“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(It will be remembered that in the unscheduled 184th session Seth said that Cosmopolitan Magazine would be interested in an excerpt from Jane’s ESP book, but that nothing would happen right away. Jane sent them a chapter on dreams, with suggestions for reworking it into an article. The material was returned today with a plain rejection slip. Seth had stated that Cosmo would return the material, but with a letter expressing interest.

(Since we wonder if clairvoyant data involving Dr. Instream will be a regular feature of the sessions from now on, we mentioned this before the session. We also wondered what Seth would have to say about the Cosmopolitan affair, and last night’s unscheduled session, witnessed by John Bradley.

Much training and practice would be necessary before it would be possible for the personality to be aware of such journeys on a conscious, egotistical level. For like a man walking a tightrope in his sleep, sudden awareness of such a feat could be disastrous, for the delicate balance necessary is not dependent upon egotistical awareness; and such awareness, without warning, could be highly detrimental.

It is sometimes difficult to maintain the fine distinction that is necessary to you, for example, so that the voice is not too loud. I must use of course a buildup of energy, which is then expended. The rate at which it is expended controls the volume of the voice. There are delicate balances here, you see, so that while I sometimes fool with you in a joking manner, oftentimes the energy simply is not as finely controlled as I would like.

(Blanche Price is an old friend of Jane’s, living in Baltimore. The two women have not met often in recent years; Blanche was Jane’s instructor in French at Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs, NY. Last year while visiting in France Blanche suffered a rather severe stroke, but seems to have emerged without permanent paralysis. We would say she is in her mid-or-late fifties. A few days ago Jane received a copy of a book of poetry of Blanche’s that has just been published. Blanche knows about Seth, but little about the material itself.