“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Prior to the session Jane and I had a discussion as to the exact profession of the person who had written the many notes on the manuscript of her ESP book. See pages 319-20 for notes on this, in the 236th session, and Seth’s comments. Neither of us thought the person in question a psychologist. I favored a parapsychologist, Jane a psychiatrist. In his comments he referred rather often to his own theory of spherical time. Neither of us have heard of this, nor can we find a reference to it in our books.

He takes prissy tiptoeing steps, always looking backward with worried caution. He does not carry his precious spherical time idea far enough to begin with. His spherical time is like the surface of a sphere only.

Now. When the communicator is still strongly tied emotionally to your own system, and when he is still acclimating himself to his new conditions, then his communications will be extremely garbled, as a rule.

His control over the nervous system of the person through whom he communicates will be faulty and erratic. His interests will largely be those he had during physical existence. This is generally true.

He will be mainly concerned in an effort to prove his survival. His messages will be full of trivial but significant data that will make his survival plain to those he has left behind.

My field of reality is not the same as it is for those who have recently left your system. It is not necessary for Ruburt to adopt the deep trance state for our sessions, since I am able to speak through him without shutting out most aspects of his consciousness.

One of the reasons, incidentally, for Ruburt’s good performance for me is precisely his ability to use words well. We are building up a foundation here, in which words are important, and for which incidentally subconscious shorthand symbols would be of little use.

He is in a building several stories high, and he is not on the first floor. The building is modern. He has matches in his hand, and lights one. He stares at the matches, a small packet of ordinary matches.

A connection with many people, and with something like a basement—low, that is. This leads Ruburt to think of your Myhalyk’s, his impression.

(“A connection with many people, and with something like a basement—low, that is. This leads Ruburt to think of your Myhalyk’s, his impression.” Jane believes her impression here is correct. Myhalyk’s is our favorite dancing establishment in Elmira. On Saturday, February 19, Jane and I met Marilyn and Don Wilbur and some others at Myhalyk’s for an evening of dancing. This was shortly after we had obtained the book on hands, and during the evening Jane asked the Wilburs if they would cooperate in having handprints made. The Wilburs, who have witnessed several unscheduled sessions, consented. Arrangements were made to obtain their prints on Friday, February 25, but were not carried out because of the difficulty in getting good prints. My print, made on February 27, was an experiment in an effort to learn just how to make a good print.

(“and a connection with a man who wears glasses. Not you, Joseph.” Don Wilbur wears glasses. I do also. So does Bill Gallagher. Peggy Gallagher was visiting Jane on the evening I made the print used as the envelope object, on Sunday, February 27. After I was through with my efforts Bill arrived. As we recall he was not wearing his glasses on that particular evening. Don Wilbur wears his all the time, as I do.

Ruburt has been intellectually involved in a strong manner with our whole relationship and experience, as he studied the galleys for his book. This is not particularly conducive to his intuitional activities, so I did not give him a break before our tests, but let the trance state continue. This worked to our advantage. This period just passing, of comparative rest on his part, from psychic activities, makes one point at least plain: our results, all in all during this period, have been good.