“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Seth is a highly creative “energy personality essence,” as he calls himself, who speaks through Jane while she’s in a trance or dissociated state. [...]

[...] When she’s really into her trance state, her blue-gray eyes become much darker, much more luminous and penetrating. [...]

[...] I sat opposite Jane in our quiet, softly-lit living room, working on these notes while I waited for her to take off her glasses and go easily into trance. [...]

[...] Jane remained in trance.)

(Note: Jane’s trance data mentioned another newspaperman besides Bill G. —i.e. Tom Page. [...]

[...] Jane sat quietly in trance, while I stretched a bit and rested my right hand. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been good. [...]

[...] What follows is Jane’s own reconstruction of the session, made two days later; for this reason I think it interesting, aside from its intrinsic content, in that it reveals that Jane was able to recall quite an amount of what she said while in the trance state.

[...] Almost instantly, it seemed, I snapped out of my trance.

[...] Jane’s trance had been profound. [...] “It’s still a different kind of trance,” she said, “and once you’re in it, it’s better to stay there. [...]

[...] All at once, as I watched her delivering the 684th session on February 20, I saw strong resemblances between my painting and certain poses she repeatedly took while in trance.

[...] I got Jane a beer while she sat waiting in trance.)

[...] As 10:00 AM approached I did decide I would have to rest for half an hour; I then got the idea of putting myself into a light trance and suggesting that my subconscious would consider any problems I might [...]

(As I began to put myself in a light trance state, suddenly from the living room came a static noise such as our radio often makes. [...]

[...] I then continued putting myself in a light trance, suggesting that my subconscious would give me an experiment that would prove the validity of clairvoyance, premonition or prediction for the chapter I was working on. [...]

(Friday 6/19, 9:30 PM: Halfway through my induction into the desired trance state I became aware that my forearms and hands once again felt quite enlarged intrinsically, and also quite far apart, perhaps 6 feet or so, although as I lay on my back on the bed my hands were so close to my sides they touched my hips. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance was good. [...]

[...] As we sat for tonight’s session Jane said, “I know what Seth’s going to call Augustus’s other personality: ‘Augustus Two.’” We were amused, thinking of Seth and Seth Two.¹ Now, Jane began speaking slowly in trance.)

[...] But as soon as she came out of trance — which was quickly, as usual — she told me, “I can tell that Seth’s got more on that right there, all ready and waiting…. [...]

[...] One of the reasons for this, I’ve often thought, is because Jane isn’t the only one who’s in a trance during a session — the receiver [myself, for instance] is too, in his or her own way. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been good, her pace rather fast, her voice quiet. [...]

[...] She flinched so I thought he interrupted her, but upon coming out of trance Jane said she hardly remembered the incident. [...]

[...] 11:18 P.M. Jane’s trance had been quite deep, and it took her longer than usual to come out of it. [...]

[...] Jane came out of trance quickly enough, though it had been a good one. [...]

[...] She didn’t know why it didn’t come out while in trance, since she knows the word and what it stands for.)

[...] When she came out of trance she nearly fell in the darkness, feeling a momentary disorientation because of the depth of the trance.)

(Seth withdrew, and as break was starting and Jane began coming out of trance, Florence, shaking her fingers after writing for so long, made a comment that she wished the tape recorder was here. [...]

[...] Jane seemed to have a hard time coming out of trance and Sally touched her shoulder and said, “Jane, are you coming back?” Seth came through abruptly.)

[...] Jane smiled and came out of trance easily. [...] She had not been aware of any such delays while in trance.

(Then, to my surprise, she did go into trance. [...]

[...] “Jesus, I ought to go in trance more often,” Jane laughed. [...]

(After an instant of surprise, ears up, he jumped down from the divan, across the coffee table between us, and up into Jane’s lap while she was still in trance. [...]

[...] When our conversation began to range over psychic phenomena, leadership, history, and language,¹ Jane went into trance; then Seth came through strongly. [...]

(Jane came out of trance — briefly — and Warren began explaining what had gone on. [...]

(After Seth had answered questions from some of the others present, Jane came out of trance and we discussed what had been said … eventually getting into the question of whether or not Seth’s ideas were “old” or “new.” [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been good. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance was, she said, very good. [...]

[...] Jane was very relaxed the moment she came out of trance. [...]

(10:10 P.M. “I thought you didn’t want Seth to say anything about Billy tonight?” I asked Jane as she easily came out of trance.

[...] You know that you hallucinate the room, that you are as much in trance here as you ever are when you are in psychological time. I simply want you to realize that if this life is a trance, then you can turn the direction of your consciousness to perceive greater realities that presently exist. [...]