“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Whispering humorously:) I foresee, with your joint approval, a series of shorter books on specific subjects, involving simple prose. The procedure itself, the format of the sessions, will no longer need to be stressed, so that more energy can be given to the presented material itself. Until now, however, it was very important that the mechanics of the procedures were described, for the session format is of course part of the message. This is for the future, however, and again with your permission.

The gentleman who wrote you from Canada (Vincent Vycinas)—the writer—is living out his cultural agony. (The name of VV’s book is Our Cultural Agony.) In his case the drugs are being used so that they can be blamed for a malaise that is spiritual. They give our friend the excuse physically for a retreat from the world. He feels that he has lost his power, because he does not believe that the individual, with all his capacities, really has any effective power in the cultural world.

In the past you would have been ashamed, jointly, to meet this visitor. Ruburt’s satisfaction with his book, and your reinforcement of its value, put the symptoms in the background.

Your visitor will help spread the word, so to speak, but the books will make their own way irregardless. The interview was important because it dispelled some of your visitor’s erroneous beliefs about “mediums,” and the utilization of energy.

I will autograph your book.

(As Seth, Jane picked up a copy of Personal Reality from the coffee table. A reader had sent it to us, asking for Seth’s autograph. Seth had never signed a book before—but did so now with a flourish, using a red felt-tip pen.)

And good evening (placing the book back on the table.