“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.

We will now take our break.

Now for our object. Rectangular, yet it rolls, or can roll. Rather light in weight, as say paper or cardboard, resembling a spool of some kind. But larger than a spool of thread. It is not an esthetic but a functional object. Perhaps it is a roll of paper.

(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.)

(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.

(“The word grand… a grandparent?” Our young friend Don Wilbur made the envelope object on his usual Friday night visit here with his wife Marilyn. They have a two-year-old son. On Friday nights the parents of either Marilyn or Don take care of the little boy so Marilyn and Don can have a night a week free. Thus the boy has a grandparent(s) for a sitter.

(“A frame.” The walls of our living room are hung with my paintings and drawings, some of which are framed. On the object Don had idly noted the item, 17 pictures, after counting them.

(“A teapot or water kettle.” Bill Gallagher, who has ulcers, drinks either coffee or tea on his visits, and he was present on April 15. Don also drinks tea or coffee rather often. Our kettle was in use therefore on the evening of April 15.

Now. We shall shortly end our session.

The impressions were legitimate indeed, but far too distant for your purposes. There is no need to take our time and go through them one by one.

We will answer Ruburt’s question as our next session.