“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

So by now Volume 2 of “Unknown” Reality is well along toward completion. Seth finished his part of the second volume over a year ago, and since then I’ve carefully gone over my original notes for it; I’ve rewritten almost all of them (often many times) in an effort to get them just right, in my view. Those who are interested in the more detailed mechanics of Seth-Jane’s production of “Unknown” Reality, especially where qualities of time are involved, should review my Introductory Notes. But personally, I think the most important part of those notes is Jane’s contribution to them, wherein she discusses her subjective relationship with Seth.

In Section 4, then, Seth has more to say about CU and EE units, cellular consciousness, ancient man, evolution, space travel, and other seemingly disparate subjects as he continues to develop his thesis that “biologically the species is equipped to deal with different sequences of time while still manipulating within one particular time scheme.” The reader is invited to experience his or her own “unknown reality” through the study of dreams and practice elements, and to try for psychic travel into other realities. Jane does her own traveling: The “psychic library” she’s learning to visit while in a certain state of altered consciousness is described, and the ways in which the library is related to the birth of her book, Psychic Politics (which is to be published in the fall of 1976).

Among other information in Section 5, Seth gives considerable material designed to help the reader achieve psychic travel; related here is his session on dreams and dream photography. He also lists more practice elements, and discusses language, personhood, physics, and some of my own reincarnational experiences. Jane initiates information on “world views,” with examples: Seth defines that concept as “the view of reality” held in the immortal mind of each of us, the “living picture” that exists outside of time or space, and that can be perceived by others. Seth also offers major material on his theories involving “counterparts.” He explains in some detail how we live more than one life at a time, how “the greater self ‘divides’ itself, materializing in flesh as several individuals, with entirely different backgrounds — yet each embarked upon the same kind of creative challenge.” (And yes, I can write here that sometimes counterparts meet.)

In Section 6, Seth develops much of the material in 5. Inevitably new information comes through, as he intends it to. For instance, he lets his ideas about reincarnation and counterparts lead into another main concept — that of the “families of consciousness,” as he calls them. The Sumari family that Jane and I choose to be allied with is one of these. Seth names each family, describes it, and shows how its characteristics interlock with those of other families. Thus the combined actions of the families of consciousness make our world as we know it.