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(At 8:45 tonight Jane said that Seth was going to talk about the York Beach apparitions we created at that resort in the summer of 1963, while on vacation there, in Maine. Jane had been writing about the incident this afternoon and I had wondered aloud if Seth could give more data on this. He had also discussed it in the early sessions to some degree.

(This was in reference to a poem Jane wrote after supper tonight, when she was low in spirits.)

Tell him to remember a poem, Rapunzel, that he wrote years ago. He just denied expression to his bright self. This evening’s poem did indeed contain, and was in itself, an intuitional inspiration.

It was a welcome to the spontaneous self, expressed creatively. The idea is an excellent one. A poetic statement carries weight for his personality, and this poetic statement has almost magical connotations. As natives do a dance to induce rain, with often excellent results, so Ruburt’s poem represents the same sort of incantation.

Now, as to your York Beach images. Here aggressive and destructive energies were unconsciously projected outward, given a pseudoreality and a temporary physical validity. There was a protein loss on your own parts.

(9:31. Jane’s trance had been a good one, her pace rather fast. Already, she said, she knew what Seth was going to discuss after break. Resume at 9:45.)

It was the beginning in your case, of recovery. Telepathic communication between you and Ruburt was also involved. Ruburt realized that as you changed, so would he. Now, this same sort of deterioration over a longer period of time can occur in the original physical image, when the energy is not projected into more or less independent structure. Do you see?

Now. Ruburt was correct. He did not want to admit his own strong spontaneous nature. It has not gone anywhere. He need only strongly desire that it return, on his terms, and he will find it.

In his case he made alterations that severely prevented expression of spontaneity, in physical movement. To some extent this was meant to reassure him. When he realizes, and you can help him, that he is indeed safe, only when he trusts his spontaneity, then he will be free.

That is why it took so much out of him to restrain his own energy. (Leaning forward, eyes open, humorous manner:) To force a lid on that pot was a job.

Now. The reason for his unrest yesterday and today is simple. A reaction. He was afraid that his spontaneous self had been swallowed in our sessions. The emotional reaction was rather natural, since our last session touched on some deep points.

The poem was the resolution of the fear however, and a good sign. He does not need to fear the sudden release of the spontaneous self. (Jane pointed at me for emphasis.)He knows it is being released. He knows he is releasing it. But he has been afraid of releasing it suddenly, for fear it would engulf him. This is of course a symptom of the entire problem. (Leans forward.) It is the main reason he still has symptoms. It is why the few sudden releases, as with the Prentice letter, have in the past been followed by poorer days for a while.

You can also help by reminding him that his safety does lie in spontaneity, and that joy will result from any complete and sudden release. In the past he did not want to accept his spontaneous nature because he felt he was not sufficiently disciplined or strong enough to control it, and he did not want to accept the responsibility for it.

Miss Carr was upset. It did not fit under the category of proper business procedure, you see. It made the impression that I intended, however, and you will be hearing shortly. (We did, in two days.) You will have business with them for some time. A date, April 18, seems connected here.

(“While Jane and I were contending with those pseudoimages we had created at York Beach, in that crowded dancing establishment—did others in the room know what was going on?”)

They were observed by others. They were hysterical productions born of your own desperation and given instant physical validity. Your unconscious awareness was within them. They had no independent personality consciousness of their own.

(10:53. Jane had again been in a deep trance, but left it quickly. She was aware of feeling strong energy, she said, as she does when she seems to be inside the voice. Resume briefly at 10:54.)