“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Seth desired to come through Friday evening, since we had obviously set the stage through our conversation. Jane and Barbara had also helped because of their talk before the arrival of the Gallaghers. Jane denied Seth permission to speak, and he agreed. Later Jane began to give impressions on her own, in trance. All of the data concerned Barbara, who verified several striking points.

The impression of something swirling about, as leaves in a wind. And a staircase. A missionary connection. A square object.

A note. A description, perhaps of a house or a building. The impression of something scribbled. A small square, and perhaps a larger one.

(“The impression of something swirling about, as leaves in a wind.” Our interpretation here was that the swirling and leaves data referred to the mention of a garden in the poem used as object. See page 51. This may be correct. Also according to Seth after break however, the swirling was to have led Jane to frosting. The birthday cake we gave Bill Gallagher on July 1st was frosted. The poem used as object was written for this occasion.

(“The impression of something scribbled.” We think this a reference to the corrections made on the poem used as object.

(This of course implies that Jane translated the same impression on a subconscious basis for Seth, misreading and all. Possible?

(“A circumstance involving a policeman.” This refers to a long and involved story told us by Peggy Gallagher during the evening of the birthday party, for which Jane and I wrote the poem used as object. Peg’s news made an impression and Jane and I still remember it. Very briefly, it concerns the behavior of a local psychiatrist and his wife—one of those continuing affairs that have been well known locally for some time, yet never getting into the newspaper.

(“Connection with a leaf or autumn.” See the data on page 55. As then, we think the leaf data here refers to the garden mentioned in the poem used as object. But also we think the autumn data here grows out of the swirling data on page 55, and Seth’s attempt to get Jane to give voice to frosting. The autumn data here could have grown out of the interpretation on Jane’s part of Seth’s frosting impression.