“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(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.

(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.

Now. A word concerning the dream experiments. You may try these at your convenience. Obviously because of your schedule you cannot at this time embark upon any rigorous experimentations in this respect, for your sleep would sadly suffer.

Particular notice should also be taken of characters and settings, and the approximate period of history in which the dream action occurs. If a dream seems to occur in no specific location and in no particular time, then these facts should also be noted.

(Break at 9:20. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her voice had been quiet, her pace fast enough. Her eyes had been open slightly for some of the time. She resumed in the same manner, but with her eyes closed, at 9:38.)

(Jane’s eyes were now open again, wide this time and very dark. She was again smoking, and speaking rather quickly.)

The time involved in going from one room to another could result in the loss of dream content and vividness. The very motor responses demanded on the part of the body, and the extra arousal tendency, would force you to lose a great deal of valid material. I would much rather that you work less, if necessary, using the recorder in the bedroom, than work more intensively leaving the recorder in another room.

Now mankind uses but a portion of his capabilities, and when you are along in these experiments, properly set up, you will find that you handle them very well, with no draining of energies or difficulties. Your sleeping hours are already productive. We shall also use them to give you training in the utilization of various stages of consciousness, that will result in time with excellent control over various aspects and stages of your own awareness.

(It was now time for the 15th Dr. Instream clairvoyant test. As usual Jane spoke now with her eyes closed, except for one instant when she put out her cigarette. Her voice was quiet, her pace not too slow for the most part except for a few long pauses. Resume at 10:07.)

(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.