“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 53rd envelope experiment was held this session. The object was the same object used for the last session, the 257th. 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.

(This is the first time during the envelope experiments that the same object was used twice in succession. I was curious to see if Seth would repeat any of his impressions given in the 257th session. This he did do, though often approaching the same topic or impression in new language. We think the data from one of the experiments reinforces that of the other.

(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. It is the first draft, and was thrown away by Jane and saved by me, unknown to her. I dated it May 5,1966 in pencil. It was typed on yellow paper, corrected by Jane with a dark pen. I folded it once putting it into the double envelope.

(Since these “try” or trial references are included on the object itself, we see a similarity in the above impressions and the “markings and dates” data Seth gives in the 257th session. See the notes on page 149.

(“A connection with mass, or a word that sounds like mas-todon.” Since mass was mentioned first, we think this refers to “en masse”, near the bottom of the object. There are also references to animals in chapter five; Jane discusses these under the chapter heading “Dream Symbols and Culture” on the object, and mentions that fire helped primitive man keep the beasts away. We thought the primitive reference might have conjured up mas-todon, and that this in turn would support Seth’s “Connection with an animal” data in the 257th session. After break Seth tells us we are right about mass, wrong about “todon.”

(This data is amply reinforced in the 257th session by two impressions: “Squares. Perhaps a game connection.” page 147, and “Connection with four people, one of them disheveled,” page 147. The notes interpreting these two impressions will explain both Jane’s playground dream, and the playground itself, in more detail.

(In the latter case, the above impression would be linked with the following impressions given in the 257th session: “A note.” “A selection…” “A connection with markings and dates,” “and perhaps yellow connected here.” etc.

(In the previous session, the 257th, the four dreams and their originators are discussed under the impression on page 150, “Connection with four people…” “Perhaps a game connection.” Page 150.

(Seth gave 24 impressions about the envelope object in the 257th session. He gave 21 impressions concerning the same object in the 258th session. In the notes for the 258th session I note 11 impressions that could refer to the impressions given in the 257th session. This is not a strict total by any means; it could be more or less. There can be as many interpretations of this material as there are individuals, and nowhere did Seth say that the same object was being used in both experiments.