“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(For the record: Tam Mossman visited us last Wednesday, October 29. When he left he took with him a contract signed by Jane for Oversoul Seven, plus two more Sevens, should she ever write them. Bantam and Pocket Books were interested in acquiring the first Seven. Today Tam notified Jane that Pocket Books had won the bidding—acquiring the rights to the three Sevens for $75,000.)

(Seth mentioned Powers of Mind here, I think, because I got mad just before the session when I found a full-page ad for it in yesterday’s [Sunday’s] New York Times Book Section. The book has just come out and we’ve seen reviews for it in many publications; the contrast between the reception accorded the book, and Jane’s, reminded me of my poor opinion of Prentice-Hall’s handling of Jane’s books. As I told Jane after the session, I realized that Prentice-Hall’s treatment of our books reflects our own ambiguous attitudes-—we want her books to be well known, but don’t want to get involved in the process personally—but, perversely, that doesn’t stop me from getting mad at Prentice-Hall, even if they are doing what we want them to. I suppose what bothers me about the whole thing is a sneaking feeling I have that Prentice-Hall’s attitude would be the same no matter what we thought; that they aren’t on the ball in that department.

Ruburt may waken in the night, feeling fairly alert, physically rested, yet his programming says that you should sleep. It seems morally wrong—not so much to work at night as to sleep till noon (as Jane did today; although she hadn’t worked last night). If natural rhythms were followed the greatest amounts of physical work would be produced to the greatest benefit for society at large. Even biological testing shows a false picture, for to a far greater degree than realized your biological activity follows your beliefs.

(After the session Jane said she could feel a burst of extra energy from Seth. She could have translated it into his very powerful voice, but didn’t.