“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 41st envelope experiment was held during the session. See the tracing on page 20. The object was an unused ticket to a VFW ball and entertainment. It is printed in heavy black type on yellow card stock; the back is blank. It was given to us on the evening of Saturday, November 20,1965, by a friend of our neighbor across the hall. Our neighbor is Leonard Yaudes. As Jane and I were leaving our place to go dancing that evening Leonard called us into his place to meet two friends of his, a man and a woman, not married; we have forgotten their names. The man, who was also planning to attend the VFW affair later that evening, gave Jane and me a free ticket.

Now. Give us a moment please. We will give the object shortly.

The object is a small round object in a small square box. There is also cotton in the box. The object is shaped somewhat like a ring, but it is not a ring. The circle is not complete. It is of a grayish color, like stone. Perhaps somewhat speckled, and it is very old.

(“I’m wondering about part of the early data here; you seem to be talking about a letter or note. What’s the connection with the envelope object?”)

A note was sent, I believe, concerning the object.

I have the impression of a solid-appearing rectangular shape, in the center of a larger white object. The smaller one made up of small shapes which have been interpreted as script.

(See the tracing of the envelope object on page 20. The ticket is printed in bold black type on yellow card stock. On page 24 Seth stated that when Jane receives images, the psychological framework between Seth and Jane is operating; in these instances Seth is not giving Jane envelope data by way of concepts, directly and telepathically. Jane had some images this evening.

(“and a street or avenue, as an avenue of escape.” A street, Gray Street, is printed on the object. Our thought also is that the escape data here refers to our not wishing to attend the affair represented by the ticket.

(“White paper with small implied border. A July date. A note, short, that does not take up all the available space.” This is the data I asked Seth to connect with the envelope object. His answer was that a note was sent, presumably to our neighbor across the hall, Leonard Yaudes, concerning the object. Jane and I do not know if this is so, and probably will not ask Leonard; he does not know of these sessions.

(“Symbols or initials in the lower left hand corner. Having something to do with a house, or residence.” Near the lower left hand corner of the object is printed the name of the hotel in which the VFW affair was to be held, along with the specific rooms. We wonder if Seth/Jane mentioning a house or residence referred to a hotel, via a close distortion.

(“The appearance of a neat, even, script, with small letters. The main paragraph forming a neat rectangular form. But neatly squared off. A block of matter.” Jane said this data referred to the printed envelope object, even though she used the word script instead of type. I was wondering if her use of the word script was a reference to the note sent in connection with the object, but Jane said no. She is not aware of the difference between the terms script, lettering, and type, for instance. She had an image here, of small even words on a rectangular shape; but my questioning could not elicit whether she could distinguish, here, between type, script, etc., on this rectangular shape. She merely knew there were words present.

(“Color at the top, like strips.” The object is yellow, so the color reference could be somewhat distorted. Jane said she believed the strips referred to the black printed lines of the object. Another color, Gray Street, is also mentioned in the data, and indirectly.

(“Connection with a dog.” I drew a blank here. Jane offered a connection perhaps twice removed from the object. Leonard Yaudes has a girlfriend who has a dog; occasionally they leave the dog in Leonard’s apartment when they go out on a date. The connection would be that the object came from Leonard’s apartment. It is a weak one, in that the girl in question is not the girl who was present in the apartment on November 20,1965, when Jane and I were given the object. Jane didn’t know whether her interpretation was correct.

(“A note was sent, I believe, concerning the object.” This was Seth’s answer to my question about the “white paper, July, note,” data. See page 26.

(“I have the impression of a solid-appearing rectangular shape, in the center of a larger white object. The smaller one made up of small shapes which have been interpreted as script.” As stated, by script Jane meant print, or type. Jane said this is another reference to the object.

(Jane said it is possible that the “larger white object” referred to the inside envelope used as a matter of course in our experiments. This envelope is perhaps half again as large as the largest dimension of tonight’s object, and is almost square. I put the object in this envelope, place it between two pieces of heavy Bristol board which are cut to just fit inside the second, or outside, envelope. I did not think to ask Seth to clear up this point.

The house or residence had to do with the words “room” and “hotel” clearly written on the object.

The street or “avenue of escape” should have been separated. A street was mentioned on the object, and you wished to escape attending the event referred to on the object.

(Check the printed copy in the center of the object. Beside the word “wars” there, we see the words “for” and “foreign.” Seth mentioned “the number four in the center of a square.” The envelope object is rectangular rather than square. We wondered whether the square reference was to the “larger white object,” mentioned at the end of the envelope data. See page 27. The inside envelope used in these experiments is almost square.)

(“Was this the girl who was visiting Leonard the night we were given the object?”)

(Tracings of the insurance receipt used as the object in the 42nd envelope experiment, in the 243rd session for March 21,1966.)