“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(See the copy of the envelope object on page 115 and the notes on the next page. As stated the object was a bill for art supplies from The Art Shop. Jane had never seen the object; I obtained it today, October 24, from Marjorie Buck, the proprietor, when I bought pencils and paper stumps with which to do the job my old friend, Bill Ward, mailed to me over the weekend. The job arrived yesterday. See the notes on page 116 for an explanation here, since these facts enter into the envelope data, we believe.

(“A connection with a particular event that was social. And perhaps had a connection with a school or sports.” This is good data, and is related to the object through Marjorie Buck. As stated on page 120 after the “mistake” data, the last time Jane saw Marjorie was when job hunting. Before stopping in at The Art Shop to buy the gesso for me, Jane had applied at the local YWCA for a job. The job involved teaching children various games, for the school or sports connection.

(“A rather airy design, with cubes predominating, and thin lines. These reminding Ruburt of a child’s Jungle Gym.” See the copy of the bill used as object on page 115. This also is good data. It could be said the bill is of airy design; Jane also said that to her way of thinking it contains cubes and rectangles. The thin line data is accurate, since on the original the lines are very thin and straight.

(“A written note, with an appeal for an answer, or implied request.” I believe this is a reference to the letter Bill Ward sent me with the art work I received Sunday, October 23. Again, see the notes on page 116. Also keep in mind that the bill used as object represents pencils and paper stumps I bought in order to finish the job Bill sent to me.

(Bill’s letter outlined the steps necessary to finish the job, which consists of five pages of a comic type story, in pictures and text, for a men’s magazine. My job is to do the backgrounds and to add gray, black and white halftones with the pencils. Bill refers to any problems in his letter, how to get in touch with him, etc., and implies that I answer it. I have already done so.

(As indicated on page 115, the bill was folded once before insertion into the double envelopes. This would make it an article that opens up but with writing on the inside only; hence some distortion would be present with this interpretation also.

(“A border.” The envelope object contains a definite border. See the tracing on page 115.

(“Blacks that speak loudly.” Again see page 115. The heavy type for The Art Shop on the bill is prominent; when Jane opened the double envelopes and saw this she said it was black printing. Actually it is in dark blue ink against yellow paper, appearing almost black.

(“Some connection with, is it—ablutions or washings, and with some kind of festival-type thing.” This is good data, we believe, and refers again to the artwork Bill Ward mailed me over the weekend. Again, see the notes about this on page 116. Jane of course saw this artwork when I opened it up today, and when I began work on the backgrounds today.

(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.

(1st Question: What color is the object itself? “I am not sure. I will say on the order of a gray or silver metallic color, mainly.” See the gray and white data on page 122. It appears that the above is another reference to the art work Bill Ward sent me, since it contains grays done in pencil as well as black ink; the grays can easily look metallic when a certain density is reached, for the graphite in the pencils acquires a dull sheen, similar to an aluminum look.

(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.

(See the Jungle Gym data, interpreted on page 121. Here I sought to get more information. As stated, and seen on page 115, the bill used as object contains vertical lines as well as horizontal, and these are quite thin on the actual object. The outdoors reference above stems from Jane’s original mention of a Jungle Gym on page 121, and this would lead to the green data.

(Seth referred to flowers toward the bottom of page 118.

(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:

(5th Question: Who is that child you referred to? “The vague impression that it is a boy rather than a girl, and an initial R or B. Or, this is an image of someone, male, as a youngster who was born in 1936, or who is now 36 years old. A review you see.” We can still offer no connections here. But see page 117, regarding the death of Wendell Cowley’s daughter at the age of 10. Year unknown.

(“The letter M in caps here.” Possibly good data, and a strong link with the bill used as object. The bill was made out by Marjorie Buck, proprietor of The Art Shop. We are often unsure as to what, or how much, meaning to give initials like this. There are other M’s, both upper and lower case, on the bill. See page 115. Actually Marjorie’s name doesn’t appear on the bill at all.