“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 58th envelope experiment was held this evening. The object was a faded color Polaroid photograph. The picture was taken by Don Wilbur on April 4,1966, as noted on the back. Don and his wife Marilyn were due to witness the 248th session on April 4, but last-minute developments prevented them doing so. Don left the sealed envelope he had prepared for the session with me, however; I kept it until the Wilburs were able to witness a session. The photo is of a decorative garden cat, bearing a shining glass glaze, and was made by Marilyn.

(I did not know the contents of the envelope, nor of course did Jane. She had seen Don hand me the envelope on April 4, but since none of us had ever mentioned it since then I was hoping she had forgotten about it. After the session tonight Jane confirmed she had forgotten that I had the envelope. Even when the Wilburs arrived for the session tonight, Jane did not remember it.

(By coincidence Don had sealed the object in an envelope of the same size as those I use for the experiments. He did not use double envelopes, but had achieved the same effect by first wrapping the object in opaque white paper rather loosely; this also obliterated any hard edges that might have given sensory clues. Seth however discounts any possible data obtained through fingering, etc.

Now, I am going to give you a short break to rid ourselves of the pussies. (Our cats were noisily playing at Jane’s feet.) Then we will briefly give the Instream material, and perhaps briefly also whatever envelope material you may have for me. Following this we shall return to the material which we have been discussing, for you shall be in need of it shortly.

Do you have an envelope for me?

(Jane paused at 10:35. Without opening her eyes she took Don Wilbur’s envelope and pressed it to her forehead for a moment before lowering it to her lap. This was our 58th envelope experiment.)

(Seth had a few comments on the envelope data after break, but the Wilburs and Jane and I had by then made the connections with the object. See the tracing on page 206, and the notes on page 207.

(“Connection with a meeting.” As stated, Don took the picture for specific use as an envelope object in the 248th session, due April 4,1966. The projected meeting would thus involve four people; the Wilburs could not attend at the last moment, but Don delivered the object personally on April 4, so there was an actual meeting of three.

(“Well I’m afraid it’s getting late. How were our interpretations of the envelope data?”)

The M and the other impressions as you have recorded them. Some of the data was distantly connected, and nothing is to be gained now by taking the time to explain it. The idea of envelopes brought by guests is a good one however, and I do approve.

(Tracings of the rifle tag used as object in the 59th envelope experiment, in the 266th session for June 9,1966.)