About The Seth Center
With immersive courses, events, content, and media we empower individuals to joyfully embrace their power, free themselves from limiting beliefs, and create a fulfilling personal reality. Guided by Seth’s wisdom, our goal is to make the journey of personal growth faster, easier, and more enjoyable.
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Start with our video series “Introduction to The Seth Material”, a guide to the core concepts of Seth’s teachings. This series will introduce you to the foundational principles, and offers powerful insights to begin your personal exploration. Topics include: how you create your own reality, the purpose of physical existence, what happens when you die, and more. It’s the perfect starting point for those curious about exploring the Seth material. Enter your email below, and we’ll send the video series to your inbox.
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The Seth Center was founded to continue the legacy of Seth’s teachings, first introduced to the world by Jane Roberts in the 1960s. It began when Rick Stack, a former student and friend of Jane Roberts and Seth, founded New Awareness Network, Inc. in 1988. After her death, Rick worked closely with Jane’s husband, Robert Butts, to publish many of the Seth books and audio recordings available today. Over the years, Rick’s vision expanded beyond publishing, leading to the establishment of the Seth Center as a hub for Seth-related education, events, and community.
Just before Rick Stack’s transition in early 2024, ownership of the Seth Center passed to Rick’s partner and longtime Seth student, David Cielak. Under David’s leadership, the Seth Center has continued to grow into a thriving education center and community. We offer immersive courses, events, content, and media that bring Seth’s powerful teachings to life, helping individuals explore their consciousness, unlock their potential, and create a fulfilling reality.
A central part of our mission is to honor and preserve the integrity of the original Seth material. Through New Awareness Network, Inc., we are committed to ensuring that Seth’s books and recordings remain available and in print, safeguarding their authenticity for future generations.
The Seth Center now includes a dedicated team of passionate people and fellow Seth explorers, all working to expand the teachings of Seth and Jane Roberts. We empower individuals to transform their lives through the practical application of Seth’s wisdom, moving from Seth readers to Seth doers. Through our continually expanding offerings and vibrant community, we guide people in understanding the power of their beliefs, thoughts, and emotions, fostering personal growth, healing, and the conscious creation of reality.
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About Seth
Seth is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher who communicated through the author Jane Roberts while she was in a trance state, delivering profound insights on the nature of reality, consciousness, and personal transformation. His core message—“You create your own reality”—has inspired millions, helping launch the New Age movement and offering a roadmap for those seeking to explore human potential and the vast dimensions of consciousness. The books dictated by Seth have sold over eight million copies and have been translated into over eleven languages.
Seth’s clear presentation of the furthest reaches of human potential, the eternal validity of the soul, and the concept that we create our own reality according to our beliefs, has rippled out to affect the lives of people in every corner of the globe.
His work has withstood the test of time and is still the most dynamic, comprehensive, brilliant and undistorted map of inner reality and human potential available today. If you want answers to life’s most important questions, if you want to improve your life conditions, Seth will show you how, not by relying on him, but by accessing and using the tremendous source of power and wisdom that lies within you.
About Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts was a gifted writer and poet from Saratoga Springs, New York, who had a deep interest in metaphysics and the exploration of consciousness. In 1963, during a Ouija board session with her husband, Robert Butts, Jane unexpectedly began channeling the entity known as Seth. This moment marked the beginning of what would become a life-changing journey, not just for Jane, but for countless readers and students of the Seth material.
Over the next 20 years, Jane would channel Seth in hundreds of sessions, dictating volumes of material that would later become the Seth books. These sessions took place in their modest apartment, with Rob diligently transcribing each session. Jane’s scientific approach and healthy skepticism gave the Seth material a grounded, practical quality that resonates deeply with those cautious of spiritual dogma. Her personal evolution as an explorer of consciousness continues to inspire those seeking answers beyond the ordinary. The Seth material, spanning more than 60 books, covers a wide range of topics, from the nature of personal reality and the eternal validity of the soul to the mechanics of reality creation and the multidimensional aspects of human consciousness.
David Cielak
David Cielak is the CEO of the Seth Center and a long-time dedicated practitioner of Seth’s teachings. Through his understanding of Seth’s work, David transformed his financial struggles and used these principles to create a 9-figure business serving others. David is a frequent presenter at the US and European conferences of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). His presentations often focus on Seth’s teachings in the area of dreams and his most recent presentation was on Seth, Dreams and Health.
Dave has been studying the Seth material since the 1970s when the book “Seth Speaks” literally fell off a bookstore shelf into his lap. David used Seth’s concepts and dream state practices to achieve success in building large-scale social welfare organizations that have helped thousands of disabled and disadvantaged people obtain and maintain employment. He is passionate about sharing Seth’s wisdom with the world and helping individuals explore their consciousness, unlock their potential, and create a fulfilling reality.
Mikhaila Stettler
Mikhaila Stettler is the President of the Seth Center and New Awareness Network, Inc., with over 30 years of experience in clinical practice and teaching body-mind wellness, meditation, and energy medicine. Mikhaila possesses a unique set of psychic abilities, proven and verified through decades of medical practice as a holistic doctor and teacher, working with thousands of patients. She founded six integrative medical clinics and graduated first in her class, Summa Cum Laude.
Mikhaila’s approach to healing is deeply rooted in Seth’s teachings, guiding individuals to unlock their potential and harness the multidimensional power of self-healing. Her work blends creative expression and holistic health, fostering profound transformation and self-discovery. Through her transpersonal coaching, she empowers others to align with their inner Self and live in harmony with universal truths, helping them rediscover their path to wellness and healing from within.
Robert Waggoner
Robert Waggoner is a world-renowned expert on lucid dreaming and speaks at conferences, workshops and universities internationally. Rob has been an avid reader of the Seth material since 1976. Robert became a lucid dreamer in 1976 and has logged more than 1,000 lucid dreams. He wrote the acclaimed book, Lucid Dreaming – Gateway to the Inner Self, and co-authored the award-winning, Lucid Dreaming Plain and Simple with Caroline McCready. His books have been translated into French, German, Chinese, Korean, Czech, Finnish and three other languages.
A past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD), Waggoner currently serves on the Executive Committee. For twenty years, he has continued to serve as co-editor of the online magazine, The Lucid Dreaming Experience, the only ongoing publication devoted specifically to lucid dreaming. Recently, he helped found the non-profit Lucid Dreaming Foundation to spread the practice, research, and beneficial use of lucid dreaming.
Ileana Lartigue
Ileana Lartigue is a graphic designer and artist who has spent her life traveling and living in numerous countries, now residing in France. Since discovering the Seth material in a Paris library in 2013, she has been deeply immersed in Seth’s teachings, with a particular focus on dreams. The nightly journey of dreaming became a natural extension of her waking travels, and Ileana has dedicated her nights to exploring the dreamscape through lucid dreaming. Her deep engagement with the dream world has provided her with unique insights into the terrain of dreams, allowing her to navigate and understand its profound significance.
Recently, Ileana contributed to the Spanish translations of Seth Speaks and The Nature of Personal Reality. Her work with Seth’s material has profoundly enriched her life, and she now shares her knowledge, helping others connect with the wisdom and guidance found within their dreams.
Irene O’Garden
Irene O’Garden has been studying, applying and creatively presenting the Seth material for over forty years. In addition to successfully using Seth’s principles for a lasting weight loss of 60 pounds and maintaining her healthy, fit body, she has also created a successful multidimensional artistic life. Irene’s critically acclaimed play, Women On Fire, played to sold-out houses Off-Broadway. Her play, Little Heart, about artist Corita Kent, premiered at Jewel Theatre in Santa Cruz in 2023 and she recently completed Alice in Widowland.
Irene has published several books, including two memoirs Fat Girl, (Harper San Francisco) and Risking the Rapids (Mango) a book of essays, Glad To Be Human (Mango), and Fulcrum, (Nirala Press) her first poetry collection. Her poetry is found in many literary journals and anthologies, and Harper also published her best-selling and award-winning children’s books. She has garnered awards, fellowships, and artist residencies, and founded a performing literary magazine that ran for 25 years. She enjoys teaching workshops and traveling the world with her husband of 40 years.
Virginia Bennett, Ph.D.
Virginia Bennet, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Berkeley, California. She holds a doctorate in both psychology and parapsychology. In her practice, she specializes in hypnosis and the use of altered states, including working with dreams. For over 16 years she was a university professor teaching psychology courses. She has frequently presented at Seth conferences and at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD).
In 1974, she began reading the Seth material and for over fifty years has recorded and explored her dreams. Both personally and professionally, she has endeavored to integrate the Seth material with psychology, finding ways to embody value fulfillment in daily life, both waking and sleeping.
Glen Payne
Glen Payne initially studied in the fields of biochemistry and microbiology, moving on to a 25-year career in information technology. Glen has been researching the Seth material since 1975 and has a particular interest in how modern scientific theories are validating Seth’s explanation of the cosmos. He is a student of quantum physics and theories of consciousness as well as a certified teacher of Transcendental Meditation.
As a faculty member of the Seth Center, Glen has developed and presented the online course based on Seth’s book: The ‘Unknown’ Reality. Glen resides in Australia and takes part in a number of Seth study groups. He is a regular presenter at global Seth Center conferences. He is committed to helping foster the worldwide community of Seth students.