“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Without going into details her predictions involved a lost package and other pertinent forecasts having to do with delays. The post office fouled up here, misplacing the special delivery notice, then failing to make delivery, etc. Finally when Jane went to the post office just before closing time today to claim the package, it proved to be lost again, this time on the premises. It was found after a lengthy search.

(Tonight’s session was held in our large front room. Jane felt good as session time arrived, and perhaps for this reason Seth spoke at a somewhat slower pace than usual. There were many very brief pauses. Jane’s eyes opened almost at once, briefly, closed, then began their usual fluctuation. Her voice was average. She lit a cigarette soon after she began.)

(Jane now took a pause that lasted a full minute, sitting quietly with her eyes closed.)

(Another long pause. Jane sat with her head down as she leaned forward, hands clasped, eyes closed.)

(“A little later, while in the same state, I heard the music again to a reduced degree, for a few seconds. I then fell asleep. It is interesting that the evening before this experience, Saturday, February 26, Jane and I had an excellent time dancing to a new band at our favorite dancing establishment in town. I believe the guitar music I heard in bed was very much like one of the guitars in the band. I had watched this particular musician often during the evening, admiring his playing. The band plays until 1 AM each evening, when the establishment closes. Since I had my experience at 12:30 AM, when presumably the band would still be playing, did I perhaps tune in on it there?”

(Break proved to be a little longer than usual. Jane began speaking in the same rather slow manner, and for the most part her eyes remained closed. Resume at 9:45.)

(Jane now took a one-minute pause. She sat with her hands raised to her closed eyes.)

(Jane’s pace had been slow for the most part all evening. It was now time for the 43rd Dr. Instream experiment, and once again her pace was broken by pauses. As usual she sat with her head down, her hands raised to her closed eyes. Her pace picked up a little as the data proceeded. Resume at 10:05.)

(At 10:16 I handed Jane the 36th double envelope; as usual she took it from me without opening her eyes, then sat holding it to her forehead with her right hand. Her eyes were still closed.)

(Break at 10:27. Jane was dissociated as usual Her eyes had remained closed, her pace had been slow, she hadn’t smoked, etc.

(“and with ribbonlike shapes. That is, long lines that are straight, perhaps two of these, and of dark color, I believe, or dark red. Black or red. Horizontal rather than vertical, in the position in which I hold this.” As stated on page 321, Jane held the rectangular double envelope up with its long edge parallel to the floor, and moved it back and forth to indicate most definitely her insistence upon the horizontal attribute. This is most interesting, for the envelope object itself contains neither vertical or horizontal lines or masses. Once again her actions and data seem to be an attempt to get at my tracing-paper drawing, which bears a close connection to the envelope object.

(Jane said that out of all the connections we made, practically all of them referred to my tracing-paper drawing rather than to the actual envelope object itself. My boss made the envelope object. Jane knows him of course, and likes him; yet the fact that I made the tracing-paper drawing evidently exerted a stronger pull emotionally. Perhaps this diverted Seth/Jane’s focus from the envelope object to a closely related object. As stated, Jane didn’t know the two drawings existed.

(Now Jane lowered her head. She raised her hands to her closed eyes once more.)

(End at 10:55. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed since break, her pace rather slow. She said she felt sure about the impressions concerning my tracing-paper drawing. She was aware, she repeated, of the circular shape upon the rectangular shape formed by the folded tracing paper; she felt it was folded when Seth said so.)