“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(3:30. Just as we’re ready to begin some sort of working activity, Wade Alexander visited. He looked well, and seemed genuinely happy to see us. He had a class of school kids in town. He left at 3:55. Afterward Jane and I agreed that his visit was hardly accidental. His positive approach to the tape-business deal with Steve and Tracy answered some of our own questions, as well as those concerning possible conflicts over tape ownership. I told Jane his decision to visit might save us a lot of time later. She agreed. We anticipate no problems in that area now.

(4:00. Jane began reading yesterday’s session, and did very well, considering the new teeth. After Cathy took her temperature—98.1—Jane told me that she could now reach farther under her right leg with her left hand than she could yesterday, even. She realizes that she lays tilted up at an angle in bed, and that if she lay flat she couldn’t reach as far down toward her legs, but even so, signs indicate that her elbows seem to be flexing more.

(Jane had a new catheter inserted this morning, by the way, and now she had some spasms and gas while reading the session. She was also interrupted by Lorrie, taking her pulse and blood pressure. I worked with some mail and Jane finished the session in quite good style at 4:16.

Now: another fond good afternoon.

(The matter of fire ants had come up when we watched the TV show, In Search Of at 2:30 this afternoon. It had featured the explosive growth of fire ants, up from Brazil in the 1930’s, and now threatening to spread over most of the United States. I had many questions, ranging from the consciousnesses of the ants involved, and their right to life, as opposed to the “destructive” view taken of them by farmers, scientists, and so forth in the conventional sense. I also saw correlations between the spread of the fire ants and the spread of the “killer bees” —also up into this country from Brazil—at the same time. I suspected Seth could tell us a most fascinating story here. I was ready for it at any time, I told Jane. I suppose my readiness was at least partially founded upon the idea that it would be a good thing for Jane to speak through Seth about other matters occasionally than her symptoms and related topics.