This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of September, 1927, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [427].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. L. B. Cayce.
R E A D I N G
Born October 20, 1910, Carlowville, Dallas Co., Alabama. Time of Reading 12:00 Noon - Eastern Standard Time. ..., Ala.
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 the time, the 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: We have the entity here and those relations with the universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present earth's plane.
3. In giving the conditions and elements and as urges in this entity, we find there are conditions that are contradictory to one another. Hence we will find there should be especial interest for this entity in studying the relations with the universal forces as they apply to the mental, spiritual, and physical development and the physical abilities as apply in the astrological conditions for the entity.
4. In entering the earth's plane we find the entity under the influence of Mercury, Jupiter and Venus, with adverse influences in Venus with Saturn, and Jupiter with Mars. Hence we find - as has been exhibited in the physical forces of the experience (present experience) in the earth's plane - those periods when, apparently without cause or reason, there was an inactivity toward the physical health of body that proved detrimental to the physical and mental development of the body, and there arose still again those conditions wherein the mental development has been and is beyond the ordinary conditions of a body under such environs or elements, and again the same will appear when we have the adverse conditions arising again in the thirty-first (31st) year. Beware of firearms and of fires, and of trips on steam or boats, for these will be adverse to the physical condition of the body during these periods.
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5. As to that as is latent and exhibited in the entity in the present experience we find, irrespective of that element as given and of the will - and the will may be well applied in the affairs of this life, for these, as seen, must play the most important part, especially in this individual's development through this experience in the earth's plane:
6. One of high mental abilities.
7. One weighted or shaded well by high moral influences throughout the life, yet one that - with the will broken, or with trust, faith, confidence in others SHAKEN - would bring ADVERSE conditions to the body, weakening the resistance in will, and the entity seeking rather the pleasure of gratifying fleshly desires than of awakening the higher moral and spiritual truths for the development of the body-physical, or mental, or moral.
8. One that, through the LOVE of position, place, power, may gain much, will this be [if this will be] guided and directed in the proper way and manner, BUT - as is seen - one that necessarily must set the ensample, the example, before self and work toward the mark of the higher calling as set in Him.
9. One that must ever keep the highest forces before self as the criterions of success, whether in social, business, mental, or spiritual relations, for one that - were [if] the mental, physical or moral self [were] shaken in purport - would find it all too easy to slide into the night-side, or the weaker sides of life and earthly experiences.
10. One that may be loved into the better conditions, or may be persuaded into the weaker conditions.
11. One that, then, should keep self in that place or position wherein the highest forces in life may be applied in the assistance of others.
12. On that may become a speaker, teacher, minister, to others - will [if] the correct application of self's abilities [will] be applied in that direction.
13. One that is quick to anger, yet quicker to forgive. Encourage in self that forgiveness. Hold not malice, nor be not revengeful in mind or spirit. Trust in the Lord, and KEEP thy paths straight, for in HIM is the life, and the light, and this leads to the pacifying of all desire through service in Him.
14. In the appearances and the urges from same:
15. In the one before this we find in that land where the entity came as the companion for those that settled in the land now known as Virginia. The entity then [was] among those who landed on the East coast, going through the country to the South, and thence West to the rivers, and
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again taking up the fighting spirit in the defense of then Fort Dodge. The entity in the name Bainbridge. The entity gained and lost through this experience. GAINING in the latter days. Losing in that gratifying of the desires of the flesh without respect to place or person. In the urge as is seen, the entity desires to study much alone. Loves travel. Loves the work of those that accomplished conditions, or overcame conditions through search, and in applying this - keep self in the study of those experiences in that the explorer brought good, not evil, to those visited.
16. In the one before this we find in that land when the Roman rule brought much persecution to the peoples that accepted the teaching of the Master. The entity then [was] the companion of the teacher [Paul] who came to Rome as the prisoner bound to Caesar. The entity coming under this teacher became the follower and the teacher in the secluded way, yet gaining much through this experience, yet fearful of physical violence through public announcements of self's position. In this phase of the entity's development will the greater good, the greater success, then, come in the life - for in that of the minister, or teacher, will the greatest principles, the greatest service, and the greatest security, physically, mentally, morally, financially, come to the entity. In that experience known as Agial. In the urge is seen the love of those teachings, and especially of the experiences of Saul [Paul] the teacher.
17. In the one before this we find in the land of the Ohlms* [Aymaras?]. The entity [was] among those that warred against the invaders from over the seas, and the entity gained and lost through that experience. GAINING in giving service to the ones about same. Losing in the applying of vengeance to those that were taken captive. In the urge is seen that - while not holding malice, yet the tinge of vengeance often appears, and the love of the seeing suffering, in a manner, for those who err. * [GD's note: Ohlms, Ohum, Ohms, Uhum, Ohm, Ohlm - all these spellings were used in the early readings, in fact in all the readings, for a period which apparently coincided with Atlantis and preceded the Inca. We finally came to believe that the period was that of the Aymaras, about which people little is known except that it [the period] preceded the Inca civilization.]
18. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Atlantean. The entity [was] among those of the teachers who brought much to the peoples of that period, gaining
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throughout that experience in the earth's plane, and in the name Azuhi.
19. In the abilities of the entity there is seen, through the comparison of that given and experienced, and as latent in the urges of the entity desiring of self in service or ministry to others - through what channel shall same be exercised? In that of the minister, through the teachings of Him that gave, "Come unto me and I will give thee rest," for in Him is the way and the light. Seek that way while it may be found, for unto Him that knocketh shall it be opened. Keep thy paths straight, and thy trust in Him alone - for "though all others forsake thee, yet I will bear thee up."
20. As has been seen and given, the life is the reflection of that manifestation in Him, as is seen through the experiences of self as applied to the conditions through which one passes in that merited by the action in self. Keep the heart clean. Let thine heart AND MIND ever be in the Christ.
21. We are through for the present.