“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(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.

Now. He has taken it for granted that dream locations do not exist within physical space.

(Peggy now took her first picture. The flash startled me more than it did Jane, for she continued on, unperturbed.)

Dream locations exist in so-called physical space as truly, or as falsely, as physical objects exist in physical space. As you should know by now, physical objects are only the results of your own perception, and this perception is based upon your psychological makeup, your physical structure, certain combinations of nerves and chemical reactions. As any physicist will tell you, you perceive objects, and you perceive solid objects—

Because of other procedures which I have explained, including the existence of constant telepathy, there is some agreement as to the placement of these objects, or if Ruburt prefers, locations, in space. Now this gives rise to what you may call mass-perception, with a hyphen between the two words.

I said then that the universe expands in a way that has nothing to do with space. Now. A dream location exists, contracts or expands also in a way that has nothing to do with space as you understand it.

Now. I wish to congratulate Ruburt.

Now. If you have little memory of your dream locations while you are in the waking state, then remember you have as little memory of waking locations when you are in the dream state. Both are legitimate, and both are realities.

(Break at 9:52. Jane was dissociated as usual, she said. Her eyes had been closed for the most part, her manner and gestures very emphatic. Peggy’s flashgun hadn’t bothered her. A total of seven pictures had been taken by now.

(It was time for the 50th Dr. Instream experiment. Jane’s pace and voice now changed to a slower tempo. Once more she sat with a hand raised to her closed eyes. Resume at 10:05.)

Now. Give us a moment, please. (Long pause.)

I have the impression of four. Now I believe that this refers to four photographs. One taken many years ago, in a location near a body of water. Four people in this photograph, parents and two children.

Another single photograph of a child; also a photograph of a woman who is now the wife of the man to whom these photographs and the object belong.

Now for some general notes, still concerning Dr. Instream. He is working on, now, the next symposium. There is still some disagreement even as to rather general plans. This makes more specific details difficult to work out.

Now. I will end our session, so that you have some time for social discourse, and I myself thank our cat lover for the time and energy expended.

(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.