“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(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.

(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.)

(At 9: 43 Jane paused and seemingly left trance. “I’m just waiting a minute,” she said. “When it stops, I stop, see. This doesn’t make any sense to me—I’m probably distorting the whole thing. Now I seem to be getting:

(11:10. Jane’s pace had slowed considerably toward the end, so she decided she’d better come out. So did I. As she left trance she received: Michigan was the place of birth; then she came out.