“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Again, this was a short session. Jane and I had grown very used to living with Seth’s production of his book; we had come to look forward to each development. But now… “I almost don’t want to hold the session,” Jane said as we waited for 9:00. “It’s a real funny feeling — almost nostalgic. I can feel — I know — that Seth’s going to end his book soon now, probably tonight, and I don’t want it to happen, I guess.” She’d mentioned such feelings occasionally before, since Seth began work on the last two chapters.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(“Excellent, Seth.”)

(9:30. The end of the book seemed to come abruptly even though we were prepared for it. Once out of trance, Jane again expressed her peculiar regret that Seth’s book was done, even though this was what we’d been working for. “What’s he going to do now?” she asked. “I can’t really believe it’s over, you know.”

(“We’ll just have to wait and see,” I replied. We made various joking remarks about what would come next in the sessions, but I could see that Jane didn’t really feel humorous. Actually, Seth’s own book contained so many ideas for future sessions that our problem would be what to explore first — and we would have the unaccustomed opportunity to carry out these studies at our leisure.

(Finally Jane told me: “I’m just trying to relax…. He’s got something for you, I think, about those biblical times; the Crucifixion… The thing is, I know what Seth’s going to start telling you, but it’s confusing. It doesn’t sound right.”

(“Well it’s nice to know you haven’t run out of words,” I said. The following material is included because it supplements Seth’s data in Chapter Twenty-one. After Seth began that chapter Jane and I realized we could become quite interested in biblical history, but our time for learning had been brief. Resume at 9:50, at a slower pace.)

(In the last two chapters Seth has answered just about all of the questions remaining on the list we had prepared originally for Chapter Twenty.

(With a good deal of anticipation and not a little nervousness — Jane now began to read Seth’s book from page one. She was amazed.)

Seth devoted three full sessions and portions of two others to this Appendix. It includes additional information on several topics already mentioned in the book proper, such as coordination points, biblical times and records, objects as symbols, reincarnation, and expansion of consciousness. Sessions 592 and 594 are particularly intriguing in that events occurring during the sessions highlighted and illustrated the dictated material.

We also added portions of six other sessions. Five are class sessions; one is included because it is relevant to the discussion on after-life organization in Chapter Nine. Another contains an excellent description of true spirituality. In the remaining class excerpts, Seth answers questions that readers might also have in mind.

These sessions also show Seth as he relates to others in personal contact. To an engineer he gives an explanation of the pulsations of atoms, discusses mental health with a nurse and aggression with a minister — all class members. The sixth presentation is from a session held for a student in which Seth mentioned the Speakers for the first time.