“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 30th envelope test was held during the session. I cut out ten small pieces of colored construction paper, put them between the usual two pieces of Bristol board and sealed them in the usual double envelope. I was aware that there wouldn’t be much emotional charge connected with these, and Seth was too. As is the case also, Jane did not do well on the resumption of such experiments.

(The session is quite unusual, in that all of it is devoted to experimental material of one kind or another. This includes the two usual tests plus the material delivered by Seth concerning our landlord. The landlord data arose out of one of those rather small incidents that keep accumulating emotional charges when most of the people involved turn stubborn.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(Seth had dealt with Jimmy and his family in other sessions, notably the 100th and 101st. Our landlord operates a restaurant featuring a large party and catering service, so it is conceivable that a falling ill at a “party-type gathering” could refer to an illness occurring on those premises. See Volume 3.

(The visitation-from-his-father reference involves the material in the 100th and 101st sessions. Jimmy’s father died in the summer of 1964. Following the father’s death our landlord’s wife had several vivid experiences involving the deceased father; Seth said these were legitimate experiences involving contact with the father, and not dreams. It appears that our landlord’s wife is a good receiver, or relay station. Perhaps she would receive and pass on to her husband any visitations from the dead father.

(Joe Cernohorsky is the specialist mentioned on page 248, the man who keeps the apartment house we live in, in running order for the landlord. Joe and the landlord are of an age, 50, and have been friends for years. Jane and I have never met Joe’s wife, and have no idea what kind of connection Seth might be referring to.

(From what Seth says after break, we saw the connection with cloth, evening, and an endeavor that does not work. Jane and I bought this colored paper to use in an experiment whereby, blindfolded, we tried to determine the various colors by touch alone. This after we had read an article in Time Magazine about a woman who had been able to do this. Our tests had been held in the evening, and our results reached chance level only.

(“Good night, Seth.”

(We were discussing the material on our landlord when Seth came through again. Jane resumed with her eyes opening at 10:50.)