This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 1st day of November, 1936, in accordance with request by those present.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Esther Wynne, Hannah Miller, Florence & Edith Edmonds, Frances Y. Morrow, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Helen Storey, Helen Ellington, Ruth LeNoir and Helen Kerr Vincent.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 3:50 to 4:00 P. M.
1. GC: You will have before you the Norfolk Study Group #1, members of which are present here, and their work on the lesson KNOWLEDGE, a copy of which I hold in my hand. As I call each section you will comment on same and give suggestions for changes or additions that will make this lesson a more effective treatment of this subject. Ques.
2. EC: Yes, we have the group as gathered here, as a group, as individuals; and their work on the lesson Knowledge. Ready for questions.
3. (Q) Section I - Introduction. (A) Very good.
4. (Q) Section II - Knowledge is of God. (A) Very good.
5. (Q) Section III - Knowledge is Power. (A) Very good.
6. (Q) Section IV - Knowledge As a Workable Experience in the Affairs of (a) Individuals (b) Groups (c) Nations. (A) Very good.
7. (Q) Section V - Knowledge as a Material Experience. (A) Should be rather a change in the caption. Knowledge as May be Applied in the Individual Experience would be better.
8. (Q) Section VI - Correct Evaluation of Knowledge (a) Man's Experience (b) Man's Application. (A) This is the better portion of same. Very good.
9. (Q) Section VII - We may have the Knowledge of His Presence. (A) Very good.
10. (Q) Section VIII - EXPERIENCES in the study of Knowledge. (A) Very good.
11. (Q) Please comment on the lesson as a whole. (A) This as we find, as has been indicated, is very good; and as may be seen by the close study of the lessons that have preceded same, they are as a wheel or the spokes in same that lead step by step in the practical application of the mental, the spiritual, for the physical development of individuals' opening their understanding to the application
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in their experience of the truths as presented by Him.
12. (Q) You will give the affirmation for preparation of our study of Wisdom. (A) OUR FATHER, OUR GOD, MAY THE LIGHT OF THY WISDOM, OF THY STRENGTH, OF THY POWER, GUIDE - AS WE WOULD APPLY OURSELVES IN THY SERVICE FOR OTHERS. IN HIS NAME WE SEEK. In the preparation for or of the group activity upon this lesson, let there be a very careful analysis of each individual as you approach the throne - in self - of God, for the more perfect understanding. For this should be as a crowning experience in the life of each and every one. For the WISDOM of the Father is that to be sought which should make each individual FREE from worry, care, and KNOW within thyself thy relationship to the Father - through the Son - in this experience.
13. We are through for the present.