Título: Jane Roberts
Seção: Criticism
Background: Dorothy Jane Roberts (May 8, 1929 - September 5, 1984) was an American author, poet, self-proclaimed psychic, and spirit medium, who claimed to channel an energy personality who called himself "Seth." Her 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 Manuscripts and Archives maintains a collection entitled Jane Roberts Papers (MS 1090), which documents the career and personal life of Jane Roberts, including journals, poetry, correspondence, audio and video recordings, and other materials donated after her death by Roberts' husband and other individuals and organizations.

Conteúdo: Roberts and the Seth Material have attracted critiques from outside the paranormal community. The poet Charles Upton, in his collection of essays titled The System of Antichrist, posited that Roberts multiplied the self due to a fear of death. His opinion was that the Seth texts are based on a misunderstanding of both Christianity and of Eastern religions.  Professor of psychology and noted critic of parapsychology James E. Alcock opined, "In light of all this, the Seth materials must surely be viewed as less than ordinary. There certainly was the time and talent for fraud to play a role, but we cannot discriminate between that possibility and the possibility of unconscious production--at any rate, given these circumstances, there seems little need to consider the involvement of any supernatural agency."  Seth's teaching of a philosophy far more detailed than and not in keeping with traditional Church-authority, God-separate-from Creation, one-mortal-life, Jesus-centered messages has also received its share of criticism from some Christian believers. Various ministries have warned their members about the dangers and deceptions of reading channeled messages from Roberts and others. The Seth Material has been considered in certain circles to be "a book entirely written by a demon. A woman simply wrote it down as it was dictated to her by the demon; and, of course, it just destroys everything that is true in terms of God's revelation," and as evidence for "Devil possession." Vid

user: What criticism did Jane face?

assistant: Various ministries have warned their members about the dangers and deceptions of reading channeled messages from Roberts and others.

user: What other people criticized Jane?

assistant: Science writer Karen Stollznow has written that much of Roberts work was "criticized for being a rip-off of Christian and Eastern philosophy.

user: What other things were said about Jane?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What other things did they say about Christianity?

assistant: Seth's teaching of a philosophy far more detailed than and not in keeping with traditional Church-authority, God-separate-from Creation,

user: What happened to Jane later in life?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Is there anything else interesting?

assistant: Since Roberts' death, others have claimed to channel Seth.

user: How did they channel Seth?

assistant: "communications will come exclusively through Ruburt [Seth's name for Jane] at all times, to protect the integrity of the material."