“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Saturday, October 23, Jane learned that her short story, The Big Freeze, was on the stands, in Dude Magazine. She had not been notified by the magazine that it would be. She is also to be paid on publication, rather than acceptance of the material. The magazine had appeared on the stands Friday, October 22.

(The session was held in our back room and was free of interruptions. Jane spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed. Her voice was quiet, her pace quite slow in the beginning.)

Your dream was an excellent example, Joseph, of a clairvoyant one, in which definite new information was received. The information was specific, and you retained most of the identifying data.

You were given the precise title of the dream content; that is, you knew the particular story was called The Big Freeze. It is true that you forgot that the title itself was a part of the dream,yet you did remember enough so that you were sure of the particular story. You knew it was the first, rather than the second.

There was also a rather humorous translation here. When you awakened you felt chilly; although you could not remember having been given the title, The Big Freeze, this information was translated into bodily sensation. You were consciously concerned over financial matters. You were wondering when any additional funds would be received, and this gave impetus to your abilities. You asked a question and received an answer.

The sensation of cold was a clue to the title of the story, but one you would not have recognized on a conscious level. There is no reason for you to worry about financial matters. You are hardly in any difficulties here, nor will there be any.

Ruburt did well in regenerating his energies these past few days. The outlet was excellent for him, and in this case incidentally the energy was far from lost, though it was used. You were both wise in your decision to make some purchases for your apartment. The objects were bought in high spirits, with money well earned, and they will retain to some rather strong degree the psychic exuberance which has become part of them, and will therefore add to the overall constructive climate of your dwelling.

I will now suggest a brief break before we deal with our friends. And incidentally, Ruburt’s experience in psychological time was quite legitimate.

(Break at 9:19. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her eyes had remained closed, and her voice quiet; her pace had picked up considerably as she spoke along.

(Friday, October 22, 11 AM-12 Noon. I was doing so well when the alarm rang at 11:30 that I set it for another half hour beyond my usual time.

(None of what I saw was very clear. I felt I stood on a long narrow porch or verandah with a railing. On either a double-story motel, or a motel of one story that was raised up higher than usual. I looked over and down at a pool, and felt that beyond this either the ocean or a large body of water was visible. Doors opened off the long narrow porch which extended full length, and I wondered whether Bill and Peggy Gallagher were staying here. I thought their room might have the door near the center of the porch. I had an impression of Peg sitting by the pool, with Bill in it.

(I kept telling them I was standing nearby, just in case they could see anything of me. I still knew I was lying on the bed however, while I tried to project myself to their location.

(As to sensations: First I achieved a partial projection of some kind, and thought I might complete it but didn’t. Strong thrilling sensations, feelings of being swept away. Odd movements of some sort. I could feel the blanket over me and my pillow at neck move in odd fashion as if my physical body was making unaccustomed movements, but thought I was motionless. Very strong momentary feelings of being swept away, though these are poor words to describe this. Extreme lightness, weightlessness.

(Once thought I saw mountains, as though floating. Then feeling of change of direction, more straight upward, yet still retained bedself. Once I was aware that I was looking up at treetops against a gray sky. When alarm rang second time some lightness remained. I did exercises, lightness vanished as soon as I turned thoughts to daily matters. End of account.

(It was now time for Jane to attempt to tune in on Bill and Peggy Gallagher for the last time while they were on vacation. We were not sure but thought they might be on the way home from Puerto Rico by now. Jane began speaking with her eyes closed. Her pace once again became quite slow, with many pauses; although she would give a paragraph of material rather quickly at times between pauses. Resume while sitting down at 9:29.)

Ruburt did indeed pick up some material for his own writing today, and the complete break from his normal activities was very beneficial.

The interest was of a business rather than a social one, in connection with this man.

(Break at 9:48. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice quiet. Many of her pauses toward the end of the delivery had been long.

(Jane said she had a very vague impression of what she took to be the interior of an airplane while she was speaking. She could not describe it in so many words, and had no idea if she was correct to begin with, since she has never been inside an airplane. She appeared to have no memory of pictures of airplane interiors.

(I was busy writing down the above paragraph when I realized Jane had fallen silent. To my surprise I saw that she was leaning back in her chair with her eyes closed once more. She resumed in a very quiet voice at 9:51.)

(Break at 9:57. Jane was dissociated as usual. She said she “knew Seth was going to do that,” that he had some more to say.

(Once again Jane’s pace was slow when she began speaking again. She sat with her eyes closed, her hands to her face. Her voice was quiet. Resume at 10:06, with the 11th Dr. Instream test.)

(End at 10:41. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes remained closed, her voice quiet. She remembered most of what she had said.

(In the 104th session, Seth said that Jane would sell some of the short stories from the group she was working on at the time of the session. The two sales, including the one just published, are from this group; in addition Jane missed out on other sales from the group because various publishers wrote her that although they liked her material, they already had similar ideas in inventory. Jane has now begun work on another group of short stories. Enough time lapses between her short-story work so that it is easy to keep the groups separate. See Volume 3.