Before Abraham Wrote About The Law Of Attraction, Seth Told

Many people today read the Abraham books, channeled by 

Esther Hicks. These books present a very concise and 

inspiring look at the Law of Attraction, which Abraham calls 

the most powerful law in the universe. The Abraham books, 

however, acknowledge that this message is not new, though 

they are, arguably, bringing it to more people than ever 

before. 

In the introduction to Abraham’s book, The Law of 

Attraction, Esther’s husband and co-author, Jerry, speaks of 

having read Seth before Esther began channeling. Seth is 

credited with coining the famous new age phrase, “You Create 

Your Own Reality.” 

While that phrase became a popular one and is easy to say, 

much of the material in the Seth books is actually quite 

complicated, especially compared to the breezy, 

conversational style of the Abraham books. The best known 

Seth books are Seth Speaks and The Nature of Personal 

Reality, but Jane Roberts put out at least a half dozen 

others. These are meticulously transcribed by Jane’s husband 

Rob (it seems channelers require a supportive spouse!), with 

dates and times of every statement put down in the books. 

The very exhaustive nature of the Seth books, along with the 

fact that the Roberts’ never traveled around the world 

giving seminars -they actually never moved from their home 

in Central New York- seems to make it highly unlikely that 

there was any financial motive for the work. This was before 

the new age movement was sparked in the 1980s, largely by 

Shirley Maclaine. This is not to criticize those who do give 

seminars, such as the Hicks’, but only to say that the 

simple lifestyle of the Roberts’ (Jane died several years 

ago) seems to support their sincerity. 

The Seth material is, frankly, too detailed and dense to be 

very popular. Even I, who devoured it for a few years, have 

come to prefer the direct and simple style of Abraham. Yet 

you have to credit Seth with putting out some extremely 

interesting information (or theories if you prefer). This 

mainly revolves around reincarnation, probably selves and, 

naturally, reality creation. 

According to Seth, all of our lives are happening at once, 

since time as we understand it is only a mental construct. 

In addition to this, we have many “probable selves” living 

out “probable realities” in alternate dimensions. This means 

that each of us has infinite possibilities that are all 

being lived out in some world or another. Some academic 

philosophers, approaching the issue from a very different 

point of view, have come up with a similar theory, called 

possible worlds. 

Another powerful phrase that Seth came up with is, “The 

Present is the Point of Power.” Again, simple enough, but it 

means something quite important. The present is the only 

“time” that is real, so it’s the only place where we have 

any real power. So the point of the Seth material is not to 

remember your past lives (which were not in the past 

anyway!) but to realize your own power in the present, where 

all of your various selves can be accessed and united. 

The Seth books, especially The Nature of Personal Power is 

an excellent addition to any self-improvement or law of 

attraction library. It is especially good for people who 

like detailed and scientific explanations for everything, as 

opposed to just being told how things are. The latter will 

probably prefer the Abraham books. If you are somewhere in 

the middle, as I am, you may like both. Seth also gives a 

very comprehensive explanation of how reincarnation works, 

for those interested in that. 

Larry Christopher is a writer who is currently working on a 

new endeavor called the Abundance Meme Project, which seeks 

innovative strategies for implementing the Law of Attraction 

on both the individual and societal levels. For more 

information, see http://www.abundancememeproject.com