This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 322 Grafton Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, this 28th day of February, 1925, in accordance with request made by self - [341].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [341].
R E A D I N G
Born March 16, 1907, in Bowling Green, Ky. Time of Reading 11:45 A. M. Dayton Time. ..., Ohio.
1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the Universe, and the Universal Forces, giving the conditions that are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life. Also the former appearances in the earth's plane, giving time, place, and the name, and that in that life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity and that to which it may attain, and how.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations to Universe, and Universal Forces, as have been manifested in the earth's plane and the relations to the urge and abilities of entity in the present earth's plane.
3. These - we see we have had portions of these here before.
4. Now, as to the relation to Universal Forces, Universe and the dwelling in the earth's plane, we see in this entity that manifestation of a purpose and that as set from the beginning of the sojourn in earth's plane, and the manifestations of those laws of Universal Forces as may be manifest through these conditions and relations as may be seen in this entity.
5. As we see, many conditions as have been given have been in the life in present, and the relations to earthly existences show the purpose, the conditions, the elements in Universal Forces, as may be manifest in an entity and exhibited throughout the ages of the earth's development.
6. In the present earth's plane we find the entity takes its position from those influences of Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Uranus, with some indwelling of Neptune's forces, then having received the influence not only of the earthly indwelling but as Universal, so far as earth's spheres are concerned.
7. Then we find these urges, then, in the elements of the present entity, though the body (physical) has reached that development in mental in earth plane wherein this may be controlled through the earthly relations and of earthly desires, and the correlation of these may only be given with
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the urge as would be weighed, measured, by other experiences in the earth's plane. Well, then, that the entity understand much of each sojourn in earth's plane, that this may be weighed with the present development that lies within the sphere of the mental forces of the entity.
8. One then given with much of the influences of Mars in the present plane and should be wary of those elements, realizing that the same urge is not in the individual, the individual not having chosen the same urge as in some of the other experiences in earth's plane, for with the influence of Mars is that of wrath, fire, firearms, powders, explosions and riots. These the body must be wary of, should it desire to reach the mental, the development, the scope of experiences in present earth's plane.
9. Then, we have the urge of the love, modified with the ennobling influences in the entity, and the accentuation of each in that of Uranian forces, yet ever dominated with that in Neptune of the entity attempting to obtain all knowledge and information, using rather for self's development, self's aggrandizement in many instances. Be not overcome then with the madness in Mars to bring detrimental to self, for this would be a weakness in flesh.
10. In others we find the ennobling influences in Jupiter attracting then about the entity those of high minded, high position, high effects, high mental forces, high places in social affairs, high places in business. Use these rather than abuse same, remembering these show how the use of the talents that have been acquired in development in earth's plane, ever keeping the purpose as is first set in the entity.
11. Again we find those influences of the indwelling of the forces as experienced in earth's plane of the use of the love forces, and these again may be abused. These we will see from experiences, as has been found, in earth's plane.
12. The elements or abilities then of the entity lie in those spheres of controlling those which are attracted to the entity in the present plane.
13. In the appearances then we find much of the development and purpose.
14. As we find in the one before this, in the time when the second [of the?] Edwards was on the throne in England. [Edward "the Elder" 2nd son of Alfred the Great? See 341-1.] Then in the monastery the entity chose that of the monk, coming then from the northern lands in Norway (now known) and taking the vows in the church, there becoming the recluse, yet giving that love as was brought in earth's plane from entity's sojourn in Venus, and the name Ericson
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then, [Olaf Ericson?] and the letters, papers, yet may be found in the sixth vault in the abbey of the records of the kings. In this entity then we find much given to the peoples of the life chosen by the entity then, to give the account, the soul's development, the soul's communion with the indwelling spirits in prison in human bodies, lacking understanding and the vision of the power from within; the greater letter written then being that of Ellaviola [?] [Elea? Ely?]. In the present personality we find this exhibited in the earth's plane: The ability to concentrate and give the inmost recesses of acquired knowledge in such a manner as understandable to other individuals. Noble calling!
15. In the one before this we find in the defense of the Holy War as is brought from the peaceable to the peoples in the foreign land, when those people under their leader defended the Cross in the Moslem rule then beginning, and the entity then the standard-bearer, and in the name of Edgar the Third. [Edgar III (1050-1130) - born in Hungary?] [Went to Crusade 1099?] [See 341-17 on 12/10/25 saying that [341] was a Bavarian prince.] In this we find the entity then had the opportunity of weighing the various phases of the study of approach to the kingdom, and the kingdom the kingdom of God. Hence in the present we find the great desire to study, understand, the Moslem rule, the Moslem thought, the Moslem principles as weighed with the religion of the entity as was being taught, manifested, and the desire to seek out. The entity then we find wounded by the battle-ax, and the care as given in the tents of the unbelievers brought this chance of study of the difference kept in the heart. Hence the inner calling of that land and the innate desire to seek out, and many places in Palestine now would be as of old grounds to the entity. These are so latent and submerged, yet would be awakened through study.
16. In the one before this we find in this same land wherein the entity [then had] now has lost its earthly existence. Then in the fisherman on the Sea of Galilee, and became the follower of the Nazarene, the Gift to the World, and the entity sought this out and brought many to the sound of the Living Words as were given to the peoples round about, and the entity was one of those who studied the lessons and had reached that point where the soul knew the awakening and the purpose for which it had set itself in earth's plane. The name then was Andrew. In the personalities exhibited in the individuality of the entity in the present plane, the desire to ever hold as is [that which is] only acceptable of the Prince of Peace, and the ability of the entity to give much
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knowledge to others [only?] save through such lessons and illustrations as given by the Master.
17. In the one before this we find in the land of now Egyptian. Then in the second pharaoh [6/2/25 See 341-9 indicating that this particular period in Egypt was eleven thousand and sixteen (11,016) B.C.], or the ruler of that land [Ra Ta period], and the laws and the religions then just being established. The entity then assisted in giving much to these peoples. The foundation of the truth of the relations of earthly individuals with the High God of Heavens. The entity then in the name as called Araaraart. In this entity we find that the first temples of sacrifice were builded, and the offerings of blood were first made, and the monuments of the things afterward becoming a stumbling block, yet in the entity's day the means of representing to the peoples the approach to the indwelling of that not made with hands. The entity, then, in the upper chamber of the northeast corner of the first pyramid builded, there placed by the grandson, the king who afterward ascended to the throne in Egypt - Azorut. In the individuality and the personality exhibited from same in present plane, we find the desire of the study of all pertaining to laws and of reason of sacrifice, of the difference between sacrifice and mercy, and the innate force or urge to study this land and peoples.
18. In the one before this we find in the Beginning, when the earth in its form became a place, and afterward able to be an abode for the creature called man, and the entity chose that through this manner it, that entity, that part of the whole, would through these creatures of the High Heavenly make manifest Heaven and Heaven's forces through those elements.
19. Then, in the present plane, let this entity gain these forces: Through all the sojourns the entity has manifested in the manner then under the highest development in mental forces the expressions to the Creator. Then in the present, keep that developing, knowing when the inmost soul gives of self to such development the entity may go on to those other fields, when chosen in that spiritual plane only.
20. Then, to apply those abilities, latent in the present plane, through the mental forces give that knowledge as has been acquired, correlating all with man's moral, spiritual, development to the Will of the Creator, the law of the love of Creator for the created.
21. Then in letters, in associations, in any manner give these messages to the masses, for in giving this the entity lends to the Lord. Then in that of author, of lecturer, of
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explorer, of such manner may the entity give most in this life on earth to self and others, keeping away from the madness that would destroy that built.
22. We are through.