“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 49th envelope experiment was held during the session. The object was a sheet of yellow paper upon which our young friend Don Wilbur doodled various numbers and words on the evening of Friday, April 15. I found it while cleaning up after company had left, and decided to use it for an experiment. Jane told me tonight that she didn’t remember seeing Don make it. It was produced on the evening of the unscheduled 251st session. Jane ended up physically ill after this session, which saw very strong voice effects. There were five witnesses, excluding myself.

(The session was held in the front room. Jane began speaking while sitting down and with her eyes closed, in a quiet voice and with pauses.)

(Break at 9:29. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes began to open during the last ten minutes of the delivery, and her pace speeded up somewhat. She resumed in the same manner at 9:39.)

(“No, I’m all right.” I had been sneezing, and Jane paused at 9:49.)

(Break at 9:59. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her pace had been good, her eyes opening often.

(It was now time for the 58th Dr. Instream experiment. As usual Jane’s pace slowed up to some extent, and she sat with a hand raised to her closed eyes. Resume at 10:06.)

(Without opening her eyes Jane took the envelope from me for our 49th experiment. Her position, with a hand to her eyes, did not change; she held the envelope in her lap.)

Lilliard. (Jane spelled this word out and I repeated it after her.)

Give us a moment. (Pause.) We are having some difficulties with this. We will say that the people are yourselves. There seems to be a connection with fire. Something bright, as in a flame color. Also a connection with some old date. Old—something old, or antique. (Jane gestured impatiently.)

(Break at 10:28. Jane was dissociated as usual, and her eyes remained closed throughout both experiments.

(As Seth states in closing, the impressions tonight are legitimate, but too far removed for our purposes. Jane and I saw many glimmerings in the material, but needed more specific data; too many meanings could be attached to many of the impressions. The envelope object was made in our presence; because we were present we feel an emotional rapport with the data which would be lacking for an outsider. A couple of examples will illustrate the nature of the data.

(“Four plus one.” The unscheduled 251st session was held on the Friday evening Don Wilbur produced the envelope object, April 15,1965. Present besides Jane and me were five witnesses—the Wilburs, the Gallaghers, and Ann Diebler.

(“…gliddiard.” Lilliard.” Jane’s first attempt at Lilliard was distorted. The Lilliard trio used to play at the art gallery when Jane worked there a couple of years ago. The connection, Jane believes, while far-out, was an attempt to get at Marilyn studying music. Marilyn and Don had visited the gallery last week.

(“Gold.” The envelope object was made on a sheet of Jane’s yellow typing paper—the kind called second sheets.

(“…a connection with fire. Something bright, as in a flame color.” Jane and I are reasonably sure a candle was burned on the coffee table that evening, Friday, April 15. This because we had been discussing Seth’s apparent success in regulating the height of a candle flame on various occasions. These are listed in appropriate sessions. Incense is also burned, usually in a joking manner because we bought some we didn’t like. Jane, being a smoker, lights matches often. None of these interpretations may apply however.

(Jane resumed at 10:45.)

(As to why Jane hasn’t dreamed of Seth himself, although she has dreamed of the sessions, etc. Seth states he doesn’t dream of Jane, either.)

(End at 10:48. Jane was dissociated as usual.)

(Tracing of the photo of Jane’s father Del [for Delmer] and his deceased second wife, used as the envelope object in the 50th experiment, in the 255th session for May 2,1966.)