“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Peggy Gallagher witnessed the session. Jane began speaking in trance in a voice a bit stronger and more forceful then usual; her eyes opened a good deal of the time.)

(9:25. Jane took a bit to come out of trance. Seth, she said, was around “pretty good.” She resumed in the same active manner at 9:36.)

(9:52. Jane had been in a deep trance. She took a few minutes to come out of it now, and her eyes were dark and heavy. In fact, it was difficult for her to come fully “back” with any rapidity.

(During first break I had mentioned being curious about what Jane’s eyes really see, or are aware of, when they are open during a trance. From scatterings of data Seth had given in the past I thought Jane’s eyes, even though wide open, did not see others present as they were, as physical entities, but perhaps as electromagnetic personalities.

(I now repeated my question, partly as a means of getting Jane onto another subject and to help her control the depth of the trance. For some reason I felt at the time that she did not want to explore too deep a state this evening; but events proved me mistaken here. Jane resumed in the same manner, but with her eyes closed, at 10:00.)

(At about 10:10 the phone rang. Jane appeared undisturbed as Seth, but I asked her to wait. I talked with Claire Crittendon and her friend Bob, in Fredonia, NY, incidentally answering their questions about trances, etc. Jane herself remained in trance for a few minutes but then came out by the time I hung up at 10:20.

(She had put her glasses on after leaving trance, and now left them on when she resumed, as Seth. Now however there was a marked difference in her manner. Instead of the heavier and strong usual Seth voice she began to speak in almost a normal manner. I knew she was in a trance however, but doubted if a casual observer would be so sure. Her eyes were open and very dark; she smiled and spoke in a pleasant, almost lilting, much quieter voice.)

The smile and gestures are his. The trance state nevertheless is a deep one, but in this condition all of my energies can be used for other work, such as the gaining of clairvoyant material, as in the new work episode.

(10:40. Jane had been in a deep trance throughout the experiments, she now told us. She knew the first different effect was coming after the phone call interruption at 10:10, she said. Since she had done this once before it did not alarm her.

(10:06. Again Jane’s trance was a deep one, and it took her a while to fully leave it.

(Tonight then, Jane manifested three different voices while in trance: the regular Seth voice, somewhat strong, very clear and concise, the one we are so used to; next the light and lilting voice with Jane’s own mannerisms overlying Seth who hovers just below; and finally the muffled, masculine old man’s voice, so different from any produced before this.)