“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I had prepared a test envelope to give to Jane during the 181st session, of August 25, but did not do so because of the short session. When the envelope was not used I did not mention it to her, but saved it for tonight’s session. [...] Jane was out of the house when I prepared the usual double envelope.

[...] Nor had I given her the test envelope. [...]

(I did not mention the envelope, and in view of the late hour decided to forget about it for this evening. [...]

[...] Her request caught me by surprise, and it took me a few moments to fish the test envelope out of its hiding place and lay it on the bed before her. [...]

[...] I sealed the folded page in the usual double envelopes, also inserting two pieces of Bristol board for stiffeners. It’s our 13th envelope test.

(As usual I handed Jane the double test envelope. [...]

(The material on a dog reminded me that the Bristol stiffeners I enclosed tonight’s test paper in were the same two in which I had enclosed the test photo for the 11th envelope test, in the 194th session. [...]

(It will be recalled that Seth himself [or Jane?] initiated the idea of asking me if I had an envelope test at each session. [...]

(The memo pad slip used as the 80th envelope object is printed in a dark chocolate brown on a paper that is a rather bright orange brown of middle value. [...] It was placed between the usual double Bristols and sealed in the usual double envelopes.

(At 10:09 Jane took the envelope for the 80th experiment from me. Her eyes open, she gestured with the envelope as she held it in a plainly horizontal position. [...]

[...] Do you have envelope?

[...] For your benefit, you can see from the back of the envelope the position in which I hold it. [...]

(The 33rd envelope experiment was held during the session. I trimmed down the front page of the wedding announcement of my niece, placed it between two pieces of Bristol and sealed it in the usual double envelope. [...]

(Tracing of the envelope front used in the 34th envelope experiment, in the 234th session for February 16,1966.)

[...] I handed Jane the envelope for our 33rd experiment; as usual she took it without opening her eyes. [...]

[...] She said she had tried to block out all personal associations in connection with the envelope data.

(The 68th envelope object was a poem Jane wrote to me on the evening of July 3,1966. [...] The sheet was folded as indicated above, then enclosed between the usual two pieces of Bristol and inserted into the usual double envelopes. [...]

[...] By now Jane had lowered the envelope from her usual position against her forehead, and sat with it dangling by one corner from her right hand; her right arm extended forward and down over the arm of the rocker. It is possible the yellow object inside the sealed envelope had settled into a corner. [...]

Do you have an envelope for me?

(At 10:12 Jane took the sealed double envelope from me for our 68th experiment. [...]

(For the envelope test object I used the appointment card for Jane’s visit to the dentist last May 5,1965. [...] I enclosed the card between two pieces of Bristol, then inserted the whole into the usual double envelopes.

(Jane said at 8 PM this evening that she did not mind if we had an envelope test. I remarked that it was going to be a busy session, what with the material on the Gallaghers and Dr. Instream, a possible envelope test, and the chance that Seth might discuss two very long, vivid, and complicated dreams Jane had while taking a short nap last Friday morning. [...]

(I handed over the usual double envelope, and Jane took it without opening her eyes. I had decided to forget the envelope test unless Seth asked for it, for it would make three tests in a row.

(Jane held the envelope lightly in both hands and paused briefly. This is the 15th envelope test.)

(Jane thinks the paper reference here could refer to the object being sandwiched between the two pieces of cardboard, or Bristol, inside the double envelope; for when she opened the envelopes she at first thought the canvas was glued to one of the pieces of Bristol—probably because she had seen me working out the gluing problem in the studio in recent weeks. [...]

(See page 279 for an approximation of the envelope object.)

Now do you have an envelope for me?

(At 9:47, Jane took the envelope double for the 84th experiment from me, her eyes closed, and held it to her forehead in a horizontal position.)

[...] At 10:14 Jane took the sealed double envelope from me for our 63rd experiment, without opening her eyes. [...] Before tonight’s session we agreed to hold envelope experiments on Mondays only.)

(The 63rd envelope experiment was held during the session. [...]

Now, do you have an envelope for me, Joseph?

[...] (Eyes still closed, envelope still to forehead. [...]

(The 56th envelope experiment was held during the session. [...] I placed it between the usual two pieces of Bristol, then sealed it in double envelopes.

[...] She took the envelope for our 56th experiment from me without opening them. She pressed the envelope to her forehead with one hand while keeping the other to her face.)

Do you have an envelope for me?

[...] (Jane lowered the envelope to her lap, her eyes still closed.

(For the envelope test I used a pair of name cards made by our friend Bill Macdonnel for his art studio, the Cameron Gallery. [...] I placed the cards between two pieces of Bristol board, then sealed them in the usual double envelopes.

(Jane took the double envelope, her eyes still closed, and sat quietly holding it in both hands. [...] This is the 16th envelope test.)

(It was 10:24, and too late for an envelope test in my opinion. [...]

[...] That is, not here (Jane held the envelope up, shaking it, her eyes still closed) but connected with what is here; as a children’s game. [...]

[...] The envelope, the black envelope, was obviously a symbol, but it did enable Ruburt to see the name of the woman who was sending the message. And the import of the dream was clear to him merely in the perception of that simple data, the black envelope, with the return name in the left hand corner, and though he does not recall it, his name on the envelope as the person to whom the communication was sent.

[...] That is why he cannot remember actually opening the envelope. In any case, opening the envelope was superfluous.

[...] This is why he could not remember that the envelope was addressed to him. [...]

(The envelope object for tonight was a card sent to Jane by Caroline Keck, conservator of paintings for the Brooklyn Museum, in 1964. [...]

Do you have an envelope for me?

(At 9:39 Jane took the sealed double envelope from me for the 81st experiment. [...]

[...] (Jane lowered the envelope briefly.

(The 65th envelope experiment was held. [...] As usual I placed the bill between two pieces of Bristol, then sealed the sandwich in two envelopes. [...]

[...] Jane at this time held the envelope horizontally. We did not mark the envelopes or the object to verify this data. [...]

Do you have an envelope for me?

(At 10:22, her eyes closed, Jane took the envelope for our 65th experiment from me and pressed it to her forehead in a more or less vertical position.)

(The 46th envelope experiment was held during the session. [...]

(Since the object had been thoroughly flattened by some kind of pressure, it was no trick to place it between the usual two pieces of heavy Bristol, then seal it in double envelopes.

Do you have an envelope for me?

[...] She took the 46th sealed envelope from me without opening her eyes. [...]

(As will be noted most of the data in connection with the envelope test cannot be checked by us. [...] I got the idea for this approach from the 24th envelope test in the 219th session. [...]

[...] I sealed it in the usual double envelope after placing it between two pieces of board.

[...] I handed Jane the sealed double envelope for our 28th test; she took it without opening her eyes, then for several minutes held it against her forehead. [...]

[...] You may put this in parenthesis.) (Jane now lowered the envelope to her lap.)

(See page 277 for a tracing of the money order used in tonight’s 9th envelope test. [...] On the spur of the moment today I decided to use it for the test, and enclosed it in the usual double envelopes. I also enclosed the money order itself between two pieces of thin Bristol, to make it difficult for Jane to unwittingly pick up anything by feeling the shape of the object within the envelopes.

(I handed Jane the test envelope at 10:20. [...]

[...] She opened the test envelope.

[...] Jane took the usual double envelope from me without opening her eyes. Reading over the last session, she had been surprised to learn that she had held the test envelope to her forehead for a few minutes, since she didn’t remember doing this. Now, she once again pressed the test envelope to her forehead, this time more deliberately, and with both hands. [...] This is the 23rd envelope test.)

(The 23rd envelope test was held this evening during the session. For the test object I used the front of an envelope addressed to Jane and me by my mother. I folded it once as indicated, enclosed it between two pieces of Bristol, and sealed it in the usual double envelopes.

[...] It is of the front of an envelope addressed to Jane and me by my mother on December 1. The letter contained in this envelope figures in the test results, and will be kept on file with the envelope. [...]

[...] She sat with the test envelope pressed to her forehead the whole time. [...]

(The object for the 83rd envelope experiment was a note Jane wrote to me today; I found it on the table this noon upon returning from work, left there by Jane shortly after 11 AM. As usual I placed it between two pieces of cardboard, then sealed it in double envelopes. [...]

Do you have an envelope for me?

(At 9:47 Jane took the sealed envelopes from me for the 83rd experiment; her eyes were closed; she held it to her forehead in the usual horizontal position.)

(No envelope experiment was held.

Now, do you have an envelope for me, Joseph?

[...] She knew before the session began that there would be no envelope.)

(For the envelope test tonight I used my appointment card for my visit to the dentist earlier this month. [...] I also used Jane’s appointment card of May 5,1965 as the test object for the 15th envelope test in the 199th session. [...]

(As usual Jane took the envelope, our 29th, from me without opening her eyes. [...] She sat quietly, holding the envelope pressed to her forehead. [...]

(I placed the card between two pieces of card and sealed it in the usual double envelope. [...]