“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 56th envelope experiment was held during the session. The object was a pencil drawing I made of Jane this afternoon, without her knowledge. I looked down on her as she sunned herself, my viewpoint being the back row of the studio windows on the second story. The sketch took but a few minutes because she moved so frequently, and I was much amused at her restlessness; this mirth plays a part in the experimental results. The drawing is on porous paper with a slight yellowish cast. I placed it between the usual two pieces of Bristol, then sealed it in double envelopes.

Do you have an envelope for me?

(Jane paused at 10:17. Her eyes were still closed. She took the envelope for our 56th experiment from me without opening them. She pressed the envelope to her forehead with one hand while keeping the other to her face.)

Do you have any questions? (Jane lowered the envelope to her lap, her eyes still closed.

(“A card, such as the kind sent out by organizations for invitations.” Jane had an image here, of a rectangular card of the kind that used to be sent out by an art gallery where she worked up until a year of so ago. This image card was the same size and proportion, she said, as the rectangular paper the envelope object is drawn on; she believes Seth gave her this data to reinforce that idea.

(“Perhaps 24, referring to a day of the month.” The envelope object bears the date on which I made the sketch—May 23,1966. Seth is one day off.

(Tracing of the two poinsettia leaves used as objects in the 57th envelope experiment, in the 262nd session for May 25,1966.)