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Also known as Dorothy Jane Roberts, Dorothy Jane Roberts Butts

American writer and poet (1929–1984)

Person · Open Library

Born
8 May 1929
Died
5 September 1984
Works
20

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
87
Total plays
1,501

Jane Roberts (May 8, 1929 – September 5, 1984) was an American author, poet, psychic and trance medium or spirit medium who "channeled" a personality named Seth. The publication of the Seth texts, known as the Seth Material, established her as one of the preeminent figures in the world of paranormal phenomena. The Yale University Library maintains a comprehensive archive documenting the work and life of Jane Roberts, including published writings <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jane+Roberts">

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Quotes

  • When I think of me as a psychic, I get hung up because I seem to be in the company of so many nuts. Writers may be as nuts as anyone else but it's a nuttiness that doesn't bug me -- there's no dogma attached.
  • It's your knowledge of the past that we're concerned with. Manuscripts and all kinds of important information has been withheld from the public for so many generations that we're held back ourselves. We have to know what was tried in order to see where the race failed. We're in a very peculiar position. At one time the Rebellers had a positive plan of action. We still know what we're rebelling against, but we have no idea of what sort of civilization we want to put in place of what we have now.
  • Now, he was filled with a distaste for a civilization in which the individual was so prone and in which he must be so diligent just to preserve his sanity.
  • Our purpose is implicit in our name. We're rebelling against life as it is for the masses of people. We believe that man can be a creature of dignity, integrity, and creativity. Filth, starvation, crowded quarters lead to man's degeneration as a biological species, and indeed, will result in his extinction.
  • We didn't have a chance to form the world we were born into. Now we have the opportunity to make a new one.
  • We might have a chance now to rebuild it all with what we have left. We might have learned that we can exist only as a part of nature, not apart from nature.

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Hannes Scheucher, Jane Roberts, 2010, Acryl auf Leinen, 105 x 80cm.jpg
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Jane Roberts
date of birth
1929-05-08
date of death
1984-09-05
name in native language
Jane Roberts
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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Jane Roberts, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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