“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(By 8:45 Jane was nervous, but not as much as usual. The 26th session with John Bradley as a witness had done her much good; especially had the telepathy effect increased her confidence. Jane took this as a sign that she is using whatever abilities she may have, and is not practicing subconscious fraud.

(Jane also reported that twice within the past two days she had received “flashes” in the third person, to the effect that our bed, temporarily in the living room, should be moved to my empty studio in the back of the apartment if we are still here next winter. The messages were to the effect that “Ruburt’s psychic energies could be dangerous if he [Jane] does all his living in one room.”

(Jane said these flashes reminded her of her statements about concepts or patterns as a whole unit, made during the 24th session. See page 177. She believes that Seth is going to give us much more information on this method of receiving data.

(By 8:50 Jane felt definite stirrings from Seth, which pleased her because she didn’t have to wonder about how she would do this evening. I had the board set up, ready for the opening of the session. But at 8:55 Jane surprised me by beginning to dictate. And so again we did not use the board to open a session. Jane began to pace rather rapidly.)

(Jane and I were rather amused by Seth’s cavalier advice to keep the board. But then we had never told him these sessions began on a borrowed board. It belongs to our landlord, James Spaziani.)

(“Does this apply to both of us, or just to Jane?”)

(Break at 9:27. Jane said Seth was going strong tonight, and was apparently quite pleased. Jane had awareness of her surroundings but still felt like “taking off.” She had been pacing very fast, but her voice was little stronger than usual.

(We discussed Seth’s confirmation of Jane’s feeling about concept-essences. As break ended I was asking Jane if it would be possible for her, when her ability to receive these concepts was more developed, to then write out what the concept consisted of. Resume at 9:32.)

(I had to ask Jane to repeat the last few words of the above paragraph. As soon as I did a startling thing happened: Jane began to talk in a very loud and vibrant voice. It was as though she had suddenly received an extra charge of energy. This strong but not especially deep voice persisted, but did drop somewhat in volume after a couple of hundred words. Her eyes were very dark.)

(Here, Jane laughed.)

(Here Jane broke off her delivery to say to me, “My hands feel fatter than the devil.” She spoke as quickly as she could, without changing her voice. Later she confirmed my suspicion that it had been very difficult to do this in the middle of a monologue. Yet the revelation of Seth’s involvement with me produced such a startling and rapid phenomena on Jane’s part that she wanted to let me know when it happened. For some time after this she continued to rub and to examine her hands as she paced back and forth. Her voice remained strong.)

(Break at 10:05. “I feel like a full sail,” Jane said. She did not have much awareness during this monologue. Her hands felt all right by now and her voice had dropped to almost normal volume.

(Jane had also mentioned to me yesterday a flash she had received about the self-conscious self behind the ego; this in addition to the material on Ruburt’s psychic explosions. We also discussed Seth’s remarks about financial problems. Resume at 10:09.)

(By now Jane’s voice was very low. Her pace was slow.)

(Break at 10:35. Jane had been somewhat dissociated during delivery. Her voice had become quite low, her pacing very slow. She was obviously tiring, and said she thought it was because Seth was giving us a lot of personal material. Resume at 10:37.)

(Break at 11:00. Jane said she felt Seth “pushed through” a lot of important material, and in so doing used up a lot of her energy in a way she doesn’t yet understand. She feels exhausted, yet is all right as soon as Seth begins again. During this monologue she was not conscious of her surroundings. Jane resumed dictating at 11:02.)

(Jane had delivered the above material in a very low voice, and had practically stopped pacing.

(“Well, I think we’d better end it. Jane is very tired.”)

(11:27. Jane collapsed on the couch. She said she had never been so tired before. Yet is was very pleasant, like a deep lethargy. We were discussing the session, particularly the last portion, when Jane heard from Seth again. Resume at 11:33.)

(I laughed, because I had been joking about this. It is no joke however that for some reason I become very uncomfortable each Christmas. Jane and I have been aware of this for some years, and have often wondered why. I feel distinctly relieved when the holiday season has passed.

(At 11:36 we were still talking when Jane received another message from Seth. Lying stretched out on the couch, she delivered it in a low, sleepy voice:)