“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(While we were in Rochester I mentioned a question to Jane that I thought Seth ought to consider. According to the chronology of events that Jane made up from her old notebooks last year, the symptoms began before the psychic manifestation of her abilities. At the time this knowledge was a surprise to us, since we’d fallen into the habit of thinking the symptoms were an outgrowth of the psychic abilities.

(In a recent deleted session, Seth told us that Jane’s symptoms deepened after she held a session for a friend of Venice McCullough’s a few years ago. The friend committed suicide, and Jane regarded the session as a failure. My question simply wanted to explore the relationship between the onset of symptoms before the psychic work, and the fact that a psychic “failure” had the ability to deepen them. While I could make intuitive guesses as to connections here, I preferred to hear what Seth had to say.

(In our talk before the session, I had the feeling that Jane kept sliding away from the direct consideration of the question. She often went into detail concerning the suspected session, without saying anything about the fact that a psychic experience could make worse symptoms that had begun before the psychic work, per se, had become conscious knowledge to us.

I am repeating myself for a good reason. The concentration must be on projects, and the more concentration is placed upon projects, the less will feed the symptoms. Have him tell you of the Rochester incidents.

(10:56. After the session I told Jane I thought Seth didn’t finish dealing with the question I’d outlined before the session. As Jane herself had done in discussing it, Seth spent much time exploring the second part of the question, relating to Venice’s friend, while not saying anything about the onset of symptoms before the psychic abilities showed themselves.)