“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Our young friends, Marilyn and Don Wilbur, visited us before the session this evening but did not stay for the session itself. With their young friend Ann Diebler, they have witnessed a very few unscheduled sessions. They have been reading some of the early material and now want to attend a regular session, so arrangements were made whereby they would witness the 247th session. Don plans to bring a camera and flash also. Jane is 37, I’m 46.

(I became acquainted with Marilyn and Ann at my place of employment. Marilyn no longer works there because she has a son, but Ann still does. As stated before, these young people have asked Jane and me many interesting questions about the material, and other related subjects. Some of the questions have been surprisingly acute, and their general reactions have not been what we might have expected. They have become genuinely interested in the ESP field, and this in spite of a rather deliberate lack of pushing on our part. In turn, they have sparked an interest in some of their friends of their own age.

(We wondered whether Seth would be able to come through with the Wyoming location also, in respect to the data given in the last session. This concerned my tuning in telepathically on a small group in that state. According to Seth they have well-developed abilities. My experience took place Monday, March 28 at supper time.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

A meeting together once a month for the purpose of answering their questions, explaining our material, would be most beneficial. This would not be a social affair however, per se, and that should be clearly understood. Through these people you have also influenced their circle of relatives and friends, though to a lesser degree.

One more note. These are the people, you see, we want to reach, for they are young and they can learn, and they are not hampered by old theories. Through watching them, you see, you can observe the effect that our material has on their daily lives. This is the material in its functional working dimensions, and that is very important.

(The other morning in a burst of inspiration Jane wrote out a full outline, including chapter breakdown, of the book she intends to write after she finishes the first book on the Seth Material, and the book on dreams that she now has well under way.

(Seth now begins to elaborate on the Wyoming data given in the last session, in connection with my telepathic perception. See pages 53-55.)

(Many sessions ago, I believe within the first 50, Seth told us we should one day be aware of our dreams while fully conscious. At the time we did not have enough background material to see how this would be possible. We now believe it possible, and the closing paragraph above struck a chord within me; I think the very passive state I achieve at times after doing hatha yoga might signal a beginning here.

(For while approaching the end of the exercise routine I am quite aware that I will be in an extremely relaxed mood, and that as I lay resting I can count on drifting into a state where dreams reveal themselves. This would include other related material like hypnogogic images, hearing voices, etc. My point is that I am usually aware that such passages are transpiring as I lay quietly; I am not asleep yet some of the material seems to be dreams. This is a long way from being fully and consciously active while such internal data is manifesting itself, but perhaps it is a beginning.

Now give us a moment please for our Instream material.

Now we are finished with the Instream material.

In our next session we will return to our basic material. However this information, such as tonight’s will be most beneficial.

(Jane paused and closed her eyes. Both of us had almost forgotten that we wanted Seth to help us locate the little three-legged pointer that goes with the Ouija board. Last weekend we had discovered the pointer was missing, and had been trying to find it ever since.

(We haven’t used the Ouija board for perhaps two years. It will be recalled that the board helped these sessions get under way, in December 1963, but it was soon dispensed with when Jane began to speak the material. The pointer’s loss however was quite embarrassing because the board did not belong to us, but to our landlord, James Spaziani. We never did get around to buying our own.

(When we discovered the pointer was lost, I remarked to Jane that now Jimmy would probably want the board back. Two days later, Jimmy visited us and asked us if he could take the board back; he and his wife wanted to experiment with it. They had never used it after Jimmy bought it. Jimmy now told us it had been on his mind in recent days. Jane and I looked for the pointer again while Jimmy waited. We didn’t find it and all three of us ended up embarrassed. Jane and I decided it was time to ask Seth for help.)

My best wishes to you both. If it were not for the labor involved on your part, Joseph, I would speak to you both more often. There is personal material that we do not seem to have time for, as I want to continue developing our basic material. You may always call upon me whenever you wish, however.

(“Thank you. Good night, Seth.”

(End at 10:51. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had opened often and her pace had been faster. She ended the session with a broad smile, and explained now that she’d had a strong feeling of rapport with Seth. He would, she said, be only too pleased to speak to us and be of help; he would speak now for hours, Jane said, were it not for the work involved on our parts.)