“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“Connection with an old car.” Jane feels this refers to a young man, Tom, who works at the Art Shop where I bought the canvas which furnished the object. Jane often runs errands there for me, and Tom, a framemaker, often waits on her. Tom has an old sports car, and not long after I had bought the canvas, he described the car to Jane on one of her visits there, detailing his troubles with it, etc.

(This is a stronger connection than it would seem, for Tom is a friend of ours who visits us fairly often. He also paints himself. Other references to Tom crop up in the data also.

(“An old date, 18 or 1932.” Possibly a reference to the old brick building which houses the Art Shop, on Elmira’s West Water Street. The location is a few blocks down street from our house address. The building is old, but probably not as old as 1832. Nor is Tom’s car as old as 1932 for instance.

(“A view of water.” Another reference to the Art Shop, and through this the object. In Elmira the Art Shop is located on West Water Street, which parallels the Chemung River through the heart of the city. The river can be seen from the back door of the Art Shop, and from the second-story workroom above where Tom makes his frames, etc. It was in this large upstairs room that Tom described his car troubles to Jane.

(“A window, or indication of an open viewpoint, or station from which activities may be viewed. A high window or exalted viewpoint.” This is excellent data, and refers again to the second-story workroom above the Art Shop. From this room a large plate glass window looks down on West Water Street, and Tom is in the habit of watching the busy activities on the main street below. He has often waved to Jane and me as we walked past. Jane always waves to him whenever she walks down Water Street, which is at least three times a week.

(“A gasoline connection.” Possibly another reference to Tom’s story about his car. Cars and Tom are rather closely connected. Since his first tale to Jane we have heard subsequent stories about his car, the most recent being how he stripped several gears.

(“A mischief.” We don’t know; possibly a reference to the episode in which Tom recently stripped the gears of his car, as mentioned. Quite a story is connected here.

(Question: The only one would be to name the object as best you can. “Rectangular, having it seems some connection with metal or an automobile. Some dates and numbers, like an application.” Again, apparently a reference to Tom and his car; and through this to the Art Shop, the linen canvas, etc.

(“and connection with an erratic behavior. Perhaps with a key also.” These may refer, again, to Tom’s episode with his car, when he stripped gears, etc. We cannot be sure without Seth’s help, but this data does fit the events of that evening as described to us by Tom himself and others.