“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane said before the session that she had no idea of what Seth would talk about. Her eyes were open from the beginning of the session, she was smoking, and her voice was average with pauses.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(Break at 9:52. Jane said she was far-out. Her pace was a bit faster, her eyes open often, etc. As Seth talked she had feelings of concepts, of things “opening up.” She felt herself rushing in various directions, she said, inspired by these concepts, then giving voice to them one by one as she reached them. She called it a process of returning.

(See the tracing of the object and the notes on page 284. As stated we obtained the parking ticket used as object on July 12,1966 at Robert Treman State Park, Ithaca, NY, and I kept track of this date by attaching a note to the ticket. Other visits to the same park later in the week enter into the data, and these will be discussed as the need arises. Seth also helps out after break. In the meantime Jane and I began making our own connections with the object.

(“A center, as the center of spokes. As the spokes of a wheel, for example.” In a free manner Seth uses associations of Jane’s to get at the idea of a car, or travel. The parking ticket was obtained at the state park as a result of a 60-mile round trip by automobile, as were the two subsequent parking tickets for the same state park. But again no mention of either a car or the park in specific terms.

(“A connection with the number five. This could refer to a date or to five people. At an affair or a gathering, and this is a distant connection.” A somewhat distant connection, but a good one, we believe. As stated Jane and I visited Enfield Glen, or Robert Treman State Park, three times—July 12 for Tuesday, July 14 for Thursday, and July 16 for Saturday. The envelope object contained the ticket for the visit of July 12. We also obtained like objects for the other two visits, and Seth evidently uses this fact to lead to related connections. The above data concerns our visit to Enfield Glen on Saturday, July 16.

(At Saturday’s visit there was indeed a gathering and an affair—an outdoor picnic involving 15 people, either relatives or close friends. Five of these people were my brother Dick and his family, including three children, from Rochester, NY. The above data is developed further in two of the questions Seth answers later, and will be furnished then for convenience’s sake.

(The object also contains the number 5 twice, in the serial number and the price. I didn’t ask Seth about this, but perhaps the number 5 at the beginning of the above data was used to lead to the rest of it involving the gathering, etc.

(“Also the letters D O L, followed perhaps by another L,” Here is another instance of Seth trying something new in the way of association, as he did with the D E L for delivery data in the last envelope experiment. See page 276 of the 273rd session. It appears to be a good system and promises much. Jane was quite vexed at break to realize the implications of this method, and that she hadn’t followed through as Seth evidently intended her to.

(At break she now recalled that in addition to the D O L L which she had given voice to, and which she had seen mentally within, she had also seen the letters A R, but hadn’t spoken them aloud. The word of course being dollar. Jane now said this word was Seth’s way of leading her to the price on the object, 50¢; she thought that if she voiced the word dollar, Seth might have tried to get the 50¢ through.

(“The color red. Circular red. Green and an off-blue. A cross designation. Tree shapes and an arch. A note that was not answered. This leads Ruburt to think, for his own reasons, of his ESP book notices. I tell you this for your own information. 6 plus 1, or 7 times.” Most of these led us to consider various connections, some probably correct enough had we asked Seth to verify them. Since we didn’t take the time we cannot claim them.

(Jane and I thought the strong emotional content of this experience accounted for its cropping up in the data, since the incident took place at the location designated by the object; although on a different day, it still took place within the same week. Seth concurs after break.

(Question: “Do you want to name the object?” “We are getting two separate impressions. One is of a blanket, and one is of a note. The blanket on grass.” Again, very good. In view of the printed note data on page 290, we believe Jane came very close to allowing Seth to name the envelope object.

(“Good night, Seth.”

(End at 10:59. Actually, now, Jane sat very still, in trance, for over two minutes. Her eyes were closed, her head bowed. She was smiling, somewhat expectantly, I thought. I could see that Seth was in a fond mood. When she did leave trance Jane said Seth “spoke to us silently,” and debated as to whether to speak further this evening without notes on my part. He decided not to.)