“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The first episode involved a couple I will call Jim and Ann Linden. Ann, a complete stranger, called me on the phone one morning. Since she dialed me directly, there was no indication that this was a long-distance call, and I thought she was calling from town, particularly since she mentioned having relatives in Elmira. She told me that her son, Peter, had died a few months ago at the age of three. She and her husband were distraught, she said, and a friend of theirs, Ray Van Over, a parapsychologist in New York, had suggested she call me.

“We’ll be there,” she said quickly. “My husband is in New York for the day, but he’ll be back by late afternoon.”

She insisted that a shower and quick supper would fix him up like new. We agreed that she and Jim would be at our apartment around eight.

“Brooklyn?” I nearly dropped the phone. “I thought you meant that your husband was in New York for the day, but that you lived here—”

“Oh, wow,” I said, and Rob put down the evening paper. “You mean you’re driving here for just one session? New York is full of excellent mediums.”