“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I would like to ask Seth if I was using my inner senses during the following episode, without being aware that I was doing so.

(At 8:30 this evening Jane had “not even a glimmer” of what Seth would discuss for the session. She did not say so, but by watching her I saw that she was becoming nervous, as she has quite often. She said that sometimes for a period of perhaps two weeks, she will have an idea of what Seth will talk about; then will begin a longer period during which she has no advance ideas. At 8:55 this evening she still had no idea of what she would be talking about. At 8:59 she had “just a tiny glimmer.”

The American Society for Psychic Research will give you greater benefits I believe than the people at Duke, in this particular instance. I was not aware through Ruburt’s subconscious mind of the Society when Duke was mentioned earlier in these sessions. In the long run you are both better off that Ruburt’s publishing house did not take her book at this time. Incidentally, Ruburt is learning some inner confidence as far as depending upon his inner resources in the handling of problems in ordinary and professional life.

(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.)

(“I was thinking that perhaps you were like an emotional state.”)

(Break at 9:41. This portion of the session ran longer than usual, and Jane said Seth didn’t want to stop. Jane was mildly dissociated. She said that she has been stewing about the problem of involvement since receiving the letter from the psychiatrist, but that the above material made her feel better.

This was the result in the past of the adolescent’s rather natural lack of discipline. You learned discipline at an early age, and therefore did not have to fear the abilities that you disciplined rather easily, and for reasons that I have explained to you earlier. This gives you greater inner confidence, and the confidence itself is a very important element in these sessions.

(“Well, I was just wondering if Jane’s confidence will increase when others begin to read this material.”)

(“I was thinking that you have control of the trance state then, with Ruburt’s permission.”)

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

(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.”)

(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.)

(“How was the Kennedy material distorted?”)

The material was received, transformed into a poem, distorted in the last two or three lines where the prerequisites of technique involved the addition of a word that added a distorted meaning. And in the first place the data came into his consciousness in a watered-down form.

The Kennedy material was not distorted in these sessions, though some parts of the Oswald material had small unimportant distortions due to Ruburt’s tendency to compare Oswald’s mother with his own present mother. The distortion was slight.

(“What was the distortive word in the Kennedy poem? I’m sure Jane would like to know.”)

“Die by his own hand.” The word hand was a distortion of the inner data. However, the symbolic truth was not impaired.

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

The pain in your tooth is caused by an irritated nerve leading to the tooth. I believe it was pinched in a sudden movement, and it should right itself.

(“What was the movement? I’m curious.”)

The movement was a yawn in sleep.

(“I have another question. How did the material you gave us on flying saucers come through? Was there any distortion?”

Your divider is an excellent camouflage pattern. In case you wondered Ruburt’s weekend fling with the furniture was a result of various things—an inner, unrecognized knowledge that her publisher would put off the book for now, and a burst of doubt over these sessions coupled with worries concerning your parents.

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

(“Seth, how much of that material Frank Watts gave us in the first sessions was distorted?”)

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

I do not know about two witnesses at once as yet. However occasionally one should be beneficial, your Philip for various reasons was excellent.

(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.

(Jane also received a thought concept from Seth concerning his method of thinking. It was brief, but to the effect that if he were with a roomful of people he would not confront each one in turn but “experience” them altogether, using his inner senses to appreciate as a whole all the personalities and emotions about him.

(Note that Jane wrote this poem on Wednesday, November 20th. The president was assassinated on Friday, November 22nd. His murderer was in turn a victim. Jane said the reference to suicide doesn’t fit Ruby, murderer of the president’s assassin, unless he in turn dies by his own hand.