“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I found the object in my jacket pocket on December 1, without knowing how it got there. I decided to use it as an object, then forgot about it. That evening when we did the wash the jacket was included in the load. Jane emptied the jacket’s pockets, and so handled the object; but it was folded and she did not recognize it. To the best of her recall she hadn’t seen the object, or needed it, since shortly after November 8,1966.

(On Friday, November 4, Jane called about a job teaching nursery school at the JCC. She was given an appointment with Mr. Miller for Tuesday, November 8, by Gladys Austin. On November 8, Gladys wrote out the memo slip used as object, bearing the name of Mrs. Methinitus, another teacher with whom Jane would work. The name is written in ordinary black pencil. Jane met Nancy Methinitus on Wednesday, November 9, and began teaching Monday, November 14 at the JCC. Sometime after Gladys Austin wrote out the memo slip on Nov. 8, the folded slip found its way into my jacket pocket.

(“1841, 1731.” No connections; unless, as Jane speculates, these figures are an attempt to get at her wages from the job at the JCC. The job is a part-time one and Jane is paid twice a month. The figures vary, consequently. Jane’s pay statement for November 30,1966 for instance shows a total of $36.00. 1841 and 1731 added together total 3572.

(“Connection with a grocery, and vegetables.” Again, possibly a reference to the lettuce/Gladys association on Jane’s part. Also, on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 24, Thursday, Nancy called Jane and asked her to bring some vegetables to class for a special project. Jane forgot to buy the vegetables hence her memory of the incident. Nancy’s name appears on the object.

(“A circumstance with unknown ending.” Jane said this is represented quite well by the object. When Gladys gave Jane the memo bearing Mrs. Methinitus’s name on November 8, arrangements were made for Jane to sit in on a class the next day, and to thus meet Nancy M., etc. Naturally Jane wondered how things would work out, etc., which bears on the next data also: “Someone wonders how something will come out.” Jane discovered that she and Nancy were very compatible.

(“and an initial explosion, or first-time happening.” Jane said this refers either to her trial run on November 9, or her first formal day at school on November 14. The explosion reference is amusing, and quite possibly refers to the blast of sound coming from 18 children under the age of five. Jane said the children are very noisy. A tape recording she has made confirms this amply.

(“A note and a sender who is not feeling well.” This is very good data. The note refers to the memo page used as object. It was written by Gladys Austin on November 8, at a time when she was not feeling well. She described this to Jane in some detail, explaining that the JCC had been so busy recently that the staff had been working weekends also. Jane remembers that Gladys also worked the weekend following—November 12-13, and then took Monday, November 14, off because of fatigue.

(The calendar data would be another reference to the memo pad and calendar idea explained earlier. In a more literal interpretation, as explained Gladys Austin wrote the memo to Jane on November 8, with the specific intention that Jane would meet Nancy Methinitus on November 9. This she did. See page 216.

(1st Question: Can you give me a date connected with the object? “The number four.” As stated, on Friday November 4, Jane called the JCC the first time about the teaching job. There could be other interpretations. Jane started the job on November 14, for instance.