“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Odd notes: Today Jane received the contract for Emir from Delacorte, but is not about to sign it yet. She wants to talk it over with Tam. And Tam was interviewed today by Jim Poett who is still tracking down witnesses relative to the article he’s doing on Seth and us for the Village Voice. Tam is to call Jane following the interview, or if it’s too late Jane will call him Tuesday morning—which she did. She learned much about both the contract and the interview.

Now: Few people would see any connection between William James and Scott Nearing, and yet both were in their own ways peculiarly concerned with “the American soul.”

Emerson, Whitman, to some extent Thoreau—these were men who spoke of self-reliance, either in the natural or the spiritual world, or both. Gifted young men of Nearing’s period had to some extent then two lines of endeavor.

It is very important that your readers also do not latch upon “you make your own reality” in such a way that they reinforce old beliefs about poor self-worth, sin, or iniquity. Your joint reactions last week, following our session, are perfect examples of two things. First of all, of course, you both voiced the fears and beliefs that were still causing the difficulty. And secondly, because of your progress the affair was instantly turned into a creative one.

You personally expressed feelings that both of you had had, and then both of you were appalled by the feelings and used them as springboards. Ruburt realized that he had been afraid to try walking again. He recognized fear, challenged it, and found himself surprised. The expression of feelings was therapeutic, and a part of the entire healing process, as far as it involved the both of you.