“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Since I knew so little about the time of Christ, it’s taken me a while to do the extra reading necessary so that I could write appropriate session notes. Sue Watkins, a member of Jane’s ESP class and our personal friend, has been very helpful; she has loaned me books on the period so that I could be sure of historical references.

(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.)

(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.

(The session was being held in our living room. Jane sat in her rocker, facing Sue and me on the couch. Our long coffee table separated us. There was a light to Jane’s left, and one lit beside me. Sue handed Jane a piece of paper and a pen, while I continued to take notes.

(This was the first time Jane had written anything while in trance. Actually she was making some small diagrams or symbols, moving the pen quite deliberately, squinting down at the paper.

(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.)

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

(10:24. At break, Jane told us she couldn’t draw versions of the symbols based upon those she’d done in trance. “I saw them quite clearly, mentally, when I was doing them,” she said. “I don’t see anything now, though.” Looking at the last drawing, number five, Jane did say that the serpent’s tail was supposed to be represented by the lower loop. Resume at 10:45)

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

(11:05. Jane’s pace had been fast through the delivery. “Boy, he sure has energy,” she said when she came out of trance. “I felt like I was going right through the wall….” Resume in a bantering manner at 11:15.)

(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.)