“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane and I were tired from our recent activities and might have missed the session, except that she didn’t want to interrupt the rhythm we’d built up. Sue sat in as a witness. All of us expected an easygoing session — one that might touch upon current events involving the three of us, from a very ill feline, say, to our impromptu Friday evening “reincarnational dramas.” But we certainly didn’t expect Seth to continue the material he’d begun in his book relating to biblical times.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(“All right.” Seth’s pace was rather fast.)

(Here Seth humorously referred to my recent interest in John the Baptist. The Zealots were a much more aggressive, semipolitical Jewish sect that also existed in the Holy Land early in the first century — as I discovered from my recent reading.)

(10:06.) There were various marks made, however, to distinguish the various sets of records, true and false. (Jane paused as Seth, a hand to her eyes.) Now, I do not know whether or not we can get this through clearly… Give Ruburt a piece of paper, and together we will see.

(Sue sat just opposite Jane, and I gestured for her to number the symbols when Jane lay the pen down and began to describe them for Seth. About a minute had passed. Tracings of the symbols are shown below, numbered in the sequence in which Seth-Jane produced them.

(Speaking emphatically for Seth, Jane pointed at the last symbol as she held the paper up for Sue and me to see.

(Some weeks after this session Jane and I were interested to read that the St. Mark’s Isaiah Scroll, from the Qumran find, contains marginal symbols that had still not been deciphered by the 1960’s; this according to the last printing of the reference work we consulted. Some of the symbols, which were illustrated, bear more than a little resemblance to those Seth-Jane drew — especially the last one.)

(10:20. Sue is used to hearing Seth speak more rapidly in ESP class, where tape recorders are used. I don’t record Seth usually but make direct verbatim notes, using my own kind of shorthand; this saves much time later when I type up the material. Still, Seth often speaks fast enough in our own sessions to keep me writing at top speed.

(No doubt Seth’s amusement at the Vatican holding doctored records stems from his own brief tenure as Pope in one of his lives.

(Now Seth returned as Sue and I began to discuss the drawings Jane had done in trance.)

(In spite of the humor, Seth-Jane was very emphatic and serious in giving this material. The pace was fast. Pause at 11:00.)

(Our apartment is divided by a long hall. When ESP class is held in the living room, I’m usually typing material in one of the rooms on the other side of the corridor. Sometimes I can hear Seth through the two closed doors.)

(“Good night, Seth. Thank you very much.”

(11:20 P.M. Seth’s reference to reincarnational material of my own concerned the “reincarnational dramas” that Jane, Sue, myself and a few others have undertaken on our own, usually at our Friday night gatherings. This is a relatively new activity for us. It’s been both surprising and very rewarding, and is an outgrowth of experiments Seth initiated in ESP class.)