This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 18th day of September, 1935, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [325], Active Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., through her son, Mr. [257].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. L. B. Cayce.
R E A D I N G
Born May 23, 1872, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Time of Reading 11:05 to 11:45 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. ... City. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the entity now known as or called [325] - born with a caul.
2. In entering the present experience, and in giving the interpretation of that which has been the experience of the entity through the activities in the earth and the sojourns in the environs of same, that which would be helpful we find would be approached rather from these angles that make for analyzing. In other words, rather than giving that which would be as precepts, we would give that which is indicated for the entity's own interpretation, the entity's own enlightenment. Thus may there be the application in the present experience of those things that have been and are so much a part of the entity, in having EXPERIENCED same. These become, as it were, part and parcel of the entity; to be met, to be used, to be made experiences that build in the realm of activity through which the entity journeys in its gaining an at-onement with the Creative Forces.
3. From the astrological aspects, then, we find rather a confusing - as taken from the ordinary angle. For those influences of the head and of Gemini become a portion of the entity's experience.
4. Hence we find one, as indicated from the manner or type of birth in the present, that is a "sensitive" to spiritual import.
5. The entity is STRONG of mind, of temperament; high-strung in its ideals for not only self but for those about self, and its relationships to those who have had to do with the mental and spiritual portions of the activities.
6. Yet those that would become the greater part must be to the entity manifested in a material way and manner.
7. We have afflictions in Cancer with the relationships in
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the Jupiterian forces. These make for those conditions where the strength of the body in its relationships to others has been and is spoken of rather in terms of that which is hushed in the manner of its greater expression.
8. In its associations with individuals, then, the entity becomes as a HELPFULNESS; being a confidante of many; one to whom many come for their OWN instruction.
9. These make for those influences that appear in the experience of the entity in the present sojourn.
10. Also the influences in Venus and Mercury make for the high ideals in relationships with friends; the individual having a high standard in such relationships. And those that break same, to the entity become as those that are as outcasts from the understanding or interpreting of the higher spiritual conditions in the affairs of others.
11. The high mental capacity and the high mental abilities arise from those sojourns or relationships.
12. As to the earthly appearances, then, and those that have influenced and do influence the entity in the present, we find:
13. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods when there were the establishings of the peoples in the land under a new regime, as it were; or when the disturbances brought about what is ordinarily known as the American Revolution - or those withdrawals from the activities of the motherland.
14. The entity then was among those of the household of those who aided not only in the financing but in the counseling and advising of those in authority.
15. Then in the name Amanda Goldsteihn, the entity's activities brought many associations that were for the material developments.
16. And much of the ability in the present to hold to its own ideals comes from that sojourn; yet the entity is also in the position of considering the ideas and ideals of others.
17. Hence tolerance of a nature is a portion of the experience in the entity, while tolerance in other directions - as indicated - has not been a part of the entity at all.
18. So there are conflicting forces when it comes to the material associations and the mental and spiritual life.
19. These are as experiences of the entity in the present, yet none but what the entity is able to see their variations for their activities in the material and the mental and the spiritual forces in THEIR own relationships.
20. Hence the entity becomes in the present as a good judge
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of human nature, as one that analyzes the activities and the promptings of individuals in their associations.
21. These are from the associations of the entity in those experiences when there were the beginnings and the activities and the settlements of the revolutionary influences that came into the minds of many, and into the experiences of the entity during those sojourns.
22. Before that we find the experience which has made for the greater development, the greater portion of the entity's experience in the present; for it was during those periods when there were the peoples returning to the rebuilding of the city.
23. The entity, rather than being among those at the first of the rebuildings, was in the latter portion under Nehemiah.
24. When those activities were renewed, the entity then journeyed with those people who were also of the households or the children of the Levites, or those that offered the sacrificial service for the peoples in that particular experience.
25. As the entity sought during those expressions and periods for not only the advancement of those with whom the entity was associated, but for their rightful position in the service with the renewed activities in the rebuilded city and in the replenishing for the activities during the sojourn, the entity made great advancement.
26. Hence those things pertaining to the offices of those activities that BECOME those of the lineal descent are a portion of the entity's experience; that there should be not mere formalities but certain things expected of individuals in certain positions through the law from the beginnings of the entity's activities in such sojourns - as will be seen.
27. Then in the name Matilda (as would be termed in the present), the entity joined much with those in the service of the temple, in the renewing of those activities when not only the temple but the walls of the city were rebuilded.
28. Before that we find the entity lived in the earth during those periods when there were the preparations for the journey to the Promised Land.
29. Again the entity was in one of the families of the Levites, nigh unto the household of the leaders in that experience; being in the household of those who were then friends, neighbors and associates of Jochebed, the mother of Moses.
30. These associations with the mother brought the entity into close association and activity with Miriam and Aaron, during those periods that the entity Moses joined closer
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with the activities and relationships with his own people.
31. During the period of sojourn through the wilderness, the entity then became nigh unto the priesthood again; becoming then the wife of Nadab, one of the sons of Aaron made the high priest. [See 257-10.]
32. With the destruction of these in the Wilderness of Zin because of their offerings of strange fire on the altar, it brought to the entity the widowhood which made the longings for the changes that were gradually wrought by the activities with the sons and the daughters of Jethro, those that joined themselves later to the activities.
33. And the sons then of the tribe of Judah became the protectorate to the entity during the rest of its experience in that sojourn.
34. Throughout the activities the entity gained much in its moral and mental and spiritual life. Little of the material things became a part of the entity's activity. And the entity, while not among those that were of age when leaving Egypt, journeyed into the Promised Land; being among those that left Egypt that journeyed into the Promised Land.
35. These influences, and those that will be attracted to and drawn about the entity, will have much to do with the beginnings of the return to that activity - in those promises made for those in that sojourn. [See her grandson's Life Rdg. 1856-1 and Reports.]
36. In the present these make for conflicting influences at times in the experiences of the entity. Yet join into the services in the tabernacle, for these mean much to the entity.
37. Before that we find the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were turmoils and strifes, when there were those taking sides with the activities when the Priest was banished.
38. The entity then was among those who sided with the Priest, and among those that went into banishment; choosing rather to be close to those in that particular activity indicated by the Priest, than to those who would join with the King and his counsellors who had caused those disturbing factors.
39. With the return the entity became joined with those in establishing the activities in Ibex, AFTER there had been the overcoming of the rebellion there.
40. Hence many of those whom the entity may contact during this experience, or those whom the entity has met, are those whom the entity counselled at that time. And there will appear more and more those activities that will be likened unto the experiences in the Ibex rule, or the Ibex
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experience of the entity as Hen-Ret-Lo.
41. For the entity then was one close to those put in authority there, AFTER there had been made the closer relationships. And there, in Ibex, began the greater portion of that known as the COMMERCIAL activity in relationships with other nations, with other peoples, with other tribes, with other lands.
42. In the present, then, the entity rises as one with an insight into business and business associations, business relations. Hence in the abilities of the entity these are found as a portion of the entity's faculties, gifts, NATURALLY, dealing with peoples of MANY various characters - and ESPECIALLY with people of different faiths, when it comes to their moral and their religious life.
43. Then, as to that to which the entity may attain, and how:
44. Keep the faith as thou hast had in all thine dealings with thy fellow man, and PRESS ONWARD rather in giving to those who seek to know the way - in or through counsel, through precept, through judgements - the manner in which they may find, through thy EXPERIENCES, the knowledge not only of material matters but mental and spiritual forces as well.
45. Ready for questions.
46. (Q) Why her interest in special lines of endeavor? (A) As indicated, through those activities in the various experiences and sojourns in the earth.
47. (Q) What is her life's work yet to be accomplished? (A) In counselling, in advising others as to the laws pertaining to the relationships of man to the Creative Forces; and manners and means and ways.
48. (Q) What is her destiny? (A) Mental, physical or spiritual? These, of course, have each their OWN way, their own sphere of development. Keep the faith, for the Lord thy God has not destined that any soul would be separated from Him.
49. (Q) Will she be able to contact her loved ones when her period on this plane is fulfilled? (A) They are ever one with another. As she contacts them in the present, so may she contact them the more when with them.
50. (Q) How is it most easily accomplished? (A) By making the attunement one to another.
51. (Q) What has been the entity's accomplishment according to God's standard during this appearance? (A) This must be determined within self. Who would reckon as to God's plans, or God's ways with man?
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52. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file