“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(On the spur of the moment Jane agreed to see what she could get on her own, without Seth. She cautioned Jerry that the effort would be strictly experimental on her part, and that results could be good, bad or indifferent. Jane sat at the living room table with Jerry opposite; I sat nearby taking notes. What follows is not verbatim, since Jane spoke quite rapidly at times, but is close to it, and the correct meaning of what Jane said is always given. Many parts of the record are exact, however.

(Jane put herself in a light trance state while sitting at the table. Most of the time her eyes were closed, if not all. Her manner was active, and more will be said of this as the notes progress. Roman type is used to show Jane’s words in trance.)

This room seems to be less closed in than the one planned… and will make him feel less trapped. If he walks in the night and is restless he will have more freedom without bothering others… (Long pause, eyes closed.) You will have to give me a moment here…. (Pause.)

I feel that Billie is pretty close about. There is something about a… I seem to sense Billie at this time wearing dark-colored dress, not black, that Jerry might remember, of violet or purple color. Some kind of velvet material… A kind of soft material to the touch. It looks like velvet. At one time it had a white collar that could be detached. (Pause. Jerry doesn’t remember. She was dressy. Very.

The song, “Little Brown Jug, you and me…” (She liked this.) 1936 (bad accident and lost child), and it seems to be connected with an appendix operation. (Did have an appendix out. Long pause eyes closed.)

(Jane’s eyes had remained closed, as far as I could tell. Her pace had been fast at times, pauses about as usual in a regular session. She sat quietly for several moments beginning at 3:30, then resumed in trance.)

The name Polly? (A long pause, eyes closed.) She tried to come through in a vision sort of thing to Jerry one night—this isn’t Jerry’s dream—two months ago. (Yes. Jerry felt she was there, right behind her.)

(Even in trance Jane felt the effects of these blows, for as she continued to talk she rubbed her left hand. I spoke to her rather sharply, and would have interrupted the session had the physical violence continued. This ended, but now Jane had taken off, evidently wrapped up in the role briefly, for she shouted at a fast and furious pace, shaking her head violently, eyes closed. I was not able to get all she said on paper, but got the gist of it and key phrases. There were many swear words, and the fact that Jane halted at most of them, leaving them implied instead of spoken, reassured me that she was trying for control in the situation.)