“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Timothy Foote, senior editor in charge of the book review department for Time Magazine, interviewed Jane and me today in connection with a cover story he is to write about Richard Bach and Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

(Timothy Foote arrived by plane from New York City at about noon, and left at 4:30 PM, driving to Saratoga and Skidmore College to see his daughter. Timothy Foote, Jane and I got along very well; seemingly we all liked each other. Timothy Foote was very interested in Jane’s abilities, and said he would like to return for a session with a recorder. He is to write to us.

(Some time later Jane told me she picked up that when Seth spoke Timothy was suspicious—“Seth would speak now, you see, in order to make an impression,” etc.

(Timothy Foote told Jane he would review Seth Speaks for the magazine. We didn’t ask him to do this. He told us his review for Richard Bach wouldn’t “be hostile;” he didn’t particularly like the book. Jane, liking Timothy Foote, told me later that had he stayed for the evening she would have had a session for him; yet we feel there were reasons he didn’t stay, and that things worked out for the best all around.

(We did not expect a session this evening. While Jane and I discussed the events of the day, however, she said Seth was around, and that we could have a session if we so chose. The following data tells in the main what the three of us talked about today. The session was held in Jane’s workroom.)

(Oddly, at least temporarily, Jane and I had overlooked the Saratoga connections involving Jane, Eleanor and Timothy. Certainly it seemed more than coincidence that lots of the great things starting to develop involved people with this common denominator running through their lives—of Saratoga Springs, NY.)

(We were interrupted by the phone ringing at 9:20. It was Tom Hartley, trying to get in touch with Peg Gallagher. Both work for the Elmira Star-Gazette. After the call I read Seth’s last sentence to Jane. Seth then finished it:)

(Timothy told Jane that his 16-year-old daughter voiced two questions for Seth: “Is there a God? Does He know what’s going on down here?” We hope we recalled them accurately.)

(Jane told me after the session that this quote refers to a well-known newspaper story of some years ago.)

(9:42. Actually, Seth’s humorous reference to Jane marked the end of the rather short session.

(Added Note: Timothy Foote also told Jane and me that he’d like to do a feature story on Jane, Seth and me for Time Magazine, but that it probably wouldn’t ever be done—the magazine being “too secular”—Timothy Foote’s words. I don’t know whether he meant cover story, a la Dick Bach.