“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The session is incomplete as far as notes go. It was held primarily so that Rich Conz, of The Elmira Star-Gazette, could photograph Jane in trance. We wanted the photos for Jane’s book on the Seth material, which is now practically finished. Rich also brought with him contact proofs of photos he took of Jane and me yesterday afternoon.

(The session was also witnessed by Diane Sorino, a friend of Rich’s. Jane and I sat for the session by 8:45, to see if one would be held, etc. Rich had not seen a session before, although he was somewhat cognizant of what would take place.

(Rich took forty shots, most of which turned out well, as we saw later. Some of them are excellent. Most of them are of Jane in trance, from a variety of angles; I appear in a few to show our procedure in note-taking, etc. We are highly pleased with them.

(The session began ordinarily enough, but before long an interaction between Rich and Seth began to show. Seth’s pace also speeded up considerably, and I began to fall behind. But more than this, words cannot really record the very humorous exchange that developed between Rich and Seth. I saw Jane, as Seth, laugh herself far more than ever before in trance. Seth did most of the talking as usual; and more and more his attention became riveted upon Rich as the latter buzzed around, taking photo after photo, with flash. The interaction between the two finally became so funny and fast paced that I laid the notes aside and surrendered to laughter.

(Rich was half embarrassed and half serious; at the height of the exchange between the two, Seth’s addresses to Rich were so fast I couldn’t hope to record them. After pictures were over, Seth also returned several times to answer some of Rich’s questions. The session itself, between parries at Rich, Seth addressed to Rich and to Diane, answering questions they had asked before its beginning.

(Rich asked some good questions. Seth told us that he had been a Catholic in two past lives. In another past life, Seth said he had been a member of a religion that no longer existed in our terms; that he would tell Jane and me about it some time, and that we would find it very interesting.

(The notes that follow are verbatim, or nearly so unless otherwise indicated. They are given because there are several points in them of interest to Jane. Rich began taking pictures about five minutes after the session began.)

Now. If it makes Ruburt nervous to have his picture taken, it does not bother me, and I welcome you (Rich and Diane) to our session. I have a few remarks to make to our friend Ruburt in opening the session. It seems to me that by now he could learn to trust his impulses. He did not feel that he wanted to lecture or to be connected with the group as yet, and indeed the time has not yet come. He will be involved with that organization. Tell him that I told him not to intellectualize in such instances, but to follow his original impulses.

(Seth now broke off and began speaking to Rich as he moved around Jane. Now Seth was just beginning to pay some attention to the activity about him. Humorously, Jane wagged a finger at Rich.)

(During break both Rich and Diane asked questions that Seth undertook to answer to some extent. However the pace soon became too fast for my notes; because of this and the funny goings-on between Rich and Seth, I soon gave up note-taking. The session itself lasted perhaps until 10:15. But with Seth returning several times to speak to Rich and Diane, it was close to midnight before the affair was wound up.

(To Rich, after a break at 9:36-9:45:) Better rich than poor... Now. You think this kind of affair strange, because you do not realize that you yourselves exist independently of your physical bodies... (etc.)