“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(In this noon’s mail Jane received from her editor, Tam Mossman, an early printer’s proof of the book jacket for The Afterdeath Journal of an American Philosopher: The World View of William James. This is the first time we’ve seen the design, and we like it very much: The long title, along with Jane’s name and Introduction by Seth, are well arranged in subtle pastel colors against a deep blue background. However, this proof doesn’t contain the copy that Tam will prepare for the inside flaps and the back of the jacket.¹)

(“Later, I’m in some kind of spiritualistic reading room, telling a woman of my experience. When I say I’m the author of the Seth material she becomes upset, saying that they don’t accept it. This doesn’t bother me.”

I mailed the last chapter of Emir to Prentice-Hall just a month ago (on February 8). Because of various delays, Jane is still waiting for news of the book’s official acceptance, even though she knows that Tam and other executives there like it very much. Emir, however, is of an in-between length — shorter than a novel, far longer than most children’s books — and she wonders: Is that fact going to complicate Prentice-Hall’s presentation of Emir as a story for “readers of all ages”? There’s talk of publishing it in two shorter volumes. Jane doesn’t know what to think. In the meantime, see the opening notes for Session 814.

Obviously, then, Seth’s observation doesn’t apply to people in the arts alone, but to everyone.