“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(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.

(She was sitting opposite my table in a wicker chair as 9 PM arrived. She did not get up, or remove her glasses, but began to speak in a normal voice with her eyes closed and her head down somewhat. She was smoking.)

(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.)

(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.)

(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.