“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Centuries ago, in your terms, words and images had a closer relationship — now somewhat tarnished — and this older relationship appears in the dream fabric. We will use English here as an example. The great descriptive nature of names, for instance, can give you an indication of the unity of image and word as they appear in your dreams. Once, a man who tailored clothes was named “Tailor.” A man who was a robber was called “Robber.” If you were the son of a man with a certain name, then “son of” was simply added, so you had “Robberson.” Each reader can think of many such examples.

Ruburt and Joseph know that Star Trek is not “real.” Planets can explode on the television screen, and Ruburt will not spill one drop of coffee. The cozy living room is quite safe from the imaginary catastrophes that are occurring just a few feet from the couch. Yet in a way the program reflects certain beliefs of your society in general, and so it is like a specialized mass waking dream — real but not real. For a moment, though, let us change the program to your favorite cops-and-robbers show. A woman is shot down in the street. Now this drama becomes “more real,” more immediately probable, less comfortable. So watching such a program, you may feel slightly threatened yourself, yet still largely unconcerned.

[...] The fear of robbers attracts robbers. [...]

[...] I chose such an example because more than one person would have to be involved — the victim and the robber. [...]

[...] Children playing at cowboys and Indians, or cops and robbers, can on occasion become quite as frightened by the pursuit or the chase as they would be if they were actually caught up in such an adventure in ordinary life.

[...] She then must take steps of course to protect herself against illness, and she is in fear of robbers for the same reason.

[...] She watches news for stories of illnesses and robbers.

[...] First of all, robbers come hooded and they do not come to front doors but to side doors and to doors not usually used. [...]

[...] He gave to these hooded robbers that came in at the side door. [...]

[...] You were robbers for a time. [...]

[...] You know that robbers exist. [...]

[...] Some sects kept false records on purpose as blinds, so that if these were stolen, the robbers would think they had what they were after.

[...] It was too dangerous, there were too many robbers. [...]

(Long pause.) Your television dramas, the cops-and-robbers shows, the spy productions, are simplistic, yet they relieve tension in a way that your public health announcements cannot do. [...]

[...] It was too dangerous; there were too many robbers. [...]