“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

SESSION 283

(Jane had no idea of what Seth was going to talk about before the session began. As usual she began delivering the data while sitting down, her eyes open from the beginning; she was also smoking. Actually Jane’s eyes were closed for much of the material. Her pace was average, her voice also.)

A connection with a session. With, now (Jane gestured with the envelope, her eyes closed) my impression here is of a desk, or chair connected with a desk. The type used in classrooms. I do not know if this refers to a child who attends school, to a teacher, or to someone such as your friends downstairs who have such an object.

(“What’s that connection about a session?”)

Our sessions were discussed, or the item is closely connected to one used previously in our sessions.

(“A connection with a session.” The connection here is Barbara herself, who mailed us the card used as object. Barbara, as well as her boyfriend Dick, played a strong emotional part in the envelope data for the 68th experiment, of August 29, 281st session.

(It may be possible that this connection is reinforced by a postcard as envelope object in the 67th experiment, in the 279th session for August 15. That card was sent to us by Leonard Yaudes, who also lives in the apartment house. See Volume 6.

(The Cratsley connection here leads Jane to mention them again later also. The teacher data above may refer to the 67th envelope experiment in the 279th session; for in that session the object was a postcard sent to us by Leonard Yaudes, who is a teacher.

(“A spectacular arrangement.” In view of Seth’s answer to the first question, this is a reference to Story Book Land. This also had been my mental interpretation as Jane gave the data, before we reached the question-and-answer session.

(4th Question: What’s that connection about a session? “Our sessions were discussed, or the item is closely connected to one used previously in our sessions.” See the interpretation of the session data on page 22. Tonight’s item, a postcard, is closely connected to one used previously as an envelope object. The object for the 67th experiment was also a postcard, used August 29 in the 281st session, and was sent to us by Leonard Yaudes, who also lives in our apartment house. Leonard and Barbara are of course friends also.

Ruburt would do well to take this session to heart, and follow my directions.

(“Did that material in the last session apply to Wollheim or Fell? Can you tell us which one you meant, now?” See page 15.)

SUPPLEMENT TO ENVELOPE DATA FOR SESSION 283
69TH EXPERIMENT SEPTEMBER 5, 1966

(Regarding “Vases”, interpreted on page 23. Our interpretation may be a good one, but Barbara pointed out a better one. On the visit to Story Book Land with the two children, Barbara also visited the display for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. [The postcard used as object for the session showed Mother Goose.] The Ali Baba display was quite impressive, Barbara said; so much so that she took a picture of Gary, her sister’s young son, in one of the large jars or vases belonging to Ali Baba.