“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The envelope object was a bill I had received this afternoon for art supplies, and which Jane had never seen. Jane does know the proprietor of the Art Shop, Marjorie Buck, who made out the bill. The object is printed in dark blue ink on yellow paper, with the writing in carbon blue. The large number at the bottom is in red; the back of the bill is blank. I placed the object, folded once, as indicated, between the usual two pieces of Bristol, then sealed it in double envelopes.

(Bill and Peggy Gallagher, who have been on vacation in Nassau. Supposedly they are on their way home to Elmira now. See the last two sessions.)

Connection with an old house; with another location; with two women and a man in particular. The color blue, as a background, I believe.

(“Who are the two women you mentioned? Initials?”)

And perhaps two S’s, and a 1961.

(“An obvious appeal. Cardboard.” I believe these two go together, and they also reflect the conditions described relating to the error data just above. This afternoon, October 24, Marjorie asked me to locate the pencils and stumps I wanted in The Art Shop storeroom. I did so. The two items were both kept in cardboard boxes, small, and in separate places.

(“Connection with an old house; with another location; with two women and a man in particular.” Jane says Marjorie Buck lives in an old house, at 655 Logan Street. I personally am not familiar with it. The house of course obviously is at another location than our apartment, The Art Shop, etc. Later Note by RFB: Also, The Art Shop moves next year to an old house.

(We believe this data is an example of the distortions Seth refers to. In my second question an attempt is made to get more specific data. Possibly the above data refers to Marjorie as proprietor of The Art Shop, and her two helpers, my first cousin Ruth Gridley, and the framemaker Roy Fox. All of these people are friends of ours, bespeaking emotional involvement. But in answer to the second question, Seth cites Jane’s difficulty, and the thought of my mother, her cousin Vivian, and Vivian’s husband Bill. Vivian and Bill, from Virginia, visited my parents last weekend, and Jane and I saw much of them.

(“An article that opens up.” I believe there are two choices of interpretation here. I favor the first one: that the data refers to the large flat package in which Bill Ward mailed me the artwork to be finished. “Writing on the inside and outside.” The package of course contained writing both inside and outside. “Or at least the inside and outside are covered.” This may refer to the package in a somewhat distorted manner. Or it may refer quite accurately to the envelope object itself, which would be the second possibility for this block of data.

(The connections with washings and the art comes about because on the first two pages of the comic story sent to me by Bill Ward, the heroine is shown taking a shower, using a towel, etc. This is a prominent part of the first two pages, not just a panel on each. The heroine’s act of showering is important to the story because of the steps taken by the enemy to destroy her while she is so occupied.

(“The entrance of an outsider.” This is good data, and quite literal as far as the artwork is concerned. While our heroine is shown taking a shower on the first two pages of the comic story, the villain is shown skulking outside her apartment window via a fire escape, then reaching in through an open window to tamper with some of the heroine’s personal effects. He is so shown on several panels on the first two pages.

(2nd Question: Who are the two women you mentioned? Initials? “We are having difficulty with Ruburt here, for he thinks of Vivian and your mother.” See the interpretation of the “two women and a man” data at the bottom of page 120. I tried to clarify that data here. My thought was that the two women and a man Seth referred to were Marjorie Buck, Ruth Gridley, and Roy Fox, all connected directly to The Art Shop, which furnished the bill used as envelope object. Jane evidently had in mind my mother, and Vivian and Bill Crowder, relatives from Virginia whom we saw this weekend. Seth apparently wanted to lead Jane away from the relative connection; but still volunteered no more specific information.

(4th Question: What is that written note? “Perhaps having to do with November, and blue.” See the note data in the middle of page 119; it was stated that referred to Bill Ward’s letter. The above could also refer to the letter. The artwork discussed in the letter is due in November 1966, and the letter itself is handwritten by Bill in two shades of blue ink. I believe this data also ties in with the next:

(7th Question: A capital M? “And perhaps two S’s, and a 1961.” By repeating Seth’s data I hoped he would furnish more information on the M. We can see no definite connections with two S’s or 1961. Two of the capital M’s on the object itself are in the words Must, in a line at the bottom concerning claims, and in Moore Business Forms, Inc.