“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“It would make a great chapter.”

(Aggrieved but smiling:) I had much more than a mere chapter in mind. I had a complete book in mind, though not of great length. It would involve the various mechanics necessary for such communications on my part; the necessary preliminaries in order to make Ruburt aware of my presence initially—

—the problems involved in educating what your friends refer to as the Buttses, and the various interchanges between you, Ruburt and myself. It would include the ways in which perceptive mechanisms operate, the manners by which I must activate Ruburt’s associative patterns in the case of clairvoyant information, and what your life looks like to me who observes it from such a unique perspective.

Such a book would be written during our sessions however, dictated by me, for our friend Ruburt would not let me inside his own writing hours.

I thought you would be interested. (Dryly.

(“So would Ruburt.”)

There would be unity, of course, and this would take care of the organization of our material. Do you see?

It would all be done however from my viewpoint.

I thought I would come to your assistance, for such a book would solve many problems. It would take care of the sessions’ organization, for one thing.

(“Yes. It would also be unique.”

It would indeed. It has not been done before, in such a way, to my knowledge.

We would enjoy such an inside-out arrangement. (Pause.) Give us a moment.

It is obvious that such an arrangement could not have been made before, since Ruburt would not have been ready—nor, I believe, even agreeable. There is no reason why other such books could not follow. (Humorously:) I have the time.

(“With this book: you would see to it that you introduced yourself to the uninitiated reader, giving the necessary background and introductory material from the very start.”)

The first book would of course introduce me, and it would involve a study of mediumship; not from the viewpoint of the medium, but from the viewpoint of the personality for which she speaks.

It would involve a look and an examination of your system of reality as it appears to me. It would include my statements as to how these communications take place, and what manipulations are necessary from my side.

Such a book would do much to explain how the medium is led, wherever possible, to make those correct statements that add up to almost what your parapsychologists like to call a hit—for she is almost literally hit with them.

(Smile.) I would of course provide the reader with a statement of my own background, and to some extent compare my attitudes toward your system of reality, for when I lived within it my opinions were far different than they are now.

I would make clear the nature and conditions in which I now have my existence, and explain some of the reasons for the various, often contradictory, statements made concerning life after death. Statements received by various mediums, in which quite different pictures of afterlife reality are received.

Such a book would also include, of course, my methods of entry into your system, and the sort of psychological bridge personality that results. For what you have during sessions is not really my complete identity. (Pause.) Your reality cannot include all that I am. There must be some sort of psychological structure present for me to use during my communications, generally speaking.

All of this of course would be explained in detail. (Pause. Jane’s pace had slowed considerably by now.) Ruburt could if he chose, add his own notes and comments, for his experience in our sessions is vastly different from mine. (Pause.) Such a book would have nothing whatsoever to do with Ruburt’s writing, which should progress at its own rate.

This book would bear my name. But I would dedicate it—

—to the both of you. And any profits would be yours. I have little need of them.

(“Well, I’m sure Jane would like to know what she would be writing while you’re giving us this book.”)

As you know, even your physical system reacts when you brace yourself against these things as irritations. But properly used they can lead you to exaltations, and you would use such exaltations then in a disciplined, directed manner.

Now voice, by its definition, is aggressive, and it presupposes barriers, for you hear only within certain ranges. Now imagine what these sounds would sound like from the other end. There you cannot hear them. And imagine the impact made within space, and the infinite dance of atoms that result.

One note: Within your system sounds do form structures, that your eyes do not perceive. It would help you to think of painting these structures, for in some other systems voice is perceived in this manner.