This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of November, 1925, in accordance with request made by self - [341].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [341].
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 5:00 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Va.
1. GC: You will have before you the body and enquiring mind of [341] present in this room, together with the Life Reading as given for this body on February 28, 1925, [341-8], in Dayton, Ohio, especially the appearance just previous to the present one. The entity at that time as one, Ericson Olif [Ericson, Olaf?]. [See 341-1 on 12/10/23 saying it was during the period of Alfred the Great - 848?-900.] As given in the Life Reading, well that the entity understands much of each sojourn in earth's plane, that this may be weighed with the present development that lies within the sphere of mental forces of the entity. You will give such information concerning the appearance just before this one that may be of help in the developing of the entity along every line. You will also give any information concerning this appearance that will aid the entity, [341], in solving the question of his life's work. You will give any other advice that may help the entity in deciding the life's work and in better understanding the dreams and visions as come to the entity, and in maintaining the correct mental balance to keep away from that madness of Mars as warned of in the Life Reading. You will answer any questions that I ask you regarding any of this.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity and the enquiring mind of same here, together with that information as given on February 28, 1925, [341-8] regarding appearances in earth's plane of this entity, and that which the entity should study of the appearances, and that accomplished or lost in each earthly sojourn, that the mental abilities of the entity in the present earth's plane may gather the better understanding of mental developments in the earth's plane and how to apply same in the present earth's plane, especially relating to present plane's life's work, together with dreams that come to entity regarding same - see?
3. Now, in giving such information, it will be seen at once, this covers at least three different phases, in questions asked, see?
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4. As to the sojourn in the earth's plane in the appearance before this, this covers in the physical plane the period of fifty-nine (59) years, see? Born in the Norse land, near Ojbuay [?], and reared there until age of sixteen (16), leaving with those peoples settling in the North country of now Scotland, see, coming with those peoples, in the seventh (7th) year of sojourn there, into the country now near the estate Major Castle [England?]. In this connection, then, the entity as the soldier and warrior lost a portion of the hand, see? Watch marks as seen on the left hand, below the forefinger and thumb, that appear at times, see?
5. Then the entity's life changed in the earth's plane, seeking that counsel as given to the peoples through the Church as being established there by the brothers, then as known; becoming a member of same and taking up of the study of the religion as propagated by this group, becoming the recluse and making the study in the Castle, or in the Monkery (as might be called at that day), taking the cowl and the coarse cloth as the garb, mixing, as it were, the religion of the Orient, the Jew, the Christian - in that of the form rather than the spirit, yet entity in the writings as were made in this study and in these times, to his own peoples in the far country, shows, as given, some may yet be found among these ruins, see? near this Castle, and the spirit was gained by entity, for as given, entity developed much.
6. As this then turns from this to the present day, as given, entity should study the various sojourns, for by mental force has entity kept self in earth's plane, and through the mentality of same should entity find - what it's all about, and why these various developments are necessary to the forces as are manifest in the physical world.
7. Then, the phase as pertains to that of the life's work in present plane, viewed from this sojourn and as given for those manifestations as are seen latent, and urges as are existent in the present plane to seek knowledge alone, and to write and build same, see - then, we would find from this would come that experience as is necessary for entity to make, in common parlance, "good" along this line. Rather as that of the lecturer, or of the writer, as pertains to REASONS rather than that of purely fictional writings, or same may be written in that vein, see.
8. As pertains to that phase of dreams, [See [341] series on dreams.] the entity, as seen, finds that dreams are of the nature of physical forces receiving through the subconscious (spiritual forces, see?) the impressions as gained by cosmic experiences (being of physical forces) manifested or builded
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for the spiritual force of the world, see? Then these are as (dreams we are speaking of) but those experiences for the use in the material world, for as given, the entity is mentally developed to the point where the experience of telepathic communication (a mental force active in spiritual and physical phenomena) may be developed by this entity. Ready for questions.
9. (Q) How can this body best develop these mental telepathic conditions? (A) By knowing first laws as pertains to same, especially as in relation to individual self, and this will be gained better by understanding the urges from each earthly appearance, correlated with urges in the present day experiences, see? for as the entity finds, telepathic forces as manifest at present are relative to those with whom entity has contacted in the sphere of some mental development in the material world. Find those all first.
10. We are through for the present.