The God of Jane
by Jane Roberts
A psychic manifesto

With a new introduction by Susan M. Watkins,
author of Conversations with Seth

In The God of Jane, the most personal of her books, Jane Roberts bravely questions the very material she produced—the many volumes of Seth material—as well as her own psychic abilities. "This book," she writes, "is the story of my efforts to put Seth's material to work in daily life; to free myself from many hampering cultural beliefs; and most of all, to encounter and understand the nature of impulses . . .

What Roberts discovers is her individual connection to the larger consciousness—or "God."

. . . The God of Jane, the God of Joe, the God of Lester, the God of Sarah . . .

An appeal to that "God" would be an appeal to that portion of universal creativity from which we personally emerge . . . It would stand for that otherwise inconceivable intersection between Being and our being . . .

(from chapter 7)

The God of Jane also includes wonderfully vivid explanations of Frameworks 1 and 2, simultaneous time, and the nature of impulses.

"Equally distrustful of ancient religious pieties and the cant of modern scientism, Jane Roberts passionately forges a distinctively American and democratic path of spirituality that places the uniqueness of the individual at the center of his or her own universe. Feisty and invigorating, yet deeply personal and self-revealing, this book gives us an unparalleled glimpse of the inner life and thought of one of the most significant and enduring voices of twentieth-century spirituality."

Kenneth Ring, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Connecticut, author of Lessons from the Light and Heading Toward Omega

"Of all Jane's books, The God of Jane is the one in which she most reveals herself, and her uncertainty concerning Seth's ideas about reality and our physical lives. We can learn much from her personal struggles as she questions and incorporates Seth's theories into her own life."

Lynda Dahl, award-winning author of Beyond the Winning Streak and The Book of Fallacies

"The God of Jane will prove fascinating and informative reading for students of metaphysics, psychology, spirituality, and self-realization."

Reviewer’s Bookwatch

Jane Roberts "discusses her childhood; her thoughts about religion, science, and psychology, her experiences as a psychic; and her attempts to put the teachings of Seth into practice. . . . She is candid and intimate, and the reader is given real insight into the life of a medium."

A review of the first edition, Library Journal, August 1981

"The subject of this week’s review [Jane Roberts] is one whose readers wish to think forthrightly. . . . Roberts does not think of herself or her readers as zombies. . . . She does not want ‘fans’; she wants people to think!"

A review of the first edition, Lake Geneva Regional News, October 1, 1981