“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“Do you have a message for us?”)

What wonders do you request of me tonight? How did you like my fireworks? Not only were you tardy, but you brought a friend and wanted a display.

(Halfway through this answer, Jane laid the board aside, rose and began to dictate. Just before doing this, she had begun speaking the answers aloud in advance of the board.

The bedroom in which your brother died was yellow. The sea was not far off, or at least water of a fairly large body. Downstairs was a shop owned by your brother’s father, who was not your father this time. The shop had a large sign out front with a picture of a spoon, and no lettering. Throckmorton could not write. I do not know the significance of the spoon or what kind of shop he had, though I may be able to tell you at a later date.

Your brother was born on the 22nd of April, I believe in 1671 (I wrote 1871 in an earlier session. See page 49.), and died at the age of 9. I do not believe that the church is still standing or that any records will be found. His eldest sister who is your present mother had a picture of some sort, a miniature in a locket, but it was with her when she drowned. Lack of record should not be taken to ridicule the validity of these facts, since many people today could not find their own birth certificates.

It is difficult for me to tell you too much about Loren. Your Jane sets up barriers. He is not, I’m afraid, her favorite relative. I’m well aware there is no blood relation between Loren and Jane. Nevertheless I’ve managed, as I always do, to speak with some clarity through your collective reluctance, prejudices and barriers. You both mean very well, and part of your own entities aids me in making contact with your present personalities.

I forgot. Do take your break.

At one time or another all of us on my plane give such lessons, but psychic bonds between teacher and pupils are necessary, which means that we must wait until personalities on your plane have progressed sufficiently for lessons to begin. To explain more clearly, lessons are conducted with those who are psychically bound to us, although reason is extremely important and I do not mean to minimize its value. Nevertheless what you call emotion or feeling is the connective between us, and it is the connective that most clearly represents the life force on any plane and under any circumstances.

In any case I wish you the best of luck in whatever experiments you would like to try. You can of course train your abilities to some extent in this manner. I will meet with you then Monday at 9 if that meets with your convenience. Regardless of what you may think I do have your convenience in mind. In some way I have not yet explained to you, your friend Mark is of a younger entity than yours—frisky like a colt.