“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The first part of this session was held for John Pitre, who telephoned Jane about a week ago from Franklin, LA, on behalf of his ill wife, Peggy.

(This material had been on her mind for the past few days, to the extent that some physical symptoms of her [Jane’s] own had shown themselves. Questioning on my part, and Jane’s use of the pendulum, told us these symptoms, somewhat annoying and at first puzzling, were related to the above material. Since we learned their cause they have slackened a good deal, but I asked that Seth discuss them in case there was more to be learned here.

(10:11. This was very odd, another break so quickly. It was brought on because our cat Willy, decided to jump up in Jane’s lap as she spoke in trance. Usually he pays the sessions no attention. Jane now found this somewhat distracting, and gestured to me to remove the cat. However, I believe she also called for a break because she had finished with material for John Pitre this evening.

(A copy of the above material has been sent to John Pitre. However it is not the full data received during the session; some was omitted, for obvious reasons as will be seen. Two groups were left out. The first goes after the word mother on page 184 as marked after the word mother, as follows:)

(The second group of data was deleted beginning after break at 10:00, as follows:)

You were. He felt duty bound to hold the session, you see; guilty that he had not held it; and yet highly uneasy, for he realized it would contain information that could bring sorrow. Added to this was his fear of distorting it. Do you have other questions?

In the past the crucifix was to you a symbol of the Roman Catholic church, and distasteful. The bare cross to you had a pure Protestant feeling. You did not have, in the past life, any idea of joy connected with religion, however, the cross being then a symbol of death, leading to a Puritan afterlife.

(We sat quietly for perhaps a minute. This is how I had received the data for the cross sculp. Now after a bit I thought I had a quick inner picture of a group of men gathered about a church pulpit, somewhat in the distance. Another view or two of a church interior followed, and I was aware, briefly, of empty seats. I kept in mind that suggestion could be operating here.)

( 10:55. Jane said that during our minute of quietude she felt a projection of energy toward me, not strong but definite, and that this seemed to “open up” into a room. It also involved or contained the newer sculp, she thought, but she was not able to describe or draw it.)

This 394th session was held on February 19, 1968. At the end of the private session of December 11, 1967, I described to Jane an internal vision I’d just had, and made notes about it and a quick drawing. In part: “Briefly but rather clearly I saw this hanging sculpture. I knew it was mine. The piece was of cast iron, with a soft mottled black-brown patina, densely conceived and I liked it very much. It was perhaps two and a half feet tall, hanging from a ceiling by a chain.

“Then, before I realized it, I was ‘far away’—seemingly miles from my body, briefly, without sensation or location,etc. Idid not feel alarm…”