“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Ordinarily Jane has excellent hearing; she must have super acuity in the trance state.

[...] Ideally, you should relax yourself as much as possible first—a light trance, for example, gives much more dependable results – but the mind should be stilled. [...]

[...] A light trance state, self induced, can yield excellent results in a subject who is trained along these lines. [...]

[...] I repeated these few words a few times, but do not believe I put myself in any kind of a trance, although at the time I took the precaution of reminding myself I could snap out of it any time I wanted to.

[...] She’d been taking a little wine during her trance. [...]

(Still in trance, Jane set the milk aside. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been a deep one. [...]

[...] Jane sighed with obvious relief as she came out of trance. [...]

[...] Jane, still in trance, sat quietly for a short time. [...]

[...] In trance Jane is as “cool as a cucumber” — until break, that is, when she has to contend with the temperature like the rest of us.)

[...] Break came a little early, after Jane had been in trance for just 42 minutes. [...]

[...] Jane went into trance as easily as ever, but her Seth voice contained the same underlying tremor I’ve noticed on a number of occasions since she’s returned home. [...]

[...] Jane had dictated her material just as she had on April 1 and 5, without going into trance. [...]

[...] When she went into trance at 7:39 her Seth voice had a distinct tremor—one decidedly more pronounced than on April 12—and a hard-to-define faraway quality. [...]

[...] Jane’s eyes opened and she was out of trance. [...]

(“I’ve often wondered if I go into a light trance myself.”)

[...] Jane lay quietly in trance while I took the gift from the girl and set it on the stand beside my chair.)

Trance states, daydreaming, hypnotism — these give you some hint of the various differences that can occur from the standpoint of waking consciousness. [...]

[...] So I didn’t feel like going into a trance.

[...] This time, I didn’t have to wait for him to report what I’d done while I was in a Seth trance. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been really deep, her pace as fast as it’s been since Seth began this book. [...]

[...] Then when she came out of trance again, Jane said, “He’s got stuff on Willy, too,” but she was tiring. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been deep, her pace fast, as it was throughout the session. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been deep throughout the session, her pace for the most part quite fast. [...]

Seth suggests that self-hypnosis and light trance states be used as ways to uncover inner problems that are causing us difficulty. [...]

[...] Above, as Jane goes into trance, she—as Seth—removes her glasses and has thrown them onto the couch. [...]

Here and on the following pages, Janes trance expressions and gestures change dramatically to those of Seth. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been deep, her delivery for the most part just about as fast as I could write. [...]

[...] When you use the Ouija board or trance procedures, you frequently free philosophical areas of your mind that have been frozen. [...]

[...] Jane rested a minute or so, still in trance. [...]

[...] “Boy,” Jane said after she was out of an excellent trance, “I had the feeling we were getting some new stuff. [...]

[...] Jane sat waiting quietly, still in trance, then resumed when I sat down.)