“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane’s eyes were closed when she began speaking but they opened almost at once. For most of the session they remained open, usually quite wide, always darker than usual. Most of the time she stared directly at me, using many gestures, speaking with many smiles and in a voice often somewhat heavier than usual because of our open windows.

Now. We will shortly become involved in the discussions begun in our previous session.

(Smile.) First of all however, a small note to our friend Ruburt. From me, dear Joseph, but on your behalf. Now. I would suggest that afternoons Joseph not be disturbed for any but the most unusual matters. It would be best indeed if Ruburt imagined that you were working out of the house, and he should be able to do this.

The bird episode, you see, bothered him deeply. He made an effort not to call on you, but emotionally you see he felt that the whole world should stop to help his bird. (One of our cats nearly killed a young robin today, and Jane is trying to nurse it back to health.) The episode however was one of a series of interruptions of your private hours, and I do seriously recommend that you be allowed your work period without disturbance.

A short note: It is because I realize you have a time shortage that our sessions have been fairly brief of late.

Now, a moment for our Instream material. (Pause.) These are impressions. (Jane’s voice became somewhat stronger.) A scramble. He has been rushed, in a period of high activity.

(Jane paused at 10:29, and took the envelope for our 60th experiment from me without opening her eyes. She pressed it to her forehead with one hand.)

(See the tracing of the object on page 226, and the notes on page 227. Seth returns after break, briefly, but doesn’t add anything to our own connections with the envelope data.

(“Lineage.” We think this a good reference to the fact that my begonia at the office, which modeled for the object, is a descendant of the plant here at home. This parent plant, given to Jane by our neighbor on the same floor of our apartment house, Miss Callahan, also has other descendants growing very well.

(“Five in a circle.” My sixth question concerns this data, and our interpretation is given there.

(“A distant connection with monolithic.” Our dictionary says monolith, while referring to one of a kind, also can mean one of large size. The object is a drawing of what is called a giant tubular begonia.

(“Connection with another woman. That is, beside Ruburt.” As stated, the office begonia plant grew from a slip taken from a plant here in the apartment. This parent plant was given to Jane by our neighbor on the same floor, Miss Callahan, a retired school teacher in her late 70’s.

(“I believe an older woman.” The third question sought to find out who the other woman was beside Jane. See the woman data on page 230. We think this answer reinforces our interpretations of the woman data, and the symbolic blue data just noted. Miss Callahan of course being considerably older than Jane—about 78, we believe. Again, Miss Callahan gave Jane the parent begonia which furnished eventually the office begonia; a drawing of the office begonia was used as the envelope object for tonight.

In our early test experiences Ruburt would not have been able to let test data come through this clearly, on an evening when you had indulged in a conversation such as you did tonight.

Since our time is limited, I have emphasized our material, with our experimental data.