“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(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.

(“You chose your father in this life because in many ways you were like him as Nebene. And I chose my mother, who turned out crippled, for similar reasons, I guess. You also picked your father so you could watch a family situation under those terms, because you knew you weren’t going to have any children in this life. And your father wasn’t nearly as anxious to have children as you might have thought, either, this time....”