“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Today Jane received an answer to her letter of March 11/64 to the American Society for Psychical Research. A scientist there wondered if Seth could describe him or one of his associates. Jane and I both felt that Seth would not comply, at least at this time. We based this opinion on material already received.

Operating more or less normally, they work as a whole. You will experience them separately, in many cases simply because of your own ineptitude. This should not be too hard to understand since your own outer senses are often blocked so that you are not aware of any given stimulus at any given time. That is, you may hear sounds and consciously ignore them.

(“I’ve had my sensation several times lately.”)

(The rather peculiar use of the word enable in the above paragraph is evidently just the word Seth wanted to use. I asked Jane to repeat it, to make sure I had it right the first time, and she very definitely pronounced that word.)

(Break at 10:01. Jane said she was more dissociated this time. She also felt better. However I had to ask her to repeat several phrases, and thought she was tired. I felt somewhat that way also; indeed, we have often wondered whether I too am in a light trance while Seth is around. At times I have been aware of a feeling very similar to the pleasant, easygoing state I first became acquainted with when Jane hypnotized me.

(“Like the time Jane and I created those images at York Beach?”)

Now again, understand that I am breaking down an extremely complex concept into piecemeal data. There are again extremely subtle differences at times between these inner senses, although at either end of the scale there is great distinction.

And now I am going to give you an unheard of bonus, and close the session a trifle earlier, since Ruburt has been indisposed, and yet did not refuse to hold the session. Also because I got through the material I wanted to give you already. However, you know me, and I will make up the small difference in time. The material itself this evening was rather complex and Ruburt did allow it to come through, for which I shall give him the proverbial gold star.

I enjoyed the session myself very much, and am pleased that we could get this material through now. I had thought earlier that you would not be ready for it until a later time. I do hate as always to leave you—

Since I am leaving you a bit earlier, perhaps I will drop around for a short time before our next session.

(The 39th Session, March 30/64, Monday, found us both very tired, so tired that we did not actually want to hold it. Our routine had been changed by my taking a part-time job which necessitated our rising at an earlier hour. Since I paint in the afternoons, and Jane works out at her job, by nine at night we have already put in a full day. In addition, we had been invited out for supper.

(She was not able to give me dates for either occasion. One was perhaps a few months ago, the other probably two or three years ago, she believes. Both were felt upon awakening, and while her eyes were closed. They hadn’t made such an impression on her either time, because although she had felt the expanding of the skull, she had experienced nothing like the strange infinite black within this expanded area.

(I would like to add here that I again experienced my own sensation on Sunday afternoon at about 1:45 PM. We had driven to Sayre to visit my parents. At the time I happened to be alone in the living room, reading the paper, when the familiar thrilling swept over me to a fairly strong degree. I felt the residues of it for some time afterward. Although I was alone, there was much noise in the house, for my brother and his family were also there and his children were quite noisy.)