“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

That sort of exposure, in your terms, has not happened before, and of itself it forces both mind and heart to question some dictates that have been taken for granted in the past—for in the past almost any kind of destruction or war or violence was justified if it was done in God’s name, or if the soldiers were marching “on the side of right.”

Another point: the meetings in question alter probabilities, and again in a way that in your terms was hardly possible before, for the world looks on, so to speak. [...]

[...] That was very good, though.”)

^* In 1965, in response to my letter, an older and very respected parapsychologist — “Dr. Instream,” Jane called him — invited Jane and me to attend the hypnosis symposium he was to conduct at a New York State college. [...] It was there that Jane and I had our most unfortunate encounter with the young psychologist. [...]

[...] I was surprised to suddenly notice that her voice was much clearer now, cold or no. [...] Then she announced that she was going to bed. [...]

(As we sat waiting at 9:32, Jane reported that she was getting her “pyramid” or “cone” effect. [...] She was still exhilarated from her work on Politics. [...]

[...] She fell quiet now after reassuring me that she was all right. The evening was quite warm; we had a window open; the traffic noises rushed up to our second-floor living room. [...]

(Jane, in an obvious state of altered or enhanced consciousness, not only outlined all of Politics today, but wrote four manuscript pages that will either go into its Introduction or Chapter 1. All of the material poured out of her in a most remarkable, unimpeded way — “… as though it was already finished somewhere else, just waiting for me to get it down. [...]

[...] No sooner was she out of trance than Jane started coughing. She said it was probably because she had picked up what Seth was going to discuss after break, although I had seen her take a swallow of beer just before she started coughing. [...]

[...] Now the selves that you know are now returning through the channels, and as they do you will experience a relaxation of the neck and shoulder area and as you return into the selves that you know the back of your heads will also feel more rested for the body knew that there was a difference in consciousness for some of you. [...]

(Following a discussion of everyone’s experience Jane explained a new tenant had moved in and as it was late she would relate what Seth would say.)

[...] And, of course, get all the way back, but I know that’s what he was going to say. [...]

[...] His material was hilarious, provocative, and profound — all at once. [...]

[...] (Here, Seth’s voice was powerful and emphatic indeed. [...]

[...] For many people will accept the same philosophy when expressed as it was in the 725th session, and yet be quite upset when those ideas are discussed in the vernacular, in language that certainly cannot be considered ambiguous in any fashion.)

[...] “I was inhibited by all kinds of things — noises, mostly. [...] Was there more noise than usual?”

[...] I told Jane that Seth’s information was as penetrating as ever. I also reminded her that the house was actually quieter than it usually is. [...]

[...] Prior to the 17th century, extensive searches and studies were made for a “natural” or Adamic language, a basic form of human communication that was supposed to underlie all racial languages; no such universal protolanguage was ever isolated. [...]

[...] The interesting thing here was that after a while my co-workers not only came to understand what I was saying, but joined in the game.

(Since the 806th session was held 10 weeks ago [on July 30], then, I’ve worked steadily on Volume 2 of “Unknown.” [...] Jane, who was to work on James all through September, prepared a presentation for that book so that in the meantime her editor, Tam Mossman, could show it to his associates at Prentice-Hall. On September 12, Jane had a very vivid dream that she believes was rooted in a past life of hers in Turkey: Her dream involved a little boy, Prince Emir, who lived in a brand-new world in which death hadn’t been invented yet. [...]

[...] Seth-Jane was certainly busy on all of those Monday and Saturday nights, though, and came through with another separate series of sessions after I inserted the 806th session into Mass Events — 17 of them this time, as compared to the 10 sessions delivered before the 806th was held. [...]

The official mentioned, by the way, that there was indeed no direct evidence connecting past flu shots with the occurrence of a rather bizarre disease that some of those inoculated with the flu vaccine happened to come down with.⁴ All in all, it was quite an interesting announcement, with implications that straddle biology, religion, and economics. [...]

[...] It was triggered by a visit we had recently from a reader who obviously had strong tendencies toward paranoia. [...]

In many ancient civilizations, the night with its blackness was revered, and the secrets of nighttime consciousness explored. Correlations were made in which such knowledge was used consciously in the daytime. [...]

[...] There was always a great fear that the blacks as a race would escape their bounds — given an inch they would take a yard — simply because the whites so greatly feared the nature of the inner self, and recognized the power that they tried so desperately to strangle within themselves.

[...] So there was a give-and-take involved in which the blacks expressed certain tendencies for the country as a whole, while the whites expressed other characteristics.

[...] Individuals — or races — did not have to take certain specific roles, acting out various portions of humanity’s characteristics; each person was allowed to be unique, with all that that implies.

[...] This was more important than you seem to remember. [...] So does Jane, I think.) Ruburt was worried about money in the bank then—not six months or a year hence with royalties. [...] It was a poor year financially speaking for them. [...]

His characteristic posture worked for what it was, and it was locked together in all of its parts. [...]

[...] It was distributed to bookstores and areas specifically involved with the conventional occult field. [...]

Ruburt in this life also was alone, without that supportive framework. (Pause.) The framework about him as a child was not supportive, but threatening. [...]

[...] It came from an excellent source, a pyramid gestalt personality, with definite characteristics, but the alien nature of the personality was too startling to Cayce, and he could not perceive it. [...]

Now, I have given you what you wanted, and some information that I thought you needed, and I will end the session: like Old King Cole, a merry old soul was he. [...]

[...] Long pause.) The family had its severe disadvantages, but you were certain of its framework, which was to some extent at least, supportive.

[...] “That was one of the few times in all of these sessions,” Jane said, “when I was not even in trance.” [...]

(The night was very hot and uncomfortably humid, but Jane didn’t want to miss the session. [...]

(Jane’s pace tonight was rather slow, her voice quiet.)

[...] Originally, and in your terms of time, it was precisely the imagination that in its own way set you apart from other creatures, enabling you to form realities in your mind that you could “later” exteriorize.

[...] In those terms there was a point where consciousness, through intent, impressed itself into matter. [...] It had nothing to do with the propensity of certain kinds of cells to reproduce — [all cells are] imbued with the “drive” for value fulfillment — but with an overall illumination that set the conditions in which life was possible as you think of it; and at that imaginary, hypothetical point, all species became latent. [...] That illumination was everywhere then at every point aware of itself, and of the conditions formed by its presence.

(Even so, as I worked on this appendix I wondered again and again why I was investing so much time in it. [...] I was quite surprised at my reactions. [...]

[...] According to Judaism and Christianity, among many religions, man could seek forgiveness and salvation; he had a soul. After Darwin, he learned that even his physical presence on earth was an accident of nature. He was taught — he taught himself — that ideas of souls and gods were ridiculous. [...]

[...] If science insists that there was, and is, no design or planner behind man’s emergence, then how can man be expected to act as if there was, or is? [...]

[...] “If it never happened, it would mean the body consciousness was always subservient to other more dominant portions of the personality, and I don’t think that’s true either. After all, if that was the case and things went wrong, the body consciousness could see its own death approaching, even, and not be able to do anything about it …”

(The day was colder — 28 degrees — when I left for 330. [...]

[...] They are, now, beginning to return (as I was just going to ask Seth). On some days his eyes do not read as easily as on others, and on those days they simply reflect an unevenness as they prepare themselves for still other improvements. [...]

(The day was very warm — over 90 degrees — when I left for 330 this noon. Jane was better today, and 330 wasn’t bad at all, with the air conditioner going, the fan on, and the windows wide open. [...] I worked on mail after helping Jane eat lunch, until she said she was ready for a session. [...]

(4:35 p.m. It was getting late, and I didn’t read the session to Jane.)

(Long pause.) The best thing Frank has done so far was say “Your back feels youthful,” and at another time “Her hips pivot like a dancer’s.” [...] His back does not have to bother him in the meantime, as was suggested. [...]

[...] Was the new environment too rich for your blood? [...]

[...] Yet because he was the one so involved, he had to test each strand, and in the meantime he still had his “old” consciousness, with its habits, to contend with.

[...] She was going to pass it up again. As it turned out, I think the session was well worth having.)

[...] That desire was clear-cut. [...]

[...] Circulation was increased. [...]

[...] My question of course grew out of the first installment of the story about us and Seth that was published earlier this week in the Village Voice. [...]

[...] Ruburt thought the plant next door was dead. It was bent over, doubled. [...]

He tried to regulate his own health through his beliefs, while a part of him still wondered if he was wrong. [...]

[...] Now that was one sequence. In the other sequence you were a woman and our friend over here (Natalie) was a very unfaithful suitor and you believed him implicitly and he left you, as the saying goes, in the lurch. [...]

[...] Even though Monday’s session had been for Dreams, she was still nervous about going back to the book after being away from it for well over a month before that—yet she was ready to go.)

(10:01 P.M. “Boy,” Jane said, “I sensed a whole bunch of stuff on dreams, and when I reached that part on reincarnation and dreams, I knew that’s where I was supposed to get. I felt like it was great.” [...]

[...] But culture throughout the ages was spread by more than physical means. [...]

[...] It was most definitely faster—sometimes spectacularly so—during all of those years she gave sessions in ESP class.