Weather is the projection and co-creation on the physical plane of the collective emotions, psychic states, and physiological energy of all living beings.
1963-1964 · The Early Sessions: Book 1 of The Seth MaterialAI summary (single book)
In The Early Sessions Book 1 (1963-1964), Seth's treatment of the concept of "weather" presents two distinctive and complementary aspects: on the one hand, he uses the natural weather of the physical world as a profound metaphor to guide the human ego in interacting healthily with the environment and inner states; on the other hand, he reveals the state and essence of weather on the nonphysical level, namely that weather is not an objective phenomenon independent of consciousness but can be created by directly manipulating molecular patterns through consciousness. First, on the physical level, Seth borrows the relationship between trees and weather to explain the flexibility and adaptability the ego should have when facing "weather" (as a metaphor for the external environment and life circumstances). He points out that bark leaves room for good weather; although bad weather is repulsive to bark, the bark makes the necessary adjustments and bends with the wind. Seth emphasizes that the ego should not overreact, should not remember and respond to "past storms" in "clear, sunny weather"; such indulgence in the shadows of the past is fatal to the individual . At the same time, completely ignoring the present actual weather is also absurd, just as acting as if it were summer during a snowstorm; trees never blossom in a blizzard . Through the weather analogy, Seth warns humanity that when people pay excessive attention to material affairs, they are like trees pulling up their own roots, cutting themselves off from the nourishment of life . Second, Seth discusses the nature of "weather" on his own level, which is fundamentally different from the objective natural weather usually understood by humans. Seth clearly states that the weather humans think of has almost nothing to do with whether weather exists on his level . On Seth's level, there is no natural rain or snow, but if he wishes, he can fully experience rain or snow . This experience is not merely subjective imagination, but is created by directly "manipulating molecular patterns" to produce real rain or snow on his own level . However, this creation has limits; he cannot cover his entire level with rain or snow . In summary, at this stage of The Early Sessions Book 1, Seth's discussion of weather includes both a practical psychological application of the weather metaphor in the physical world (emphasizing the ego's flexibility in facing "weather," not dwelling on the past, and not detaching from reality) and a demonstration of consciousness's direct shaping power over weather on the nonphysical level.
1964 · The Early Sessions: Book 2 of The Seth MaterialAI summary (single book)
In The Early Sessions Book 2, Seth offers a distinctive and tradition-subverting interpretation of the concept of "weather." He points out that weather is not a purely physical phenomenon independent of humanity, but is closely related to human psyche, emotions, and energy states. The following are the book's core discussions of the concept of weather:
The two-way interactive relationship between weather and emotions
Seth points out that there is a two-way influence between weather and human emotions. Weather does indeed affect human emotions, but likewise, human emotions in turn affect weather . This interactive relationship is an important foundation for understanding the nature of weather.
The energy nature of weather and unconscious projection
Seth compares weather to "loosely formed, largely unstructured energy." Unlike the individual (which may be regarded as elements or energy under the centralized control of the psyche), weather is in many respects unconstrained by strong centralized control of consciousness or the subconscious, and is unrestrained . However, these undirected energies are governed by purposeful, directed "gestalts." This governance occurs at the subconscious level and represents the overflow of emotional and psychic energy from the "ego" into what is usually regarded as the "non-self," thereby forming a continuous two-way flow of energy between the two .
Population growth and the dilemma of energy release
As population grows, it becomes more difficult for humanity to release this psychic energy in natural ways. By "natural ways," Seth means allowing this energy to overflow into the "nonidentity molecular realm" .
The causal relationship among scarcity, emotional aggressiveness, and harsh climates
Seth subverts the traditional view of causality, pointing out that material scarcity naturally leads to strong emotional aggressiveness. Where great scarcity exists, harsh climates appear. However, it is not the climate that causes scarcity; rather, the emotional aggressiveness caused by scarcity shapes and brings about such harsh climates .
The inner connection between weather cycles and emotional cycles
Weather exhibits cyclical changes not because weather patterns themselves have any inherent cycles, but because "emotional cycles are inherent in the individual" . Human emotional cycles projected onto the physical level form the cyclical fluctuations of weather.
Historical misunderstanding, energy transformation, and the principle of rain dances
In the very earliest stages of human development, bad weather often saved humanity from war. Humans therefore misunderstood this and thought that making "sacrifices" to the natural elements could save them from such disasters, but Seth clearly states that sacrifices have nothing to do with it . On the contrary, the terms "emotional contagion" and "emotional climate" describe this phenomenon very aptly. Energy constantly changes form; if it is blocked in one direction, it will choose another. The reason the rain dances of the American Indians could work is precisely based on this principle of energy transformation .
The cooperation of all things and macroclimatic cycles
The shaping of weather is not the result of a single individual. Just as all living beings on the earth plane cooperate to form the physical universe, they also cooperate to form not only daily weather cycles but also macroclimatic cycles, such as the alternation of ice ages and tropical periods .
1965-1966 · The Early Sessions: Book 5 of The Seth MaterialAI summary (single book)
In The Early Sessions Book 5, Seth provides an in-depth and concrete discussion of the concept of "weather." This discussion was mainly triggered by a blizzard that swept through Elmira in late January 1966, which Jane and Rob had intuitively felt as an "invisible psychic storm" . Seth clearly states that personality affects weather . Weather is not a natural phenomenon independent of life, but is produced by the constant interaction between psyche and chemical components, and this interaction actually creates daily weather, weather cycles, seasons, droughts, and storms . Specifically, Seth elaborates several core dimensions of weather: First, the source of weather and the psychic balancing mechanism. The forces that create weather originate from the psychic or nonphysical level of every living organism in the system . This force serves as a "balancing mechanism" of the psychic structure, through which life forms create and maintain their own physical environment in the most basic way. Seth emphasizes that this is by no means a symbolic metaphor, but a completely practical operation . Second, two-way interaction. There is a two-way influence between the human system and weather. Humans are not only guided and altered by physical weather chemically, electronically, and psychically, but the human system also influences and creates the physical climate that makes survival possible electronically, electromagnetically, chemically, and psychically . Although the scientific community finds it easier to discover the influence of physical weather on the individual's chemical level, humans are likewise influencing weather, but this fact will take longer to be recognized by human society . Third, psychic energy and the release of "chemical excess/abundance." Seth draws an analogy between the production of weather and dreams. Just as dreams are caused in part by the chemical excess accumulated within the human body and carry the emotional excess that cannot be fully expressed in daily physical action, physical weather is also caused in part by the psychic energy flowing through human and all biological systems, as well as the "chemical excess" (or more accurately, "abundant chemical energy") that the organism cannot handle . This chemical energy, which exceeds what the individual physical organism needs on a daily basis, must be used, and this utilization is accomplished unconsciously . Fourth, the benefits of storms. Because the physical organism simply cannot withstand all the energy available to it, weather phenomena such as blizzards are essentially mainly "beneficial" . They are the natural means by which living systems discharge and balance this unmanageable abundant energy. Through these discussions, Seth in The Early Sessions Book 5 defines weather as a practical physical mechanism shaped by the psychic and chemical energy of all living organisms, used to maintain the physical survival environment and balance the inner psychic structure.
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The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events · Chapter 41 related passage in this chapter
In the Seth philosophy, "weather" is not a purely objective natural phenomenon independent of humanity, but rather the projection, physical materialization, and co-creation on the physical plane of the collective emotions, psychic states, and physiological energy of all living beings . Weather is essentially the externalization of inner spiritual conditions, a practical physical mechanism operated by the living system to maintain the physical survival environment and balance the inner psychic structure . Whether it is daily wind and rain, the changing of seasons, or natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, all are natural products of consciousness and "feeling tones," reflecting the profound electromagnetic and chemical interactions between the physical body's microcosm and the atmospheric macrocosm .
II. Key Elaborations
1. Electromagnetic Interaction Between the Physical Microcosm and the Atmospheric Macrocosm
Seth points out that there is a high degree of isomorphism and continuous energy exchange between the body and the atmosphere. The inner psychic state of each individual triggers chemical changes within the physical body, releasing specific hormones and chemical substances . When these chemical substances approach a specific threshold within the body, they are converted into pure electromagnetic properties and released into the external atmosphere through unique and definite changes in electrical charge on the skin . On a collective level, these chemical, hormonal, and electrical charge conditions released by countless living beings merge in the air, directly altering and creating the atmospheric state and weather changes of a specific region . The flow of blood through the blood vessels and the flow of wind across the earth are essentially manifestations of the same interrelationship and movement, and the human brain itself is a "controlled storm" .
2. Cause and Effect of Emotional Cycles, Scarcity, and Climate
The periodic fluctuations of weather are not physical laws inherent to itself, but are the result of the outward projection of the "emotional cycles" of humans and other living beings . Seth overturns the traditional physical view of cause and effect, pointing out that it is not harsh climates that cause physical scarcity, but rather the intense "emotional aggressiveness" triggered by scarcity that shapes and causes cruel climates on a subconscious level . Furthermore, macro-climatic cycles (such as the alternation between ice ages and tropical periods) are also the result of all living creatures on Earth collaborating to release and transform psychic energy .
3. Psychic Balancing Mechanism and the Release of "Chemical Excess"
Weather acts as a "balancing mechanism" for the life system . Seth analogizes the generation of weather to dreams: just as dreams are responsible for releasing the accumulated chemical and emotional excess within the human body, physical weather (such as blizzards and storms) is also, to some extent, caused by the psychic energy flowing through biological systems and the "abundant chemical energy" that the organism cannot process . Since physical organisms cannot withstand all the energy available to them, weather phenomena like storms are essentially "beneficial"; they are the natural way for the life system to release and balance these overwhelming, abundant energies .
4. Natural Disasters as the Physical Materialization of Mass Beliefs
Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and storms are the natural manifestations of the emotions and beliefs of humans and other living beings on the physical atmospheric level . Each individual creatively participates in the formation of every natural event . Seth points out that while wars are natural events resulting from the interaction of emotions and beliefs on a social level, natural disasters represent the same kind of phenomenon on the physical atmospheric level . For example, earthquakes represent the emotional patterns of the species, initiated by unstable conditions of consciousness, and those who are drawn to live in earthquake zones often possess highly energetic, unstable, and extremely creative personalities .
5. The Nature of Weather on Non-Physical Planes
On the non-physical plane where Seth himself resides, there is no natural rain or snow . However, weather can still exist on non-physical planes, but this depends entirely on the will of consciousness—Seth can create and experience real rain or snow on his own plane by directly "manipulating molecular patterns," although this creation cannot cover his entire plane .
III. Evolutionary Development
Seth's exposition of the concept of "weather" underwent an evolutionary process from a "practical metaphor" to a "deep physical-psychic mechanism," and finally to a "multidimensional collaboration of consciousness":
In the Early Sessions phase (Volumes 1-2), Seth first used weather as a psychological metaphor, using natural phenomena such as trees bending with the wind and not blooming in a blizzard to guide the ego to remain flexible when facing the external environment, neither dwelling on past storms nor detaching from present reality . Subsequently, he quickly directed the discussion toward the energetic nature of weather, pointing out that weather is "unpatterned energy," and for the first time proposed the two-way interaction between emotions and weather, the cause and effect relationship between scarcity and climate, and the principle of energy transformation behind rain dances .
In the Middle Sessions phase (Volumes 5-8), Seth's discourse became more concrete and scientific. He introduced the analogy of "chemical excess" and dreams, defining storms as beneficial energy release mechanisms . In Volume 8, he detailed the microscopic physiological mechanisms of weather formation, clearly pointing out how individual hormonal releases, chemical projections, and skin charge changes merge in the atmosphere and materialize into physical climate .
In the Late Works phase (The Nature of Personal Reality and The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events), Seth elevated weather to an ontological height. He pointed out that weather originates from the innate "feeling tones" of all living beings , and proposed the concept of the "earth's psychic atmosphere," emphasizing that human thoughts and emotions naturally organize into invisible mental patterns and affect earth patterns . At the same time, he juxtaposed natural disasters with wars, deeply exploring the shaping of weather by mass beliefs , and expounded on the interactions of various consciousnesses, from microbes to stars, within the framework of "Framework 2" . In addition, he contrasted modern man's sense of powerlessness, which separates self from nature, with the harmonious state of early humans who merged their own consciousness with the changing sky .
IV. Relationship with Related Concepts
Ego: The ego is the individual's gateway to contact with the physical environment. Seth emphasizes that the ego should not overreact to past storms during fair weather, but should learn to remain flexible and adaptive within the "weather" of the environment .
Feeling Tone and Earth's Psychic Atmosphere: Feeling tones are the deep rhythms through which living beings create the world . Human thoughts and emotions flow into and organize into the invisible "earth's psychic atmosphere," from which natural earth patterns, seasons, and weather changes emerge .
Framework 2: The formation of weather and natural events originates from the interaction of various consciousnesses in Framework 2 . In Framework 2, the manifestation of physical energy closely follows the rhythms of emotion, where the dreams, hopes, and fears of all living beings interact, ultimately materializing as weather in Framework 1 (the physical world) .
V. Representative Original Quotations
"On another level, the atmosphere reflects all the psychic, chemical, and electromagnetic characteristics that exist within the body."
"Every individual takes part in the creation of every storm, flood, earthquake, and summer rain."
"Modern man admits that weather affects his mood, but very few think that emotions have any effect on the weather."