“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

I was already beginning to study my own psychological behavior, though, and the question of Seth’s independent reality came more and more into my mind. Since I “become” Seth in some fashion, I’m never able to see myself as Seth in the way that Rob can, or that my students can in a class session, but I do know that he makes a definite impression on others. [...] What was there about Seth that so convinced him that Seth was more than a dissociated part of my own subconscious?

“Seth now had this cold inner light suffuse Jane’s wrist and palm to an even more remarkable degree. [...] Then to end this part of the demonstration, Seth had Jane place her hands side by side on the table, so that we could plainly see the difference between the two. Gradually the hand returned to normal, and Seth instructed us to take a rest period.

“After the break, Seth told us to shut the door leading to the bath. The living room side of the door holds a full-length mirror, and Seth told us to look into it. [...] Her voice dropped considerably in volume and I really had the sensation that she was indeed speaking for someone else (rather than for a subconscious personality, for example, who just called itself Seth).

[...] Instead of being encouraged by Seth’s part in the events, we were upset. [...] Rob had even touched the hand at one time, and Seth had given us many occasions to check effects as they occurred. [...] We didn’t want Seth involved, and specifically had made a point of not asking for him.

[...] Seth’s personality impressed Rob to such an extent that he, at least, was convinced that Seth was a completely independent personality. He knows me so well, of course, in almost every mood, that he’s in an excellent position to judge the differences and similarities between my personality and Seth’s.

“Then suddenly Jane announced in a firm clear voice, ‘Watch the hand.’ It was a command, and I knew that Seth was with us. [...] With considerable relish Seth, through Jane’s voice, described in detail each effect that followed—so that, he said, there would be no doubt as to what happened.

“ ‘Now the hand changes again,’ Seth said. [...] Frank Withers was a fathead,’ he said, with great satisfaction, even though Frank was, according to Seth, a personality fragment of his own entity.

When Seth took over, his confidence knocked all other ideas or doubts from my mind. [...] I seemed to “click out” when Seth spoke, yet a tremendous sense of energy rushed through me as he did so. [...]

[...] We decided to hold one other session to see what Seth had to say about the affair, and again we considered dropping the experiments, book or no book. Yet we could hardly blame Seth, since the séance was our idea to begin with. [...]

For the first time Seth really “came through” as a definite other personality, laughing and joking. [...] But more than this, Seth’s long monologue on the nature of reality captivated and intrigued us. [...]