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(Lorraine is an expert at shorthand, whereas Peg and I use an abbreviated longhand. The session was an extremely fast one, and I finally had to ask Jane to slow down her delivery. She began her delivery with her eyes closed, but she spoke in a rather strong voice and in a very active manner. Much of the time she leaned forward in the rocker, her elbows on her knees, her hands clasped. She used many gestures and few pauses.)

(Jane’s delivery had been fast, almost too fast for comfort, although Lorraine had no trouble keeping up with her shorthand. I asked my wife to slow down a bit. Her eyes had been closed for most of the delivery, and they were closed during a good part of the next one. She resumed at a fast pace and in a strong voice at 10:05.)

(Break at 10:25. Jane was well dissociated. She ended the delivery on a humorous note. Her eyes had been mostly closed. She again had no idea that she had been speaking so rapidly; even Lorraine wondered if Seth was trying to find out just how fast she could take shorthand. I would say that Jane’s delivery was faster than ever before, her voice loud.

(During this next delivery Jane spoke at a somewhat slower rate, at my request. Her eyes were closed for the most part. Here again, as noted on page 89, I would say that Jane spoke in quite a brogue for part of the delivery. This was more pronounced than before, and more than a little reminiscent of the two Father Trainor episodes.

[...] Jane’s voice rose to some degree of loudness for the rest of this delivery. [...]

[...] Jane reported that she was quite a bit more dissociated than usual for a first delivery. [...]

[...] Toward the end of this delivery her voice had increased in volume, and at times almost boomed out.

[...] Her delivery had been fast toward the end.)

[...] Jane was well dissociated throughout the delivery. [...] Traffic had not bothered her, and her delivery had been rather fast.

[...] Her eyes had been open for the whole delivery, and very dark. [...] She had not been aware of traffic, or any other distractions for that matter, since the first delivery of the evening.)

[...] She sat down as usual, with her eyes closed for this first delivery. [...]

(Jane’s eyes had remained closed for the first delivery, but they opened soon after she began speaking again. [...]

[...] Her pace picked up considerably however as the delivery progressed, and acquired much emphasis. [...]

[...] Jane’s eyes did not open up but her delivery became spasmodic. [...]

[...] Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. [...]

(Jane said she was aware of Willy climbing up into her lap, and that the cat’s presence might have interfered with her delivery had he remained there.

[...] By the time break arrived, her delivery had become quite slow and deliberate. [...] She resumed in the same manner; indeed her delivery became even slower and more careful and deliberate, so that at times she would pace from one end of our living room, where we hold the sessions, to the other end before voicing the next word. [...]

[...] I believe that I too was in some kind of light trance state during this delivery, since I felt quite lethargic. Oddly enough I found trying to write at a slow pace, matching Jane’s delivery, more difficult than to proceed at the more rapid rate I am accustomed to.

(Jane began dictating in a normal voice and at a normal rate, but her speed of delivery soon began to slow down, as will be noted, until it became almost painfully slow. [...]

(By now Jane’s delivery was even slower. [...]

[...] Jane was fairly well dissociated for a first delivery. Her delivery had been fast, her eyes closed all the time. During this delivery a very heavy rain began to fall; it was noisy, but her voice surmounted the additional noise without trouble. [...]

[...] Jane was more dissociated for this last delivery, she said. Her eyes were closed for the whole session, her delivery fast for the most part, her voice strong.)

(She resumed with her eyes closed, and with a quieter voice, but with the same fast rate of delivery, at 10:16.)

[...] Jane’s delivery had become very slow; as slow as the 110th session, which was as slow as any I recall. [...] In actuality, her delivery had been so slow that at times she paced from one end of our living room to the other before giving voice to the next word. [...]

[...] And again, she did not smoke at all during the delivery. [...] The tempo of her delivery had picked up since last break, but to no great degree.

[...] At break time she then realized that she hadn’t smoked at all during the first delivery. [...]

[...] Jane said she was very well dissociated for a first delivery. [...] Jane’s eyes were open for most of the session, her delivery very emphatic and fast, her voice about average.

[...] Her delivery was fast and emphatic, as indicated partially by the underlined words. [...]

[...] Her eyes had remained open much of the time, although her delivery had been slower. [...]

[...] Her eyes had remained closed during the delivery, her voice had been average, her pace also about average toward the end of the material.)

[...] Her delivery was by now very slow.)

(Jane resumed in a voice a little deeper, but still with her very slow delivery, at 9:31.)

[...] The outside distractions from the street, for the first time it seems, are keeping Ruburt at a level of consciousness which is not quite adequate for my delivery of the discussion that I had in mind.

[...] The music from across the way had stopped sometime during the last delivery, but Jane said the traffic noise continued to bother her. [...]

[...] Her voice was normal, her delivery rather rapid but with pauses. [...]

[...] Her delivery was easily heard, yet more halting in manner than usual. [...]

(Jane’s delivery of the above material had been somewhat slow and hesitant, but clear. [...]

[...] Jane’s delivery was very halting.)

[...] This time, also, however, her delivery varied in a strange way, seeming to ride rhythms of emotion and resolve by turn. [...] I thought several times that she might stop speaking in mid-delivery, but she kept going. [...]

(5:01 p.m. I could tell the session was a difficult one for Jane, especially when her voice wavered, and she almost halted her delivery several times. [...]

[...] Second delivery from 9:42 to 10:04 PM. [...] Jane’s manner very active; her eyes were wide open and very dark for about the whole delivery.

[...] She sat down during part of her delivery at Seth’s bidding, so that I wouldn’t miss any of the material. Also, her broadly smiling face felt different than usual to her; Jane said she really felt Seth’s emotions during this delivery, and added that Seth thought he was being smart.

[...] Jane tapped on my desk to make emphasis for the last line of her delivery. [...] She reported that just as her delivery ended, she had another mental picture. [...]

[...] By break time her delivery had become very deliberate, with quite a few pauses. [...]

[...] Her delivery was still quite deliberate, her voice quite soft. [...]

(Jane was keenly aware of Seth’s emotions during the above delivery, she said, and as always it made the delivery most enjoyable. [...]

[...] Jane reported that she was fairly well dissociated for a first delivery. [...]

[...] Jane’s voice had been loud last delivery, and active; and she resumed in the same manner, smiling often, at 10:05.)

(Jane’s voice had been climbing the scale somewhat as far as volume went, and her rather fast delivery became even faster. [...]

[...] As is often the case with witnesses, her delivery was much more active. [...]

[...] Her delivery had been very active, her voice loud at times, her pace fast, her eyes closed.

[...] She ended the delivery with a smile. [...]

I will endeavor to speak more slowly, and I will be directed in this respect Joseph by you, if you will make your wishes known during the delivery. [...]

[...] She began in rather a slow manner, but as the session progressed her delivery speeded up somewhat. [...]

[...] Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. [...]

[...] Her last delivery was broken by some very long pauses. [...]

[...] Although she had used pauses in her delivery the pace had been fairly fast, and my writing hand was tired. [...]

[...] Her delivery had been broken by many other short pauses.)

[...] Jane was dissociated about as usual, she said, for a first delivery. [...]

[...] Now Jane’s delivery began to slow up considerably. [...]

[...] During the delivery Jane kept nodding and leaning to her right in her chair. [...]

[...] Jane had been dissociated as usual for a first delivery. [...] Her voice was average but her delivery had become quite fast.

[...] She was smoking as she began speaking, at a slow pace which grew faster as the delivery progressed.)

[...] A case in point in the above delivery would be the passage where Seth states: “Now Ruburt helped me, though consciously he was not aware of this, because of the peculiar circumstances.” [...]

[...] She’s been planning on going back to taking breaks between deliveries, so that she can hold longer sessions. [...]

(Pause in a steady, if usually rather subdued, delivery.)

[...] Even though her delivery had been on the quiet side, still at times Seth had come through with considerable power. [...]