“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(This session was entirely unplanned. It was also not consciously expected on my part, although checking over my predictions for Friday and today, I discovered that I had unwittingly made several correct notes concerning it. These correct predictions were quite specific, and included such words as “cave” and “long swim.”

(Seth promised to keep his voice quiet, which he did throughout the session. Jane sat with her eyes closed for the most part. Specifically Seth asked that none of us take notes, and I was happy to agree. Thus the first half of this session is summarized from memory, with no particular effort made to remember every point covered. I will try to recall just enough to lead into the second half of the session, which I recorded verbatim in my homemade shorthand.

(The first point I would like to make is that Seth told us enough of the clairvoyant material involving Dr. Instream is valid; this will keep up the doctor’s interest. The second point concerns the main subject matter of the session, which evolved from a question I asked Seth about the Gallagher’s cottage on Seneca Lake. Bill was inspired to ask Seth whether it would be possible to locate Indian artifacts on the lake bottom; he had long been curious about this.

(By this, Bill meant American Indian artifacts, and had in mind stone tools, etc. Seth surprised us by telling us this was quite possible. Then he added that in a certain location could be found bronze artifacts in the lake. There was much here, including some generalized locations and descriptions, that is not recorded. Suffice it to say that Seth made no error in using the word bronze. He also said these artifacts would date from either the 7th century, or the 17th century.

(A break came at about 12:45. During it, Bill said he thought the information from Seth was sure to be pretty fragmented. Either that, or such artifacts were not Indian at all. Bill knows something of local history. He told us the 7th century reference would be correct if the Vikings were to be involved, since, he said, this date in history finds Viking evidence in the Great Lakes to the west. As far as he knew, there is no record of Viking activity in this part of the northeast, in New York State.

(Bill was by now so interested that both he and I began to take verbatim notes when Seth resumed, since Bill planned to go diving Sunday. The hour was already late. Jane spoke while sitting down. Her eyes opened occasionally, her voice remained quiet. She smoked. She resumed at 12:55.)

(As she talked, Jane used many gestures. She seemed to try to supplement her verbal descriptions by outlining objects with her hands, as though she was seeing things somewhat difficult to put into words specifically enough. This applied particularly when she was trying to voice descriptions of the geography of the lake bottom. Her pace was comfortably fast.)

(Note the confusion here with the words cove and cave. As nearly as I can recall, I recorded them accurately. As the session continued we felt that Seth was saying cave, but that Jane’s lack of marine knowledge could lead her to say cove, for cave. At times of course she distinctly said cave.

(Break at 1:15. Jane was well dissociated, she said. Her voice had remained quiet, her pace had been good. Bill Gallagher was quite excited. Both he and Peggy verified Seth’s information about the changes in silting on the lake bottom; Jane was highly gratified to learn that Seth was correct. As far as I know neither Jane or I have come across such specific information; certainly we have never discussed it with the Gallaghers.

(Jane resumed while sitting down and with her eyes closed. But she was smoking as she spoke, and her eyes opened occasionally. Her voice remained quiet. Resume at 1:25.)

This has to do with a chest, and it is of gold. It was a religious rather than a romantic pirate’s chest. It had to do with a king, and the death of a queen, and belonged to a royal family, though they never missed it.

This was however religious, and intimate to some extent. Personal, I believe you say.

(End at 2:35 AM. This proved to be the end of the session even though Seth called it a break. The Gallaghers wanted to have energy for diving later in the day, so called it quits. Before leaving, Bill told us how right Seth was about silt storms; he related a terrifying incident in which he had become involved in a silt storm, and lost his sense of orientation.

(Jane said she had been really dissociated. All of this material about the strange underwater world was new to both of us, and Jane felt particularly good about having it verified so enthusiastically by Bill. It appeared to be at least an excellent example of telepathy, surpassing even the unscheduled 182nd session. It will be remembered that in that one, which the Gallaghers also witnessed, Seth delivered facts about Bill’s deceased mother that neither Jane or I were familiar with.