“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

“I asked Jane to lay her wedding ring on the table. The three of us joined hands around it. Sitting quietly in the dim light, staring at the ring, I realized that the unwary observer might not have too much trouble seeing whatever he wanted to see.

“There is nothing wrong and perhaps much to be gained,” he said, “in trying whatever experiments you want on your own. Call it homework if you like. Perhaps I’ll even give you a Gold Star, although if I know you, you will probably insist that the teacher give the proverbial apple to the pupils instead of the other way around. …”

After having Rob describe the session, and after reading the notes, my attitude was one of simple astonishment. Rob and I are very informal; our friends are informal. The men don’t wear hats and suits, for example, but jeans and shirts or sweaters. I found Seth delightful, whoever or whatever he was. Who else did we know, so “old school” who’d even speak of tipping one’s hat, or refer to food as “good cuisine?” Anyway he certainly didn’t sound frightening, and the fifth-dimensional monologue was really provocative.