Jane Roberts - The Early Sessions: Book 3 of The Seth Material

THE

EARLY SESSIONS

Book 3 of The Seth Material

SESSIONS 86-148

9/9/644/21/65

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THE EARLY SESSIONS

The Early Sessions consist of the first 510 sessions dictated by Seth through Jane Roberts. There are 9 books in The Early Sessions series.

THE PERSONAL SESSIONS

The Personal Sessions , often referred to as the deleted sessions, are Seth sessions that Jane Roberts and Rob Butts considered to be of a highly personal nature and were therefore kept in separate notebooks from the main body of the Seth material. There are 7 books in The Personal Sessions series.

The great value I see now in the many deleted or private sessions is that they have the potential to help others, just as they helped Jane and me over the years. I feel that its very important to have these sessions added to Janes fine creative body of work for all to see. Rob Butts

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Recordings of Seth speaking through Jane Roberts are available on CD. (Further information is supplied at the back of this book.)

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THE

EARLY SESSIONS

Book 3 of The Seth Material

SESSIONS 86-148

9/9/644/21/65

1998 by Robert Butts

2013 Laurel Davies Butts

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Seth (Spirit)

The early sessions: volume 3 of the seth material / [channeled] by Jane Roberts ; notes by Robert F. Butts.

p. cm.(A Seth book)

ISBN 0-9652855-2-9

1. Spirit writings. 2. SelfMiscellanea

I. Roberts, Jane 19291984. II. Butts, Robert F. III. Title

IV. Series: Seth (Spirit), 19291984 Seth book.

Library of Congress Catalog Number: 96-69349

Ebook ISBN 978-0-9849285-5-2

Printed Book ISBN 0-9652855-2-9

Printed in U.S.A. on acid-free paper

Please note that in a few instances, page numbers are mentioned in the text for the purpose of cross-referencing material. These page numbers apply only to the page numbers in the trade paperback version

I dedicate The Early Sessions

to my wife, Jane Roberts,

who lived her 55 years

with the greatest creativity

and the most valiant courage.

-Rob

SESSION 86

SEPTEMBER 9, 1964 9 PM WEDNESDAY AS SCHEDULED

(While trying psychological time on Wednesday, September 9, 8:15 PM, I had, after reaching a pleasant state, the rather strange sensation of having my legs pulled or stretched, as though some force was trying to elongate them. I felt rather strongly a sensation of gripping on the inside of each ankle, coupled with a downward pull, or stretching. It had some duration also; I had plenty of time to lightly explore the sensation.

(Bill Macdonnel arrived to witness the session. With him he brought some rolls of copper sheeting for our table, and incense and a burner. Both of these items, Jane had read recently, had been shown to be useful in psychic states by adding negative ions to the air. A negatively charged atmosphere has been shown to effectively increase ones psychic abilities.

(I thought the copper insufficient in quantity, but we unrolled it upon the table, and lit the incense. Its pleasant musty smell filled the room. I thought the trappings might bring forth some rather pungent comments from Seth, but kept my own counsel. Jane was not nervous before the session. She began dictating in a quiet and amused voice, quite slowly. Her pacing was also slow, her eyes dark as usual.)

Good evening.

(Good evening, Seth.)

I appreciate the many and varied preparations made this evening for my expected arrival.

Next you will undoubtedly suggest that I pose, contemplate what might pass for my navel, carve a likeness, and set it up in the middle of your table.

I do not seriously imagine that you would entertain such a ludicrous idea, but the situation certainly contains humorous overtones, and it would not be like me to let anything like this pass without comment.

My welcome to Mark, with his enthusiastic good intentions. Nor indeed is the idea behind all this ridiculous in any manner. Good intentions are highly important, and what you think will work, will work.

(It might be added that this evening it had rained, and now the night was very hot and humid. The windows were open; from a neighbors house some distance away, we could hear a phonograph playing, the sound carrying clearly on the heavy air. Traffic noise also seemed much louder than usual. Jane, dictating, seemed to carry her head at an unusual angle, as though listening. Her delivery was by now very slow.)

I would like to discuss some material that we have left unfinished, making certain that you understand that there are chemical and electrical reactions resulting from mental enzymes, that are also present in the process of constructing psychic energy into physical construction.

There are interactions here of utmost importance. For simplicitys sake you may say that ideas are electric, in that they spark enzymes within the mechanism, that then automatically begin the work of physical construction, in line with inner expectations as outlined earlier.

I have spoken of mental enclosures. Theoretically there is no such thing as a closed system. However for all practical purposes a closed mental system is one which allows the least amount of camouflage data to come through. It is not closed entirely but nevertheless it could be said to approximate in psychic terms the enclosure within which your so-called mediums work; that is, with a minimum of camouflage communication at hand.

(Seth began referring to mental enclosures, mental enzymes, etc., many many sessions ago, at the same time he began to give the information on the inner senses. By the time the 20th session was held these discussions of such material were in full swing.)

The system or the mental enclosure, again, is only closed comparatively speaking. An endeavor is made to close one opening from one plane, and keep the alternate or inner communication channel open. As an analogy here, the conscious ego could be said to exist within this copper tube, located at approximately its center.

(Jane had picked up a roll of copper tubing that we had not used on the table. Now she touched the left end of the tube as she held it before me.)