“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Tonight we had several points we thought Seth might cover:

1. Seth’s letter for correspondents.

2. Material on Jane’s symptoms.

3. Material on organizations involving us, Seth, etc.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

First of all, you do not realize or appreciate our joint accomplishment to date in that regard. You have induced a reputable, well-known publishing firm to accept highly unconventional material. It was not delegated, if you will forgive me, to Parker’s “crackpot” catchall. Even in the beginning, in that regard, the work was appreciated. A difference was seen between it, and the catchall, do-it-yourself manuals.

Publishers deal with the culture that you know, with people who follow it. Prentice does not understand why the books have sold. Castaneda does not become Don Juan. He holds himself clearly apart from the reality he explores. If our material was not excellent it might have found its way to some spooky underground publisher.

An ordinary, reputable publisher does not know what to do with a Jane Roberts who produces a Seth of another reality—books on her own also, and books moreover of quality.

You are lucky that Bantam was unable to use the exorcist type of publicity—and that is their idea at this point of how to handle such unconventional material. Such publicity could be devastating.

(“Yes. I think the material is very good.”

(Jane, as Seth, paused. As I commented after the session, it seems that we’ll have to pull in our horns as far as our feelings about advertising and Prentice are concerned; it may be a relief to do just that. But I think that Seth’s material here is the best we could possibly come across on our publisher, Castaneda, etc., and I’m sure that Jane will agree.

Seth.

(11:55. “Good night, Seth.” Then, at 11:56: