“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 66th envelope object was a postcard mailed to us by our neighbor across the hall, Leonard Yaudes, from Portland, Maine, on July 23,1966. I sealed it in the usual double envelopes after placing it between two pieces of Bristol.

(“Three people. The busts rather than full figures, as three heads for example. I only see the tops of these figures.” Our interpretation: Note that Leonard Yaudes addressed the object to Jane and me, after crossing out the name John. [John happens to be a good friend of Leonard’s, though merely an acquaintance of ours; Leonard evidently made an absentminded mistake in addressing the card.] The address line of the card thus contains three names. Above this line is the postage stamp, bearing the head and shoulders of Lincoln.

(There are actually 6 personal names on the back of the object: Leonard, John, Jane and myself, Lincoln, and the photographer who took the pictures used on the front of the postcard, Don Sieburg.

(Another valid connection is that Leonard mailed the card to us from the state of Maine, where he was vacationing on a camping trip; implying woods in the state parks where he did stay, as we later learned.

(“Invitation of sorts, or implied.” Leonard’s message to us on the back of the card contains such an invitation: “Hi: Have arrived safe and sound. You must come up and see the sea. It’s great. Leonard.”

(“Grass.” We don’t know. Grass of course is implied through the object in many ways: Campgrounds for one; also, before leaving for Maine Leonard had his new tent set up on the grass in the backyard of the apartment house for several days, checking it out. He lives in the apartment across the hall from us, on the second floor.

(“Connection with a fortunate circumstance.” We don’t know, unless the fact that Leonard going on vacation was a fortunate circumstance. Leonard’s girl also accompanied him.

(“1963 and 1966.” The 1966 appears within the postmark, as well as the date July 23,1966, in Leonard’s handwriting. We are not sure of 1963. We know Leonard for instance has made other trips to Maine and other New England states in recent years, and could have done so perhaps in 1963. There may be other connections.

(“A turnabout or change of mind or plan.” We speculate: Before leaving for Maine with his girl, Leonard talked often to us of marriage to her. Since his return he has not mentioned the subject, and as far as we know has not seen the girl. I wanted to ask Seth more about turnabout.

(More speculation: Leonard told us that while in Maine cold weather forced them to change their plans on occasion and take cabins, since tents were too cold.

(“and a male.” The obvious connection being that a male, Leonard Yaudes, wrote the note on the object, and signed it. Once again, there are six personal names on the object, and five of them are male.)

(Question: “Are they male or female, for instance?” “Impression of light-colored hair on two, and a similarity. These I believe males. Perhaps a family resemblance, but a definite similarity in any case.” This was of little help to us, and since we didn’t ask Seth to explain after break we cannot decipher the data. We are not related to Leonard, of course. The other male on the address line of the object, John, crossed out by Leonard, is a close friend of Leonard’s but not a relative. None of us—Jane, Leonard, John or myself—are blond or light-haired.

(Leonard does have a brother, Ken, who also lives here in Elmira, but as far as we know Ken was not involved in the Maine trip, which inspired the envelope object. Leonard’s girl, who went to Maine with him, is also dark-haired. Leonard and Ken look much alike; there is little resemblance between Leonard and John, and I do not look like either one of them.

(The mention of a dress is interesting, implying a female—and a female did accompany Leonard to Maine, from where he mailed us the object. We do not know whether Leonard’s girl had a red dress with her on the trip.

(Note on August 14. Jane and I talked with Leonard today, Sunday, and learned that he appears to have put off marriage to the girl in question—see Turnabout—because of her “attitude about money.” It seems he thinks she is somewhat overbearing regarding the subject, since her parents are wealthy. Leonard made the remark, “I don’t think I’ll ever get married,” etc.)