The Coming of Seth

by Jane Roberts

Here, Jane Roberts records her first incredible psychic experiences and her fascinating search for a higher self-realization.
Using every tool of parapsychology, Roberts reveals her astonishing discoveries--and shows readers the road to their own higher consciousnesses

Genres: Spirituality, New Age, Paranormal, Metaphysics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

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Roberts was born in Saratoga Springs, New York. After attending public schools, she attended Skidmore College. She wrote in a variety of genres: poetry, short stories, children’s literature, and novels. When she was in her 30s, she and her husband began to record what she said were messages from a personality named "Seth", and she wrote several books about the experience.

Reviews

[Sylvia]

The Coming of Seth was formerly titled; How To Develop Your ESP Power. This particular edition (Coming of Seth) was a limited edition of 500 copies.
Basically it’s about tapping into one's psychic powers...
In this present day and age its not very 'new or mind-blowing' a book - perhaps even a bit outdated in its information, but one should remember it was written 'way back when'. Consider it to be a collectors item, if you will.
If one is interested in the topic, there are presently 'better' books to choose from on the subject.

[Cheryl]

Somewhere in my childhood, I plucked this off my mom's bookshelf. It had me going to bed, painstakingly trying to "relax, relax, relax" so I could have esp powers.

[Jacki]

This book made me want to run out and buy a Ouija board. This book casts a spell.

[Avid Cobwebber]

This is probably 2nd or 3rd til I have finished all the Seth books. Glad I put it near the end, as it feels more amateurish. I might not have read any more books if this were my first, but the Seth portions at the end of every chapter are still very powerful.

Jane gives a recommended reading list at the end... not promising. Look up this guy, he's a quack, look up this text, it's got no basis in real events... Whether Jane's journey with Seth was supernatural (or nature is just crazy?) or not, the writings exist. And they are amazing to read. As she matured in the public realm, she became more guarded about making any claim that would put herself in the same asylum-trolley as psychics and mystics. Here it feels the opposite--she says a lot of weird events are "likely true!" and tells the reader to check out all these nutty books as if there would be any proof there.

Still. It was a fun read. Jane (and Seth) are full of profound thoughts, and I feel I can really tell a difference between the two. Here Jane may have been the most on point ever when talking about what she doesn't know, and describing things we don't understand about life and death and making analogies. She made a real competent work out of an atmosphere that smacks way too heavily of Ouija boards and ghosts.

Read the others first.

[Mike S]

I really liked this book a lot, it has several very useful ideas about how to get into more contact with your intuition, and it shows how courageous and honest and thorough Jane Roberts and her husband Robert Butts were doing this work. I love all of the books they wrote, and I reread them over the years and enjoy them with ever reading.

[Rick]

Seth is always mind-expanding.

[Cachet Allen]

Love Jane Roberts and Seth

[Corey Thuringer]

Was very interested in thoughts and details in this book. I am not interested in doing my own experiments or practices. So reading other things.

[Sue]

Written in 1966 this book is archaic, and the pictures are atrocious. May have been ground-breaking back then but now . . . couldn't finish this one.

[Lydia]

Excellent