Citation

This article presents a new examination of the possession trance  mediumship of Jane Roberts, the woman who channeled the purported  discarnate entity called Seth between 1963 and 1984. Roberts’s  mediumship has generally been overlooked by the parapsychological  research community. The purpose of the present article is to fill this  gap in the literature. This article presents a preliminary description  of Jane Roberts’s mediumship for parapsychologists who may be unfamiliar  with the case, including an account of Roberts’s personal life and  mediumistic career. The relevance of Roberts’s mediumship for  parapsychology is examined. A comparison with the Patience Worth case is  presented and the paranormal character of the Roberts mediumship is  evaluated.