“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Prior to the session Jane and I had a discussion as to the exact profession of the person who had written the many notes on the manuscript of her ESP book. See pages 319-20 for notes on this, in the 236th session, and Seth’s comments. Neither of us thought the person in question a psychologist. I favored a parapsychologist, Jane a psychiatrist. In his comments he referred rather often to his own theory of spherical time. Neither of us have heard of this, nor can we find a reference to it in our books.

There are a few points I would like to make. They will take us a bit away from our main lines of discussion, and they have to do with communication between essence personalities and those still within the physical system.

(Seth enjoys calling himself an energy personality essence.)

His control over the nervous system of the person through whom he communicates will be faulty and erratic. His interests will largely be those he had during physical existence. This is generally true.

Our communications are not of this type. As an overall personality, I have always been concerned with ideas. I am not emotionally in strong connection with any personalities known to Frank Watts, for example. He is a part of, or a fragment of, my whole self, and an independent one.

(These sessions began when we contacted the Frank Watts personality through the Ouija board, in December 1963. The Frank Watts personality was replaced in the 4th session by Seth. Seth has dealt with Frank Watts to some degree in the following sessions: 4, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 21, 25, 29, 31, 51, 85, 88, 173, 184, 189, 224. See Volumes 1 through 5.)

When the inverted time system is understood clearly, then the inadequacy of the cause and effect theory will be clear. If your psychologists and scientists would begin a study of their own dreams, they would learn much through personal experience.

(Personal association also operated with this impression. It wasn’t until after the session ended that Jane realized that the “steeple shape,” and the “many people” data to follow, had reminded her of a childhood poem she hadn’t thought of in years. After the session she recited the little poem to me; it is done with hand gestures accompanying, the fingers of both hands interlocking in various positions. This is the poem: “Here is the church, here is the steeple. Open up the doors, and see all the people.”

(“A violet. Red, and a grading to yellow.” This is very interesting to me personally; Jane also recalls these details. After spending a couple of hours trying to make a good handprint, I gave up and began cleaning the ink from my hand. This proved to be a job. As I applied scouring powder I was surprised to see the black ink on the palm turn what might be termed a red with violet undertones. This effect at once reminded me of reading that the quality of a black ink can be judged by its behavior when diluted: If a red color develops it means the ink is of inferior quality. The ink I had used was stamp-pad ink purchased at a 5-and-10 downtown.