“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

There has been a seasonal excitement in the air that will soon now diminish to a more normal tone. [...]

[...] The interesting thing here is that the larger leaves of the plant at the office are now beginning to show definite brownish tones. [...]

[...] In our terms however, the friction is emotional in tone. [...]

[...] Then she laughed into the phone and said, “What?” in tones of mock disbelief. [...]

[...] What?” in tones of great mock disbelief — as the woman had used in the dream. [...]

[...] Jane broke off at once to speak in a conversational tone. [...]

[...] My original notes contain a few cryptic remarks here about such things as “our discussion,” “many ramifications apparent,” etc., and of course I’ve long forgotten just what they referred to; other than the general tone of the session material, I suppose.

[...] In spite of the very reasonable tone of the material in it, to me it seemed to fly in the face of all of the accumulated fears that had been bugging me, and Jane also, I thought. [...]

(When Jane did begin speaking for Seth, her voice had an extra energy and impetus, a somewhat stronger and deeper tone; obviously something had been added; these hard-to-describe qualities were present for most of the session.)

[...] One thing that inhibited me is that I was aware, of course, of the predominantly negative context or tone of the whole idea of the list. [...]

Now I regret that you must be so involved with note-taking that I cannot speak to you in a more conversational tone. [...]

[...] Curves, angles, lines all represented, beside their obvious objective function in a drawing, a highly complicated series of variations in pitch, tone and value; or if you prefer, invisible words.

(Jane now said that she felt the larger personality, speaking freely, might present its data in something like musical notes or tones, rather than words. [...]

She had carried those beliefs of course throughout that period of time, and they were expressed unconsciously through her body — through gestures, expressions, tones of voice. [...]

[...] You began your day, first of all, by verbally expressing your dissatisfaction about the late delivery of the paper, by projecting into the future the late delivery of it for a year, and then by discussing critically and in disapproving tones the educational system, and so forth.

Such feeling-tone “words” (in quotes), with pantomime or the expressive body, can therefore come closer often than structured language to convey various levels of emotion, to explain levels of subjective feeling that are often distorted in recognizable words.

[...] When Jane spoke the word “wars,” above, her tone of voice and her facial expression had a “wouldn’t you know it” connotation.)

(Jane’s voice in trance can be almost conversational in tone, volume, and pace, but is subject to a wide range of these qualities. [...]

[...] She had painted it several years ago, in very dark and gloomy tones.

Gradually he inhibited the love and joy, and you the negatives until your lives lacked those natural rises and falls in feelings in tone. [...]

[...] The entire feeling-tone of his present personality is changed — and directly — by the information he receives.

[...] They were enunciated in Seth’s own peculiarly accented tones; accompanied by gestures in a living performance that I hope the reader will keep in mind.