“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Such bibles existed, not written down but carried orally, as mentioned some time ago, by the Speakers. It was only much later that this information was written down, and by then, of course, much had been forgotten. This is apart from the fact of tampering, or downright misinformation (long pause) as various factions used the material for their own ends.

(I thought, as soon as Seth had mentioned it, that the data regarding the Speakers and oral traditions went way back to when Jane produced Seth Speaks in 1970–71. [See Session 558 for November 5, 1970, in the appendix of Seth Speaks]

[...] Such Bibles existed, not written down but carried orally, as mentioned some time ago, by the Speakers. [...]

Seth first discussed the Speakers, and their oral traditions, in Session 558 for November 5, 1970. [...]

(It is of interest here to note that a current Biblical reference work, in dealing with the very early history of Israel, has much to say about the “oral traditions” which preceded — and thus helped shape — the written word by many centuries. During this long oral period many distortions, omissions, etc., took place for a variety of reasons. [...]

3. I see correlations between Seth’s material here and my speculations at the end of the 922nd session (for this chapter), concerning his apparently unlimited capacity for oral history.

[...] Many complicated questions and reasons have been advanced in dealing with various aspects of the Gospels: their possible foundation in oral tradition and older common literary or documentary sources; whether any of them embodies an eyewitness account of the life of Christ [it has been very recently claimed that Mark’s was written only a few years after Christ’s death, for example], whether the Gospels should simply be regarded as expressing a single tradition, the fact and atmosphere of Christ, regardless of anything else, etc.

(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. [...]

[...] There had been a good deal of radio and newspaper publicity concerning the oral vaccines at that time. [...]

[...] His potential for oral history appears to be unlimited.

(During class, Seth commented that this latest Sumari development would help her decipher the very ancient — and largely oral — Speaker “manuscripts” that she mentions in her Introduction. [...]

(On file: see “A Life in the Talmud,” New York Times Magazine for September 11, 1977, on oral history of Jews as well as the Talmud itself.)

[...] I made a mistake: I should have insisted upon a detailed oral or written account from her, and made my own notes if necessary. [...]

(The Gallaghers went over Seth’s material with us orally a day or two after returning from vacation; this was on the evening of the unscheduled session for Thursday, October 28, and I had time for but a few quick written notes. [...]