“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane has resumed smoking again, and we wondered whether Seth would comment on this during the session. The session was held in our living room rather than in our back room, because of a lawn party being held in back of the house.

(As usual Jane spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed. She also spoke more rapidly than she has for many a session; my notes indicate she delivered the first monologue entirely without pauses. It soon became apparent that the unaccustomed traffic noise was having its effect, also. Jane began speaking in a rather normal voice, but before long it began to deepen and strengthen. The volume increased a little, but the lower key and a peculiar heavy monotone her voice acquired cut across the noise. I heard her without difficulty. She maintained this heavy voice for most of the session.)

(For a more graphic interpretation of what a moment point might be, see Jane’s description of the concept she received from Seth in the 149th session.)

(Jane reached over to rap on my writing table for emphasis, a practice she used to indulge in when she still paced endlessly about the room while delivering the material.)

(Break at 9:31. Jane was fully dissociated—way out, as she put it, probably as far out as she has ever been. She was aware of her voice phenomena, she said, and her subjective reaction to it was very similar to the way she felt during the Father Trainor episode: she felt carried away by the voice as though she was inside it, in a very light weightless state. In Volume 3, see the 131st session for information on the Father Trainor experience.

(The heavier overtones of Jane’s voice had subsided to some degree by break time, but it still had good substance. Jane maintained this reduced characteristic as she began dictating again, at a good rate, at 9:42.)

(Break at 10:05. Jane was dissociated as usual for this delivery, and although her voice had maintained its rather deep monotone she had no particular feelings about it now.

(Jane has been trying psy-time lately, though not yet on a regular basis. She seems to think fifteen minutes is not quite enough for her to achieve results as a matter of routine, although she enters a trance state readily enough.

(Of course Jane and I have for some time been aware of the possible differences in meaning between Seth and ourselves, over interpretation of the word “soon”. Sometimes the situation has been rather humorous, other times not. A good case in point would be the 104th session of November 4,1964. In it Seth stated that Jane had already made a sale, yet she did not receive confirmation of the sale of her ESP book until April 19, 1965. See the 147th session.

(Jane resumed in a voice not quite as strong at 10:13.)

(Break at 10:38. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her voice was not as strong, now, as it had been, yet was still above her usual volume. She resumed in the same manner, with few pauses, at 10:46.)

(I assume this statement refers to my getting upset this evening by the actions of our neighbors. I realized their actions were trivial, yet also felt they were thoughtless. From talking to Jane, I gathered she felt we should watch our reactions to others, so I let it pass. Still I admitted that I was upset.)

(End at 11:02. This time Jane was fully dissociated again.)