This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 8th day of December, 1925, in accordance with request made by self.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 2:25 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Va.
1. GC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind of EC, and the dream this body had on the night of 12/7th, or morning of 8th, 1925. You will give the interpretation and lesson of this dream as had by this body. [Dream not read: I was in a court room, being tried on a lunacy charge. Apparently, my wife was preferring the charges against me. Apparently, it was in my home town and the court room was full of spectators, but I didn't seem to know anyone present. The attorney who was questioning me was a United States Senator from Texas. The Judge was a Mr. Hambery [Hanbery?], who is now dead, but who was once much interested in my work. It seemed I couldn't answer the questions, so they asked me to step aside, and my wife took the chair as the witness. She charged that I was incompetent to be allowed to be loose, that I should be confined, as I was a harm to the public in general, and she was fearful of bodily harm to herself and seven children. When she said this, I spoke up and said: "Judge, she's wrong there, for she only has two, and one of those is dead. One grown or nearly so. This shows she's not speaking the truth." At this, Mr. Thomas B. Brown of Dayton, who seemed to come from nowhere, arose and, addressing the Judge in regular court order, (who in turn questioned Brown as to whether he was an attorney or not, but Brown) merely stated that he was a friend of mind, and he felt sure if they would allow me to state my case in my own way, I would convince them all that I was not only a rational man, but a very intelligent and useful citizen. The Judge then asked me to stand up, and asked if I knew what an oath was. I answered him by saying, I knew several kinds, then described what a legal oath meant. He asked me what was my name, where I lived, etc. I began, telling of my present life's history and of each former appearance in the earth's plane, giving name and circumstances through
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each appearance in the plane. As I began on this, it seemed I saw the back door open, and Hugh Lynn, with Edgar Evans in front of him, and Miss Gladys behind him, came into the court room, and I never did see such a forlorn, helpless group in my life; yet Edgar Evans came directly to me and climbed into my lap. As I recounted the various experiences, everyone seemed to be spellbound at what I was saying. Then as I turned to the judge and many of the others, I pointed them out as having been with me during certain periods and ages, and asked them to deny it if they could, and each one seemed to remember the date and circumstance as was told, and as I told the Judge of an experience in a former appearance with him, I awakened.]
2. EC: Yes, we have the body and the enquiring mind of this entity, EC. This we have had before.
3. The dream which came to this entity in this way, as seen, is in reference to the work that is being attempted by him, and the hindrance in same through one who, in all physical reason, should be one to help, assist and aid in same.
4. The attempt to prevent such being carried out is as the thought of the entity in the manner of that thought in physical sense towards same as respect to physical condition, see?
5. That is, on account of lack of those physical objects, or monies necessary, there, in physical sense, appears the depression in mind of entity, EC, regarding the giving of self in every manner without the compensation apparent as should be, see?
6. This, then, represents, as the physical condition is seen, as crazy, as out of reason, out of question.
7. Then the reasoning by the various ones in their various positions is but as the entity should expend self in reasonable manner to obtain physical means necessary to prevent such conditions arising, see?
8. And as seen in the recounting to many groups of the various experiences passed through in physical existences: This indicates but one of many ways and manners that such could be, or should be used to receive that remuneration necessary for the propagation, and as is necessary for the sustenance and maintenance of all associated and connected with same.
9. The varied aspects of the entering into this court of justice of those associated or interested in same, show how these are but in their immature efforts, though they attempt
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to assist in every way.
10. Then more exercising of that prerogative that is due to be exercised in the physical sense. For, should the mental and spiritual manifest and magnify in the physical, the physical must be cared for.
11. We are through with this reading.