“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jerry was convinced by my actions in the argument sequence that I was Billie or controlled by her at that time. Characteristic phrases used, also gestures, actions, way of tossing head. She was certain it was Billie. This would represent a personal belief or interpretation of the events—not any scientific evidence at all—but personal conviction cannot be ignored—personality can’t be scientifically established with living personalities. The display of personal characteristics, gestures, etc., would be highly convincing to a relation—and to them, be evidential. The medium could telepathically receive this information—then subconsciously act it out, of course; this has to be admitted as a possible explanation.)

[...] I shall not give you any outstanding evidential revelation this evening so you may or may not take notes as you desire. [...]

Many appearances make those statements look evidential but they are only evidential in that they show the power of beliefs and suggestion. [...]

[...] You are presented now, in the world, with a certain picture of a body and its activities, and that picture seems (underlined) very evidential. [...]

[...] You are indeed presented with an evidential picture that seems to suggest most vividly the “fact” of man’s steady deterioration, and yet you are also presented with evidence to the contrary, even in your world, if you look for it.

By the time we are finished, we will have some excellent evidential material. [...]

[...] The last section of the book could then deal with what evidential material we have, and you shall have more. [...]

[...] Jane has been thinking over what material to include in the center section so as to maintain reader interest, and some time ago decided to finish the book with what evidential material we have so far. [...]

[...] Jane believes she might have delivered much more evidential material had I asked questions; but I did not know whether to or not, fearing I might break continuity.

Your beliefs so structure your experience individually and en masse, however, that evidential material contrary to those ideas shows itself but seldom, or in distorted or exaggerated form. [...]

[...] Literal minds, looking for evidential proof, would insist that the physical body itself must rise, ascending, hence the related stories, the misinterpretation of data. [...]

[...] Whenever evidential material has been given, my dear friend, and it has been given to help others deal with a problem that was of vital interest, it has not been given as a demonstration, and it has not been given to prove anything to anyone. [...]

[...] Some excellent evidential material was to be obtained through sessions with Mark several years later. [...]

In this particular period, we had Seth and the Seth Material only — twenty-six sessions — and thus far, no evidential material at all; there was nothing to go on except our experience and faith in ourselves. [...]

[...] It is for this reason that I have given him evidential material, you see, in other respects, so that he could see for himself.

If you are interested in any kind of evidential material, it is good to hold tests fairly regularly. [...]

[...] We had had no instances of clairvoyance or any evidential material except for that provided in the early séance, and we had both decided that we weren’t ready to try anything like that again for some time.

[...] I also emphasized the “evidential” material we had received — spontaneous clairvoyant demonstrations given in sessions and in the envelope tests that we conducted for over a year. [...]

[...] Second, we became involved in trying to obtain “evidential” material, some definite instances of extrasensory perception on Seth’s part. [...]