“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

I believe the purchase of a new rug for the room would be involved, and she would slip upon it. Now this probability can be averted in the ways given. Leave the floor there uncluttered. There seems to be a possibility that I do not understand, where for one reason or another newspapers might be laid upon the floor, in that room. Perhaps beneath dripping clothes.

This should also be avoided. (Pause, gesture to Pete.) In this way, you switch from one set of probabilities to another, and in this case to your advantage.

Now. There are times when all probabilities point in one direction, and I believe there is a mathematical theorem, a theoretical one, that defines such occurrences. In which case, the future is indeed locked.

A possibility always exists. There is here however a fairly strong possibility (underlined), in connection with someone else she may meet—a male who wears glasses in his leisure hours. Brown hair, A L somehow connected with him. (Pause.) And with a distant Detroit connection. Or a connection, a strong one, with the individual and cars.

([Pete:] “I have one.”)

Any chance whatsoever covers much territory, young man. At one time many probabilities pointed in that direction. At this time less than half of those chances remain, and even in your terms the odds are very much against it. (Pause.)

The dream of Ruburt’s student. The stout one.

(“Oh.” Seth meant Venice McCullough, I realized. At first I had thought he referred to Dr. Colucci’s dental nurse. Venice’s dream, a recurring one, was related to her efforts to reduce, and had troubled her a good deal, she told us before the last session.)