“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(On Friday, November 4, Jane called about a job teaching nursery school at the JCC. She was given an appointment with Mr. Miller for Tuesday, November 8, by Gladys Austin. On November 8, Gladys wrote out the memo slip used as object, bearing the name of Mrs. Methinitus, another teacher with whom Jane would work. The name is written in ordinary black pencil. Jane met Nancy Methinitus on Wednesday, November 9, and began teaching Monday, November 14 at the JCC. Sometime after Gladys Austin wrote out the memo slip on Nov. 8, the folded slip found its way into my jacket pocket.

(“Alienate. Things separate from another. A going apart. Something by proxy.” Jane thought all this data an attempt to get at the name Gladys Austin on the memo used as object. Gladys, as Mr. Miller’s secretary, served as a go-between, Jane said, between Jane, Nancy Methinitus, and Mr.Miller. It was Gladys who finally informed Jane she had the job at the JCC, for instance.

(“Music or Muzak.” Music is involved in Jane’s job at the JCC. In the downstairs playroom at the JCC, Jane and Nancy play a record player for their young charges, which is similar to the Musak recorded sound system. On a Friday afternoon Jane and Nancy took the class to an upstairs room at the JCC, where Nancy played the piano. This room was next door to the office of Gladys Austin who came in to listen.

(“1841, 1731.” No connections; unless, as Jane speculates, these figures are an attempt to get at her wages from the job at the JCC. The job is a part-time one and Jane is paid twice a month. The figures vary, consequently. Jane’s pay statement for November 30,1966 for instance shows a total of $36.00. 1841 and 1731 added together total 3572.

(The address of the JCC is 115 East Church Street.

(“Squares that are interconnected, and the color black.” Jane said this is a reference to the three big windows in the playroom where she teaches at the JCC. Each window is divided up into many small panes a few inches on a side, and all have black molding or frames. The panes themselves are not colored.

(“A note and a sender who is not feeling well.” This is very good data. The note refers to the memo page used as object. It was written by Gladys Austin on November 8, at a time when she was not feeling well. She described this to Jane in some detail, explaining that the JCC had been so busy recently that the staff had been working weekends also. Jane remembers that Gladys also worked the weekend following—November 12-13, and then took Monday, November 14, off because of fatigue.

(“A great variety, or overall picture.” Too vague. Jane says it is possible this data refers to her first day on the job at the JCC, when she learned something of the variety of programs sponsored, and more of what her own duties as a teacher would be, etc.

(“A bill.” Jane believes this data is connected with the three-dollar data to come below. A bill here refers to art supplies Jane picked up on the way to work at the JCC one day, and charged to the JCC. Gladys Austin, whose name is on the object, makes out the checks to pay bills.

(“Stringy or to do with string.” Possibly, according to Jane, a reference to her borrowing string from Gladys Austin one class day at the JCC. The class members were to string Cheerios to make necklaces, etc., but the string was too flimsy and deteriorated too easily; knots couldn’t be tied in it, etc.

(The items, paste, scissors, etc., for the class came to about three dollars, and were charged to the JCC. Thus Gladys Austin, whose name is on the object is connected with this data, since she makes out checks to pay bills for the JCC, etc.

(1st Question: Can you give me a date connected with the object? “The number four.” As stated, on Friday November 4, Jane called the JCC the first time about the teaching job. There could be other interpretations. Jane started the job on November 14, for instance.

(“I do not know. The future connection it would seem—January or February perhaps.” It is possible that a number four connection also applies here, for Jane is on Christmas-New Year’s vacation from her job, until Wednesday January 4. This data would be legitimate, in that the envelope object refers to the teaching job at the JCC.