“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(By 8:58 Jane said she did not feel very nervous, but did feel strange because she had no idea of what Seth would talk about. Her mind was on the house we plan to buy, instead of on the session, she said. Our cat Willy was also very quiet.

I would like to continue our discussion on matter. If you recall, we were entering into primary and secondary constructions.

It must work according to its ability to do this. It must first get a foothold, so to speak; hence our seed. As the consciousness attains its foothold it projects more effectively. It dispenses with its atoms and molecules, or matter, almost instantaneously, as you know.

This will be a vital point in later discussions. You must, and will, learn to look at things in a new way, and many implications will arise from tonight’s discussion that will carry us further along our way. You will indeed see clearly that matter is created simultaneously, and has no duration, but is completely and almost instantly replaced by other matter, and that identity and continuity are not characteristics of matter, but must be found in other places.

Let me tell you that only now, with this material, will we really begin our leap into real understanding of things as they are. My congratulations, both of you. You have hereby completed the preliminary lessons of our course; and I mean preliminary.

In your dealings with the physical universe and with other individuals, you have really made great gains. Your constructions have improved tremendously, and in line with your expectations. We will go into this in our next lesson, as the subject is vital.

Your psychic strength is extremely important, Joseph, in our communications; and without it adequate communication would be most difficult; because we three have been closely involved in the past, the psychic gestalt between us is possible. And we do have a psychic gestalt.

(Misspellings are included as received. Many of the answers were given very slowly. Since Seth has not yet had a chance to comment on this session, we do not know whether this is because of our own languorous attitude on a hot night, the inexperience of the sender, or what. I am the one who asked the questions.

(Elmar, Jane and I take to refer to Jane’s father, Delmer. His name is Delmer Roberts; and Hubbell is the family name. In this constant questioning about descendants, we wanted to get enough information for Jane to be able to ask her father some questions about his family tree; Jane knows nothing about it, and her father has not discussed it with her. So our task now is to learn if Delmer or Jane had a great great uncle named Tom Roberts, and if Tom Roberts had a brother named Hubbell Roberts.

(“Will we be able to contact you in our future?”)