“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Because of the fact that bad weather has often saved man from wars in the very early stages of human development, man misconstrued this to mean that sacrifice to the elements could save him from calamities of this kind. Sacrifice has nothing to do with it. You have heard doubtlessly of emotional contagion, and of emotional climate, and these terms are well named. Energy changes form constantly, and if it is blocked in one direction it will choose another.

As in many cases an old man will appear womanish, so a personality reincarnated steadily as a male will develop strong and overlycompensated-for female characteristics, as is the case with Loren in this existence. The very fact that the personality evades a female reincarnation is evidence of an already developed fear. The personality of Loren, you see, is basically female despite the fact that he has never had a female reincarnation. This led to the confusion.

You will both benefit by your vacation later this year, though this time Ruburt will need it more than you will. Your painting, Joseph, is beginning to show the results of greater psychic understanding, which will transpose itself into content and technique. I am going to close the session earlier, mainly because I have these sessions roughly outlined, and I have given you the material that I intended.