“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

SESSION 288

(Jane had no idea of what Seth would talk about during the session, although both of us hoped he would discuss the events of last Friday evening, September 23, at home. Present were Bill and Peggy Gallagher, Barbara Ingold, Jane and myself. Jane has written up an account of her experience, and Peggy took partial notes. Copies of both accounts will be attached to this session. I will also add notes as the session unfolds.

Without the experience itself these particular abilities would not have developed—that of course or another similar episode. The same sort of development would not have been initiated here in a session for some time, simply because the emotional conditions would not be met. We can use the development however very well.

I am speaking of the tendency in you both to completely (underline) disconnect the sessions and any direct psychic display from everyday life. You note I said only tendency. There are limits, of course. I am not concerned that you will set no limits, but a direct and sincere psychic demonstration is of great emotional validity to those who observe it.

(A note: The 71st envelope experiment was to be held this evening. Strange as it seems, I had forgotten the envelope object’s identity; I had prepared this envelope for the session due Monday, September 19; that session was not held and I saved the envelope. During tonight’s session I realized I had forgotten what the object was, even though I had chosen it. At least on a conscious level, this made it seem as though a stranger had prepared the envelope.

(Seth gave us a little help after break, and although this was brief it filled in a good deal on some of the data we had been unsure of. For convenience’s sake it is better to include Seth’s later data along with our own interpretations, made during break, since emotional charges explain much concerning the material. For more detailed information on how the emotional charges influence Seth’s envelope data, see the 286th session.

(“A missionary connection.” We think this very good data. Bill Gallagher’s facetious term for the local newspaper office, where he also works, is the Garden of Gethsemane—hence such religious connections in the poem used as object. Also, Seth’s longstanding term of affection for Bill is “The Jesuit,” and he so calls Bill in the session tonight. See page 54.

(Actually this data is quite legitimate, and becomes understandable when we learned after break that, according to Seth, Bill Gallagher felt very old on his 41st birthday, last July 1. Once again, see the 286th session.

We will now close our session.

(Peggy Gallagher has partial notes on last Friday’s events, and a copy of those, as well as Jane’s own version, will be attached to this session.)