“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(An impromptu unscheduled session was held last Friday evening, November 5, for a group of young people. No notes were taken, nor were they intended according to Seth, but I want to note a few points.

(The group of four, exclusive of myself, makes the largest gathering Seth has yet addressed. Jane and I knew they were interested in psychology and ESP in general and had encouraged their reading on the subjects. They did not know about Seth but were somewhat familiar with our work in ESP, and of course would learn of Seth’s existence when Jane’s ESP book is published. Probably we would have preferred that our friends, two young men and two young ladies, do more background reading before meeting Seth; on the other hand, with the coming publication of Jane’s book we have been somewhat curious as to the reaction of interested friends to Seth. Conditions were good last Friday evening so Seth spoke at some length in a general way.

(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.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(Philip is John Bradley’s entity name. See the 204th session. Jane and I were certainly hoping Seth would go into John’s experience, whereby John heard from Seth, more deeply.)

(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.)

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.)

(“Good night, Seth, and thank you.”

(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.

(Jane feels the voice John heard within can have one of three explanations: It was Seth; it was a subconscious creation on John’s part; it was a telepathic communication, on a subconscious level, from Jane to John.)