“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The following data are from Jane’s psychological time notebook: December 31, Thursday, 11:35: A rather amazing experience of “ecstasy,” the strongest I’ve experienced so far. No voices or visions, however. Now an hour later traces of lightness and suspension still linger. Also a small nagging feeling of rising. January 4, Monday, 11:30 AM: No results in particular.

(As session time approached Jane became increasingly nervous. She felt this way because of our rather long rest, and the recent developments in the presentation of the sessions themselves. She had no idea of the subject matter for the session, nor did she know whether she would sit with her eyes closed or pace about as usual.

(I now became aware that Jane seemed to be pacing about the room with her eyes closed, or very nearly so. Certainly they were far from being wide open, as they usually were when she was on her feet. From my position they appeared to be closed, but from the confident manner in which she moved about the room I thought she could see a little at least.)

(Break at 9:26. Jane’s eyes opened wide, and once again she looked sleepy. Her delivery had not been slow, however. She said she was in a deeper trance state than when her eyes are fully open.

(Part of the time her eyes were fully closed as she paced about the room, Jane said, but she could not give me a percentage estimate. The rest of the time her eyes were “cracked open” just enough for her to see. Jane thought Seth intended that she begin the session sitting down; instead she got up, and we think it reasonable that as compensation Seth introduced the nearly-closed-eye experiment.

(After break Jane again resumed pacing. Again her eyes were nearly shut, but now occasionally they opened as usual. This was infrequent. Her voice was unchanged, her glasses once again off. Resume at 9:34.)

(Jane now sat down in a wicker chair opposite my writing table. She had not been smoking while delivering the material. Her eyes almost shut, she groped about on the table for her cigarettes, lit one and then leaned back with her eyes closed.)

(Break at 10:03. Once again Jane looked sleepy as her eyes opened. She was much more dissociated than when she paced about the room with her eyes open, she said, and also in a deeper state than when she was moving about with her eyes shut part of the time.

(Jane said she had the idea that Seth got her to sit down by letting her smoke. Just before she sat down she was beginning to feel “strained,” as though she had to reach for what she was saying. As soon as she sat down the feeling of strain vanished. As soon as she did sit down, Jane began to take longer pauses between phrases at times, as she had done in the last session. But as before her diction remained clear, her voice normal.

(When she began dictation again Jane remained seated. Her eyes were closed, her glasses off, and she was smoking. Resume at 10:12.)

(End at 10:36. Once again Jane was well dissociated. And again she was not conscious of light or dark, or images. She was aware of her voice speaking however.)