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SESSION 248

(The 45th envelope experiment was held during the session. See the tracing on page 72. The object is the flap of a letter that my nephew Douglas Butts and myself wrote on last Sunday, April 3, at my parents’ home in Sayre, PA. The tracing is drawn with the same blue pen, my own, that was used to write on the object. The object came into being when Doug, who is 14 years old, was showing me how he writes left-handed. We sat on the couch and used a folded newspaper for a support; this was not steady. I did not intend to use this object for the envelope experiment, but decided to on the spur of the moment after it was made. Jane never saw the object in its finished form before the experiment.

(After supper this evening young Don Wilbur informed us that he and his wife would not be able to witness the session as scheduled. The Wilburs are discussed in the 246th session. Don left a sealed envelope, prepared to my instructions, with me, but I did not plan to use it for this evening’s experiment. Jane knows of the envelope but did not see it. She requested that we not talk about it very much so that she wouldn’t focus upon it to any degree.

(After several sessions involving various kinds of personal material we hoped to get back to the theoretical kind. The session was held in our living room as usual. Jane began speaking with her eyes closed and at a rather slow pace. She was not smoking.)

(In the 246th session I remarked that we’d like Seth to discuss the remarkable quasars, or quasi-stellar radio sources, that have caused so much discussion in astronomical circles lately. They violate the known laws of physics; although at the limits of our observable universe they are much too bright, and their energy is much too fantastic.)

We will now end our session. The connections were clear enough to need no discussion.

If you have any questions, or if there is anything in particular you would like to discuss, we will continue. Otherwise we will close the session.

Milk aggravates the condition. Presently a peculiar combination of humidity and the dusty heat from your radiators is aggravating also. The nightly suggestions I recommend most heartily. The exercise he read of, done three times daily, would benefit him. We will still devote a session to this sort of thing when you find the time.

(“Do you think last Saturday’s unscheduled session helped our landlady?”)

(See the 247th session. In it Seth attempted to instruct our landlady, Marian Spaziani, regarding positive suggestion and its application to a benign ovarian tumor.

(“Was she surprised that we held the session?”)

Subconsciously she wanted a session.

(In the past Marian had always told us the idea of witnessing a session was too scary. Hence our surprise last Saturday, when on a visit to her place she agreed to listen to Seth with no pressure from us.

(After the session was over at 1:30 AM, Marian’s husband Jimmy arrived home from work. Marian told him about the session. Jimmy then wondered aloud if Seth could tell him about “anything significant” that was going to happen to him within the next six months. We were drinking coffee by then however and Seth did not come through. Jimmy’s question prompted my next query however.

(During the 247th session Seth told Marian that Jimmy’s health was good. Seth devoted much of the 229th session to what he said were tax and money problems involving Jimmy. As stated at the time, Jane and I have no idea as to the validity of the 229th session. The material was quite detailed; we have yet to hear or see anything to back any of it up. In a recent session Seth said that probabilities might enter in with this data, but that is all we know. Saturday night Jane and I did wonder why Jimmy asked the particular question he did. In the 229th session Seth gave a March 15 date in connection with Jimmy’s supposed tax troubles.)

We will close the session. Sometime in the future when you take a vacation from other concerns, we can hold several meetings a week, for perhaps two weeks. Not now, however; when you have the energy, both of you. This would be enjoyable and most beneficial from many standpoints. A crash course, I believe you call it. And now my best wishes to you both.

(Tracing of the red satin bow used as the envelope object in the 46th experiment, in the 249th session for April 6,1966.)