“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(We would like to insert a note here to Roger, to the effect that we would like him to go over the two sessions and give us a detailed written summary of the data given through Jane, in answer to the mathematical questions he sent Jane. This applies whether the answers satisfy him, or make any kind of sense, or not. We want to insert the material into the record, there to take its place with all the other variety of material growing out of the sessions. Jane’s mathematical knowledge and vocabulary [and mine] is so limited that any valid [or invalid?] data obtained in trance by Jane, on this subject, is of interest to us; the more we learn about these two sessions, the easier it will be for us to interpret another facet of trance experience.

The magnitudes are overextended in your first version. (Pause.) Four has been underrated. (Then Jane said: “I have no idea what this means:” ) And 3 in the yellow column would lead to annihilation. (“I get something like disaster,” she said, “but I think it’s annihilation.”)

The normal ascendancy has been disturbed, and you are 3 digits away on the right side, above the line. (Pause.) Don’t you see, your groupings would be eradicated. Be brave and move your 6. This has reference again to the 9th power.

(Jane said she had felt her facial expression change, as described; at this time the data began to change, she said, from the abstract into an emotional personality who was responsible for it. Thus one of our questions was answered, if vaguely. The personality seemed quite upset, and would have gone on to become very emotional and vehement if my wife had chosen to let it continue in that direction. But having a little experience by now, Jane said she knew when to withdraw from the raw emotional encounter while in trance, and did so.

...An encyclopedia of mathematical knowledge... Edinburgh... would have this guy’s name in it. It would seem to be in Latin. This theorem came up again in 1831. The particular volume or edition of the encyclopedia came out in the fall, and at the time this guy was working there was some kind of mathematical dispute going on, and a schedule set for some kind of conference to be held at the university for mathematicians from all around. The dispute had mathematical and philosophical connotations, because the ideas were wrapped up with science somehow.

(At the end of the session Jane said she was getting Roman numerals here; then she had the impression that what she wanted was “2 digits this side of 8, which would make it Pius VI.”

(The data appears to be distorted, or Jane’s interpretation of it. Jane thought that if she followed through as she began with the Pius data she would have said Pius IX, but she didn’t do so.)

...Somehow this whole controversy almost seems to have been thought of in the nature of a conspiracy, that would overthrow, I suppose, current ideas at the time. M I N N I U S (spelled), did I give the name?