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SESSION 229

(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.

(The session was held this evening with the chance that it might be interrupted. One of the tenants in the house had finally located a man with a plow, who was due to clear the area at 9 PM this evening. Everybody in the house was to chip in to pay him. We decided to go ahead with the session anyhow, on the chance the man with the snowplow did not show up, or was late.

(The session was held again in our front room. Jane began speaking while sittingdown and with her eyes closed. They opened just once briefly when she put out a cigarette. Her voice was average, her pace quite slow by comparison. Neither of us had expected the kind of material that began to come through.)

(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.

(Jane had not smoked since putting out her cigarette shortly after the session began, and when she resumed speaking again she refrained from smoking. As before her manner was quite slow. She sat with her head down and her hands raised to her closed eyes. She used many pauses. Resume at 9:31.)

I like to keep our sessions fairly balanced. It is possible that sometime in the near future, perhaps late spring or summer, we can arrange for a few specific sessions, in which several envelopes are prepared ahead of time. The purpose of such possible sessions simply being the fortification of Ruburt’s shaky confidence.

(Philip is John Bradley’s entity name. See the 204th and 226th sessions.)

Now. You may end the session or continue it as you choose.

One note: since much of this session has to do with personal material concerning your landlord, I did not mean earlier to point out to you your own reaction, Joseph, which has been excellent to the situation in general.