“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 76th envelope experiment was held tonight. The object was torn by me from pages 11 and 12 of the New York Times’ first news section for Sunday, November 6,1966. See the two previous pages. I chose the object at random by a method which will be explained later. Suffice it to say here that I did not see the object until Jane opened the usual double-sealed envelopes after giving the data. I did however know the object came from the New York Times. Results were good.

I have given it a whacking many times. Nevertheless I have always maintained its beauty and necessity. I will tell you that in the most important respects, that woman’s book is legitimate. This is her last reincarnation in your terms, and she is making her final contribution in your system. But there are many who will need a more intellectual approach, and I hope we shall supply it.

(We found our cat, Catherine, in a next-door backyard after dark on Sunday evening. His right pelvic joint was broken. We had been away Sunday. Upon our return that evening at supper time, Jane began to go outside to look for the cat perhaps every fifteen minutes. She does not usually do this. As it happened our washing had been hung in the basement the day before because of rain.

A seven times six, or 42. These are impressions.

(Break at 10:03. Jane said she was well dissociated. Her eyes opened briefly a few times. She said she might have had images but couldn’t recall them until she came to the appropriate data as we made our connections.

(I chose the object in the following manner. In my studio was a pile of old newspapers. Most of them were of the New York Times, daily and Sunday. I removed a few local papers from the stack. Backing up to the pile I pulled out a section without looking at it and tore off a portion of a page. I folded this behind me until I was sure it would fit between the regular double Bristols, and into the double envelopes.

(This procedure left me knowing only one thing about the object: that it came from some section of the New York Times, date unknown. Jane and I have often speculated on what part telepathy plays in the envelope experiments, since I usually am consciously aware of the object in detail. I thought the method used tonight might make ordinary telepathy harder to divine on Jane’s part. As it was we think the results were good; Seth evidently clairvoyantly read the object. If he got any help from me it was telepathy twice removed.

(When these experiments began Seth told us he operated well clairvoyantly. He also cited a few examples where telepathy from me had helped out. [I lost this session’s envelope object years ago, so can only show the Times’s full page on pages 151 and 152. June 2000.]

(After the experiment was over Jane opened the envelopes, and I picked up the newspaper from which the object had been taken. It turned out that I had chosen Section One of the New York Times for Sunday, November 6,1966, and from this had torn the object from pages 11 and 12. It also developed that I had leafed through this section of the paper in a casual way—without remembering the pages in question, 11 and 12—and that Jane had never seen it.

(Seth did not return to help us out; in the meantime we made our own connections. Section One of the Times was many pages thick, as is usual on a Sunday. Therefore Jane and I arbitrarily decided to limit the interpretations and connections to the object itself, and the one page—11/12—from which it was torn. These two items are on file along with the front page of the section.

(“A seven times six, or 42.” There are many numbers on both sides of the object and its parent page, 11 and 12, since the page features sales of bedding, blankets, sheets, cases, etc., all by size and color and dimension. There is a 42 on page 12 of the newspaper page from which the object is taken. See page 153. In the upper right area of an ad, pillowcases are quoted: 42 x 36 inch, etc.

(“A method of disposal.” Sales certainly are methods of disposal, and sales are dealt with on both sides of the object itself, including use of the word sale, several times. [2,000. I wish I had the object to show. I lost it years ago!]

(“Early November or late October.” The object was torn from page 11/12 of the New York Times for November 6,1966. The object also contains references to the election day sales due November 9.

(1st Question: What’s that gubatorial connection? “I am not sure on this. A magistrate. An election of sorts. Either of these. An authority.” Jane came through with flying colors on this, as I sought more data on her “Gubatorial—vernacular” data interpreted on page 159. See page 152 and 153. It can be seen that election day sales are mentioned in large type on both sides of page 11 and 12 of the New York Times for November 6,1966. The New York State elections were due the next Tuesday, November 8, and included the governorship contest.