He described himself as an educator whose task was to impart the principles set forth in the Material to the current generation of human beings. The Seth personality said that he had completed his earthly reincarnations and that he was speaking from an adjacent plane of existence (or “system of reality” or “universe”, all terms which Seth used). The Seth personality described himself as an “energy personality essence no longer focused in physical reality” who was independent of Roberts’ subconscious, although Roberts herself expressed skepticism as to Seth’s origins. Robert Butts contributed notes and comments to all the Seth books, and thus was a co-author on all of them. The list of titles includes Seth Speaks The Nature of Personal Reality The Nature of the Psyche, Its Human Expression The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events The Unknown Reality and Dreams, Evolution and Value Fulfillment. This series of “Seth books” eventually totalled ten volumes, although the last two books appear to be incomplete due to Roberts’ illness.

Roberts claimed no authorship of these books beyond her role as medium and according to Roberts and Butts, these “channelled” books were published verbatim with only minor editorial corrections. The Material through 1969 was published in summary form in The Seth Material, which was written by Roberts with substantial excerpts from the Seth personality.īeginning with the 511th session in January, 1970, the Seth personality began to dictate his own books. These messages from the Seth personality, consisting mostly of monologues on a wide variety of topics, are collectively known as the “Seth Material” (sometimes referred to herein simply as the “Material”). Butts served as stenographer, taking the messages down in homemade shorthand, although some sessions were recorded.

For 21 years until Roberts’ death in 1984 (with a one-year hiatus due to her final illness), Roberts held regular sessions in which she went into a trance and purportedly spoke on behalf of the discarnate entity Seth. She began to dictate the messages instead of utilizing the Ouija board, and the board was eventually abandoned. Soon after, Roberts reported that she was hearing the messages in her head. According to Roberts and Butts, on Decemthey began to receive coherent messages from a male personality who eventually identified himself as Seth. In late 1963, Jane Roberts and her husband, Robert Butts, experimented with a Ouija board as part of Roberts’ research for a book on extra-sensory perception. The following originally copied and pasted from nationmaster encyclopedia. For all Seth related posts on my website click here.

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