“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(See the copy on page 197. For the test object I used a letter from my brother Loren, who lives in Tunkhannock, PA. It is typewritten in black ink on paper the weight of this page, and white. It was folded once between two pieces of Bristol, then sealed in the usual double envelope. My brother inadvertently dated the letter 1965 instead of 1966.

This is not the adventurous spirit they told you of, and you heard every word. On the other hand you do have a rather deeply felt feeling for mechanical objects. This has some connection with your position in the service. But the conscious reasons that you have for being annoyed with your automobile, these reasons are rationalizations to hide the deeper causes.

Something in the nature of a fabric with a wooden framework I believe, for our object. The color blue. The framework is used for support. (40-second pause.) Upholstery. Blue upholstery, with something like small tacks in it that are indented. A blue chair. This is our object. (Pause.)

I have specifically given the blue chair as object. (Pause at 10:20.) I will ask you, Joseph, for our test, and I will then have a few general remarks to make concerning our tests at this point.

Now. A square, and a round object, perhaps inside the square. Initials. (Long pause at 10:26.) Ruburt’s connection: a disturbing event. You may put Ruburt’s connections in parenthesis.

I pick up a very distant connection with Wisconsin, which I do not understand (pause), and with objects seen from above.

(See the tracing of the test object on page 197.

(“A paper item.” The test object is a paper item.

(“A connection with a photograph that was taken along with others, more than one of its kind in other words.” The test object of course is connected to the photos also indicated on page 198, and these particular photos were connected with “other”s since they were the last two exposures on a roll of film.

(“A square, and a round object, perhaps inside the square.” This is a good reference to the color transparencies my brother took. Again, see the tracings of the photos on page 198. What we have is a rectangular area with rounded corners inside the square object. Perhaps Seth/Jane’s perception of the rounded corners led to the statement concerning a round object inside the square.

(“and with objects seen from above.” This is speculation: Loren’s model railroad layout is built at waist-high level in the cellar of his home in Tunkhannock, PA. Thus while standing before it one looks down upon the small models of trains, etc.

(“Horizontal lines and star shapes.” is vague to us, although the test object, the letter, contains horizontal lines of type.

Now Ruburt grows unsure as far as Dr. Instream’s tests are concerned, when we are asked for a specific object, and this does hamper us. However this feeling will vanish as we continue, and again, it is a natural reaction on his part so he should not blame himself for it.