珍·羅伯茲(英語:Dorothy Jane Roberts,1929年5月8日—1984年9月5日)是美國作家、詩人、靈媒,與一個自稱「賽斯」的人格通靈。她出版的賽斯書籍以「賽斯資料」之名聞名於世,奠定了她在超常現象領域的領先地位[1][2]。耶魯大學圖書館的手稿檔案部(Manuscripts and Archives)藏有一份標題為「Jane Roberts Papers (MS 1090)」的檔案,記載著羅伯茲的生涯與生平,內含日記、詩集、通信、影音紀錄和其他在她死後由其丈夫乃至個人團體捐贈的資料[3]。
這時珍開始跟一個叫做沃特(Walt)的男子來往,並相約騎機車前往西岸拜訪珍的父親(他也是來自破碎的家庭)。沃特和珍最後結婚了,僅三年同住。她「後來發現」--「她為了供愛人沃特讀書而在收音機工廠工作--但鎮上每個人都知道他根本沒有到學校去。」1954年2月,珍認識了前廣告設計師羅伯特·霸茲(Robert F. Butts)(生於1919年6月20日)。他倆在一次派對上第四次見面,而且沒有約會。珍「只是看著他說:『你都看到了,我已離開沃特而去。我要麼單身一人,要麼跟你同住,告訴我你要選擇哪一個。』」[5] 1954年12月7日,珍與羅終於結婚。[10][11]
1971年11月,羅伯茲的父親過世,享壽68歲;母親則於六個月後相繼過世,亦享壽68歲[35]。1982年年初,羅伯茲因嚴重的甲狀腺功能亢進症住院一個月,並同時患有諸多病症:眼球突出、雙重視覺、聽力幾乎喪失、輕微貧血、褥瘡—而且還在院內感染葡萄球菌[36]。後來她的病情稍有好轉,但還是於兩年半之後的1984年過世。她長期患有嚴重的關節炎—跟母親一樣—折磨了她大半生和生命的最後一年。(大約有15年之久,霸茲一直相信,至少羅伯茲的心理狀況遠比懷有患病傾向的肉體還來得重要-用那些話說,是更具損害性的[37]。)羅伯茲的死被摯愛地記錄在《健康之道》(The Way Toward Health)裡,而霸茲則繼續他守護賽斯資料的工作、監督一些餘下資料的出版,包括《早期課》(The Early Sessions),並確保所有跟賽斯有關的紀錄、手稿、筆記、圖畫等保存在耶魯大學圖書館中。霸茲再婚,其第二任妻子蘿拉(Laurel)在他們超過二十年的婚姻當中支持他的事業。2008年5月霸茲過世,但他協助帶給世界的道理的那股活力仍舊熠熠生輝[38]。許多團體將賽斯的語錄編輯成冊[39]、概括其教導[34]、發行錄音帶版的賽斯課[40],並繼續開課[41]或在既有慣例中[42]宣揚賽斯資料。
接受與影響
賽斯對新紀元思想家的影響力極為深遠。出版於1994年的《個人實相的本質》("The Nature of Personal Reality, A Seth Book")在標題紙套外即印上了一些新紀元重要思想家和各方作家的推薦語。瑪麗安娜·威廉森(Marianne Williamson)、狄帕克·愁普拉(Deepak Chopra)、薩克蒂·高文(Shakti Gawain)、丹·彌爾曼(Dan Millman)、露易絲·賀(Louise Hay)、理查·巴哈(Richard Bach)、潘蜜拉‧克里柏(Pamela Kribbe)和其他相關人士都表示賽斯資料啟發了他們的靈性。威廉森也下了類似的結論:「賽斯是我的第一批形上學老師的其中一位。他源源不絕地為我的人生提供知識和啟發。」芝加哥大學美國宗教史教授凱薩琳·阿勒本尼斯(Catherine L. Albanese)在1970年代指出,賽斯資料開啟了美國全國上下關注通靈趨勢的紀元。她相信,賽斯資料促進了新紀元運動「自我認同」的發展,而且還擴大了它的陣容[43]。
約翰·紐波特(John P. Newport)研究新紀元思想對當代文化的影響,指出賽斯資料的中心思想是:「你創造你自己的實相」。(簡言之,我們的信念產生驅動記憶和組織聯想的情感。那些信念最終都會在我們的實際生活和健康狀況中獲得實證[44]。)紐波特寫道,新紀元的這一根本概念首次出現在「賽斯資料」中[45]。布拉德利大學研究的宗教學教授羅伯特·富勒(Robert C. Fuller)指出,賽斯人格填補了心靈引導的角色,他稱之為「非教會的美國靈性」(unchurched American spirituality),其主題涵蓋了輪迴、業報、自由意志、古代形上學的智慧、「基督意念」(Christ consciousness)[46]。
Roberts, Jane (1956). The Red Wagon, short story. Publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December edition.
Roberts, Jane (1957). The Canvas Pyramid, short story. Publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March edition.
Roberts, Jane (1957). First Communion, short story. Publisher: First Communion Fantastic Universe, March edition.
Roberts, Jane (1957). The Chestnut Beads, novella, (Bundu series). Publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October edition.
Roberts, Jane (1958). The Bundu, novella, (Bundu series). Publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March edition.
Roberts, Jane (1958). A Demon at Devotions, short story. Publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September edition.
Roberts, Jane (1959). Nightmare, short story. Publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April edition.
Roberts, Jane (1959). Impasse , short story. Publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July edition.
Roberts, Jane (1963). The Rebellers, novel. Publisher: Ace Books.
Roberts, Jane (1964). Three Times Around , short story. Publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May edition.
Roberts, Jane (1966). How To Develop Your ESP Power. Publisher: Federick Fell. (Later retitled and reprinted as The Coming of Seth.) ISBN 0-8119-0379-6.
Roberts, Jane (1970). The Seth Material. Reprinted, 2001 by New Awareness Network. ISBN 978-0-9711198-0-2 .
Roberts, Jane and Robert F. Butts (1972). Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul. Reprinted 1994 by Amber-Allen Publishing. ISBN 1-878424-07-6.
Manley, Seon and Lewis Gogo (1975). Ladies of Fantasy: Two Centuries of Sinister Stories by the Gentle Sex. William Morrow & Co Library. ISBN 0688516815. Includes Roberts' 1956 short story about reincarnation, The Red Wagon.
Roberts, Jane (1975). Adventures in Consciousness: An Introduction to Aspect Psychology. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-013953-X.
Roberts, Jane (1975). Dialogues of the Soul and Mortal Self in Time. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-208538-0. Poetry.
Roberts, Jane (1976). Psychic Politics: An Aspect Psychology Book. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-731752-2.
Roberts, Jane (1977). The "Unknown" Reality Vol. 1. Prentice-Hall. Reprinted 1997, Amber-Allen Publishing. ISBN 1-878424-25-4.
Roberts, Jane (1979). The "Unknown" Reality Vol. 2. Prentice-Hall. Reprinted 1997, Amber-Allen Publishing. ISBN 1-878424-26-2.
Roberts, Jane (1977). The World View of Paul Cezanne: A Psychic Interpretation. ISBN 0-13-968859-5.
Roberts, Jane (1978). The Afterdeath Journal of An American Philosopher: The World View of William James. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-018515-9.
Roberts, Jane (1979). Emir's Education in the Proper Use of Magical Powers. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 1-57174-142-9. Children's literature.
Roberts, Jane (1979). The Nature of the Psyche: Its Human Expression. Prentice-Hall. Reprinted 1996, Amber-Allen Publishing. ISBN 1-878424-22-X.
Roberts, Jane (1981). The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events. Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0134572599. Reprinted 1994, Amber-Allen Publishing, ISBN 1-878424-21-1.
Roberts, Jane (1995). The Oversoul Seven Trilogy. Amber-Allen Publishing. ISBN 1-878424-17-3. Edition: Paperback; May 1, 1995 (originally published as three separate books: The Education of Oversoul 7 (1973); The Further Education of Oversoul Seven (1979); Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time (1984).
Roberts, Jane (1981). The God of Jane: A Psychic Manifesto. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-01-335749-2. Reprinted 2000, Moment Point Press. ISBN 0-9661327-5-0.
Roberts, Jane (1982). If We Live Again, Or, Public Magic and Private Love. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-450619-7. Poetry.
(1993). A Seth Reader. Vernal Equinox Press. Compendium edited by Richard Roberts. ISBN 0-942380-15-0.
Roberts, Jane (1995). The Magical Approach: Seth Speaks About the Art of Creative Living. Amber-Allen Publishing. ISBN 1-878424-09-2.
Roberts, Jane (1997). The Way Toward Health: A Seth Book. Robert F. Butts (Foreword), Amber-Allen Publishing. ISBN 187842430.
Roberts, Jane (2006). The World View of Rembrandt. New Awareness Network. ISBN 0-9768978-2-2.
Roberts, Jane (1997 and after). The Early Sessions (Sessions 1 through 510 of the Seth Material). New Awareness Network. Edited by Robert Butts. Nine volumes. ISBN 0-9652855-0-2.
Roberts, Jane (2003). The Personal Sessions. New Awareness Network. Deleted session material. Seven volumes. ISBN 0-9711198-4-8.
Roberts. Jane. The Early Class Sessions. New Awareness Network. Two volumes.
他人撰寫的賽斯書籍
Dahl, Lynda Madden (1992). "Beyond the Winning Streak: Using Conscious Creation to Consistently Win at Life". The Woodbridge Group. ISBN 978-1-889964-10-2; eBook ISBN 978-1-889964-08-9.
Dahl, Lynda Madden (2001). The Book of Fallacies: A Little Primer of New Thought. Moment Point Press. ISBN 978-0-9661327-9-3.
Friedman, Norman. Bridging Science and Spirit: Common Elements in David Bohm's Physics, The Perennial Philosophy and Seth. The Woodbridge Group, 1994. ISBN 978-1-889964-07-2.
Friedman, Norman. The Hidden Domain: Home of the Quantum Wave Function, Nature's Creative Source. The Woodbridge Group, 1997. ISBN 978-1-889964-09-6.
Stack, Rick. Out-Of-Body Adventures : 30 days to the Most Exciting Experience of Your Life. Contemporary Books. ISBN 0-8092-4560-4.
Ashley, Nancy. Create Your Own Reality : A Seth Workbook. Prentice-Hall Press, 1984. ISBN 0-13-189127-8.
Ashley, Nancy. Create Your Own Happiness: A Seth Workbook. Prentice-Hall Press, 1988. ISBN 0-13-189226-6.
Ashley, Nancy. Create Your Own Dreams: A Seth Workbook. Prentice-Hall Press, 1990. ISBN 0-13-189382-3.
Watkins, Susan M. Speaking of Jane Roberts: Remembering the Author of the Seth Material. Moment Point Press, 2001. ISBN 0-9661327-7-7.
Watkins, Susan M. Conversations with Seth. Moment Point Press, 2005, 2006, two volumes. ISBN 1-930491-05-0 and ISBN 1-930491-09-3 (original version published: Vol. 1 (1980), Vol 2 (1981).
Hsu, Dr. Tien-Sheng. The Secret to Healing Cancer: A Chinese Psychiatrist and Family Doctor Presents His Amazing Method For Curing Cancer Through Psychological and Spiritual Growth. New Awareness Network, 2011. ISBN 0984928502.
Kendall, Richard, The Road To Elmira, Volume 1 : A former student of Jane Roberts recounts his experiences while attending Jane's classes . Rich Kendall Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0-9835776-007.
^ 1.01.11.21.3Klimo, Jon. Channeling: Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources. North Atlantic Books. 1998: 22, 30. ISBN 1-55643-248-8.
^ 3.03.1Guide to the Jane Roberts Papers. Jane Roberts Papers, Manuscript Group 1090. Manuscripts and Archives. Yale University Library. 2006-01-30 [2020-09-14]. (原始内容存档于2012-02-24).
^The 'Unknown' Reality', Vol. 1, by Jane Roberts (1977), pg. 40. ISBN 0-13-938704-8