“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(A note here: On page 148, see our interpretation of Seth’s impression, “Anemia,” and Jane’s connecting this with our friend Helga Anderson. Writing of Father Ryan now reminds us that he died of leukemia—also a blood disorder as anemia is. Note that Seth merely said that anemia reminded Jane of Helga Anderson; Helga is not given as Seth’s impression. Perhaps the anemia impression is a distortion of leukemia. However, we think Jane’s Helga impressions and the interpretations leading to the envelope object and the dream book in general, to be legitimate.

(Seth gave 24 impressions about the envelope object in the 257th session. He gave 21 impressions concerning the same object in the 258th session. In the notes for the 258th session I note 11 impressions that could refer to the impressions given in the 257th session. This is not a strict total by any means; it could be more or less. There can be as many interpretations of this material as there are individuals, and nowhere did Seth say that the same object was being used in both experiments.

(This is the first time during the envelope experiments that the same object was used twice in succession. I was curious to see if Seth would repeat any of his impressions given in the 257th session. This he did do, though often approaching the same topic or impression in new language. We think the data from one of the experiments reinforces that of the other.

(Once before, in the first and 18th envelope experiments, an object was used that was similar but not identical by any means. In the first experiment in the 179th session, Seth came through with one accurate impression. In the 18th experiment, held during the 212th session, a few more impressions were obtained; but overall the results were interfered with by other factors in a way that doesn’t seem to happen these days. See Session 179 in Volume 4, and Session 212 in Volume 5.

(“The impression of two people. One bending down or over… Now these may be objects, or representations, rather than persons, but I have the impression of two persons… In any case these two objects seem to be together, toward the lower center of the object perhaps, holding the object this way.” These are excerpts from succeeding impressions as a group, and are given here because Jane thinks the bending over idea here derived from the way the wings of the eagle bend in and down toward each other; they are together, or close, at the base, and in the center of the object.

Now these may be objects, or representations, rather than persons, but I have the impression of two persons, and the impression that they are both women. [...]

I have the impression of a woman and a shorter woman or child, perhaps. The impression has to do with shapes. [...]

(“…impression of a woman and a shorter woman… The impression has to do with shapes. [...]

[...] Whether or not our Jesuit even knew of Ruburt’s impressions, that probability was altered. Knowing the impressions alters the probability further, and taking the steps that I have given still further changes the probabilities. [...]

(The session began with Jane giving impressions on her own while in a light trance state. [...]

[...] Shortly after 8 PM, as she was writing poetry after supper, she began to get impressions that made her quite uneasy eventually. [...]

(She also had impressions of Bill Gallagher, and a man named Tom whom she could not pinpoint further. [...]

[...] I did not seem to pick up impressions about the ad itself, however. I seemed to pick up impressions of Bill at the newspaper office, and follow him as he went about his chores. I had no idea at the time that any of my impressions were correct. [...] I seem to work with words rather than images, that is, I pick up word impressions, I guess, rather than pictures.

[...] As she talked Jane jotted down her impressions. I interrupted my reading to put myself into a light trance state, and then wrote down four more impressions. [...] I used the trance state rather casually, and later wished I had written down more impressions; but I was interested in getting back to my reading.

[...] Jane said the impression was not too clear, and that she also had some impression of the living room and terrace of the Instream apartment, which we had seen in July 1965.

(Seth’s impressions do appear to be far-ranging, in connection with the old bureau and its label. [...] We will also try to verify some of the impressions through our landlord, Jimmy Spaziani. [...]

Here Seth’s impressions had been quite literal, as if the words on the bill were coming to life and being described as objects instead of as words describing objects. Later I was to do much better when Seth left some impressions up to me, but this kind of training was invaluable. [...] This test made us suspect that all impressions, extrasensory or otherwise, are initially nonverbal and nonvisual, more like pure feeling that is only later interpreted in sense terms.

[...] Not only did Seth pick up this excellent identifying information, but he gave further impressions concerning the whole page from which the test item had been taken. [...] The envelope item didn’t include these, yet Seth gave impressions referring to three of them.

Other impressions dealt with another article headlined “Portugal Shows Dip in Prisoners.” [...] Seth’s impressions were fairly obvious here: “Connection with a monstrosity, as of a monstrous building … A disturbance … a determination and a disadvantage … an inadequate performance.”

For one year, twice a week, Seth gave his impressions as to Dr. Instream’s activities. [...] It became obvious that emotional elements were more important; that activities of an emotional nature “came through” more clearly than impressions of a more neutral object. [...]

[...] The self does not perceive any impressions, you see, which are so vivid that it could be overwhelmed. As the self learns then it allows greater and more intense impressions.

I have the impression again of copper, but this may simply be connected with the kettle impression. [...]

(As Seth states in closing, the impressions tonight are legitimate, but too far removed for our purposes. Jane and I saw many glimmerings in the material, but needed more specific data; too many meanings could be attached to many of the impressions. [...]

[...] Identity would suffer if it were forced to perceive more impressions than it could effectively handle. [...]

(The following are the impressions Jane received at 10:22 while holding Don Wilbur’s watch:)

[...] She was a small woman… Jane’s impression was of a small person.

(Additional note by Rob regarding 12: Jane also had an impression of dark hair in connection with the arthritis data. [...]

IMPRESSIONS ATTACHED TO SESSION 268

(“I do have the impression of dark color and white, small handwriting perhaps on the back, in ink.” [...] The back impression could have been picked up by Seth because the object was folded inside the sealed double envelopes.

[...] These are impressions, connected with the object.

The impression of a rectangular shape. [...]

[...] The impression is certainly of some kind of photograph here. [...]

[...] After the end of the Seth session, I suddenly got the impression of a name, Martha. [...] With the assurance that this was correct, I went into a trance to see what impressions I could get for the students. When I was finished the results were discussed by the students; they told me what impressions were hits, etc. Apparently about 90% of the impressions were correct. The impressions will be given with a note as to their accuracy.)

The impression of 4 stars, service? [...]

(After the end of the Seth session, I suddenly got the impression of a name, Martha. [...] With the assurance that this was correct, I went into a trance to see what impressions I could get for the students. When I was finished the results were discussed by the students; they told me what impressions were hits, etc. Apparently about 90%of the impressions were correct. [...]

(The impressions will be given with a note as to their accuracy.)

The impression of four stars, service? [...]

The initial impressions are simple, quite elementary, and always correct. [...] The stronger the emotional charge connected with the item, however, the stronger the impressions received, and the more correct the data as a rule.

[...] (Pause.) The word short, or rather the impression of briefness. [...] Something brief in time, or brief in space, which could lead me for example to the impression of a small building. [...]

In all these experiments I receive the emotional and psychic impressions first, and then attempt to name your object.

[...] I may quite legitimately receive the impression of unendurable heaviness, for example, but then this must be properly interpreted, does the heaviness apply to a heavy psychic sorrow, or a heavy physical weight?

[...] Although none of the shapes on the original object are square, they do give the impression of being balanced one upon another. Any object produced like the envelope object will give a feeling of balance, no matter what the design, as long as both halves are printed or impressed in full. [...] It seems Seth had a correct impression.

I have the impression of a name, I believe Severn, S-e-v-e-r-n. I do not know to what it refers. [...]

[...] Other impressions, not connected with the object: A misuse. [...]

[...] These are impressions.

(We now come to an impression that Jane had while giving the experimental data this evening, but to which she did not give voice. [...] As soon as she opened the sealed double envelope and saw the object, Jane realized she had had an impression of bread. [...] She does not know why she didn’t give voice to them, other than that the next impression came along quickly. [...] Then succeeding impressions crowd out memory of what has been left unsaid, until later. In this instance, Jane could not recall very accurately what part of the data she was giving voice to when she had the bread impression, except that she was sure it wasn’t toward the end.

[...] As it was we spent about half an hour during break in an effort to begin to sort out the impressions. [...] Seth uses this as a springboard for his impressions.

(“The impression of cleverness”, meant little in particular, other than that Jane received the impression that F. Fell is the shrewd businessman type, through her telephone talks with him.

The impressions which you caught were indeed legitimate. I asked you to let the one impression pass because I hoped to make it clearer, but was unable to. [...]

(At least 40 correct impressions were given, more actually since some of them consisted of several points. [...] In one place, page two of the results, nine impressions in a row were correct and highly specific, and these added up to a complete picture of the place where the Gallaghers stayed. [...]

[...] There was some slight disagreement between the Gallaghers’ written notes and remarks made during conversation about the Seth impressions, which I took down on the spot. [...]

[...] The impression of movement, and some impression of a machine, perhaps an airplane.

(The spade impression here is apparently elaborated upon by Seth an impression or two later, in connection with underground data. [...]

(“The impression of movement, and some impression of a machine, perhaps an airplane.” [...]

Now, general impressions. [...]

[...] (Pause.) These are impressions. [...]

Now for some other impressions, not connected necessarily with the object. [...]

[...] (Pause.) These are impressions.

[...] The impression of splendid, something splendid.

Ruburt is of course much more familiar with sense impressions than he is with internal data, or with impressions that do not come to him through the physical senses. Therefore in our experiments, often, I will give him an impression, and he will automatically translate it into visual terms, although his eyes are closed. [...]

(“Ruburt’s impression now is of a basement. [...] It adds a little to the first impression given tonight. [...] Jane said now that because she hadn’t given the word grave in the envelope data in the 232nd session, involving a death, she made it a point to speak it aloud this evening when she obtained a similar impression.

For simplicity’s sake, I say that I gave him the image, but actually I gave him the impression, which he translated into an image, so that he could deal with it in a more familiar way.

[...] Suppose I am trying to give him the impression of a glass of water. [...]

(“An impression of many people.” Here Jane said she had the impression of a party, but decided to drop this line of association. [...]

(This rock data and related data is a case where Jane decided to pursue her original impression of being up high. Often, she said, it is left up to her as to whether to so develop an impression. [...]

(After the experiment, and after we had interpreted the data, Jane recalled one impression she had which she had not mentioned. The impression was “Star shape.” [...]

My first impression is of blocks, and a turnstile. [...]

[...] John said that nothing in the impressions meant anything to him; he could see no connections—so much so, he said, that as Seth gave the impressions John wondered if they were really directed to him. [...]

[...] These are impressions. [...]

[...] I will give the impressions as they come. [...]

[...] Connection with Mary, or the initial M. (Pause.) I will try to designate by using the word “now” the separation between impressions.

[...] The physical body often and consistently acts upon subconscious knowledge, but in order to impress consciousness, such information must be carried by some kind of sense impression, whether this be a pseudosense impression, or a more normal one.

Some sense impressions fall beneath the threshold of consciousness, these impressions coming from the outside environment. Some impressions however have their origin within inner reality, and the personality is receiving information not available to the egotistical self. [...]

[...] These are impressions.

[...] She was surprised at the early break, but more so at the impressions given, since she hadn’t expected them.