“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

1. Lysergic acid diethylamide-25. A “trip” can last for five to eight hours, or even longer. But there isn’t any one psychedelic experience for all, either in terms of time or content — the whole thing is too intensely personal. Note, though, that Seth’s statements here refer only to LSD, used under certain conditions. There are other chemical hallucinogens, for example, that are not mentioned above.

2. This reminded me that before Seth Speaks was even contracted for, Seth told Tam that it would be published.

(9:54. Jane’s trance had been excellent, her delivery fast considering my writing speed. Seth’s material, especially that given around 9:34, was quite apropos in light of an amusing incident involving Jane shortly before the session. Idly, it seemed, she had picked a book from one of our shelves. It turned out to be a self-help treatise written by a prominent medical man. Leafing through it, Jane became so angered at the poor suggestions it contained that she threw it across the room.

(During break, I wondered aloud if she might have selected the book because she intuitively knew Seth was going to discuss its kind tonight — or did Seth use the incident, once it transpired, to make his points in a fresh way? Jane didn’t know, adding that she hadn’t “looked at the book in four or five years.” Nor had I. Yet I remembered how we’d believed in it so implicitly at the time of purchase….

(10:52. Jane had been “way out … I think we’re going to get more on animals and aggression … Boy, Seth’s still here. I just got the next sentence,” she laughed, but my writing hand was lame so I asked her to wait. “It’s funny,” she added, “but part of me is already into the session while the rest is still here on break….” Resume in the same manner at 11:05.)

(Lately I’ve been asking Jane if she thought Seth would give at least a short dissertation on probabilities for this book. I’ve been especially curious about this since we received his information on the death of our cat, Rooney, in the 639th session. [A note added later: Seth kept his word. See Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen.]

(Now Seth made some suggestions about how the members of ESP class could, by following the data in this session, write down their individual beliefs for group discussion.)

(“Yes. Thank you, Seth. Good night.”

(11:40 p.m. Jane yawned again and again. “I feel exhausted — and yet I’m charged with energy at the same time,” she said. The paper Seth had referred to concerned some of her own work with beliefs. My writing hand ached.)