“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 38th envelope experiment was held during the session. The object, sealed in the usual double envelope, was the insurance slip for the two manuscripts Jane mailed to her publisher on February 10,1966. These were the poetry book and the first section of her book on the Seth material. This material is discussed in the 234th session, among others.

(John’s entity name is Philip. He has witnessed a number of sessions, the last being the 226th. John’s presence usually calls forth some telepathic and/or clairvoyant material from Seth, and so it developed this evening. The form of the material is a little different however this time, and involves John and his wife for the most part.

(“Good evening, Seth.”

([John:] “Good evening, Seth.”)

(A long break now ensued. It was brought about because John began talking about his family relationships; the subject came up when we discussed some of the sessions John has witnessed, and the data Seth has given in them pertaining to John, his family, his job, etc. Some of the predictions are long-range. See 166th, 190th, 204th, 226th, for example; in Volumes 4 and 5.

(John said it was all right for the personal material to be included in this record, and it is a good example of the way Seth handles such data. Jane and I, incidentally, have never met John’s wife. Most of the family material is self-explanatory. During break John gave us some information; briefly, it has to do with his restlessness in his job, his wife’s reactions, his wife’s parents, his own strong need to assert his independence, etc. John is also active politically in Pennsylvania, as a conservative. He is an excellent medical representative for Searle Drug, but feels he is not being extended enough in his work; he wants more challenge. Seth has advised patience here; John said this is difficult for him but that he is carefully considering the advice. Searle itself is going through a difficult time managerially and financially.

We will however shortly begin our Instream material, and then we will be involved with our own envelope, if you have one for me, Joseph.

(Jane now paused. As when giving experimental material, she sat with her head down, a hand raised to her closed eyes.)

She tries to dominate in more feminine ways. Her mother’s domination had more masculine aspects. We will have more to say concerning this, and I hope some helpful comments after our other material.

(As usual Jane took the double envelope from me without opening her eyes. On impulse I almost told Seth there was to be no envelope, but decided to go ahead in the presence of a witness. Jane appeared to feel all right, also. She held the envelope against her forehead.)

(Jane paused at 10:17, without opening her eyes. She now held the envelope in her lap. This was the second time Seth had given me the chance to ask a question after an experiment. I could not be sure, without checking with Seth in detail, but I thought Jane had been wandering about on the above data. Because we had a witness I didn’t think we would spend too much time checking details. Earlier in the day I had wondered what would happen if I asked Seth/Jane to go over all of the data again; I supposed Jane would take this as a sign that the first data wasn’t much good, and at break Jane said this was her thought at the time.

(See the tracing of the object on page 339. The object is the insurance slip for the manuscripts of Jane’s poetry book, and the first section of the Seth material, mailed to her publisher on February 10,1966. This material is discussed to some extent in the 234th session, among others.

(Seth offered to go over the test material but we went on with more material for John Bradley, the witness. Jane and I made a few connections, which will be noted. In the first group of impressions Jane said the data “A light strip on this item. Perhaps wider at one end, and in the lower portion.” pertained to a mental image she had at the time. She saw a wedge-shaped light strip, horizontally, but could tell no more than this.

(My question proved to have some value, for in some manner it spurred Seth, or Jane, to a better effort. Listed below are the connections we could make without asking Seth.

(“A connection with a rush, or hurry. An engagement. A framework and a variety of incidents leading up to an important development.” Jane felt emotionally good about this data, she said. It involved her efforts in getting the tape made, and the two manuscripts in question, ready for the mail. All of it was done in quite a hurry, at the request of her publisher. Jane called her publisher on February 8, as noted in the envelope material in the 234th session, then hurried to get the scripts and tape ready for the mail on February 10. A variety of incidents were involved while Jane made the tape recording of the poems, etc.

(The important development for Jane was making the tape, and sending in the script on the Seth material. We are not sure of the reference to a framework however.

(“Purple, the color. A connection with a ring, and with a time schedule.” As stated, the handstamp applied to the insurance receipt is in purple or violet, and is in the shape of a ring. The time element is also apparent in the above material.

(John Bradley said that as far as he knew Seth was correct in his analysis of his wife’s parents, and correct concerning the relationship between John and his wife.

(John said he agreed with Seth’s material. He verified that a situation does arise on Wednesdays in his home. Every other week a cleaning woman works at his home on Wednesdays, helping his wife with heavier chores. John’s wife is named Mary-Ellen, the cleaning woman is Lois. Lois, John said, is around 40 years old, and she has her own personal problems. Mary-Ellen is not the type to talk with others about personal affairs, John said, but he has had the thought that she may get satisfaction listening to others talk about their troubles. Lois is a talker.

(John again agreed with Seth. He also verified Seth again, in that he remembers a younger girl living three houses away. This girl is perhaps five years younger than John and his wife; they know her only to say hello to. John said a younger woman lives but two houses away, also. Jane knew nothing of these two women, just as she knew nothing of the Wednesday incidents.)