“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Although they were surprised at first our guests did not stay surprised long, and began to bombard Seth with questions. He answered the ones that would make sense to them offhand, and parried others or simply stated the answers would make no sense to them at the moment. Some of the questions were suprisingly acute, and involved aspects of the existence of Seth, and his abilities, that Jane and I had not thought of.

(One question concerned what Seth actually “sees” when he is confronting a witness, and he answers this briefly in tonight’s session. I would like to note one physical effect that took place. There was a lighted candle on the coffee table before the group, and as Seth was speaking the flame increased noticeably in height. I called the witnesses’ attention to the effect. All windows were closed since it was a chilly evening, and the air was quite still. The enlarged flame lasted for several minutes, then gradually subsided. The flare-up of the candle flame was sudden, not gradual.

(The same effect took place during the 182nd session, which was witnessed by the Gallaghers. Seth stated then, as he did last Friday, that he was at times able to produce such effects when Jane, or Ruburt, was not alert and consequently on guard.

Ruburt’s dream notebook has come along very well. In most cases however he writes down only those dreams which he remembers upon awakening. Suggestion will allow him, or will allow you Joseph, to awaken yourself as soon as a dream is completed.

(Seth dealt with this problem to some extent in the 194th session, when he spoke concerning the article on dreams in The New Yorker magazine for September 18,1965.)

I believe that the light is concentrated directly in front of him upon the desk or tabletop, and that he sits more or less like this, with the light falling in front of him.

This may be the sheet of paper to which I referred. It may well be a letter that you have written him, and he concentrates on my name; and thinks (pause) of a picture in a frame, of his wife I believe, but not one just taken.

Now he switches off the light and tries without it. I believe he has on a white shirt, and loose collar, and he thinks, “Well now, Seth, well now. What about it, huh?” (Pause.)

(Once again, Philip is John Bradley’s entity name. In a general way, we believe contact between John and Seth took place between four and five weeks ago. We did not quiz John about this when he witnessed the 204th session, but will do so next time we see him.