“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Seth reiterated that Jane’s book on the Seth material would be published, and that the poetry book would be published. He did not say who would publish them, and I did not ask. See page 269 of the 232nd session for background material and other references. Jane’s publisher F. Fell, has written asking for photographs pertaining to the Seth book; in connection with this and in answer to my question, Seth said he would be amused to see a reproduction of my painting, purporting to be Seth, in the book. I’d done my oil of Seth in May/June of 1965.

(I discussed with Seth the surprise with which Jane and I have watched young people take to his ideas on time, dreams, clairvoyance, telepathy, etc.; with this I speculated as to the reaction of Jane or myself had we been introduced to such ideas at the age of 20 or so. Seth said there was no cause for surprise here, that young people are intuitively aware of much more than one gives them credit for, and that when Jane and I meet young people who express interest we should help them by recommending books, giving our own ideas, etc.

(Today Jane received the galley proofs of her ESP book, along with the original manuscript, from her publisher by special delivery. We noted that most of the typed pages of her script bore handwritten comments in the margins and on the back. They were made evidently either by a psychologist or parapsychologist, probably at the invitation of the publisher before he accepted the book. We had considered this possibility, although the publisher had not mentioned it to us.

(Someone had then laboriously used a magic marker to try to cross out the notes so they couldn’t be read; we were much amused to read them rather easily by holding the pages up to a light. The comments run the gamut from scorn to approval, and tell us as much about their author as they do about Jane’s book. Jane plans to ask her publisher, F. Fell, for the name of the author of the notes, and for a copy of the covering letter he refers to. We have initials. Seth also comments on the events, although we did not ask him to.

(Jane was pleased at the choice of type for the book, and the manner in which Seth’s quotes have been distinguished from her own copy. The arrival of the galleys had excited her, but she felt the excitement stemmed from not from this alone, but from the manner in which they arrived from New York City. She apparently had the situation covered in her daily predictions for the two previous days.

Now, we shall say what we shall say in our own good time. The ESP book will be very widely read, and well noticed. There will be some controversy, and Ruburt will simply learn to relax, and not to upset himself.

The book will be, in its field, the most controversial of the year. This is quite all right, and to be expected.

The less complicated portions of my material have been used in the ESP book, but there is enough there to give serious question to many learned gentlemen, and they will look forward to the Seth book, for the further developments that will be given.

The inverted time system should be at least briefly explained in the Seth book. I do not want to dictate to Ruburt, or tell him how to write this book. It occurs to me however that it would be advantageous to include in the middle section my ideas concerning the construction of physical matter, the inverted time system, moment points, a discussion concerning the dream universe, and the system of probability. All of this in direct quotes from the material itself. The last section of the book could then deal with what evidential material we have, and you shall have more. I am certain that Ruburt could so organize the center portion of the book so that stress could still be given to the personal story line.

In this manner a tantalizing sample of the material in several aspects would be given. Questions would be raised in the minds of the readers, and in other books the various ideas could be expanded from the material, and these questions answered. In this way you would be presenting an overall picture that would later be filled in.

(Jane took another long pause. We had just about decided to finish the book in the above manner. Jane has been thinking over what material to include in the center section so as to maintain reader interest, and some time ago decided to finish the book with what evidential material we have so far. The first section is now in the hands of her publisher.)

A page, I presume from a book, that somehow deals with history. I do not know if it is a history book, but it deals either with events in the past, or with ideas of the past.

A book marker. The number three two eight. A philosophical exchange in terms of a classic dialogue.