“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane achieved partial success with Bill on two attempts. The first try was the best. Bill was unable to open his eyes and developed good amnesia in his left hand, these being the tests Jane used to show him something about the trance state. However he was not able to speak during either session, and came out of the state both times when Jane asked him to answer questions. He did succeed in relaxing very well. This is difficult for him to do; he has ulcers.

(I was somewhat dubious about Jane’s hypnosis attempts since we haven’t had time to do much work in this direction lately. But Jane said she felt like it, and the Gallaghers insisted that she try. I didn’t think Bill could be easily hypnotized, but he was quite pleased with his results for a first attempt. Both Bill and Peggy said they thought they could have done better had Jane taken more time with her induction, yet Jane’s approach had been quite leisurely; thus time appeared to have been compressed for them.

(When he first appeared John mentioned that he had attended a meeting for medical salesman in Cleveland OH earlier this month; John is a sales representative for Searle Drug. As soon as he mentioned Cleveland I asked him to say nothing more about it, in the event Seth chose to do so later. Fortunately Jane was out of the room at the moment and did not hear Cleveland mentioned.

I do find the conversation quite amusing, and having no problems of that kind myself I will therefore avoid making any comments.

Priestley was right also to some extent here. These probabilities do occur somewhere, but they will occur to a self that Priestley nor Dunne ever imagined—a self who exists simultaneously with any given individual, and who is a part of him; but a self that he will never know while he is within your particular system.

The glass is in front of him. I do not pick up any strong emotional attachment between him and the object.

Philip, during the test data please try to be as quiet as possible. Dr. Instream’s hypnosis experiments now doing very well. Some slight difficulty in one particular area, caused by a motor malfunction. The malfunction the result of subconscious associations on the part of the subject. (Pause.)

Do you have a test for me, Joseph?

(I might add another bit of information here, to the effect that on Jan. 8 Jane had a dream in which she saw a strange room, not a bedroom although there was a bed in it. The room, she knew in her dream, belonged to John Bradley, although she did not see him in the dream. In addition the bed had been slept in, and the bedclothes were tossed about as though John had been quite restless. The time was at night in the dream. We do not know if there is a connection here.

The information that was given to you and which you did not understand had to do with this man, and his impression of you had much to do with what I am saying, insofar as the company, and Philip’s connection to it, is concerned.