“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The session was again held in our front room, and was not interrupted. Jane began speaking while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Her pace was a little slower than usual. Her manner was most amused, and she smiled often. She hadn’t been speaking long before her eyes began to open frequently; they were very dark. She was smoking as the session began.)

He was quite correct in assuming as he did that his upset had little to do with a lack of chairs, since he knew perfectly well that a sufficiency was available. Now, for another piece to our puzzle. The mayor is also to be present upon this occasion, and Ruburt thought subconsciously how pleased her friend, Edward Briscoe, would be in his simple way—in the old days—to be present, and how impressed he would be with the mayor.

I will not take too much of our session up with these matters. Suffice it to say however that Mark’s interest in this state art exhibit can be of great benefit to him. We shall turn to other matters. You may as you wish include the early part of the session in your records, or exclude it as you wish.

I would prefer when possible, and without putting too much of a strain upon you both, that you discuss fairly neutral situations in our breaks, and avoid discussions with such emotional overtones.

Now. Give us a moment for our Instream material. (Pause.)

A box shape for our object. Small, with something like a transparent top, cellophane or plastic, of that nature. (Pause.) A filling inside, or lining, as of velvet or silk or some such (pause of at least one minute), and perhaps a divider within the box.

(As usual Jane took the envelope, our 29th, from me without opening her eyes. It was 10:30. She sat quietly, holding the envelope pressed to her forehead. Her pace became somewhat faster.)

(“A disturbing event in the month of June, ’64.” Jane said she thought this referred to an episode when she should have visited the dentist, Dr. Colucci, but did not. She keeps a brief daily record of activities, and verified her idea. In her notebook she found a record that on May 31,1964, she woke up with a swollen lower left jaw. I thought it a bad tooth. At this time, not having practiced self-hypnosis consciously, Jane had a great fear of dentists. Instead of seeing a dentist she visited our doctor next door; he put her on a series of antibiotics that lasted for four days, on into the month of June 1964. The pendulum told Jane the swelling was psychosomatic and not a tooth; the doctor agreed, eventually, and Seth did too, in the 59th session for June 3,1964. See Volume 2.

(“A connection with another car, not your own.” When I visited Dr. Colucci on January 11 he told me that about a week previously, probably on Sunday, January 2,1966, he had been unable to make the climb up the icy road leading to his home outside Elmira. Dr. Colucci lives on top of a long steep hill, yet this was the first time in three years, he said, that he had been unable to drive home. Jane said Seth gave this bit of test data because we ourselves had had trouble making a nearby steep hill in our own car, also this month. Seth dealt with our own car troubles in the 222nd session. Jane said she thought the association between these two episodes was legitimate.

(“The number 12. I do not know whether this refers to 12 people or not.” Jane said she believed the “12” came from the address of Dr. Colucci’s office, 112 Walnut Street, around the corner from our address on W. Water Street, and that Seth speculated about people because of Dr. Colucci’s waiting room being a gathering place for people.

(“A long narrow road.” We thought there could be association here also in the manner of the previous data about a connection with another car, not our own. Dr. Colucci, as stated, lives atop a hill climbed by a long narrow road. So do the Gallaghers, in the same general area. Dr. Colucci had trouble climbing the road to his home, and we had trouble climbing the road to the Gallagher home.

(“A filling station.” We thought there might be a connection here in that our car ran out of gas on the road to the Gallaghers; even so, this data would be too far removed from the test object.

Now. We will shortly end our session.