“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane experienced a bout of crying at the supper table this evening. Material came up to her consciousness after she arose from a nap at about 5:30 PM, and began preparing the meal. I encouraged her to talk about what was on her mind even though her supper got cold, etc., and was sure Seth would cover the subject this evening.

(I didn’t show Jane this, and ask for a translation, until after the session. Begin at 9:14.)

(We were holding the session in Jane’s workroom across the hall from the living room, in order to obtain more privacy. It was so hot that Jane had been peeling off articles of clothing ever since the session began.)

(I long ago gave up on any thought of Jane taking a regular job—perhaps several years ago, etc.)

(This is the material Jane told me about, tearfully, at supper time, etc.)

The psychic work took up more of your time. The obvious to him was to quit your job (Jane, as Seth, almost laughed), paint, and have the time you needed. You seemed willing to make no adjustments of any kind. At the same time he felt you would begin to resent the time spent from your work, but you would cling to the job like a lifeline until it was too late.

(10:14. At break Jane experienced a real outburst, during which she said most forcefully that she wouldn’t get a job, had no intention of doing so, etc. I thought this was material she had harbored for a long time. I hadn’t asked her to get a job recently. Anything I said concerning Jane and jobs referred to past experiences, which hadn’t worked out, etc.

(I didn’t understand whether Jane considered the last five years wasted or not, however, including the books, the psychic work, the painting, etc. I said for my part that the end of January would mark a change in our way of life, and that I didn’t think we’d ever return to the old—it obviously left too many things to be desired in spite of any accomplishments, etc. Resume at 10:40.)

(Seth now made some comments, here not recorded, about my using our recorder for more information, but as usual I was hesitant because of the time involved later in transcription. This was the end of the session. Jane’s trance had been deep all evening, the pace fast.

(At 11:25 PM I showed her the Sumari verse I had written before the session, and requested a translation. “That’s your first chore tomorrow morning” I said. Jane then handed the page back to me and asked me to read the verse. She listened carefully, then said she “got something on the first line.” I hadn’t expected anything on the verse translation this evening, especially after a long session.)

(Then Jane translated the whole verse. I wrote the words down as she gave them:

After a pause Jane said, “There’s more. That’s all you got, but there’s more to it.” This was another surprise. At 11:30 she went back into the Sumari trance and delivered the balance of the poem. It isn’t included here since she has made her own copies for her Sumari notebook, of this one and the three poems that subsequently followed. My original notes contain a list of the times each poem took – only a few minutes – plus a few comments. The session ended at 12:15 AM.

(Jane was really bleary and sleepy by the time she was finished. I thought her performance remarkable, and the poems of high quality. “I just sit here and they come out,” she said, but obviously there is much here for us to learn.)