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Jane Roberts papers
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Collection
Call Number: MS 1090
Scope and Contents
Jane Roberts was an author of fiction, and of non-fiction works dealing with Seth and her role as a channeler. The papers consist of correspondence, printed material, audio and videotapes, journals, poetry, and other material documenting her personal life and literary career. Many of the documents are photocopies of originals.
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Language of Materials
The papers are in English. Foreign language editions of selected published works are included.
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open to research with the following exceptions.
Researchers wishing to use the fan mail in Accessions 1985-M-014, 2002-M-027, and 2003-M-029 must sign the Access Agreement for the Fan Mail in the Jane Roberts Papers (MS 1090), which states the following: "I agree to preserve the confidentiality of the individuals documented in the fan mail. I will refrain from making any disclosure that would identify any person as the subject of this fan mail. No names
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Jane Roberts
American poet and psychic (1929–1984)
For other people named Jane Roberts, see Jane Roberts (disambiguation).
Dorothy Jane Roberts (May 8, 1929 – September 5, 1984) was an American author and poet, who claimed to be psychic and a spirit mediumchanneling a personality who called himself "Seth." Her publication of the Seth texts, known as the Seth Material, established her as one of the preeminent figures in the world of paranormal phenomena.[1][2]
Early life and career
Roberts was born in Albany, New York, and grew up in nearby Saratoga Springs, New York. Her parents, Delmer Hubbell Roberts and Marie Burdo, divorced when she was two years old. With her only child, the young Marie then returned to her own parents, and the home that the family had rented for a number of years: half of a double dwelling in a poor neighborhood. Marie had begun experiencing the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis by 1932 but worked as much as possible. Eventually, Roberts' grandfather, Joseph Burdo, with whom she shared a deep mystical identification,
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Seth Material
Collection of writing dictated by Jane Roberts
The Seth Material is a collection of writing dictated by Jane Roberts to her husband from late 1963 until her death in 1984. Roberts claimed the words were spoken by a discarnate entity named Seth.[1] The material is regarded as one of the cornerstones of New Age philosophy, and the most influential channelled text of the post–World War II "New Age" movement, after the Edgar Cayce books and A Course in Miracles.[2] Jon Klimo writes that the Seth books were instrumental in bringing the idea of channeling to a broad public audience.[3]
According to scholar of religion Catherine Albanese, the 1970 release of the book The Seth Material "launched an era of nationwide awareness ... [of c]ommunication with other-than-human entities ... contributing to the self-identity of an emergent New Age movement".[4] Study groups formed in the United States to work with the Seth Material,[5] and now are found around the world, as well as numerous websites and online
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