“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The object for the 77th envelope experiment was a copy of an article from The Saratogian, the daily newspaper of Saratoga Springs, NY; it was printed in September, 1950 and was saved by Jane as a souvenir, and also because she wrote it. It describes her election as president of the Day Students Council for Skidmore College, in Saratoga. See the rough copies on pages 168 and 169.

(I have indicated the highlights of both sides of the object by typewriter; actually it was printed in two columns, instead of the one I have indicated. Jane saw the object about three weeks ago when she was sorting out some papers. I picked this item after finding it lost among some newspapers, and about to be thrown out. I placed it between the usual two pieces of Bristol, then sealed it in the regular double envelopes.

Do you have an envelope for me?

(Her eyes closed at 9:38, Jane took the envelopes from me for the 77th experiment. She held it lightly against her forehead as usual, in a horizontal position.)

(Break at 9:55. Jane was out as usual and her eyes remained closed. She held the envelope to her forehead until almost the end of the experiment. She said she had no images except for the profusion of small colored squares. Her pace had been good, the pauses brief.

(See the rough copy of the envelope object on pages 168 and 169, and the notes on page 170. Seth did not return after the break, so Jane and I were left to make our own connections between the object and the data. In fact, we cut the session short because I was not feeling well. But we feel Jane did well.

(The typing below the photo and on the back sums up the content of the news stories on the object. Jane last saw the object about three weeks ago, but did not know it was in my possession particularly, when I decided to use it as an object. I folded it once as indicated on page 168 before inserting it in the usual double envelopes.

(10th Question: What’s the shape of the object? “I believe rectangular.” Here I meant the shape of the envelope object; Seth could have referred to the larger object containing the colored squares, however, because I did not make any distinction. As it happens, both the object and the op painting which contains the small colored squares are rectangular.

(11th Question: Can you say anything about the two females? “An apparent misdeed, connected with one or them. Younger rather than older.” This can be a reference to Jane herself. She appears in the photo on the front of the envelope object, and the news story thereon concerns her election as president of the Skidmore College Day Students Council. See page 168.