“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Jane began speaking for Seth in a voice somewhat stronger than usual, and with her eyes closed.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] A general discussion between the four of us took place at break concerning Seth, origins, etc. [...]

(According to Seth I have lived a life in Boston, and it ended probably just before the Civil War.)

[...] Jane was rather quiet as we waited for Seth to come through. [...] I guess I’ve been brooding because I fell into that trap Seth talks about — of thinking that I’ve got to save the world….”

(Since the 863rd session was held three weeks ago, Seth has given us but two regular sessions — both on subjects other than those for Mass Events — and two private sessions.

(According to him, tonight’s session after 9:52 isn’t book material either, but Jane and I are presenting it here because in it Seth returns to questions I’d asked earlier in Mass Events: What about the roles played in human affairs by viruses like smallpox? [...]

[...] We became intensely curious as to how Seth would explain the whole matter, and he gave us excellent information on it. [...]

(In the opening notes for Session 852 I wrote that starting with the 846th session for April 4, “Seth has been dictating material for Mass Events on Wednesday evenings only.” [...]

(Earlier tonight Jane had picked up from Seth some of his material for the session, should she decide to hold it.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(10:42.) Now Seth went into an analysis of a very vivid dream Jane had recently had, involving her deceased mother. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] Before the session I had asked that Seth give Jane a prayer that she could use for herself; I would say from the above that he responded in excellent fashion, as usual.

[...] Good night, Seth.”

(Thus Seth returned at 10:45.)

(Following his pattern of late, Seth wound up the session with a couple of pages of other material. [...] Seth explained how Jane’s poetry had always been “a creative offshoot of her desire to understand the nature of existence and reality, her way of probing psychically… into other realms… a method of investigation and a method of exploring the results.”

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(Her fiction, Seth added, was Jane’s “way of probing probabilities and of trying to understand other people. [...]

(Jane’s psychic experiences, Seth said, would themselves initiate other creative endeavors, leading her to delve into deeper, literally unending, universal pools of creativity….

[...] She said Seth could have continued had we been willing. [...] It had been one of those sessions that really took something out of her; she had, she said, felt that Seth was pushing the material through.)

(By 8:58 Jane said she did not feel very nervous, but did feel strange because she had no idea of what Seth would talk about. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] It appeared that this session would be another of the kind wherein Seth tries very hard to make accurate points; they usually leave Jane quite tired. [...]

(We discussed the questions at last break to make sure Seth would cover them tonight: from her records Jane recently realized that coincident with the mailing of the manuscript for Seth Speaks to the publisher, and the death of her father, near November 15, 1971, the condition of her legs took a decided turn for the worse. Also, in the 367th session, Seth made certain remarks that have bothered her ever since —mainly about the necessity of his presence.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(“Thank you very much, Seth. [...]

[...] I remarked about the excellence of the Florida data, and Seth returned.)

(“Good night, Seth.” [...] Her thought at the time had been that she wasn’t sure how far Seth would go with the trance state.

[...] I immediately thought it might be an inner sense telling me that Seth was around.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] But once Seth mentioned them they seemed most obvious. [...]

[...] I said I wouldn’t mind Seth commenting on her.

[...] When she asked me if I could sort out Seth’s book material from his personal stuff, I said it was easy — that I wasn’t concerned at all.

(My little speech got her talking about it and related matters, and she soon felt Seth around. [...]

(“Good afternoon, Seth.”)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(Seth had something to say about psychic remembrance of earthly phenomenon as long ago as the 9th session, December 18,1963. [...]

(“Good night, Seth.”

(Jane felt that this was all Seth wanted to say on the above material this evening, hence his abrupt end to the session. [...]

(Jane had no questions for Seth: “I’m just hoping he’ll go on as usual.” [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(“Thank you, Seth. [...]

[...] “Just for kicks,” I told Jane, “I almost asked Seth to say something about Israel and Iraq, but I didn’t....” [...]

[...] She said she could feel Seth pushing concepts at her; it was as though she could assimilate a pint, she said, but Seth wanted her to take a quart. [...]

[...] She had no idea of Seth’s subject matter for the evening. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] I found this very discouraging, and once again began to question the whole bit about symptoms, recovery, Seth, etc.

[...] I mention these details to show something of our situation re Seth’s last deleted session on “intruders” when we want privacy. [...]

[...] I’m very sensitive to tooth troubles, of course, and probably project some of this upon others; but Jane’s losing the tooth reminded me of Seth’s very recent declaration that she might lose more teeth because of the relaxation taking place in her jaws. [...]

[...] I might add that although Seth said losing the teeth was a minor thing, comparatively, it doesn’t seem so to us. [...]

[...] Two minutes later, after I’d pushed the door shut, Jane began speaking for Seth.)

[...] Seth.”)

[...] I had to laugh at the way Seth had announced that her body knew perfectly well how to heal itself in its own way, regardless of her demands upon it. [...]

[...] Seth. [...] And yes, I too wish Seth could jar us....)

(I told Jane that I’d long given up trying to hammer out my next writing project, as Seth had mentioned I was trying to do in one of these recent deleted sessions. [...]

[...] Once again, Seth wound up the evening with some material on another subject. [...]

2. The “officially accepted life” mentioned here reminded me that in the last (694th) session Seth used the phrase “your officially recognized idea of physical reality” in discussing the role probable events played in our world history. [...]

Then, in the 681st session, see what Seth has to say about individual biological history and the basic unpredictability of consciousness.

(At 8:00 PM John Bradley arrived to witness the session, and to inform us that his friend in his hometown, Williamsport, PA, had finished copying Volume 1 of the Seth Material and was ready to begin Volume 2.

[...] Last Saturday, 6/13, Jane and I had attended a cocktail party for Dee, and Seth referred to this event briefly in the 62nd session.

(“Good evening, Seth.”

([John:] “Good evening, Seth. [...]

(Seth then returned to say something about a summer [which year?] when our tactics resulted in Jane’s improvement.)

(“Good night, Seth. [...]

[...] (On Chapter 20 of Seth Speaks.

(“Thank you very much, Seth. [...]

[...] Both of us are making an effort to work regularly with the pendulum, as suggested by Seth.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] She also said that as she spoke she had received the feeling of a concept from Seth. [...]

(Seth asked the question because I fell behind in my notes on the above paragraph, and had to ask for its repetition.)