“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Where—how—does one find and/or make that leap of faith Seth talked about in the session? [...] It’s not that I even disagree with Seth in his material, or find it unacceptable. [...] Tonight, I told her, Seth said nothing at all about what I regard as the central point of conflict—the conflict between her Sinful Self, so-called, and the spontaneous self. [...]

(“And don’t tell me you’re present state means that you’re getting better — like Seth does—because you’re not. Don’t have Seth tell me in the sessions that you’re working out problems and that we’ll soon see improvements, because it doesn’t happen. [...]

[...] She came back to her Seth consciousness with a start.)

(I hurried to type the Seth portion of the session so that Jane could read it this evening—Wednesday—but from my writing room I can hear her snoring as she sleeps on the couch in the living room. [...]

[...] “I think I have the interpretations of them,” she said, “but maybe Seth will talk about them too. [...]

[...] She’d also been picking up from Seth through the day some quite amused comments on a variety of subjects we’d mentioned, ranging from “carpets and health” to the “nature of the law, the connection between the law and ideals and their actualization; the reactions of Tam Mossman to our feelings about Fate Magazine,” etc.

[...] Now I’m in the process of writing a long letter to Larry Dowler, of the Yale University Library, and this activity showed up also in Seth’s bleedthroughs and comments.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] During one of our discussions yesterday, also, I mentioned to Jane some of my own ideas about the power of the Sinful Self, according to Seth’s material. [...] The two states almost seemed contradictory, I said to Jane, and hoped that Seth would go into that matter eventually.

[...] They were very unpleasant—frightening—and we thought that they were supposed to be therapeutic in nature, in line with Seth’s recent material. [...]

(Jane wanted Seth to discuss her panic feelings tonight, although she didn’t seem overly enthusiastic about a session either. [...]

[...] I knew it, but asked anyhow in case Seth wanted to add to his material.)

[...] Simply, I thought it would be a good idea if Seth would tell us about what good things we’ve managed to accomplish through the years as far as Jane’s symptoms go. [...]

(Jane’s delivery as Seth was quite animated and brisk.)

[...] And one that Jane and I soon became aware of even on that first very limited tour we took to help publicize The Seth Material.)

[...] Seth. [...]

[...] When she lay down for a nap yesterday afternoon she picked up from Seth hints of subjects he’s going to discuss in Dreams: “man migrations,” and “inside and outside cues” as pertaining to man’s consciousness. She hopes Seth will go into that material tonight. [...]

[...] On that day Tam Mossman of Prentice-Hall called Sue Watkins to ask her permission to publish Conversations With Seth in two volumes; Sue’s account of Jane’s ESP classes is now too long for a single book. [...]

[...] After giving the material I’ve excerpted for Note 1, Seth said good night at 10:30 P.M.)

[...] It wasn’t until Jane began coming through with the ideas embodied in the Seth material that I began to question my “need” for glasses. [...]

(We had several questions for Seth, including the one noted at the end of the last session: Why didn’t the unconscious realize it was going too far in its protective role? [...] Jane wrote the question up on a separate list, so that we’ll make sure the inquiries that develop are taken care of by Seth. [...]

(I also wanted Seth to comment upon my very discouraged reactions to the mail today; the letters were certainly not the kind we wanted in response to our efforts, I thought.

(Along in here I had an insight as I wrote, no doubt triggered by Seth’s material. [...]

[...] Seth didn’t go into the first two, but the following material did have to do with reactions to those who wrote us. [...]

(As it turned out, we didn’t ask Seth about promotion work again, and he didn’t bring up the subject himself. The Seth Material was published in September, 1970, and we did go on tour.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] (Seth repeated this chapter heading to make sure I punctuated it correctly.)

(“Do you know what I said to Jane yesterday — about our going on tour to promote The Seth Material? [...]

[...] We sat for it as usual at about 9:00, but Jane didn’t “feel Seth around” right away. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(A note, added later: Seth gives no dates for the Lumanian civilization. [...]

[...] We usually keep windows closed because Seth’s voice has the peculiar ability to carry well. [...]

(Shortly before the session Jane told me that she felt Seth around, as usual. [...] I think I know what Seth’s going to talk about. [...]

(During the last few days, Jane has felt that she’s been picking up “advance” material from Seth on his book. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] Jane said that during the delivery she “knew,” without being aware of what Seth was saying, that he was talking about the material she’d received on her own earlier in the week. [...]

[...] The question I asked at its end—about what effects my opinions of Prentice-Hall might have had on Jane over the years—has been on my mind ever since I asked it, and Seth replied that it was “too big a subject” to go into at once. [...]

(Jane tried to half-heartedly deny this, without really considering the question, I thought—not that I wanted her to to any great degree before Seth got into it. [...]

(Yet she found the changes frightening, although she kept in mind Seth’s material that the fright was not to be feared but understood as expressing buried fears, to put it simply. [...]

(So as we waited for the session I told Jane that I didn’t know which to ask Seth to talk about—my question from last session, or the arrival of God of Jane and her new physical changes.)

[...] In the early sessions he exhibited some drastic behavior at Seth’s presence and/or arrival. At times he would attempt to entangle himself in Jane’s legs as she paced about the room while speaking for Seth. [...] Seth told us this was because the cat’s very acute senses detected his arrival on our plane. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(“Good evening, Seth, and thank you.”

[...] She said Seth was pleased when I said thank you.

[...] I had a few questions I wanted to ask Seth if I got the chance, but hadn’t talked them over with Jane before the session. [...]

(For the moment I’d forgotten the notes I wrote concluding the last session, deleted for November 12, having to do with Seth suggesting we throw our hassles with Prentice and foreign publishers into Framework 2; I’d written that I didn’t know whether or not I was capable of doing that at this time. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(A note: I think Seth inserted his remark about the books being in so many homes because our mail has rather strikingly reminded us lately of that fact; we’ve been talking about it.)

(On Sunday, May 18, John Pitre called Jane from Franklin, Louisiana and asked that Seth hold a session for his wife Peg; she is in the hospital, in poor condition, with muscular dystrophy. John told Jane it “might be a matter of hours” etc., and wondered whether Seth could give some data on Peg’s psychic activities at the moment, whether she would be helped after physical demise, etc.

[...] She told me she “could sort of see” a bureau drawer while Seth was giving the related data. She now added that although Seth hadn’t said so, the dresser was against the south wall of their place, “like the south wall of our apartment here, to my left,” Jane said.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] Seth proceeded to answer the questions after break ended at 10:43.)

[...] In that session Bill Gallagher asked Seth about the possibility of locating artifacts in the waters of Seneca Lake. Describing the location of a certain cove, and underwater cave, Seth used as a starting point a gasoline station and the letters M, A, and C. Seth told us these could be part of the name Mack, or were involved with a Mack truck; he was not sure.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] Seth/Jane’s voice suddenly climbed a great deal in volume, very briefly, before subsiding.)

(“Good night, Seth.”

(Earlier in the day I had heard Jane remark casually, after a little talk between us, that if she felt like it she would let Seth come through during class tonight. [...]

[...] Seth’s voice was easily heard.

[...] Seth resumed at about 10:15, briefly, addressing a little reincarnational data to Audrey.)

(Earlier in the day I had heard Jane remark causally, after a little talk between us, that if she felt like it she would let Seth come through during class tonight. [...]

[...] Seth’s voice was easily heard. [...]

[...] Seth resumed at about 10:15, briefly, addressing a little reincarnational data to Andrea.)

(“Afternoon, Seth.”)

(Not long after the session was over I told Jane I meant to ask Seth to comment on the vivid dream I’d had last night about the Gallaghers and an unkempt young man who was living with them. [...]

(Jane said that maybe Seth would return later and talk about the dream, but this didn’t happen. [...]

[...] She said she’s had more impulses to sit up on the side of the bed in recent days, since Seth first discussed that impulse on December 19. [...]

[...] We learned later that Seth’s material was very helpful.

(Before the session tonight I discussed two questions with Jane that I hoped Seth would consider. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] This was the end of the material on Seth’s book. [...]

[...] We had no idea what the session might be about, since we’d posed no questions for Seth. [...]

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(“Good night, Seth.”

[...] “Good night, Seth.”

(I told Jane at 8:39 that I didn’t know whether or not Seth was through with his Prentice-Hall material, and she said that we’d gotten to the heart of it. [...] She then said that she also thought my feelings about Prentice-Hall had influenced my feelings about Seth’s next book more than my feelings about her did. [...]

[...] I finally decided Jane wanted the rest, since she/Seth was calling for a short session.)

(“Thank you, Seth.”)

[...] Seth’s suggestion that Jane ask the Sinful Self for its comments of the female sex and sin were very acute—for today Jane has received several pages of material from the Sinful Self on that subject. [...]