“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(In answer to many queries, I’ll explain here why I prefer to write these sessions down instead of using a recorder. Shortly after Seth began to speak through Jane in late 1963 we tried recording the material, but I soon learned that I can type a session from my notes a lot faster than I can from a tape.

[...] Lengthy explanations were required and I did not record them; the Gallaghers said they would write out the data for us upon receipt of a copy of the impressions, so the material can be included with this record.

(I settled for sentences recording the gist of the session, then, and will add notes where necessary. [...]

(This session was recorded.)

(There was more to the above question that I missed, but the Milligans have it recorded.)

(If I recorded the above correctly.)

(Seth now made some comments, here not recorded, about my using our recorder for more information, but as usual I was hesitant because of the time involved later in transcription. [...]

[...] It is deleted from the record.

This can be for the record or you may delete it.

[...] You have to be able to afford all the paper to record our sessions.

[...] You may put this in the record or not, you will not have children, for reasons that I have explained. [...]

[...] Any time you want to record a session and have it typed up, then I will deal with recordable material.

[...] You should write down your description of each dream picture, therefore, and keep a continuing record, for each one provides more knowledge about the nature of your own psyche and the unknown reality in which it has its existence.

[...] You must learn how to focus, how to emphasize those particular qualities you want to record, and how to cut out distracting influences. [...]

[...] She gave me also our copy of our medical records, but we were so busy I barely looked at them. [...]

[...] Seth spoke about some of the benefits in the recorded session he gave for the college psychology class. [...]

[...] It is deleted from the record.

[...] Since they recorded it, I did not take notes.

Your idea of keeping detailed records of psychological time experiments is an excellent one. [...]

Ruburt may, if he wishes, delete the following from the record.

[...] Once again, however, she shied away from translating any more of that dirgelike Sumari song she’d sung to herself, and recorded, shortly before going into the hospital. [...]

(About 4 pages of material followed this, but it was too fast to record. [...]

[...] In preparation, I reread my own records and poetry. The poetry itself provides a clear record of subjective thoughts and emotions. [...]

[...] Then I gave Pete Mary Krebs’s phone number, in Utilization Review at the hospital; she determines the level of patient care, reviews medical records, etc. [...]

[...] Pete hadn’t asked me for any files or records, as I’d expected him to.

(Jane and I do not usually use the recorder for sessions because it doubles the time involved in transcribing notes. [...] We have considered holding just one longer session a week, in which the recorder could be used. [...]

I wish this evening that you had your recorder going, since I feel somewhat hampered by the slow pace that is necessary otherwise. [...]

[...] I am sorry Joseph that the recorder is not going, as I feel restrained and could speak more quickly.

(Seth came through with this, we believe, because he had expressed a wish that we had our recorder going this evening, and because he evidently wanted to sound out strong and loud and could not do so in an apartment house. [...]

[...] At times I’ve even wondered if I recorded the dream accurately, since in it I didn’t see him having a heart attack, only rubbing his chest area with Margaret helping him, and myself there as only a witness. [...]

[...] In other cases, it is not recorded in any way within the physical system but is recorded at deeper layers of the self.

[...] Rob told me about the dream and recorded it in the morning.

[...] I looked to my own dream records for some answers, but Seth discussed this point in Session 197 for October 11, 1965: