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Now. Good evening.

Now to some extant Ruburt’s ego wanted to stay where it was also: hence, comparatively speaking, the frozen motion.

The situations had changed but the ego framework had grown rigid, rigid enough so that it could in a large degree dominate certain normally subconscious processes, bringing forth the physical symptoms. Now there is always an imprinting process within the personality, belonging to past experience. A previous inclination to gluttony had once led him to some slight gout, and in the present case there was a swelling of the feet.

At various times when working he went without a bra because his shoulders bothered him, and he wore one of his mother’s sweaters. Now his mother never wore a bra, you see. The thin shoulders he imagines he has are a part of mother identification.

Now do you have an envelope for me?

(“With holes in it, or torn.” Now Seth gets more specific, and again this is excellent data. See page 281 for a copy of the object. Note that the top edge is frayed, appearing to be torn; actually this results from an unraveling after cutting. The cutting took place before the preshrinking. Again, note the holes spaced along the top edge of the object. These are tack holes spaced rather close together around each piece of canvas, because the linen exerts a strong pull when wet; it had to be securely fastened to the Masonite panels, until dry.

We will now indeed end our session. My heartiest wishes to you both.

There were many more instances, in terms of physical symptoms, which have now vanished, and so he is progressing.