“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(In the last session Seth had commented favorably on trying some tests with Jane and me. An hour or so before this evening’s session, without telling Jane beforehand, I made a black ink drawing of the symbol below on a small sheet of paper. [This was to be our first “envelope test”.]

(I folded it once, put it in an envelope, then sealed this envelope in another so there was no chance of seeing through paper. My idea was to hand the envelope to Jane just before she went into trance for the session. I wanted to see how much, if any, of the contents Jane or Seth could describe.

(I was not sure whether the test would be telepathic or clairvoyant, or a combination. I felt it would now be different since Jane was probably alerted. She confirmed this just before the session when she asked me about it, so I gave her the envelope at 8:57. She agreed to some nervousness, though not a great deal. She also said she thought Seth might address the session to Dr. Instream, and that if he did she would prefer not to be distracted. Thus she might not deal with the envelope.

(Strangely enough, Jane did not speak in an overly loud voice. In the beginning she spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed. She leaned forward in her rocker, holding the envelope in her clasped hands. She used many pauses, some of them quite long.)

(Break at 9:18. Jane said she was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her eyes remained closed. She used many pauses other than those indicated, and said she was aware of the traffic noise at times. She held the test envelope for the entire delivery.

(Her voice had been rather quiet, and remained so. Again with her eyes closed, and holding the envelope, she resumed at 9:26.)

(Another long pause. Jane sat learning forward, her head down, holding the test envelope.)

We will try to see what we can do with your envelope. It contains paper with writing on it, printed or perhaps typewritten, and also I believe handwritten. It may be in the nature of a license, but it is of some legal nature rather than a personal note, blue or green and white, the handwritten material on printed lines. I believe it belongs to you, Joseph, and while it is yours that it has a legal connotation.

(Jane took a pause of average length. She sat with her eyes closed, still holding the envelope though not actively fingering it. She had delivered the above information quietly and steadily.)

(Break at 9:43. Jane was dissociated as usual. Traffic had become noisy again, and she said she thought Seth took the break now because of this. Jane had realized she was discussing the envelope. When she opened it she was quite disappointed with the results. I was pleased.

(Seth did not mention two envelopes, although Jane said she knew there were two involved. It is also obvious that touch alone could give information as to whether the envelope contained paper, some kind of cardboard or other heavier material, or perhaps metal.

(I was puzzled as to why Seth, or Jane, was so definite about the envelope containing a license or some sort of similar document, when Jane revealed that at last break she had thought the envelopes did contain a license. We thought it most interesting that the data based on Jane’s conscious thoughts proved to be that in error. It will be remembered that Seth/Jane paused before delivering the last line of information concerning the envelopes. This information I consider a direct hit. Another person, Bill Macdonnel, is involved with the symbol. See my notes on pages 199-200.

(Jane said that Seth himself was definite about another male being involved with the contents of the envelope. Her own thought, as she spoke, was that a female was involved; but Seth, she said, would not allow her to say a female was involved. Thus it seems that in giving the material on the envelope, Jane was drawing upon a couple of levels of awareness at once.