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(The 43rd envelope experiment was held during the session. The tracing on page 43 is a reproduction of the envelope object, a page of notes from my pad. The notes concern the efforts of Jane and myself to pin down Seth’s impressions given on page 32 of the last session.

(Sometimes Jane has seen envelope objects, and sometimes she has not. Sometimes she has seen them but a few days before, sometimes months or years before. Whatever the case may be, it apparently makes no difference in the results as far as time goes, or previous visual contact. Seth does respond to emotional charges; these charges we have learned need not stem from Jane or myself or a friend; they can be related to a total stranger and still be detected. Someday perhaps these envelope experiments can be correlated with various factors, sensual and otherwise. For some time now we have kept a weather record, taken just before session time, and there are probably correlations here. This record includes time, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, rainfall to date, wind velocity and wind direction. Soon I will make a copy of the chart to include with these sessions.

(There may also be correlations via dreams but we haven’t made any effort to study this, nor has Seth been asked.

(The session began at 9:06. Seth was in a very good mood at its opening but quickly became serious. Jane’s pace was good from the beginning. Her eyes were closed, her manner brisk and with many gestures, her voice average in timbre.)

(Seth has dealt with the problem of mass-perception in the sessions on the creation of matter: 60-73, among others. See Volume 2.)

(See sessions 42-45. But as early as the 15th session Seth was discussing these problems as related to dreams. All in Volume 1.)

(Seth, or Jane had been engrossed in the material. Jane’s manner remained most emphatic when she resumed, again with her eyes closed, at 9:32.)

(“Good night, Seth.”

(Jane and I made what connections we could, and did not ask Seth for any clarifications. See the tracing of the envelope object on page 43. As stated it is a reproduction of a page of notes I had made, concerning the efforts of Jane and myself to pin down Seth’s impressions given on page 32 of the last session.

(We believe we have made some progress checking Seth’s impressions in this case, and they involve Bill Macdonnel, John Bradley, and Peggy Gallagher among others. It isn’t necessary here to go into these points in detail one by one, either in the data on page 32, or on the envelope object. But we do believe these excerpts from page 32 apply to Peggy and her place of employment, the local newspaper: “A crisis involving health. A doctor… A connection with a man who can be considered an outsider to a group. He is connected with the crisis.”

(“A switch.” This we believe involves Peggy’s failure to appear at the two previous sessions, 242 and 243, to take photographs of Jane. This is borne out also by Seth’s last statement, where I asked him to elaborate: “The switch seems to be involved with a change of plans, or a switch of dates.” The change of plans was on Peggy’s part, twice, and the somewhat involved mechanics of the situation here are explained in the notes on page 30 of the 243rd session.

(The connection with the envelope object is that the object concerns an investigation of Seth’s data on page 32; this data involves Peggy’s involvement in a crisis at her place of employment. The change of plans came about when Peggy was ordered out of town on assignment for March 16,1966, Wednesday night, the time she had planned to photograph Jane during the 242nd session. Peggy was given this change of plans on Tuesday, March 15, and as shown Seth mentions March 15 in the data this evening.

(Now follows Jane’s impressions concerning a news photo of a drawing of flying saucers, which we had discussed recently. As Seth said, these were Jane’s impressions and not his.

(“A miscellany of shapes that all point toward one direction.” This is one of Seth/Jane’s favorite ways to refer to writing, whether handwritten or printed. The pointing reference we think a reference to the uniform direction of the verticals in my script.

(“2 o’clock. A connection with a March 13 or 15 date, I believe.” This is quite possible, we think, although we did not check with Seth. See the notes again on pages 30, and 50, concerning Peggy’s failure to appear as scheduled to photograph Jane during the 242nd session. As stated the 242nd session was held on Wednesday March 16. Peggy did not appear because she was given an out-of-town assignment for Wednesdsay evening. She was actually given the assignment on Tuesday, March 15, in the afternoon. On page 30 it is stated Peggy does not recall the exact time she was told about the assignment except that it was not too late in the afternoon. Seth had mentioned 3 PM during the 242nd session, and Peggy said it was possible. Does 2 o’clock apply here? We do not know since we did not check with Seth. Peggy is sure however that she was given the assignment no later than 3 PM.)