“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Eleanor Friede visited Saturday and Sunday, as planned, and went over parts of Emir with Jane. We’ve learned that Jane doesn’t take to justifying each line of her work, so we’ll see what this means for future books with Delacorte, if any. Tam is due tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, and is bringing with him the copyedited Seven Two, as far as we know. We expect his visit to be pleasant.

They were frightened and angry, their condition such that they were often in constant pain. When they visited the author, however, he was optimistic and brusque. He said “You do indeed have control,” and his personal manner was such that he convinced them. Now that was all to the good. They were given hope and thrown back to a feeling of self-reliance.

(To me:) You needed some rest, but you do not really approve of it, the idea of playful free time seems to you somehow unvirtuous. At certain levels—not all—you resented Eleanor’s visit, and Tam’s, because you wanted so to begin new projects. You felt that Ruburt was coming along well. And you did not want anything to upset the apple cart. This simply fills out your pendulum material.

The difficulty after your dentist visit was partially natural enough, but exaggerated for these reasons, so that the discomfort gave you an acceptable reason for resting—while still being virtuous in your own eyes.

(4:35. We were interrupted by a UPS delivery of books from Eleanor Friede—so quickly had she gotten them on their way to us after her visit over the weekend. Resume at 4:43.)