“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The evening’s conversation had largely concerned matters other than Seth, but his name had been mentioned. After the Gallaghers left Jane said she could feel Seth “buzzing around.” Shortly after this she began speaking as Seth, in an average voice; she was smoking; she gestured often, and eventually her eyes began to open. She spoke without a break until the session ended. It was a question and answer affair for the most part. I will summarize the main points covered. I did not ask Seth the type of question I would prefer being answered in writing.

(Seth began by discussing a very emotional dream I had on the night of Thursday, February 24, involving what seemed to be the death of my father. I had not asked him to go into the dream yet, but had considered it, as Jane knew. Seth explained how the dream was built around my subconscious fears concerning my father. His interpretation of the dream was detailed, and in the manner of those he dissected in the 216th and 217th sessions. The conclusions were somewhat similar, and contained Seth’s assertions that the death of my father is not imminent, although he is 75. Seth went into one of the basic problems behind the dream, the lack of an easy communication between my father and myself. He said this particular problem is more my father’s fault than mine, and went into some methods concerning how I could begin to bridge this gap.

(Seth had some interesting things to say about using suggestion. The kernel of thought here is that it is important to use whatever suggestions we want to, daily; he stressed the importance of not missing a day. He explained that in a given period of say, thirty days, the suggestions on perhaps but three or four days within that period would be really effective, and that as of now we have no way of knowing the best days. So if we miss a day, we run a chance of missing out on a particularly effective day for suggestion. Seth said that on occasion suggestion will reach all levels of the personality, that our voice will be heard throughout the personality, and that effective action will follow. There was more here but the above is the main point made.

(Two additional notes to add to the above account: Seth told me we might have witnesses to the session scheduled for Wednesday, March 2, but he did not say how many and I did not ask. He also said Jane should use suggestion to teach herself to sleep without a pillow. This would benefit her as an individual greatly, he said, and promised to go into the reasons later. When I remarked that I often woke up to notice that Jane was sleeping without a pillow, having pushed it aside in her sleep, Seth said this was an indication that her subconscious knew what it was doing. I sleep with a heavier pillow than Jane uses, and sometimes use two; Seth said my reasons were different than Jane’s and that in this case the pillows were not a hindrance.

(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.

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.

A connection with Harvard about the year 1934. He lived for a long time near water, but I believe inland water. If it was near the ocean, it was where the ocean was quiet, for example a bay location.

The initials M S connected with him. A stomach disorder. A mole, fairly noticeable, on the face, perhaps in the region of the nose. He is cautious about money, but prides himself upon an open mind. He holds on to his ideas however, as he holds on to money.

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 brown or red binding. Perhaps leather. That is, the cover is rather heavy or thick. Something to do with Descartes also, in the copy. A medieval scene depicted, with romantic overtones. Romantic not necessarily in terms of love interest, but in terms of imaginative fancy.

I get a connection with a missionary, or religion, and the number 8, and something rising. But as a geyser rises, rather than something simply lifting up. An explosive type of motion.

(“establishment, or something established.” My thought was that both drawings were produced at an establishment, namely my place of employment. But this could also refer to the customer in Philadelphia.

(“A connection with a marvelous occasion, though the word marvelous my be too strong.” The word marvelous is too strong, we suppose, but the stickers are made for special occasions through the year, as explained above.

(“and something rising. But as a geyser rises, rather than something simply lifting up. An explosive type of motion.” This is an associative bit of data on Jane’s part and will be explained later.

(“A small round object, with some inscriptions resembling a postmark.” Jane said she saw within a small round object, with horizontal lines running across it; she thought of a postmark on an envelope, with the cancellation lines, but knew this wasn’t it. When she looked at my tracing-paper drawing, she said this was evidently what she was trying to arrive at subjectively; my drawing is of a round object, although much larger. Jane said the straight-across lettering, Key Value, is in the position of the horizontal lines she saw within. There are also ruled-in horizontal lines on the drawing.

(“and some people you do not know, and some you do know.” Too general. I do not know the people who operate John’s Bargain Store, but neither do I know many other of Artistic’s clients. Obviously there were people around the art room whom I do know.

(“The color white background”, might be taken as a reference to the white paper the envelope object was drawn on, but Jane said that once again this referred to the tracing-paper drawing I made. Tracing-paper is a pale translucent gray or off-white color, but not really white as this typing paper is white.

(“Somehow cluttered, or full, and empty toward the outsides.” On the original tracing-paper drawing my pencil smudging on the back shows through easily, and gives the drawing a cluttered or crowded look in the center. By contrast it looks bare toward the edge of the circle. This is an effect I noticed at work while making the tracing, but the illusion disappeared on the finished art.

(“Well, I think it natural that I want to ask questions during these experiments, but I don’t want to lead Ruburt on.”)

You will have to be careful, but we are learning also.