peggy’s trip in the 214th and the 215th sessions, December 6 and 8. He also gave some preliminary data on the trip during an unscheduled session held on December 3; Peggy took a copy of these predictions with her to Washington. Seth listed nine predictions and Peggy verified three of them. Seth gave them in Peggy’s presence; his score in the two sessions held while she was in Washington was much better.

(As soon as we realized that Peggy’s trip would furnish a good opportunity for another test, we asked her to say no more about it. By then we knew she was going to Washington, but Jane does not believe Peggy told her specifically, for instance, that Peggy was to cover a seminar on poverty. Be that as it may, we were told little in advance of the trip. Peggy herself did not know about the trip until a few days before she left.

([Peggy:] “Yes. They were folding-type chairs with cushioned seats, as found in theaters. They were very comfortable. These chairs were lined up at long narrow tables. The whole conference except for trips was held in this particular conference room.”)

(Jane took a break at this point, seemingly ending the Gallagher test before she went into the Dr. Instream test. However, Peggy said the first paragraph of the Insteam material applied to her Washington trip:)

(We now begin with Seth’s material on Peggy’s Washington trip, from the 215th session, December 8,1965.)

(Yes, in that Peggy was in the small separate gathering that visited Camp Kilmer, northeast of Washington, on Wednesday. See page 165. Peggy remembered that the bus taking them to Camp Kilmer was far from full; her notes later confirmed that 12 reporters and 2 aides made the trip.)

(At first Peggy saw no connection here. Then she remembered that when she arrived in Newark, NJ from Elmira, she transferred to Kennedy Airport on Long Island by helicopter. During the trip, at an altitude of no more than 600 feet, she thus flew over many of the docks, piers and shipyards lining the Brooklyn waterfront. She thought at the time that Bill would have enjoyed the sight, since he likes ships. The helicopter flight traveled past the Statue of Liberty.)

(Peggy verified three of the nine predictions Seth gave in the unscheduled session of December 3, prior to her Washington trip. Two of the three correct items have been listed in their place in the above material. The third prediction, listed on page 108, is this:)