This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce in Selma, Alabama, this 26th day of June, 1922, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [304].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; (?), Conductor; (?), Steno. Mr. [304].
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading Unknown.
1. EC: Yes, here we have the body here. We have had it before you see. Now, there are a great many changes in the body since last we have had it here - some are better, some are not so good. There has been a disintegration of the component parts throughout the system that have not received relief in any form as yet. They have to do with organic conditions and have to do with the functioning of the organs. Now, these are the conditions as we find in this body, [304] of whom we are speaking, here in this room.
2. First we begin with the head and go over the whole system. We find the body or the brain forces in this body are very well balanced. The action of the brain forces over the body are very good, controlling much of the locomotor conditions throughout the system, yet failing to have perfect accord between the sympathetic and cerebrospinal system at its junction, or the entrance of the brain forces, so we find at the second cervical where the entrance of connection comes between the cerebrospinal and sympathetic systems, a lesion formed, also the vertebrae itself pulled out of plumb, or place as it were, causing much of the condition through the throat and larynx, and causing it to be easily susceptible to congestion in other portions of the body, taking on the condition sympathetically. The cerebrospinal system, or brain forces in their action to eliminate through suggestion, find it impossible to act in unison with the action of the sympathetic forces on account of the lesion preventing a normal flow of the circulation by action of the muscular forces, so that the proper incentive is not carried to the suggestive forces, or its active principle within the system. This does not act from its proper place or through the sensory organs, that is, it does not affect the eye, the sense of smell or taste, yet at times all feel the effect, especially just after this dizziness that appears once in awhile within the body. All feel the effects, but reflexly. The sensory system attempts to establish itself in connection with the cerebrospinal forces, with the forces from the sympathetic system acting independently. The suggestive forces, or brain or mental
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forces, act through the cerebrospinal forces, but their incentive must be only through the ganglion where the sympathetic comes in connection and acts in accord with it. The forces to enliven come through the sympathetic nervous system, yet it must have its incentive and its first force from the brain powers. We have it well defined and shown in this body here. In the throat and larynx and the upper portion of the lungs we find a condition produced by an old condition that existed in this body. The congestion as has been caused time back, years ago, has left its marks and lesions and scars by improper coagulation of the forces in the body so that this becomes easily inflamed, giving off too much lymph, or it calls into action too much lymph and throws it off in different forms in the system - it comes off here through the form of spittle. We have produced from this a lack of rebuilding forces or hemoglobin in the blood. The system attempts to produce more of the warriors in the system, calling from the blood supplying properties or forces needed to add to the cellular forces in the plasmatic cells for rebuilding portions of the body. Nature, that is the spiritual forces in the body, attempt through the sympathetic forces to carry, and is being forced to carry, this secretion of these portions of the body making a drain on the blood supplying forces. The body does not take enough nourishment into the system to produce the proper incentive to the building forces. The blood requires component parts to rebuild these forces. There is as we find at the fourth dorsal the effect of this condition, produced by this overtaxed condition in the system. The digestive tract at present we find impaired through the amount of secretions forced off through this channel that should be carried out through the capillary circulation and the emunctories in their action over the system - hence, the lack of appetite and the proper incentive to supply to the system the component parts for rebuilding portions of the body.
3. The spleen is enlarged, or engorged rather than enlarged at present - this causes the pain around the diaphragm, though reflexly. The overtaxed condition of the brain forces shows itself through the spleen in its action. The liver at present is torpid. This is produced by the lesion that has been formed and is at present present in the system at the eleventh and twelfth dorsals. This acts through the ganglion of the solar plexus centers reflecting towards the right - and comes in conjunction with the ganglion through the secondary cardiac plexus just under the breast bone here to the left side or opposite the gall duct. We find this
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condition is more in the body since the last time we have had it. The action here has been to repress the action of the kidneys and to repress the action of the secretive glands to produce the proper digestive function of the intestines and through the colon. This is better than we had it before. This also shows itself reflexly where the condition first appeared, which was at the third and fourth lumbar, and shows itself reflexly in the conditions at the lower dorsals rather than those of the lumbar.
4. The asthmatic condition existing in the lungs we have had before, but shows more congestion at present than when we had it before. The entire body has taken on a different shape as it were, that is, instead of being broad chested, it is round at present. This is not good and it represses the lung forces and represses the air in the lungs, producing the asthmatic condition as was produced here before.
5. The action of the kidneys is better. The action of the locomotor system is better. The properties to furnish bone structure in the system is not as good. There is a lack of building forces in the system.
6. To assist this body at the present time to regain its equilibrium, that is it will never be perfectly well again, but to assist it to gain its equilibrium, it should have perfect rest, preferably it should be out of doors and should rest from three to five weeks - just rest. With the exercise of the mind over body and with exercise or manipulation of all of the muscular forces of the body to keep up the proper incentive to all of the forces that come at the lesions that have been formed - this exercise should be given through osteopathic treatment. Would chiropractic treatment be the same? We have given you what to do. Osteopathic treatment is needed, not chiropractic. If we had wanted this we would have given it. The body does not need adjustment, what it needs is relaxation of the muscular forces, as we have given, so that the supplying blood cells and nerve forces passing through this which nature provides are relaxed so that the proper secretions and excretions will give that which is needed to rebuild. Chiropractic treatment is adjustment, not relaxation of the muscular forces.
7. Take into the system to assist the condition through the larynx and action of the blood forces through the lungs this -
8. Calcidin - 1 tablet - only one needed. [When needed]
9. This is iodine and salt. This will add saline to the blood forces. This is only medicine needed to be given in
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the system.
10. Stimulation to the action of the juices may be given by taking alcohol in the system. A little of this would be good, but too much harmful. We find this kind of stimulant in whiskey and brandy, but whiskey is better as brandy will act with the kidneys. Very, very small quantities of this should be given and rest. Do that and we will bring equilibrium to the body here.