“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 79th envelope object was a drawing made by me on Friday, November 25th, at work. It was a joke on Don Wilbur; Don and his wife, Marilyn, visited us that Friday evening and I showed them the sketch. I thought also that Jane saw the object that evening, but as it developed she did not. Thus, she had never seen the drawing until after the experiment. This evening I placed it between two pieces of Bristol, then sealed it in the usual double envelopes.

Give us a moment. A string of numbers. Either four numbers, the number four many times, or four separate indications on the item or object.

The object—an envelope or letter and some reference to a third party. Connection with MG.

(I asked Jane to handle the envelope carefully as soon as she came out of trance, and to lay it flat on the table while opening both envelopes, etc., in order to see if the small object was in a left-hand corner. Apparently it had been centered however, although shifting might have taken place.)

(See page 203 for a copy of the object. As stated, it is a mock postage stamp I drew on Friday, November 25, 1966, at work. It is a spoof on Don Wilbur—"Young Donny"—and I showed it to Don and his wife, Marilyn, when they visited us that evening. The Gallaghers were also present. I thought the drawing had been passed around that evening and that Jane had seen it, but she said tonight that she had not. At any rate she had no recollection of seeing it before, to my surprise.

(“A string of numbers. Either four numbers, the number four many times, or four separate indications on the item or object.” The only connection we see with the object here is that a number on it is repeated—1 cent is shown twice. See page 203. There is a string of symbols across the bottom of the object, but mainly of letters, rather than numbers.

(“Connection with a picture.” The object is a drawing, or picture.

(4 3 2 1 or 4 3 1 1 1. No connections, except that 1 cent appears twice on the object.

(“A rectangle and a square. Perhaps the square within the rectangle.” This we think very good data. See page 203. As indicated by the pencil line on the object, the object was assembled from two pieces of white paper, with the inside piece pasted in position. The larger piece is obviously a rectangle. Actually the smaller piece is also, but inclines in proportion toward the square to a much greater degree. And this piece is within the rectangle.

(“And a solid horizontal line, black or dark". Perhaps close here. There are solid black lines on the object—both the border and the pattern on the shirt. When Jane carefully opened the double envelopes experiment, I found the object positioned thus far as I could tell:

(It has been noted that Jane held the sealed envelopes to her forehead in a horizontal position, or with their long axes parallel to the floor. Thus part of the black border on the object, or the pattern on the shirt, would appear horizontal if Seth picked this data up in a somewhat literal way.

(“Something by itself in a low left-hand corner.” As noted earlier, when the double envelopes were opened the object appeared to have been centered within them. Jane said she’d had an image of a small object in a corner of an envelope, however.

(“The impression is of a small image or drawing that might represent a foundation, house, federal building or church, or monument.” This is excellent data. The object is a drawing, and is small. See page 203.

(In addition, the idea of a federal building enters in, in that the object is a pseudopostage stamp. Monument can also apply, for in the U.S. only deceased persons are shown on stamps; thus an appearance on a stamp is a kind of tribute and a sort of monument. Jane said she did not know of this policy. I was familiar with it through collecting stamps years ago. Telepathy here?

(“A small round form that seems to be like a postmark or vaccination mark.” Here again Seth/Jane explores the mail connection with the object, which is a pseudopostage stamp. Jane had an image of a small round shape.

(“Printed or embossed.” Yes. Jane said by printing here she meant my hand-printing on the object, versus handwriting. Also, stamps of course are printed in production.

(Jane also said the embossed data is legitimate, and stemmed from two things on the object: the “squiggly" frame I indicated in the drawing, and the fact that the center portion of the object had added dimension or thickness because of the two pieces of paper—actually one-ply drawing paper—being pasted together.

(“I do not believe the following is precisely correct here: Something like tottle or turtle. Perhaps having to do with a name or address.” Jane said this was her way of getting at a connection with Don Wilbur’s wife, Marilyn. The connection being that Don was spoofed on the object.

(“Connection with colored paper.” Both pieces of paper making up the object are white. The color red also appears on the drawing, the data may be distorted.

(“An envelope.” The object, being a parody of a postage stamp, calls an envelope to mind.

(“Dissonance.” Jane said the object is dissonant rather than being harmonious, I purposely so produced it.

(“U.S.A.” This is excellent data. See page 203. The initials U.S. appear in the line of copy across the bottom of the object: 1 cent U. S. Postage 1 cent.

(“A note, somehow connected with a dissatisfaction. An inordinate amount of time taken. Too many of something to hold. JB, or Ruburt; that is, Jane Butts here.” We don’t know. Without Seth’s help we cannot see connections. As stated, Jane was present when the envelope object was shown to the Wilburs on their visit here; perhaps Seth was getting at the fact that Jane didn’t actually see the object that evening.

(“Violet or purple", There is red on the object.

(“A perpendicular arrangement with dots.” As noted in the sketch at the top of page 209, some of the lines on the object would be perpendicular as Jane held the envelope to her forehead. She said the dot data referred to the tiny red lines on the eyeballs of the drawing; to her they appeared to be dots, being quite small.

(“The object—an envelope or letter, and some reference to a third party.” The object is not an envelope or letter; see page 203. But being a drawing of a postage stamp, it is closely related to both such data. We are not sure about Seth’s reference to a third party; there could be several possibilities.

(“Connection with MG.” Again we are not sure. No one with those initials for instance was present on the evening the object was shown about. A possible reference: M for Marilyn Wilbur, wife of the young Don Wilbur shown on the object; and G for the Gallaghers. The Wilburs and Gallaghers being present that Friday night, November 25,1966.

(1st Question: Can you say anything more about the third party? “There seems to be a connection with your neighbor Leonard [Yaudes].” As far as we know Leonard, who lives across the hall from us, has no connection with the object or Friday, November 25. We think this is a bit of data arising from the newspaper item, as will be seen below.

(2nd Question: In what way? “This could be a result of the newspaper connection. Something opened up, symbolically, I believe.” Possibly Leonard’s name arose here because of the earlier newspaper data which calls the Gallaghers to mind. Leonard does have a newspaper connection with Jane and me, in that he obtains the New York Times at work, then gives it to us each day after he finishes reading it. He also gives us the Sunday edition, and various news magazines on a regular basis, so in this sense he has a strong “news" connection with us. His name may have arisen in this data however through distortion, since it would appear the Gallaghers have a more direct newspaper connection with the object, through me.

(3rd Question: Can you say anything more about the drawing? “In the corner?" As noted on page 209, apparently the object was centered inside the double envelopes. Jane however had an image of a small object in a corner of an envelope.

(“I am not certain that this is a literal drawing. It may be.” The object is a drawing. See page 203. Excellent data.

(“An organization.” Again, good data. The object is a parody of a postage stamp, which calls to mind the country’s postal organization. See the foundation data on page 209.