“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.

(I dated and initialed the paper when I found it on April 15. Tonight I placed it between the usual two pieces of Bristol and then sealed it in double envelopes. The whole sheet was used and was folded in quarters.

(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.)

This is a slight aside. Many people dreamed of Jack Kennedy’s death in advance, as you know. On one level this knowledge was available to the man himself. This does not mean that the death had to happen. It was a vivid possibility. It was also one of many solutions to several problems. While it was not the most suitable solution, it was the closest man could come at that particular time in physical reality.

(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.)

(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.)

Now, separate impressions. An affair at which ten people were present. Or an affair that was held at ten. Some kind of lists discussed there. Also a specific connection with a kitchen, and with one tall man with a mustache, who has a child, a daughter.

This was a trio that appeared at the Arnot art gallery.

(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.

(“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.

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

(“A looming shape… literal or symbolic… as an unpleasant event could be seen to loom ahead.” Don Wilbur was faced with such an event on April 15. He was changing jobs, and had to tell his employer that he was quitting. He did not look forward to it because of a variety of circumstances.

(“…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.

(“Also blue, and white, and one strong darker color. Perhaps a dark green.” This is interesting. The doodles on the object were made with a blue pen. We see no connection with white particularly. There is a strong darker color in a couple of spots on the object, where Don blocked out numbers. Since the obliterations are made with blue on a yellow paper, the effect is on the greenish side, and very dark. However, it may be that it was just difficult for Seth to determine between a darker blue and a dark green. Blue and green both being cool colors and side by side on the color wheel.

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