“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“A grave. Something grave.” Jane had a strong ill or grave feeling, meaning burial, here, and it is applicable. My mother made the phone call that resulted in the object; my father is in poor health, and she talked of this when Jane returned the phone call at about noon on Sunday, August 14. In addition, the greeting card was mailed to us by Mother from Tunkhannock, PA, where she visited my brother and his wife. My sister-in-law’s father is also very ill, having nearly died recently.

(“Monumental. A monumental occasion.” See the copy my mother wrote inside the greeting card, shown on page 321, in which she refers to finally arriving in Tunkhannock to visit my brother and his family. My parents live in Sayre, 50-some miles north of Tunkhannock. My father does not drive much anymore, and traveling is difficult for them. We think that in my mother’s eyes the visit to Tunkhannock can legitimately be called a monumental occasion. Her copy begins: “At last we made it to Tunk…”

(“The word Ensenada.” We thought this referred to a camping trip Jane and I made to Baja California with Jane’s father. This being a distant connection with my parents, who also camped in years past.

(3rd Question: “What’s that about a black cat?” “A distant connection. (Pause.) A loss of an advantage, or period of poor luck.” See the explanation re. the black cat on page 328. Seth’s additional data here conjures up the thought that the neighbor’s black cat also serves as the classic symbol of bad or poor luck; the connection here being the failing health of my father, and the failing health in a more drastic way of Mr. Meeker, the father-in-law of my brother Loren. It was while at Loren’s that my mother sent us the greeting card. When she called us on August 14, she, of course, discussed the health both of my father and Mr. Meeker.

(Comment, meant to encourage Jane: “Well, that’s correct. The object does involve a note.” “A very definite connection with illness however.” As explained, both the envelope object and the greeting card have connections with the illness of my father and Mr. Meeker.

It was a very distant connection, and not very useful at all. Ruburt camped with his parent you see at Ensenada, and your parents’ camp. There were two illnesses however referred to, the severe one, and your own father’s. The illness of both men gave a strong impression and that is all.