“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(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.

(As it developed she did both. She was sitting down as 9 PM arrived. She then took off her glasses and began to pace slowly about the room. Once again her eyes were dark. Her voice and rate of delivery were normal.)

(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.

(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.