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(See pages 152 and 153. Election Day sales are mentioned specifically in the headings for the sales described on both pages 11 and 12, from which the object was torn. Gubernatorial is a word in the vernacular. Blue is referred to both on the object itself on the page 11 side in the line: Norwegian natural blue fox… etc.; and is torn through on the page 12 side in the line referring to a sale of thermal blankets: White, green, pink, blue, gold. Blue also appears on page 12 of the full sheet, in a list of colors for imperfect sheets on sale, and in other places on page 11/12.

(“A seven times six, or 42.” There are many numbers on both sides of the object and its parent page, 11 and 12, since the page features sales of bedding, blankets, sheets, cases, etc., all by size and color and dimension. There is a 42 on page 12 of the newspaper page from which the object is taken. See page 153. In the upper right area of an ad, pillowcases are quoted: 42 x 36 inch, etc.

(Seth did not return to help us out; in the meantime we made our own connections. Section One of the Times was many pages thick, as is usual on a Sunday. Therefore Jane and I arbitrarily decided to limit the interpretations and connections to the object itself, and the one page—11/12—from which it was torn. These two items are on file along with the front page of the section.

[...] See page 243. There is printed matter on pages 1 and 3 of the object; folded, this puts one printed page behind the other, which could give rise to Seth’s use of “other side.” The Art Shop address at the top of page 3 however is neither to the right or left, but centered. We don’t know if the upper left-hand corner data derived from Jane holding the object with page one facing away from her, for instance.

(As noted on page 242, I asked Jane to hold the envelope in the same position as she came out of trance. [...] This shows as T at the top of page 4, in the copy on page 236. See also the notes on page 242.

[...] With the object held as marked by T on page 4, the A-S monogram for the Art Shop is seen to be in the lower right-hand corner of page 1. This is speaking intrinsically. We don’t know for instance whether Jane held the envelope with page one of the object toward her face, or with page 4 toward her face; nor do we know whether this matters, or if it influenced Seth’s data.

[...] on page 148, “Yellow,” page 149, “A selection,” page 149, “markings and dates,” page 149, and others.

[...] See the copy of it on page 142, and the notes concerning it on pages 143 and 147, as well as our interpretation of Seth’s data concerning it; this also begins on page 147.

(See the copy of the envelope object on page 142 of the 257th session. Again, it is the top half of the first page of chapter five of the book Jane is writing on dreams. [...]

(On the page opposite the title page is a long detailed list of Louis Pomerantz’s previous experience, places of study, etc. [...]

[...] See page 230.

[...] The side of pages when the book is closed seem dusky in color, like old gold color. [...]

(The TV screen entered the data because Jane used an analogy in the first couple of pages of chapter five of the dream book, involving a TV screen; she mentioned it quite extensively on two pages. The analogy does not show on the half page used as object. It begins on the bottom half of the same page—but not in the first draft of chapter five of the dream book. [...]

[...] It is on the back of page 112 of the first draft of chapter five of the dream book. Jane believes that she quite possibly made the diagram on the same day she typed up page 80, which was used as envelope object. Page 112 was used in the final version of chapter five, fortunately, and so was not thrown away. [...]

(See the copy of the envelope object on page 142. As stated it is the top half of the first page of chapter five of the book on dreams that Jane is writing. [...]

[...] Page 49.

(Page 41-42.

(Page 42-43.

(See the copy of the envelope object on page 115 and the notes on the next page. [...] See the notes on page 116 for an explanation here, since these facts enter into the envelope data, we believe.

(See the Jungle Gym data, interpreted on page 121. [...] As stated, and seen on page 115, the bill used as object contains vertical lines as well as horizontal, and these are quite thin on the actual object. The outdoors reference above stems from Jane’s original mention of a Jungle Gym on page 121, and this would lead to the green data.

(The connections with washings and the art comes about because on the first two pages of the comic story sent to me by Bill Ward, the heroine is shown taking a shower, using a towel, etc. This is a prominent part of the first two pages, not just a panel on each. [...]

(See the rough copy of the envelope object on pages 168 and 169, and the notes on page 170. [...]

[...] See the photo indicated on the object on page 168. [...] On the back of the object—page 169—in the lower left corner, see again the ad for Globe electrical fixtures, etc.

[...] See the rough copies on pages 168 and 169.

(“An arrangement that has similarity to a calendar page. A small calendar page.” [...] Jane said the memo page used as object is much like ones she saw when she worked for an art gallery a few years ago. It was a book arrangement, with a calendar on one side and the memo pages opposite. She thought at first that the object might also come from such an arrangement; upon close examination, however, we can only tell that the object came from a pad that was bound at the top of the page; the edge there is slightly roughened, as though torn loose.

[...] An arrangement that has similarity to a calendar page. A small calendar page.

[...] This reply makes the data on page 225 a little clearer, although we believe the more general idea on page 225 applies as legitimately as the above.

[...] On a sheet of white paper torn from a pad, same color ink as the tracing on page 189, folded as indicated, placed between two pieces of Bristol and then sealed in double envelopes. [...] See Jane’s supplementary list, this page also.)

[...] See also page 195. [...] A more distant connection might arise from the fact that Jane’s shopping list, shown on page 190, was written on yellow paper with a dark blue pen. [...]

(See the tracing on page 189. [...]

[...] The tracing on page 43 is a reproduction of the envelope object, a page of notes from my pad. The notes concern the efforts of Jane and myself to pin down Seth’s impressions given on page 32 of the last session.

[...] See the tracing of the envelope object on page 43. As stated it is a reproduction of a page of notes I had made, concerning the efforts of Jane and myself to pin down Seth’s impressions given on page 32 of the last session.

[...] It isn’t necessary here to go into these points in detail one by one, either in the data on page 32, or on the envelope object. But we do believe these excerpts from page 32 apply to Peggy and her place of employment, the local newspaper: “A crisis involving health. [...]

[...] See page 88. [...] Jane was fairly sure Seth was trying to get at this data; and she now felt that the 46 or 1946 data on page 96, and the 36 and 46 data on page 94, all reflected Seth’s attempts in this direction. [...]

[...] See page 86. There are also numbers on the beer can shown on page 88. [...]

(See the previous pages for tracings of the two envelope objects used in the 73rd experiment this evening. [...]

(Regarding “Two children”, interpreted on page 22. [...]

(As stated on page 21, Barbara did take her own daughter, Lisa, to visit Story Book Land, the subject of the postcard sent to us by Barbara, and used as the object in the 69th experiment. [...]

(Regarding “Vases”, interpreted on page 23. [...]

(The double test envelope for the 8th test contained a page from an old novel of Jane’s entitled The Adult Time. [...] The page is not numbered. I rummaged through her files and pulled out a page at random. [...]

[...] Necessary precautions refers to steps the couple take upon learning the imminent arrival of the girl’s father, although these are not outlined on the page of test script, but on both preceding and succeeding pages.

[...] See page 209. [...]

(By 3:50, when she was reading the last two pages of the session, Jane said that already her holding the pages that way was almost automatic, though by the time she finishes a page her left hand is beginning to get tired. [...]

[...] I stressed that it was a very important step, and that maybe soon I could take apart Personal Reality, as I had suggested doing some weeks ago, so that she could read it page by page. [...]

(Jane read fairly well, and held several of the pages of the session in the same manner. [...]

Chapter Five: As you read the words upon this page, you realize that the information that you are receiving is not an attribute of the letters of the words themselves. [...] Where is the information that is being transmitted then, if it is not upon the page? [...]

[...] The letters upon the page are symbols, and you have agreed upon various meanings connected with them. [...]

You do not know how you translate these symbols upon this page into thoughts, and then store them, or make them your own. [...]

(See the tracing of the object on page 226, and the notes on page 227. [...]

[...] See the notes with this data on page 230. [...] See the tracing on page 226. [...]

[...] This cannot be seen on the tracing on page 226.

(See the copy of the envelope object on page 51, and the notes on the page 55. [...]

[...] As explained on the last page, Bill Gallagher calls his place of employment, the newspaper office, the “Garden of Gethsemane.” [...] See page 51.

[...] This ties in with the earlier old and wavering data, interpreted at the top of page 57. As Seth tells us after break, the old reference concerns Bill Gallagher’s subjective feelings on his birthday last July 1. The letter reference here stems from the resemblance of the typed poem used as object to a letter, and echoes the note data, also discussed on page 57.

[...] The envelope object for the test in question was a piece torn from a hidden page of The New York Times. The piece was small in relation to the page, which I did not see. [Hiding it in the studio while my eyes were closed, etc.] Yet when Seth, through Jane, gave the test results, much accurate data was given concerning the full page that lay in the back room, as well as the actual small envelope object in Jane’s hand during the session. [...]

[...] From the torn section, then, to me the whole was present, the entire page; and from portions of the whole, the whole can be read or understood. [...]

The page was whole to me, regardless of the portion of it used as an item. [...]

(See page 203 for a copy of the object. [...]

[...] See page 203. [...]

[...] See page 203. [...]