“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Much of the material in the last sesssion accounts for Jane’s improvement in health. She felt she knew the reasons for the improvement—her new commitment, sense of direction, etc., all parts of her “inside and outside,” she said. The energy pouring through her last session seemed to clear out her physical system; she felt a “mysterious muscular release.”

(Because Monday’s session was so unusual, Jane felt a little hesitant about holding a session tonight. We sat quietly at 9 PM, waiting to see what developed. When Jane did begin speaking in trance, her voice was peculiarly gentle in quality—lighter than the usual stronger and heavier Seth voice by a good bit, almost as though she was proceeding somewhat cautiously. But there were other reasons for this different voice, as we learned later.

(Jane used many pauses, some of them long, in delivery; her eyes opened at times.)

(Jane’s eyes now opened as she spoke, but she sat quite still and continued in the gentle, almost lilting voice.)

(When Jane talked about her physical well-being, etc.)

Give us a moment. (Pause, hand to eyes. Jane’s voice still persisted in the light, gentle, almost lilting quality, quite different from the usual deeper Seth voice.) The Seth personality has been an intermediary, and a legitimate one. (Pause.) The information already given to you regarding the nature of personality gestalts should make this development seem indeed a fitting one.

(Briefly, Jane’s voice became a little stronger.) While I was the source of the material, Seth as you think of him was at times a silent partner, helping Ruburt make the proper translations while standing aside in a personal manner. There are various mechanics that still must be worked out, that will develop naturally as the sessions continue. Perhaps a brief readjustment period as various methods are tried. (I interrupted by coughing.) You may take a break. Seth will always be an element in the sessions as you know him. He is the connective between us, and he has been a part of me that I have sent out to you. He has gone willingly.

(10:02. Jane stopped speaking, then nodded when I asked if she was all right. Her eyes began to open soon afterward. She had thought the session terribly slow, and thus was surprised at the amount of time passed. She had thought of pauses between individual words while she spoke. She didn’t recall any of’ the material after the part about soaking up energy.

(Jane wasn’t worried while speaking, and didn’t force anything. Tonight she felt some of the energy of last Monday, but didn’t feel she could do anything with it— she just enjoyed soaking it up.

(She now told me that just before tonight’s session she felt a cone effect up over her head. This represented energy; Jane felt that it stopped with her, that she soaked up energy from it and the words then came out. She said she had also felt the cone on Monday; and through the terrific energy it contained the words poured out of her.

(Jane now sat with her eyes closed for over a minute before resuming at 10:26. Once again her voice was on the gentle side—not like the usual strong Seth voice.)

(Jane now sat leaning forward, quite close to me, eyes open, speaking very carefully, lightly and deliberately before leaning back after a few sentences.)

(After the session Jane told me that in here she began to feel the familiar surge of great energy again—that no matter how fast she spoke she couldn’t keep up with the words forming and leaving her. Yet at this time her pace was still but average, with many pauses, and her voice still peculiarly gentle.)

Regardless of the apex point however, attraction operates, and there are reasons why these particular connections have been made rather than others. There are events that unite us and that have served as turning points in the development of our various personalities. In some strange manner, what I am, now, is linked to what you are. (Pause. Jane looked at me.

(In here, Jane again felt the surge of energy.) There are points of contact having nothing to do with time as you know it, that are extremely significant to all personalities, origins of new energy that are sometimes suddenly brought into existence because of the strong, latent psychic capacities within individual selves.

(In here Jane said she had visual inner images, as of stars being born, etc.— attempts, she thought, to put the inner data into recognizable visual terms.)

(Jane was now speaking somewhat faster, her voice higher.)

I do not want you to feel I have taken away a friend. I am also a friend. In many ways I am the same friend. Still, only a small portion of what I am speaks to you now. (Pause.) Other portions of me are concerned elsewhere, for I am aware of my own existence in other dimensions, and keep track of them, and direct my many selves. (Pause, eyes closed. Then Jane said in a faint voice:) Call him.

(11:05. I called Jane’s name loudly three times, as Seth has suggested doing before when her trance is deep. She nodded, eyes closed. I said, “I don’t know how to say good night here, so I’ll just say good night.”

(Jane then jumped, her right arm moving almost violently, eyes open briefly. She said she was okay when I inquired. Her eyes began to flicker, then opened. She did not speak, but finally took her glasses from me. “I feel like I’m light as air, you know… Also feel like I’ve been a long way away.”

(11:12. Jane said, “I don’t feel I’m all me yet. I’m not projecting, but I feel like I’m half off to the right…” Yet she was aware of sensation within her physical body—a spot on her gum, etc.

(Jane said that before break she had felt the delivery was exceedingly slow. But after break she felt it was exceedingly fast, like a “wink, or a split second.” Yet objectively there had been no great extremes, except as noted. Once toward the end of the session I had to ask her to slow down a bit for note-taking. When I did this, Jane said she had an inner feeling of going back and forth. She couldn’t describe this any better.

(11:25. Jane said, “I’m confused.” Then she had the feeling that this was our channel to cosmic consciousness, or whatever we chose to call it, handed down to us by this personality. Her confusion stemmed from the developments, the seemingly new identity, announcing itself in the session—the lack of our idea of a name, etc.

(Jane had a good point later. First Frank Watts announced himself in the sessions. Then Seth. And now the new development. A progression apparent, then.)