“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Tom said that on the whole the data meant quite a bit to him; he could interpret it, and did so at break. It concerned his job in banking, about which Jane and I knew very little. Tom did very well in making connections; the material was quite specific, and the longer Tom and Virginia discussed it with us, the more connections they made. “Except for the last two bits of data,” Tom said, meaning the opportunity to change his own position, and another, unseen opening.

(To Tom:) Neither Ruburt nor I are bankers, so you must let us sort out this material. I would make a fine bank president, if I do say so myself, even if I do not know banking. (Humorously.) These jovial remarks are simply to take up some time while we look into these matters.

(It might be added here, or at the end of the session, that Jane has no knowledge of banking, nor had she discussed any of this material with Tom before the session, or at any other time. In fact, as Tom remarked, “She doesn’t even know what my job is, except that I work for a bank.”

(11:00. Again Jane emerged easily from a deep trance. Virginia agreed with Seth’s interpretations concerning her. Tom said Seth gave “some terrific material” regarding banking; he then proceeded to explain some of the details to us. They are not listed here, being rather complicated, but Tom has stated his willingness to explain them. Some of the material reaches back for years, Tom said, and involves his ideas re a “finance clinic,” etc.

(The merger material also applied, and Tom explained how he had been thinking of the second possibility suggested by Seth, the merging of two rather than three. Elmira and Syracuse banking facilities would be merged, with the Utica branch left out; according to Tom this would be a better arrangement, etc.

Such a service could be born within your framework, and become an important part of other banks. You would have your finger on the economic pulse-beat of the area, and you could diagnose business ills before they occurred —banking preventative medicine, you see, and you could have the preventive medicine at your fingertips and be ready to apply it.

Now I am almost giving you the advertising that would be effective, for the imagery is important. And as a doctor guides the growth of a child, so you could begin at scratch to guide the growth of new companies, and even you see to consult with them before. You could also consult there and aid those who intend to go into business, have capital, and do not know precisely how to proceed. This would automatically bring new funds and fresh blood into the economic structure, and into your particular bank.

([Tom, humorously:] “Everybody in our bank likes the prestige of a million- dollar loan.”)

Again, you are doing very well. Bega is learning my material in our own classes, but he must also interpret this, and as I said earlier he tailors it for you, knowing you so well. Now, I adopt the personality that you know, and it is quite legitimate, but it is only one of my personalities. Know then that other personalities are also here, and in ways that you do not understand, and that is the end of the sentence. (To me, humorously.) The familiar human component is necessary, and it is by my characteristics that you know me, but the entity is an ancient one, and we are far more concerned with other things than your position at your bank.