The Early Sessions
The Early Sessions Books 1 through 9 are complete transcripts channeled by Jane Roberts and annotated by Robert F. Butts. This rich tapestry of foundational Seth teachings started in 1963, long before Seth dictated material for the general public. These books chronicle their groundbreaking experiment in consciousness exploration, providing readers with a deeper explanation of how the entire body of Seth material came to fruition, and setting the stage for how these teachings were originally translated into daily life. Many of these books contain exercises to develop the psychic senses through identifying and anchoring feeling tones of inner reality.Â
The Early Sessions: Book 1 of the Seth Material
Sessions 1 – 42Â
Dates: 11.26.1963 to 4.8.1964Â
The Early Sessions: Book 1 of The Seth Material sets the stage for deeper explorations in later works, and serves as both a metaphysical guide and a chronicle of the unique process through which these teachings were received. Seth introduces the idea that we create our own reality through beliefs, thoughts, and emotions. He offers a framework where inner awareness and self-discovery challenge conventional ideas of time, space, and personal empowerment.
Themes include: the value of dreams, intuition, reincarnation, the multidimensional nature of the self, and the mechanics of manifestation
The Early Sessions: Book 2 of the Seth Material
Sessions 43-85
Dates: 4.13.1964 to 9.7.1964
The Early Sessions: Book 2 of The Seth Material delves into the foundational teachings of Seth and provides further explanations on how we shape our own reality through beliefs and expectations. Practical insights and exercises invite readers to actively engage with their own inner development and view life as a dynamic, co-created experience.
Themes include: the creative power of thought, the multidimensional nature of existence, identifying and dismantling limiting beliefs, probable realities, reincarnation, and the evolution of the soul.
The Early Sessions: Book 3 of the Seth Material
Sessions 86-148
Dates: 9.9.1964 to 4.21.1965
The Early Sessions: Book 3 of The Seth Material emphasizes the intimate connection between inner psychological states and outward physical events.Â
Themes include: the nature of personal and collective reality, the multidimensional structure of the self, clairvoyance, telepathy, electrical qualities of emotions, thoughts, expectations, and the power of belief in shaping experience, psychological time exercises.
The Early Sessions: Book 4 of the Seth Material
Sessions 149-198
Dates: 4.26.1965 to 10.13.1965
The Early Sessions: Book 4 of The Seth Material emphasizes that reality is not fixed, but shaped by patterns of belief and value fulfillment, and that each person holds the innate ability to shape their experience through conscious intent. Electrical components of emotion and color, and time, emotional intensities, and moment points are also explained.
Themes include: illness and established resistance patterns, recognizing and unblocking stuck energy, dream therapy, hypnosis, nature of suggestion and expectation as related to action, reincarnation and family structures, multiple personalities as varied levels of consciousness, Eastern and Western conventional religious views as related to value fulfillment.
The Early Sessions: Book 5 of the Seth Material
Sessions 199-239
Dates: 10.18.1965 to 3.7.1966
The Early Sessions: Book 5 of The Seth Material continues the focus on the nature of reality and the multidimensional nature of the soul.
Themes include: relationship between inner and outer realities, psychic experiences, dream suggestions and physical reality, probable selves, Christ and Christianity, simultaneous time, changing past or future events, point of power is in the present, healing comes from within.
The Early Sessions: Book 6 of the Seth Material
Sessions 240-280
Dates: 3.9.1966 to 8.24.1966
The Early Sessions: Book 6 of The Seth Material emphasizes the creative power of thought.
Themes include: merging of intellect and intuition, psychic awareness of other systems of reality including moment points, telepathy and apparitions, reincarnation and simultaneous time, and connections between spiritual and physical existence. Psychological time as a tool to further develop the inner senses.
The Early Sessions: Book 7 of the Seth Material
Sessions 281-333
Dates: 8.29.1966 to 4.10.1967
The Early Sessions: Book 7 of The Seth Material challenges conventional views of cause and effect, emphasizing that consciousness is not confined to physical form, and that reality is a dynamic interplay between inner perception and outer manifestation.
Themes include: root assumptions, anticipatory vs. ‘healthy’ fear, electromagnetic connections between thoughts, actions, and all systems; multidimensional nature of the self, reincarnation, parallel lives, probable realities, out-of-body experiences and projections. Includes exercises to understand the symbolic language of dreams and to use imagination as a tool for establishing creativity and harmony in daily life.
The Early Sessions: Book 8 of the Seth Material
Sessions 334-421
Dates: 4.12.1967 to 7.8.1968
The Early Sessions: Book 8 of The Seth Material highlights interconnections between the multidimensional self and cause and effect, both individually and en masse.
Themes include: trusting the spontaneous self, probable realities, parallel selves, and electromagnetic effects of thoughts into various planes of existence, dream interpretation, belief structures, there are no accidents, Seth on molecular consciousness.
The Early Sessions: Book 9 of the Seth Material
Sessions 422-510
Dates: 7.10.1968 to 1.19.1970
The Early Sessions: Book 9 of The Seth Material builds upon the foundational ideas of earlier sessions with a focus on individuals as active co-creators of reality through beliefs, thoughts, and emotions.
Themes include: past and future selves, dream selves, and probable realities as interconnected facets of multidimensional existence, accessing these realities through dreams and psychological time exercises, limitations of organized religion and traditional science, the inherent order within spontaneity, individuals as co-creators of mass events, communication across various planes of existence.