“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane was ready for the session at 8:45, so we sat for it in our bedroom for extra privacy. Seth didn’t appear; however, although Jane said she felt him around at various times. Finally at 9:15 she said “I’ve been set up. Instead of telling us about it, Seth’s letting me feel the emotions of that young girl you were involved with when you were Nebene, at the time of Christ....” This was in or near Constantinople. The girl’s name was Sharabena, and she was Jane in that life as I was Nebene.

(See the deleted session for July 19, 1972. Now Jane looked rather uncomfortable. She said little at first, though I could tell she was recalling material from that past relationship. Actually the relationship in question, while called a reincarnational one, is a parallel one to our own. It is happening now, not two thousand years ago. Whenever I mention a “past life,” this is what I actually mean. Jane also endorses this idea.

(The following material is taken from notes I made at the time, and memory. It wasn’t recorded because we weren’t prepared. Jane spoke too rapidly much of the time for verbatim notes also. Consequently what is cited isn’t in order, either, although this doesn’t seem important in this case. “We were called Zaphorites then, “ Jane said. “I feel like yelling and kicking.” She kicked my foot very lightly. I was prepared if she did go into a rage, but this didn’t develop. “I was part of that cult Seth told you about last time...you know where it was. You really had no use for me or for yourself, while we were together,” she said. “You hated yourself but you couldn’t stay away from me.”

(Jane displayed mild symptoms of anger and resentment, which grew somewhat more vehement at times. She also smiled. “Why, that’s where Sumari came from. Don’t you see? I sang and I danced.” In here she sang some Sumari songs. I thought them especially beautiful. They weren’t loud but very melodious and softly syllabled. In between the songs she spoke to me in Sumari. During these episodes I could follow the meanings quite easily; ritual was involved, as well as passion. Listening, I felt a marked regret, and wondered that this other life had seemingly assumed such a strong place in our “own” lives. I asked Jane about this later.

(“I’m ready to quit getting even now if you are,” Jane said in answer to a question of mine. “Now, I get the messages and you have to write them down, whereas before you had the ancient records and made the copies yourself. I wasn’t needed, in that way. But I was spontaneous, like I am now, and you needed that then just like you do now,” she said with emphasis. “You were very rigid in the way you made lines, in your work. It’s like it was all black and white then. This time though you’re adding to the lines, and I wanted to be here when you put flesh on them through your painting.”

(There was more, of course, that I didn’t get down, or recall, but it would follow the same vein. It was very revealing. It served to make me think anew that when such memories are recalled consciously, then those involved are compelled to deal with them. I felt a strong depression and regret, as stated before; I could have asked more questions. I didn’t feel like defending myself very often. In answer to a question, Jane said that although reincarnational data would remain buried in many cases, it would still have to be dealt with, worked out in the present life in present terms.

It is correct (as Jane had remarked) that you allowed your feelings to show when you were angry or annoyed.

The foot (when Jane lost a large part of a callous)is an excellent sign, and it also shows you both what suggestion can do. You mentioned the foot specifically, reminding him several times, and this reinforced the suggestions.