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Roberts was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_Springs,_New_York Saratoga Springs, New York], where she attended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore_College Skidmore College].[4]
Roberts was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_Springs,_New_York Saratoga Springs, New York], where she attended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore_College Skidmore College].[4]
==Published work==
==Published work==
In addition to the Seth [[texts]], which were published in eleven volumes, Roberts was also a published [[author]] of [[science fiction]] [[novel]]s, poetry, and several books about ESP development.[1] Her non-channeled books include ''How to Develop Your ESP Power'' (aka The Coming of Seth), ''The Seth Material'', ''Adventures in Consciousness'', ''Psychic Politics'', and ''The God of Jane''. Roberts' novels include ''The Education of Oversoul Seven'', ''The Further Education of Oversoul Seven'', ''Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time'' (all three later reissued in one volume as ''The Oversoul Seven Trilogy''), ''Emir's Education in the Proper Use of Magical Powers'', and ''The Rebellers'' among others. Her [[books]], including the [[nove]]ls and the [[channeled]] Seth material, have been described as [[influential]] in starting the trend of "channeling" and other [[new age]] practices such as "dreamwork" and "lucid dreaming".[5]
In addition to the Seth [[texts]], which were published in eleven volumes, Roberts was also a published [[author]] of [[science fiction]] [[novel]]s, poetry, and several books about ESP development.[1] Her non-channeled books include ''How to Develop Your ESP Power'' (aka The Coming of Seth), ''The Seth Material'', ''Adventures in Consciousness'', ''Psychic Politics'', and ''The God of Jane''. Roberts' novels include ''The Education of Oversoul Seven'', ''The Further Education of Oversoul Seven'', ''Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time'' (all three later reissued in one volume as ''The Oversoul Seven Trilogy''), ''Emir's Education in the Proper Use of Magical Powers'', and ''The Rebellers'' among others. Her [[books]], including the novels and the [[channeled]] Seth material, have been described as [[influential]] in starting the trend of "channeling" and other [[new age]] practices such as "dreamwork" and "lucid dreaming".[5]
Roberts described the [[process]] of writing the Seth books as entering a [[trance]] state during which Seth would assume control of her [[body]] and speak through her, while her husband wrote down the [[words]] she spoke. These episodes are variously referred to as "readings" or "sessions".[6]
Roberts described the [[process]] of writing the Seth books as entering a [[trance]] state during which Seth would assume control of her [[body]] and speak through her, while her husband wrote down the [[words]] she spoke. These episodes are variously referred to as "readings" or "sessions".[6]
Roberts also purportedly channeled several other personalities,[1] including the [[philosopher]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James William James],[7] through a process she described as using a typewriter to write "[[automatic]]ally"[8][9][10] and the impressionist painter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne Paul Cézanne].[11][1]
Roberts also purportedly channeled several other personalities,[1] including the [[philosopher]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James William James],[7] through a process she described as using a typewriter to write "[[automatic]]ally"[8][9][10] and the impressionist painter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne Paul Cézanne].[11][1]
==Seth Material==
==Seth Material==
In late 1963, Jane Roberts and her husband, Robert Butts, experimented with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija Ouijaboard] as part of Roberts' [[research]] for a book on extra-sensory perception.[12] According to Roberts and Butts, on December 2, 1963 they began to receive coherent messages from a [[male]] [[personality]] who eventually identified himself as Seth. Soon after, Roberts reported that she was hearing the messages in her head. She began to dictate the messages instead of using the Ouija board, and the board was eventually abandoned. 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 Seth.[13] Butts served as stenographer, taking the messages down in home-made shorthand, although some sessions were recorded. These messages, [[channeled]] from Seth through Roberts, consisting mostly of monologues on a wide variety of [[topics]], are collectively known as the "Seth Material".
In late 1963, Jane Roberts and her husband, Robert Butts, experimented with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija Ouijaboard] as part of Roberts' [[research]] for a book on extra-sensory perception.[12] According to Roberts and Butts, on December 2, 1963 they began to receive coherent messages from a [[male]] [[personality]] who eventually identified himself as Seth. Soon after, Roberts reported that she was hearing the messages in her head. She began to dictate the messages instead of using the Ouija board, and the board was eventually abandoned. 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 Seth.[13] Butts served as stenographer, taking the messages down in home-made shorthand, although some sessions were recorded. These messages, [[channeled]] from Seth through Roberts, consisting mostly of monologues on a wide variety of [[topics]], are collectively known as the "Seth Material".