“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

I did not recommend that Ruburt call off the substitute job because he would not have faced this through if he had done so earlier.

(“Connection with an encounter.” Jane said this is definitely a reference to her first day of teaching, October 11,1966. The object is from the paycheck for this day’s work. Jane said that although she liked teaching, the first encounter with a class is one to be remembered. She has had odd jobs teaching in the past, but never in a school system, in a formal classroom, etc.

(“The number 6. 6 PM, 6 as a date, we shall see.” Jane said this refers to the fact that in order to keep the job as a substitute teacher she must begin taking 6 credits a year at Elmira College, after she has taught a total of 40 school days. This is a New York State law.

(“A connection with greed—a grasp.” Jane took the teaching job for the high pay given; this is the main reason she accepted it. It is the highest paying job she has ever had, $25.00 a day.

(“With an article, an article of clothing.” Too vague. Jane said there is a chance this refers to her second day of teaching. She was called late, and while rushing to get dressed caused a run in her last pair of stockings. She had to wear them on the job, run and all.

(“Playground.” This is good personal data as far as Jane is concerned, since from early childhood she has had a strong association between playgrounds and schools. This has cropped up before in these experiments also. [Jane’s note: Donna Taylor had shown me the playground for her 1st graders, during my 2nd teaching job.]

(“A call. The color black.” Seth adds a bit of data during the questioning, and verifies my first thought here, that this data refers to our having a telephone—black—installed because of Jane’s teaching job. Also, Jane insisted on a black phone.

(“A date. Perhaps 1963, and a scroll of sorts.” We believe this data goes together, although there is a date, October 27,1966, on the object. The scroll we think of as symbolic of education or school. In 1963, Jane talked to a class conducted by Mr. Clauss, at Elmira College, subject poetry. The college connection arose recently, because Jane also applied for a teaching job there, as well as in the Elmira school system.

(“Piccadilly Square.” We don’t know. Piccadilly Square, London, England, might refer to the fact that a professor at Elmira College, with whom Jane would like to work as an assistant, teaches English Literature and specializes in Victorian English. At this writing Jane is to hear from him any day about the job.

(“A room with something missing.” Jane said this refers to the taking of attendance in class. It was stressed to her that she attend to this job above all others, she said, so she was careful about this. Since all the students were new to her each time, she had to depend on their help to keep her records straight. Sometimes she took attendance every period of the day.

(1st Question: What’s that connection with greed or grasp? “I am not sure. Holding onto, reaching out toward, with some urgency. An unassailable position. A Q. A great deal of fuss.” As stated, this data applies to Jane’s taking the teaching job, and her grim determination to keep it at all costs. She felt it urgent that she do so. A great deal of fuss was involved, also. We saw no particular connection for Q.

(8th Question: What does that call and the color black refer to? “Ruburt has a phone connection, of course.” Jane had to have a phone put in for the teaching job, since she would be on daily call. She insisted on a black wall phone, in the face of the company’s efforts to sell her more expensive colored phones, etc. We regard this as good data.