“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Give us a moment here. (Pause.) To some extent the symptoms did represent caution. He did not want to move until he was sure of his direction once more. It was the stubborn ego in this case that prevented him from seeing clearly the direction which had been given by other portions of the self.

The knees, incidentally, I can help him here: in Saint Vincent’s punishment took the form of having the child kneel straight upward, and doing so Ruburt’s knees often became sore. The knee symptoms were a later development in this present series of symptoms, his way of punishing himself for his previous lack of understanding. This knowledge should greatly relieve the symptoms.

A platitude and two people, one distant and one near. A connection with Chicago, distant. Two lines and four boxes. A mischief. A design on rectangle. Your initials connected here.

(“Stubble, or stumble.” Here we think Jane was trying to get across the idea of stubble meaning texture, which the canvas of course possesses. This woven texture was another reason for my buying canvas, rather than smooth boards for instance, such as Masonite.

(“Small squares, perhaps three of these.” Upon examination it can be seen that the linen canvas used as object is made up of small squares of thread, especially when it is held up to the light. I believe the three data following are also related here.

(“And a connection with, I believe, the same number of large colored squares or rectangles. Rather brilliant. The color red among others, and yellow.” It seems here that Jane referred to the purpose for which I bought the canvas—to paint on. Some of my recent work has been in the abstract vein, also, and incorporates squares, angles, etc., some of them in brilliant primary colors. Actually I have not painted any pictures on the specific batch of linen which furnished tonight’s envelope object; but I have painted on other canvas of a comparable texture, etc., and which was prepared in the same manner. Association thus could be at work. There could be other connections also.

(Jane thinks the paper reference here could refer to the object being sandwiched between the two pieces of cardboard, or Bristol, inside the double envelope; for when she opened the envelopes she at first thought the canvas was glued to one of the pieces of Bristol—probably because she had seen me working out the gluing problem in the studio in recent weeks. My experiment proved to be quite a task, but was successfully accomplished, with the use of polymer waterproof glue.

(“Your initials connected here.” I was the one who personally bought the linen canvas that furnished the object, cut the canvas up, etc.

(“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.

One note here: Ruburt’s disinclination to walk outside is another instance of mother identification