“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(It will be recalled that in the 166th session, of June 30,1965, Seth told the witness, John Bradley, that “there is one other company in particular with which you could become involved to your advantage. It is situated in the Midwest, perhaps in Minneapolis... presently a small firm comparatively speaking, but it will expand drastically within a short time... you will become involved with this company I believe irregardless, either as a competitor or as a member of the organization.”

(John at present is a salesman for Searle Drug. He lives in Williamsport, PA, but has witnessed several sessions. At the date of the 166th session he knew of no drug or pharmaceutical firms in Minneapolis. Visiting us this noon while making his rounds, John told us he had checked up on Seth. He gave us the names and addresses of two drug houses that he learned about in Minneapolis. He had not heard of them, and they are both small companies.

(The session was held in our back room. Jane spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Her pace was a little slow in the beginning but soon picked up speed. Her voice was average.)

There were four voices, all male. Three of these were the voices of personalities who no longer exist within the physical system, but which were closely allied with Ruburt in past lives. The fourth voice was my own. This was an attempt to build his confidence, and to show him how clearly reception can be if his abilities are fully utilized.

(Jane has had other experiences, both in dreams and in psychological time, in which she heard Seth’s voice but did not recognize it. For an account of an instance occurring during psy-time, involving John Bradley, see the unscheduled 190th session. As it happened John witnessed this session also.)

Here however there is a drastic change, for the above portions of the experience were indeed no dream, but real experience, occurring while he was in a dissociated state.

But he tries again, and in the dream he discovers another radio on your bookcase, Joseph , where our material is kept. The connection is obvious, for he knows that the Seth material comes from the same system as the voices. Here he reaches out to turn the radio off, and is stopped by a severe and sudden shock. The shock is his knowledge that our material would cease were he to shut off his abilities in such a manner. So the shock, which is one of realization, prevents him.

In the dream itself, he goes into his room and discovers that his ability is as much a part of him as his breath, and that he cannot turn it off and on at will, or turn it off as one would a radio. He stands in the room, and there is an electric storm in the dream, and the room is touched by vibrating currents. He is afraid. Nevertheless he realizes that he is part of the storm, and the storm is part of himself, and it is not destructive but creative; and most of all, a simple elemental part of reality as it is.

This realization made the following dream, the second dream, possible. But the following dream would not have been possible without the first. The second dream is a dream of expansion. We will discuss it from two levels. The most meaningful level was one in which the many rooms represented psychic areas of development, endless possibilities that continually opened; but possibilities which were based on previous life experiences, and there are many aspects of reincarnational data in this dream, all reinforcing the healthy aspects of Ruburt’s personality.

Outdoors, on a verandah, nearby suitcases open. A low-scooped blouse, and pale skirt. I believe the owner of the place where they stay is 50 or thereabouts. Name beginning with an M, and ending with an A, and a connection with a dog. They think of an island that sounds like Sumatra, but is not.

If possible he should emotionally think of us. He is thinking of us on an intellectual level now. Concentrating, but trying too hard intellectually. (Pause at 10:12.)

If he were to call me an old faker, I should get him more quickly. I get the number 4, but do not know to what this refers.

Ruburt gets the child who is squalling below in the lower apartment, and it is no help. But we shall try harder in our own way.

(I too had just become conscious of the baby below us. Actually the child cried but briefly. Jane had paused at 10:15.)

(See the tracing of the dental appointment card on page 1, and my notes about the card on page 2. The card refers to the appointment that Jane kept while in a trance state, to have her teeth cleaned. The test data appeared to contain some far-ranging impressions, but we seemed to be able to connect some of them up without trouble.

We will now end our session. I hope to finish the material concerning Ruburt’s dream, however. I would give it now, but I imagine that you are weary.

The older people represented the dentist’s in-laws, and the distortion occurred here, for Ruburt picked up correctly the idea of parents, but thought they were your own.

The death of a dog you interpreted correctly, but the death and flowers and service applied, also, all together, to the death of the parent.

You had the particular reaction because you misinterpreted an element of Ruburt’s dream, of which you knew, but I believe you had forgotten it.

You should be able to see that Ruburt has grown intellectually, emotionally, and psychically, as a result of the sessions, as have you. Not only has his inner self expanded, but his ego has become stronger, even while it has become more flexible. So there is no need for your concern in that regard.

(End at 11:03. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes were open at the end of the session, her voice quiet, and she was smiling. I might add that while Jane was reading her dreams to me just prior to the session, I was only half listening as I got ready to take the notes. But it seems that actually I listened very well.)