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(Watching the blizzard that hit Elmira this weekend in action, I thought it like a disembodied psychic storm. Jane agreed; as session time drew near tonight she said she thought Seth would discuss the storm, and our weather in general. Seth has had something to say about the weather in these sessions: 56, 84, 123 and 175, without going into any great detail. Check Volumes 2, 3, and 4.

(The session was held in our front room. Jane began speaking while sitting down and with her eyes closed.)

(For a time we held sessions in the back of our apartment to avoid such interruptions, but Jane prefers them held in the large front room. The interruption tonight was not any kind of a shock to Jane; she left the trance state easily, although I noticed her eyes were very dark when they first opened. It was Jane who answered the door however. We then engaged in a half-hour’s conversation with our neighbor.

(When we were alone again Jane resumed as though the break had not occurred. Her voice was average, her pace average; her eyes were to open after a few paragraphs, and she was now smoking.)

(Break at 9:55. Jane had been dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her pace had become quite fast, and sometimes emphatic. Her eyes had opened often toward the end of the delivery.

(It was now time for the 35th Dr. Instream test. The blizzard howled outside. As usual Jane’s pace slowed; she sat with her head down and her hands raised to her closed eyes. She spoke with many rather brief pauses. Resume at 10:02.)

(A point of confusion arose here. The last word above, which I took to be shoe, was not clearly pronounced by Jane. I asked for a repetition of the word, whereupon Jane, her eyes still closed, pointed at me rather emphatically.)

(Break at 10:16. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed. Her pace had become good toward the end of the delivery. The wind had been hitting 40 MPH in gusts, and our apartment had been chilly all day. Jane’s slower and quiet manner had made me more aware of the storm and I had wondered whether it would bother her, but she said she had been aware of nothing while speaking.

(I explained the confusion over the shoe data to her during break, and asked Seth to clear it up. Jane resumed with her eyes again closed and her hands raised to them, at 10:26.)

(End at 10:47. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her pace had been fast. Her eyes had opened often and a few times her voice had grown stronger for emphasis.

(See page 241 of the last session, the 227th, for the data on the time schedule by which Jane produced the book of poetry. It will be noted that on the four days, January 21, 24, 25, 26, Jane wrote 52 poems in the course of from 16-18 1/2 hours.

(A recount since last session reveals that the total number of poems should be revised upward, to 63, produced in the same amount of time. In giving me the first set of figures Jane counted the pages in the book of poetry, forgetting that there were two poems on some pages.

(As early as the 6th session Seth told Jane and me that we were living the last of our physical lives, and that both of us had chosen to become entities. Because of this, Seth said, it is very necessary that we develop all of our abilities as much as possible in this life. See Volume 1.)