“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Brotzanin II had been one of the ships with which Seth had been connected in his Denmark life. The II, he told us now, meant that this was the second ship by that name. It had been a Danish frigate—a warship before coming into Seth’s hands as a merchantman. Seth owned it in 1631-32, and used it in the spice trade.

(Bill Gallagher doubted that warships were used by merchantmen but Seth told us this was common in those days; all ships had to be armed anyhow as a protection against piracy. The Brotzanin II had not been in very good shape when Seth acquired her. The conversation led to some of the voyages the ship made. Seth quite emphatically reminded us that most of the time he “kept his feet on dry land,” but he did talk about a few voyages he made. He stressed that he was a merchant rather than a sailor.

(Seth told us the Brotzanin II had followed a warm current and that her voyage took 22 days to “our first port, where we added some supplies.... We were then 42 days out before another port. You will have to bear with me here.... 62 days then to our destination. Nutmeg from one shore, cloves from another.”

(Bill and I tried to pin down the route of the Brotzanin II, and seemed to get a course that included the Azores as first stop, then around the bottom of Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, up the east coast to Madagascar and Zanzibar. Zanzibar is the source of cloves, I recall from my own reading; Jane said she did not know this. However Seth said the ship did not stop at Zanzibar on all trips.

[...] Now if this were not the case you would be dealing with my friend, Seth II, all of the time so you had all better watch out. [...]

Now some of this is, indeed, a translation or, again, you would be speaking with Seth II, yet what I am continues to exist. [...]

([Ron:] “If we didn’t interpret ego-sensitive ourselves you are saying that Seth II could speak more directly and nonsymbolically to us?”)

(Seth II:)(Words lost)...observed then realize that we are highly interested in such experiments as Seth is conducting, and that as we observe you, so do you, though unconsciously, observe other realities in your sleep state. [...]

[...] You were in what our friend, Ruburt, would call or will call next week Alpha II. [...]

[...] And I, myself, have some good experiments in mind that you can do in Alpha I. And some more that you can do in Alpha II. [...]

(To Arnold.) And for our friend here, some concepts that you can understand in Alpha I and II because you will be able to experience their reality. [...]

([Gert:] “Why did I go to Alpha II?”)

(Seth II:) Fantasies are the realities your intellect does not perceive in other fantasies, therefore, those others who watch you and who watch without any awareness of the intellect as you understand it. [...]

(We each described our reactions to Seth II and what we saw at the time.)

(Seth II:) In your terms we remember our part in the creation of your universe, but you are not aware of your part in the creation of other universes into which you also peer. [...]

[...] And this one represents A-II. [...]

[...] Step again back to A-II. [...]

(Following a discussion of everyone’s experiences during the week.) Now I want you to get used to Alpha II and so I would like you to take your eyes off this charming face and close your eyes. [...]

Therefore, I want you to imagine in your mind Alpha II and a door that has been closed and that now opens. [...]

(Seth II:) Certain translations are being made for you so that these communications make sense to you. [...]

[...] I am aware, for example, of your Seth and of your Seth II. [...]

[...] Much of the experience took place in Jane’s library, which she is writing about in Aspects II, as we call it.

(Jane’s pages are with her Aspects II manuscript at the moment, and may be incorporated in that book. [...]

[...] He saw today how the new book (Aspects II) emerged before he realized it, and accelerated into actuality. [...]

SETH II

(The class was discussing the “other personality” (Seth II] when Seth entered the discussion.)

Now despite my gentle, good-humored remarks about the personality you call Seth II, let me tell you something—You cannot translate the dimensions of his personality. [...]

(Seth II:) The experiment continues. [...]

(“Number seven: Are you going to talk about Seth II in this book?”)

[...] “Then I suppose you’ll want to handle question number eight later, too: Are you a medium for Seth II?”)

[Seth II:] Let the human characteristics by which you know me, fade into their proper perspective. [...]

(Seth II.) Donot imagine that we are not individuals or that because we seem alien to you that we do not know joy or creativity. [...]

[...] Ruburt was correct, however, in seeing the connection between the lampshades and the Nazi experiments (in World War II) with human skin. [...]

[...] Subject: World War II. [...]

Give us a moment… Without going into any detail, I simply want to point out that in the United States strong national efforts were made after World War II to divert the servicemen’s energies into other areas on their return home. [...]

[...] She now told me that while delivering the World War II data for the book, she had been quite aware of another, unspoken, channel from Seth.

(To me:) Now, you remember, because of one of your experiences and something I said in a session—or, rather, another portion of me said in a session —having to do with the fact that Seth II, if you could perceive him, would be as small as a brown nut. [...]

(“Would Seth II fit in that group?” Rob asked.

(Humorously:) Would Seth II fit in which group?

(Other Personality [later named Seth II]:) I have not traveled where you are, and yet a portion of me that you know as Seth has so traveled. [...]

(Cards given to Jane and me at the time show that we received Type I Sabin oral polio vaccine in October 1962, and Type II in November 1962. The card for Type II contained a notice to the effect that information about Type III would be available in the spring of 1963, but if memory serves correctly Type III never was available for public free distribution in this area. [...]

[...] We received Type II in November 1963, the month in which we began experimenting with matters psychic. [...]

[...] I had repaid her during my three years of military service during World War II.