You may call me whatever you choose.  I call myself Seth.  It fits the me of me, the personality more clearly approximating the whole self I am, or am trying to be.  Joseph is your whole self, more or less, the image of the sum of your various personalities of the past and of the future.

It hadn't been a month yet since we began with the Ouija board.  Our ideas of what was possible were being turned topsy-turvy.  We decided to hold one other session to see what Seth had to say about the affair, and again we considered dropping the experiments, book or no book.


The next night we held what we thought might be our last session.  After it, we knew that we were committed, and to us the session really marks the beginning of the Seth Material, the end of the preliminary data.

For the first time Seth really "came through" as a definite other personality, laughing and joking.  Rob just couldn't believe that he was speaking to me, in any ordinary terms.  But more than this, Seth's long monologue on the nature of reality captivated and intrigued us.  We had no idea that it was actually a highly simplified explanation, cleverly geared toward our own level of understanding at the time.  It made a tremendous impression on us nonetheless.

The present individual in any given life  could be called a fragment of his entire entity, having all the properties of the original entity, though they remain latent or unused.


The study of time will teach you about the nature of fifth dimension also.  Our imaginary wires composed of solidified vitality are fluid, I hope you understand this, even while they are solidified.  For solidity is illusion.

For a while I think I spent half the time trying to psychoanalyze Seth and the other half trying to analyze myself.

"You have been given a sketchy outline, but we have time to fill it in," he said, smiling.  "For that matter, the outline itself is scarcely completed. . . . We want to deal with the nature of reality as it exists within your camouflage system and within other systems, and to study the overall characteristics that pertain to it, regardless of any given materialization.

"Some of this material will automatically answer many questions with which you have been concerned—problems with which your scientists have been dealing.  We will discuss the interrelationship that exists between all systems of reality, including certain points of contact that include them all.  These various points can be mathematically reduced, and will, in some future of yours, serve as contact points, taking the place of space travel in some cases."

This material ran several pages, as Seth discussed the future content of our sessions.  Right after this we took our first break.  Neither of us realized, even at this point, that the session would be any different from the usual.  As soon as we resumed, however, I suddenly felt a powerful surge of energy flow through me, so that inside it "I" seemed almost lost and swept away.

I couldn't tell Rob what I was experiencing, of course, but he began to suspect that something was happening.  Seth became very emphatic, watching Rob closely for one thing.  For another, Seth began to stress each word.

"If you keep these channels open and free, you will get material that is as undistorted as possible," he said.  "Ruburt's range is an excellent one, and the plane of reality in which I have my existence is far beyond those to which persons in the physical system usually have access. . . . You and he must see to it that Ruburt does not color his reading experiences through reading material that is distorted.  This [kind of material ] has its purposes, and it does do some good, explaining reality in terms that people can understand, for the props and fantasies are familiar ones.  There is no necessity for them here, however."  He continued, suggesting that I stay away from books that "deal exclusively with conventional religious subjects, interpreting reality in those limited terms."

At this point, Rob became aware of the new and rather odd energy in Seth's voice as his delivery grew more powerful.  My open eyes were very dark.  Rob began to look up whenever he could snatch a moment from note-taking.

Seth said, "We will make an effort in the future to give you both some direct experience in concepts.  These experiments will run along with, and closely follow, the vocalized expression of the concepts involved.  They will give you some small glimmering of the unfortunate yet necessary loss of meaning that occurs when any concept must be communicated in physical terms.  This will be a different kind of in-depth learning, a rather unique and original development that will be as devoid as possible of stereotyped symbols, which are usually almost automatically superimposed on such experiences.  Do you understand?"

"Yes," Rob said, but he spoke almost automatically; the delivery had quickened, and he was having trouble keeping up with the notes.  Later we were to read that above paragraph over many times when—as you'll see shortly—I found myself almost "in over my head."

Seth's voice continued to get stronger.  "I am the Seth that I say that I am, but I am also more.  The Seth personality that is part of me is the portion that can most clearly communicate with you.  Do you follow me?"

Rob nodded, "Yes," he said again.

"The Seth portion of me has been intimately connected with you both, and so, in that respect, have I.  This is closely related to the definition of a personality energy essence, from which, of course, all personalities spring."

The voice became even more powerful.  Rob thought of asking Seth to slow down, but he wasn't sure what was happening, and thought it best not to interrupt.

"There is a particular corner within Ruburt's personality, also deflected into your own, that allows him rather clear access to informational channels most difficult to reach from your system.  During this session, and at this moment, the contact is particularly good.  There is also access to energy far beyond that which is usually experienced.  Ruburt sensed this in the past, and feared to open these channels until he felt himself suitably ready.

"There exists what could almost be compared to a psychological and psychic warp in dimensions, and that corner of Ruburt's personality is an apex point at which communication and contact can take place."

Then, to Rob's surprise, Seth told him to end the session.  Rob was to follow the procedure given, recently, to end my trance.  (Just lately I had begun going into particularly deep trances compared to earlier ones, and Seth had suggested that Rob call out my name three times.)  Seth said, "This evening you have reached somewhat beyond the personality by which I usually make myself known to you.  Even if I continue to speak, end the trance."

Rob called me several times, getting no response.  Then he touched my shoulder and I jumped rather violently.  This interrupted the  trance state.  I didn't know what was going on either.  The powerful energy kept flowing through me.  If I stood up as if I'd go flying through the wall, propelled by this force.  My head felt huge, as if my ears were out several feet.  This last sensation wasn't new; I'd had it in some Psy-Time experiences.  But trying to contain that energy was something else.

I shook my head, "Wow.  If I ever had any doubts . . . whatever's going on, it's not coming from me, not from my own personality."  Later in my own notes I wrote, "tremendous energy seemed to flow through me, with the definite certainty—that God—that this was coming from beyond me, and was automatically translated into words at my end.  I feel this as significant a development—almost—as the original Seth session.  The sense of contact was undeniably there.  The feeling I had was that I really was in touch with some all encompassing reality."