This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 20th day of February, 1931, in accordance with request made by self - [428].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born September 18, 1883, Grosser Moor 10, Schwerin in Mecklenburg, Germany. Time of Reading 11:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., N.Y. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and exhibited in the present entity, [428].
2. In entering we find astrologically the entity coming near those changes, or cusps, and in those relationships with sojourns in Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Mars. In these relations we find in the present alterations as respecting the application of will as respecting some of the influences; for circumstance - rather than environment or hereditary indications - is manifested in the present entity's development.
3. In Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars - these, as we find, have made in their various aspects - with the relationships to the body - tendencies or periods of varying degrees of intensity in the entity's experience, as in twenty-three, four, five, six. These - especially Mars' influence - brought those indeterminate experiences in the mental upheaval in the body as respecting its relationships to individuals, its relationships to the affairs in the home, in the world, in the experiences of individuals about the entity; while following same there came almost as a period of gentleness, quietude, within the relationships with individuals; while internally, or innately, those of turmoil in physical AND mental readjustments from such relations have made for a domination in will's applications in self.
4. In the alterations that were brought before this in the experience of the entity, these have varied according to their innate influence from sojourns and their effect upon the mental or soul's development of the entity; yet the entity in the present experience has made for a broader development.
5. In the astrological influence:
6. Jupiter brings the bigness of vision, the nobleness of purpose, the patience with self as well as with others.
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7. Mercury brings the high MENTAL abilities, mental influence, and - attuned with Venus and with Jupiter - has made in the present surroundings, this experience (not in the present immediate hour), for an influence of a creative genius in the mental forces of the body, especially as regarding details, or details of surroundings, of individuals - as to their mental attitude as RESPECTING same. Hence the decorative or art influence in the life, as to tints, shades, color effect - and here we will find for the entity, that colors influence the entity a great deal more even than musical forces in ITS tone - or color in music. Drabs, or certain greens, have an effect that is almost that to bring ILLNESS in the physical body; while the purples or violets, or shades of tan, bring an exultant influence that would make for the bringing of BUILDING influences in the entity. Hence, if the entity will surround self with those influences IN such, much may be accomplished in many fields that have lain dormant in the abilities of the entity in the present experience. Those things that partake especially of carvings as from the efforts of those in the schools known as the Chinese or Japanese arts; those that partake of vivid colorings, that make for the oriental influence - as held about those characterizations of presentations in the art field; those that make for the use of figures that represent STRENGTH, or any form of human endeavor IN the experience of mankind - these will make for that same influence; for, as is seen in the experience of the entity, just and INKLING, just a key, just a semblance of the necessary key to the code of human experience, will the entity innately be able to give that which is most satisfactory in the experience of others, and in THIS manner may the entity INFLUENCE others the most - by the abilities that lie in this field; for ALMOST does the entity reach that position where those unseen forces from the cosmic influences carry on in the entity's endeavor, whether in the music field or in the nature of that field may the greater strength, the greater ability, the greater forces of development - whether material, whether mental, whether spiritual forces of the body - be obtained. In THESE (should these NOT be carried to excess) will come the strength, the power and the might within the entity's experience.
8. In those appearances in the earth's plane, and the effect these have upon the entity in the present, these we find few - yet these have influenced, do influence the entity much in the present:
9. In the one, then, before this, we find in that period
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when the Master walked in the earth, and when He went to and fro through the land. The entity was among those of the city who came to the well to hear those truths as propounded in that day, and was a SISTER of the woman at the well. [11/5/31 See daughter's rdg. 451-2, indicating that she, [451], was the Woman of Samaria - John 4:7.] In the name Josie. In this experience the entity gained, after coming under the influence of this individual experience; for REASON - with the faith that was implanted by this meeting - brought peace, joy, understanding, and the ability to suffer, even in silence, whether in physical, in mental, or the material things of life; being in the position, in the latter portion, of those who sought, those that sent - being sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. The entity gained in the giving of an understanding and an experience to those whom the entity contacted, being in the household of a ruler of one in command of those that administered the laws, secular laws of the land, yet bringing peace to her own household, quietude to those disturbed in body and mind, and being of that FAMILY that worshiped in the mount - the entity gave much to others. In the present we find that influence innate that finds expression when those things that pertain to spiritual forces are broached in the life. The entity shuns those that are of the infidel nature, whether in act or in oral action.
10. In the one before this we find in that period in the land now known as the Egyptian, when there was the building of the temples and the places of worship. The entity was among those who decorated the walls, the altars, the seats of those who ruled, the seats of those who ministered to the spiritual needs, the mental welfare of the peoples in the land; brought or thrown into consternation, turmoil, troubles, through the changes as wrought with the banishment of the priest; yet the entity, though in sackcloth and ashes - as only temporarily the relationships might be termed - brought to many that remained, and to those that returned, an understanding of how those things of the eye - or that portion of the service through that portion of the body - influence and affect the bodies of those who look upon those things that influence the lives. Hence in the decorative arts, in the COMMERCIALIZATION of same, may the entity in the present gain a peace that will bring a contentment as in no other field. In the name Lyndoi-Elzam. In this experience the entity gained in the ministering to others, in the counseling to those that wavered, in the helping of an understanding - especially in the young. The MUSICIANS of the day counseled oft with the entity in the placing of
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those sound vibrations that began with the one-stringed instrument - and were added little by little, both by the reed and the string. The entity assisted in placing these in their proper sphere. Hence the innate feeling of the teaching abilities of the entity in musical forces.
11. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Atlantean, and in that period when there were the beginning of the peoples harkening to those influences wherein one controlled another by the mental being. The entity rebelled against the mis-application, the mis-use of those forces; gaining in part and losing mightily in that the entity used for self that of which she accused others. In this rebellion the entity lost, in that the entity turned same to self's OWN interests. In the name Maeeiioouu.
12. In the abilities of the entity in the present, these - as we find - are in those fields of CREATIVE forces that will - through their VIEWING by others - bring about that ATMOSPHERE, as it may be termed, or that which awakens in the minds of others that of service to the fellow man. Find self in that field of endeavor; while late in the experience, yet will bring for the entity those forces in the world's influence, aiding in self's own PHYSICAL conditions as WELL as in material. Turn not for material gains, but for soul's own experience, that those tenets held in that land by the well - those tenets held in the temples in Aadia(?), and those for which the entity even lost self in the Atlantean period, may make for the close relationships of individuals to that SPIRIT, that MOTIVE force within the heart, the soul, the mind, of which is the DEVELOPING of self. Make the ideal that of the individual's relationships to its creative force, its creative energies, and God speaks IN the service to all. Ready for questions.
13. (Q) Is present mode of occupation too strenuous for body? (A) Turned in the art direction, especially as creative force for environments of individuals' mental abilities, these would be well - and better than in the present.
14. (Q) Shall body be built up to meet demands? and how? (A) As has been given, these will bring a contentment and satisfaction - and a building from within - that has not been builded heretofore.
15. (Q) How did it happen that my father's family name of Strauss has the Christian faith attached to it, while all other families by this name are Jewish? (A) Is it a wonder, from the experience in which the entity found self, the influence that were brought to bear upon those whom the entity surrounded in their influence, through that desired by those that brought the entity into being
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through that experience? Rather a WONDERFUL experience for the entity, than a wonderment that that they held not to an individual experience!
16. (Q) Describe coat of arms. (A) With the crest of the wild boar, with the silver line under it, the seal with the single unicorn across same - in RED and in silver - with the name, or the motto under same, of that in STRENGTH - though given in German.
17. We are through. Copy to Self Two copies to Ass'n office