“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 46th envelope experiment was held during the session. See the tracing above. The object was a red satin bow that had been kicking around the studio for some months; at various times I had idly thought of using it for an experiment. I did not think Jane had noticed it particularly, and she confirmed this after the session.

(Jane did not feel very well before the session, but when I mentioned calling the session off she insisted on holding it. She began speaking while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Although she was tired her pace was good. She was not smoking.)

(Jane’s pace was faster now, and her eyes had begun to open as she sipped some wine occasionally. If she was tired she gave no indication. I felt it was going to be one of those sessions where she became really involved with the material.

(Jane was now speaking rapidly and using many gestures. Her eyes were open much of the time and were very dark.)

(Break at 9:27. Jane said she was really “out”, or that Seth was really “in.” She was aware of nothing but the material while speaking, and felt the ideas were good. Her pace had been fast toward the end of the delivery; her eyes had been open much of the time and very dark, and she had spoken with emphasis and many gestures. She now felt much better. She said she wouldn’t have been surprised had Seth called off the session in the beginning.

(Jane resumed at a somewhat slower rate. Her eyes were closed but she was smoking. 9:40.)

(Jane’s eyes had been opening again and her pace was speeding up. Now she put out her cigarette, took a sip of wine, and went into a pause lasting at least a minute.)

(Jane and I had wondered about this. We had read that some of the quasars were found on old sky photographs.)

(Break at 10:02. Jane was again very well dissociated, she said. Her eyes were open and very dark for much of the last part of the delivery, her pace fast but broken by pauses, her manner very emphatic. She said that when Seth comes in strong she feels more like him than she does herself. She smoked and sipped at wine.

(It was now time for the 54th Dr. Instream experiment. Jane’s pace slowed again, and she sat with a hand raised to her closed eyes. Resume at 10:10.)

(Jane paused at 10:16, her eyes still closed. Our kitchen window had been open during the evening and traffic noise was audible, as usual. We hadn’t been bothered by it particularly before this. I now left my chair to shut it.)

(Jane paused at 10:22. She took the 46th sealed envelope from me without opening her eyes. She pressed it to her forehead for a few sentences, then lowered it to her lap.)

(Break at 10:34. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes remained closed.

(We could make other connections but they would require checking out, and extra time. While giving the data Jane had the idea of my mother as being connected with the color red, but did not give voice to this because she believed it was incorrect. We agree.

(“The number one. A spring.” Jane said the flower data earlier in the material could have given rise to this personal association: She thought of times in her childhood when her grandmother took her on a walk to the park in Saratoga Springs, NY. In the park they often visited a particular sulphur water spring designated as Number One Spring.

(I will add some more notes as Seth deals with some of the data after break. Jane resumed at an average pace at 10:41.)

(I think both numbers in the data, 1942 and 1963, are year numbers. Jane knows nothing about the filing system at my place of employment, Artistic Greetings. Catalog numbers are not usually year numbers.

(The above is a good generalized description of a certain type of card produced by Artistic. Jane has seen cards like this of course. I still had no specific recollection of the kind I wanted.

(Again, possible. Before the reorganization this year Artistic dealt with many artists and firms in the northeastern states, including New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It still does to some extent. Jane did not know this. Without the card from which the envelope object was taken however, I cannot track down any specific artist or company.)

(“The other day Jane said she’s never dreamed of you yourself, although she’s dreamed about the sessions. But she’s had experiences involving you in her psychological time experiments.”)

(End at 10:54. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had begun to open occasionally toward the end of the session.)