“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The session was held in our front room. Jane began speaking while sitting down and with her eyes closed; her eyes then began to open frequently after a few paragraphs of material. Her voice was about average, her pace somewhat slower than usual in the beginning. Her pace picked up considerably however as the delivery progressed, and acquired much emphasis. Jane began speaking at 8:58.)

(Jane paused and smiled. Philip is John Bradley’s entity name.)

(Our cat, Willy, had jumped up into Jane’s lap. As cats will, he began to knead her legs with his forefeet. Jane’s eyes did not open up but her delivery became spasmodic. As I got up she lifted Willy herself and dropped him to the floor.

(This is the first time in many sessions that Willy has paid any attention to Jane during a session. In the early sessions he exhibited some drastic behavior at Seth’s presence and/or arrival. At times he would attempt to entangle himself in Jane’s legs as she paced about the room while speaking for Seth. At other times he seemed to exhibit plain panic, running to hide just before session time. Seth told us this was because the cat’s very acute senses detected his arrival on our plane. Willy, he said, would get used to his presence eventually and show no reaction; this has been the case now for well over a year.)

(Jane’s manner had become faster and more emphatic, and her eyes began to open. They were very dark. She lit a cigarette.)

(Break at 9:29. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her pace had become fast but her voice had been rather quiet. Her eyes had opened often and been very dark. She had smoked.

(Jane said she was aware of Willy climbing up into her lap, and that the cat’s presence might have interfered with her delivery had he remained there.

(Jane resumed in about the same manner at 9:40.)

(Break at 10:00. Jane had been dissociated as usual. Her eyes had been open much of the time. Her delivery had been rather fast and emphatic, she had smiled often, used many gestures, and smoked a couple of cigarettes.

(It was now time for the 34th Dr. Instream test. Jane sat quietly with her head down and her hands raised to her closed eyes. She spoke now with many rather short pauses. She was not smoking. Resume at 10:05.)

(Jane still sat with her hands raised to her face.)

(End at 10:22 Jane was dissociated as usual. Her delivery picked up a little toward the end, and her eyes opened a few times. She said Seth was pleased when I said thank you.

(It was very interesting to watch Jane produce the above-mentioned book of poetry. It grew out of earlier suggestions, and I would say the end result represented a fine example of spontaneous creative power at its best. The poems are of high qualityindeed, and Jane felt certain from the start that they would be published. It is difficult to publish poetry in hard-cover.

(Wednesday and Thursday nights, January 19 & 20, Jane gave herself suggestions that she would have a great abundance of energy. She usually uses suggestion each night, but this time she wanted a little something extra.

(Jane said she had been working quite happily on the book dealing with the Seth material, and on one about dreams. When she got the burst of energy on the poetry book idea however, she took advantage of it, and felt certain the material would be published. Here is a schedule of events:

(On Monday, January 24, Jane wrote 20 poems in the space of 6 or 7 hours.

(The book was then finished, and Jane spent part of the next two days typing up the version for submission to publishers. In addition she recorded the 10 poems originally done for Peggy on Tuesday evening, January 25.)