“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Phil went over to Janice and they embraced, “I won’t leave you again; I want to stay this time,” Phil said. Finally, Phil sat down. Someone remarked that he was getting it with both barrels tonight. He and Janice talked about how they had each felt something in common with the other when Phil first came to class. Janice said she had distrusted Phil at first but felt better about it now.

(Suddenly, Jane said to Phil, “Tell her about the journey you took, Phil, the journey!” Phil looked confused.

(“This goddess was the goddess of fertility...and you were from a province in Persia ...You were both poor ...Province was called Sepharthein in the southwest portion of Persia... It was a national holiday, sacrificial day ...something that we would translate into atonement but that wasn’t the word at all ...where children were sacrificed, so that the earth would grow ... You [Phil], that’s why you hit her [Janice] so strongly. You looked something like you do now, only your build was scrawnier. You lived in a mud-type hut ... You had other wives afterwards ...I’m trying to get something you can check, but it’s so long ago you can’t ...but the emotion is fantastic. She didn’t want you to take the baby, and you just took it. And this was supposed to make you wealthy. If you gave the baby it was supposed to make you really wealthy. It was supposed to do all kinds of fantastic things; and it didn’t, it didn’t, it didn’t! ...And you didn’t have the guts to go back ...and you wandered, and you wandered alone, because you didn’t have the guts to go back. And all you had was a cut—a wound in your left thigh. You were kicked by the mob, because after you threw in your baby boy, nobody gave a damn. It was just this fantastic mob ...and those kids were cooked...and it was all in the name of religion and in the name of all this stuff except that out of it you hoped to get wealth ...and all she [Janice] had was a woman’s common love for the child. She tried to hold it, and it meant nothing. Shortly after, an army came down, of stragglers, in that area; and they were hungry ... They were stragglers from another country and they didn’t have any food and they were disbanded.. And they burned everything they saw and took what they could take and that’s what they did... and you [Phil] never knew, never went back, and you’re meeting Pete K. now ...and I’m trying like hell to cut the emotion part out ‘cause I don’t want to get into...” [Jane stops here.]

(Seth had given instructions on relating to our past and present selves. After a pause, Janice Simmonds said, in a tiny choked voice, “I don’t belong here. I want to go home.” She looked over at Phil Levine and said, “What did you do to me?” and she started to cry.

[...] Seth has given him information concerning his business dealings, correctly predicting the behavior of certain stocks among other things; and Phil is keeping record of Seth’s percentage of “hits.” The time ranges for some of the predictions cover several years, but Seth has been correct about a large number of items that Phil has been able to check. [...]

[...] That night Phil turned up, unannounced as always. [...] Then Phil asked Seth if he knew anything about a voice that he’d heard in a local bar.

During our first break, Phil explained: A month earlier he’d been speaking to a young woman in a local bar, when he heard a clear, loud, male voice say, “No, no,” very emphatically. It seemed to come from within Phil’s head. [...]

All of this was highly interesting to Phil, who had no idea where the woman lived, and knew nothing about her except her name and probable age. Since he was to be in town the next day, Phil went back to the bar and started asking questions. [...]

Just a few days before we received Dr. Stevenson’s letter, we had an unscheduled session with Phil present. We gave him paper and pen to write down any questions he might have, but Phil never got a chance to write anything down. According to him, Seth answered each of his questions in turn as Phil formed them in his mind. Phil wrote and signed a statement to this effect.

[...] As a result, Phil began to attend occasional sessions. [...] Phil lives out of state but travels to Elmira every six weeks or so on business.

[...] Phil was really astonished, and so was I.

I took Phil at his word, but I also thought that coincidence could have explained the episode. [...]

(Phil had been talking about Igor.)

(To Phil) You are learning to tap your life energy, to feel its power, its availability and its strength, and that is good, and do not label it. [...]

([Phil:] “Seth, then is Igor an actual separate personality or am I just expressing what I pick up and relating that energy?”)

[...] You spoke to Phil about this energy form that’s a kind of idealization or realization of the inner senses. [...]

(After break Bette asked why Phil was on trial. Sumari came through with an experience involving Phil, who was on trial, Pete K., and Jed Martz as witnesses, Richard as the judge and Natalie as the scribe. [...]

[...] She  also explained a drawing Phil had made while listening to Jane and Rob’s session. [...]

([Phil:] “May I ask a question? [...]

([Phil:] “In what way?”)

([Phil:] “What purpose did he have coming up to me in this life?”)

(Sumari came through with a message to Molly, Pete, Bette, Phil, and Florence. [...]

Our friend, Phil—the salesman I spoke of earlier—dropped in that evening; we began at 9 P.M. as usual. Seth spoke to Phil about some business matters and answered several questions that had been on Phil’s mind. [...]

[...] Rob and Phil leaped to their feet, Phil knocking his glass of beer to the floor in the process. [...]

The transition from Seth’s deep voice and lively gestures was very startling to Phil, who hadn’t heard the other personality speak before. [...]

(Phil) Igor

([Phil:] “What?!”)

The error having to do with the name Philip—the minister at one time in his life was called Phil. [...]

[...] Then to top it off, at about eight Phil dropped in, explaining that he was in town for the night and would like to attend a session!

[...] Phil just sat, listening.

Seth devoted the very last part of the session to Phil, and it was well past one in the morning before we were finished. [...]

[...] You are like our friend over here (Phil) nine months ago. [...]