“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.

(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.)

The subconscious is not a cellar piled high with explosives, rocking at the foundations of the ego. The subconscious contains a collection of diverse, varied and vital personalities who represent the losers when the time arrived to send one of them to the topmost level, or to the surface of the self.

(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.

The consciousness had its origin in the subconscious, from which it sprang. The consciousness was not at one time the center of the subconscious. However, the inner ego was always the center of the subconscious.

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

(January 7, Thursday, 11:30 AM: Mentally I saw Mother’s old house. Recalled writing a poem as a child that I had completely forgotten, and at the time it had seemed tremendous to me. I recalled only the first two lines: “My backyard is a garden, In beauty unsurpassed.” I saw the old kitchen linoleum in color, and the outside cellar roof. I recalled an item on the roof I had been trying to paint lately. I couldn’t see it clearly. My left hand moved by itself.

(At the same time I felt the same sensation, although to a lesser degree, in my left kneecap, which instantly snapped or jerked my leg up. All this was direct and kinetic on my part.

(The time was approximately 6:30 PM.)