“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The following data are from Jane’s psychological time notebook: January 5, Tuesday: No results in particular. January 6, Wednesday, 11:30 AM: Achieved a light trance first, then felt as though my hands were crossed, but knew they weren’t. Extreme sensation of lightness and rising, as if from some pressure beneath me. Left hand moved occasionally of its own accord.

(Jane has been reading Jung for the last few days. This afternoon she told me she thought Seth might talk about the self-conscious inner ego. As session time approached she had no idea of what her procedure would be—whether she would sit, stand, pace, open or close her eyes, etc. She was still worried also about the time element when her eyes were closed, and we agreed that I would ask for breaks if it seemed the monologues might carry past the customary half-hour limit.

Ruburt should learn much of advantage from the book by Jung which he is reading. And I would like to mention here that I am not Jane’s animus.

(The word was unfamiliar to me and I asked Jane to repeat it. She did so but I still did not understand it very clearly, and decided to wait until I could refer to Jung myself.

Jane’s animus is indeed quite a different sort of chap from myself, much more omnipotent to Jane’s subconscious. I will indeed speak concerning the inner ego, which is the organizing principle within the subconscious, but which looks into other worlds; toward worlds in which it has its origin, and does not have awareness of itself or possess self-consciousness within the physical universe. Its attention and focus is, rather, directed elsewhere, so that it appears to be dormant. But it is not.

(Jane now paused, waved a hand and frowned. She was still sitting down, and had indeed slid quite a ways down in the chair; with her feet up on the register, she was actually very nearly in a prone position as she spoke. Her eyes were closed.)

(Break at 9:30. Jane’s eyelids were heavy, and she had trouble keeping her eyes open for some few minutes. She had been well dissociated, she said, going into a deep trance after the first sentence or two. Her pauses were not overly long, and she knew what she was saying as she gave voice to it, but then forgot it.

(Jane’s definition of Jung’s animus is the male characteristics incorporated in the female subconsciously. Anima would be the female characteristics subconsciously incorporated in the male.

(Jane said that when she delivers material while sitting and with her eyes closed, she is aware of a feeling of resistance at going into the dissociated state. The feeling is not strong, but she is aware of it. Once more now she resumed dictation while sitting down and with her eyes closed. At times she was again in the prone position, which she achieved by sliding down in the wicker chair, and elevating her feet upon the register. Resume at 9:44.)

Nor could I possibly live up to Jane’s animus. I use the name Jane here rather than Ruburt because the animus belongs to Jane and to the present personality.

(Break at 10:06. Jane’s eyes opened slowly. She said she was so well dissociated that she could not remember what she said. She vaguely recalled hearing her voice. She was not bothered by any conception of time while speaking; yet she still wanted to be sure she “came out” on time.

(During break I mentioned John Bradley’s question on transubstantiation. Jane’s voice was quite strong, indeed loud, when she began dictating again. She remained seated with her eyes closed, and was smoking. Resume at 10:16.)

(Out-terialization, above, is just as Jane pronounced it.)

(End at 10:29. Jane struggled to keep her eyes open. She was well dissociated, she said, and for some minutes after the session ended remembered only the last sentence she had delivered. Her voice had been loud, her diction clear. She had been very restless in her chair, ranging from an upright sitting position to a practically prone one.

(Jane said she now believes her traditional pacing about has become a distraction largely; she thinks she no longer wishes to pace, except when she feels brief periods of resistance at the ego’s surrender on this point. On the whole she feels there is much less resistance to delivering the material while less active physically. She receives the data clearer this way. She is also not so aware of outside distractions, such as traffic passing the house, people in the hall outside our door, etc.

(Jane said her voice sounded to her as though it issued from a point perhaps a foot in front of her mouth. This was a new feeling as far as she could recall, although she wasn’t sure whether or not it began at last break.)

(The following data are from Jane’s psy-time notebook: