“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The mail from Prentice-Hall is increasing considerably, whether or not this is in line with Seth’s recent statement that an increase in sales of the books is under way. Batches of fan mail have arrived the last three days. [...] I believe I’m on the point of renouncing the fan mail, or most of it. [...]

[...] It was mailed or sent, or the object is connected with an item that was mailed or sent.

[...] The mail had to do with his letter. [...]

[...] She quit for a smoke at 3:12 while I worked on mail. [...] I kept thinking about the session, listening to Jane try to read it as I looked over mail. [...]

[...] I tried doing some mail, but stopped to help her, then at 3:l6 started reading the session to her. [...]

[...] I tried to do mail, but was too sleepy. [...]

[...] As of now we have so far mailed the letter to Eleanor re Rich Bed; phoned the ad about a house in to the Elmira paper; obtained the paint for Jane’s workroom; put up new curtains in her room; begun inquiries about the duplication of the letter for readers who write to Jane; packaged the first six chapters of Seth’s book to mail to Tam at Prentice-Hall tomorrow; begun to check the galleys for Oversoul Seven—all of these being items on the list we made out a couple of days ago. [...]

[...] When he realizes he need not be at their demand he can be freely grateful for his mail, and not resentful.

[...] Hugh’s wife will mail out the form letters. [...]

[...] I did some mail. [...]

[...] I worked on mail. [...]

(Did mail.)

(The mail was very heavy last week, and Jane still has a batch of Christmas cards to reply to yet, as well as a dozen “regular” letters, even after answering better than 35 letters.

[...] Many of your accomplishments (long pause) are allowed to fade when you do not pay attention to the large bulk of your mail, for it does involve people whose lives you are indeed helping to change for the better. [...]

(1. Sue has to do a considerable amount of research for Conversations with Seth, incidentally, especially locating, then interviewing—in person, by telephone or by mail, as the case may be—numerous class members. [...]

[...] She didn’t feel anything at first, and I did some mail while I waited. [...]

(As a matter of fact, Jane received the first copy of the Seth Speaks paperback in the mail today.)

[...] They all added up to a steady barrage of self-criticism and fear of not writing, of perhaps doing the dishes instead, or cleaning the house, of making more work for me, of time spent answering the mail—whatever it might be. [...]

If you do not have copies of your own letters, perhaps you can tell us what you said in them, and the dates you mailed them. [...]

[...] You might wonder what would have happened had you mailed an important letter that you subsequently decided not to mail; and in such small wonderings only, have you ever questioned the nature of probabilities. [...]

[...] In the mail for yesterday I found the new cover design for the trade paper edition of The God of Jane — a nice-looking job, we like it. [...]

[...] Jane’s birthday is May 8, but she received the package sometime after this; we located a letter from Jane’s mother dated May 10, in which she discusses mailing the sweater to Jane soon. [...]

[...] A nurse friend at the hospital there runs her errands for her, etc., and mailed the sweater to Jane shortly after May 10,1966. [...]

[...] We located the letter of May 10 from Jane’s mother, concerning the mailing of the sweater to Jane, but do not believe the above data refers to that letter exclusively, although there is evidently some connection.

[...] Now if only I can catch up, once again, on answering the fan mail! [...] Oh-oh: Now there’s another idea for a book—one built around the fan mail, with permissions, of course. [...]

And, finally, what of our efforts to handle the steadily increasing volume of mail that’s resulted from the publication of Jane’s books? [...] Jane handles most of the mail herself these days, and tries to add a few individual lines to each reply. [...]

All mail does not come from the postman, so each of you should have your own kind of inner response from me whatever letter you have sent by mail. [...]

[...] Much of the response to her work that Jane receives by mail and telephone indicates this is happening. [...]

[...] This particular quality means that they resist forming any kind of organization, even though such an organization might help in answering the mail. [...]

(For the first time in a very long while, most of last week’s mail remains unanswered—sitting in the basket on the table at the end of the couch. [...] One even took us to task for “obscenities” in Volume 2 of “Unknown.” Jane and I have been talking about how best to deal with the implications of the mail—it often bothers her—but haven’t reached any conclusions. [...]

[...] (It is in the mail but hasn’t arrived, due to the postal strike.) With his literal mind, he wants to see it in black and white.

(In my original and unpublished notes in Session 520 in Seth Speaks I listed three chances for the fruition of Seth’s prediction: The mention in Cosmopolitan of Jane’s ESP book for April 1970; Tam’s news about New American Library being very interested in the Seth material book; or Jane’s contract for the dream book being in the mail from Prentice-Hall.)