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SS Introduction chapter book unconscious mine Rob

Rob and I don’t refer to Seth as a spirit; we dislike the connotations of the term. Actually what we object to is the conventional idea of a spirit, which is an extension of quite limited ideas of human personality, only projected more or less intact into an afterlife. You can say that Seth is a dramatization of the unconscious or an independent personality. Personally, I don’t see why the statements have to be contradictory. Seth may be a dramatization playing a very real role — explaining his greater reality in the only terms we can understand. This is my opinion at this time.

SS Part Two: Chapter 22: Session 590, August 9, 1971 pope populace reign Caprina churchman

In many ways this is a cozy concept, though to some it can be quite frightening with its connotations of eternal damnation. [...]