“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.

(Jane said she thought Seth might have gone into the survival material because of some of the marginal notes made on her ESP manuscript by our unknown friend, particularly on the chapters dealing with reincarnation.

(She thought the last paragraph came about because our same friend had made some notes about authentic survival messages being given in “shorthand,” the letter “U” for the word you, etc.

(Jane paused at 10:14. Her eyes were still closed and she still held the envelope to her forehead. This was my first opportunity to ask a question during such experiments; I picked what I thought was a safe one, meaning that I didn’t think it would give Jane any clues.

(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.”