“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 440th session was held on October 7, and was addressed to Pat. Roger’s list contained a fourth question addressed to Seth; this one concerns the Bahai faith, was formulated by a girl friend of Pat’s, and will be answered by Seth at a later date.

(Strictly speaking, we do not believe Seth as we known him and are used to him, gave the material tonight. Jane spoke while in a trance state, but in her usual voice, and received the data from “another source.” Our questions will have to do with the nature of this source, why this particular data came through in this fashion, etc. Jane is used to giving impressions on her own as well as through Seth, but there seemed to be an intriguing difference this evening. Jane would find herself speaking a few lines, then waiting for more to come, which she would then dutifully recite. She felt no other personality’s presence, etc; whatever the source, it appeared to be blocked off from her emotionally and subjectively in the usual sense; yet the material was given.

(Since Jane looked at Roger’s list just before the usual session time we thought Seth might consider the questions. Seth did not come through however during the evening. Jane said she could not make any conscious attempt to answer the questions, since she couldn’t read the formulas. She had said a little previously that she felt “up” today, or full of energy, light and active.

(Jane’s impressions are in Roman type, like Seth’s. While giving the data she was able to speak to me and describe her subjective state also, without breaking the thread of her reception.

(We thought this data preliminary to the regular session, since Jane will get flashes like this sometimes just before Seth speaks. This data didn’t seem to come from Seth, however. Jane said she feels that some of the words she “gets” aren’t correct mathematically, like “assemblage of integers.”

(Jane then told me to wait, that when she got something it was “real clear,” but that she didn’t know where it was coming from. I said she could wait and let Seth deal with the data, and she rejoined that she didn’t want to interrupt what she was getting. At times she spoke in a hesitant voice, at other times very rapidly, and usually with a puzzled expression; eyes open often, as usual in her trance states.)

(9:49. Another break. Jane said she wasn’t aware of any particular source for the data—she was “trancey” and the words just came in. It wasn’t Seth, she said. She didn’t know if she got all the words right, but did as well as she could. As far as she knows, she doesn’t have “the slightest mathematical vocabulary.”

(We hoped that after this rest Seth would come through and explain what was going on, but instead Jane resumed as before. She spoke in her own voice, rapidly and slowly by turn, eyes open often and with many a pause and puzzled expression. Resume at 10:00.)

(Jane didn’t have the slightest idea of where the information was coming from. She felt subjectively that the data came to her from her right side, via a channel. This contrasts with the overhead channel or pyramid effect she feels subjectively when Seth’s larger entity speaks.