“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

It is of vital importance, however, for overall clarification that a belief system recognizes itself as such. Otherwise it becomes another closed system of thought, bathed in absolutism, and doomed to the weightiness of dogma.

As I have tried to explain, however, your assumptions about reality do indeed form it. You may literally perceive certain elements of consciousness in a personified form, as spirit guides, angels, or even as gods and goddesses. You may perceive them instead merely as undefined and undefinable veiled qualities of thought, ever-elusive and unformed, or as sacred physical portions of the earth, or as charged physical objects.

(I thought Seth’s brief answer to my question merely reinforced my suspicion that my attitudes toward Prentice had unduly influenced Jane. He’s dealt with the question a bit in past sessions, of course, but evidently not in the required depth. I couldn’t help but think his material wouldn’t be exactly flattering to me. I didn’t know whether I looked forward to it or not, but felt it essential that we get it. There must have been a reason, I thought, that I asked the question at this time.