“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane began this session, without the board as usual, in a fairly strong voice. She immediately began to pace back and forth. Her eyes darkened.)

(Jane was still talking in a voice stronger than usual, though not one any deeper beyond a slight degree. Her pacing was rather slow. Also, her delivery was quite slow and deliberate.)

(During this delivery her voice retained its strong, slow and deliberate character. When she began dictating again her pacing picked up somewhat, and her voice remained the same. Resume at 9:48.)

(Now, Jane’s voice, which had been stronger than normal through the whole session, began to take on added timber; that is it began to grow deeper more than it increased in volume. I felt that this trend would continue. Already her voice had changed more than it had in any session except the 14th. She gave no sign of concern or surprise.)

(By now Jane’s voice was again lower and stronger.)

(“Is this why Jane’s voice is so much deeper now?”

(For now Jane’s voice was very deep and strong and vibrant. Listening as I wrote, I had flashes of feeling that it belonged to someone else entirely. I would say that it perhaps was even more pronounced.)

(“That’s what I was thinking—that Jane has to give permission before this voice effect can take place.”)

Any such signs involve camouflage patterns and do not actually represent direct experience. This is not, for example, my voice. It is a representation or approximation of my voice for your edification. Furthermore in your terms I do not have a voice. Nevertheless it is a valid representation and if I must say so myself, and that’s a pun, the voice is very much like the voice I would use, though Frank had a different one.

(Break at 10:46. The moment Jane sat down at break her voice returned to normal. During this dictation she was quite dissociated, she said. Somewhere along the way she realized her voice was deeper, but was not bothered by it. She knew her voice was responsible for the phenomena, yet felt at the same time as though the new voice was independent of her somehow.

(During break we also discussed the falling tree limb incident that I wanted to ask Seth about, and the tooth that had been bothering me for several days. The moment Jane resumed dictation, her voice returned to very nearly its full volume and depth. Her eyes darkened as usual. By now her pacing was somewhat faster. Resume at 10:57.)

(A copy of this poem will be found at the end of the session. Jane was still talking in her loud deep voice.)

Any materializations by the way, returning to an offshoot of our earlier discussion, are at best the sort of thing involved as with Ruburt’s deep voice. That is, they represent rather than are, on your terms. They cannot exist in duration upon your level for any long periods. They are an attempt to reproduce a camouflage pattern or to approximate such a pattern. As such they make quite an effect upon your level, but they are always reassemblies and never are they the actual reappearance of the exact camouflage as it may once have existed upon your level.

(By now, Jane’s voice had lost a little of its resonance and volume.)

(“Does Jane’s voice phenomena require more energy on your part?”)

(After the session, Jane said that along with this answer she also received the thought from Seth, which she did not give voice to, that even though Miss Callahan did not pass away by April 15th the date would still be a significant one for her, a time of change; but whether for the better or worse Jane did not know.

(Jane’s voice was by now quite a bit softer. It was obvious that she was tiring. Her pace was also slower.

(Jane’s voice was very quiet, her pacing slow and her eyes heavy.)

(End at 11:50. Jane was of course quite tired. During delivery she had been quite dissociated. She said that the deep voice was absolutely effortless as long as she went along with it, but when she would think about it, it would get hoarse. I noticed that this happened several times, though not to any great degree.