This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of June, 1930, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [454].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [454].
R E A D I N G
Born December 2, 1889, New York City. Time of Reading 11:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present entity, [454].
2. In entering, we find those astrological influences as have made, do make, for an interesting experience for the entity, whether considered from that of the mental, the spiritual, or the social position of the entity; for many, and varied, have been the experiences of the entity in the earth's plane, and many of those influences there are in the present experience of the entity, whether in that of innate urges, or the abilities of the entity as respecting imaginative influences; for we find the entity coming through experience under the influence of Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. Hence many of the greater, and greatest changes as have come in the experience of the entity have been following trips across large bodies of water. Changes as have made, will make, do make, for the greater experience, for the changes, for the altering of thought, activity and experience.
3. In the influences then seen, irrespective of that as may be applicable under an influence of will:
4. Mental influence through that of the Mercurian brings into the experience of the entity many gifted in various characters of experience. Many an artist and artiste come to the entity for that of counsel and advice. Many of those in positions that are enviable, SEEK for that of the influence as may be made IN the lives through the association or experience of the entity. These are as influences. As to WHAT such relations, what such experience is made to mean in the experience of the ENTITY, is dependent upon the application of self as respecting such associations, or such relations; yet these will continue to ever be those influences for the entity to deal with. Some
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are found to be of mediocre. Some are found to be high, and spiritual minded. Some are found to be of purely social climbers, or those of self-exaltation being sought THROUGH the influence. Hence, as may be seen, the entity occupies that position of often being able to put many an individual in the position of finding self, or of being in that position of being INFLUENCED BY those seeking for an understanding; whether of the spiritual, mental, or material influences.
5. In those experiences seen in that of Venus, these also represent to the entity's influence much of an unusual position or status. Again, much depends upon the manner in which the entity applies self as respecting that influence, and those influences as will be brought into the life through those experiences in the Venus influence, for love of home, of family, of family ties. Still again, those in lesser positions, those that deal with those that have to do with the sordid side of life's experience, those in lowly positions, and those that are of the suffering - all seek, all come to the entity. Each have their influence; each has their hold upon the mental forces of the entity; each must be satisfied in their particular sphere of endeavor, by that which the entity builds in self and into those whom the entity contacts; whether in the home, whether as to marital relations, or to those of the mother relations, or the friend relations, or the social relations. These make for many an interesting experience for the entity, yet the ability of the entity being great, much is required of the entity in the varied relations as they present themselves. That they are varied to the entity, makes for the bigger, the better, the more noble experience. Were they to become, or be allowed to become by the entity, of a one-bearing - these would become sordid and unsatisfactory. In the application of self as respecting same, these make for, or for retarding of, the entity's development.
6. In those of Venus with that of Jupiter, we bring those influences of many of the larger experiences; that is, those that have for themselves that of far-reaching in their influence into masses, groups, and classes. These make for the elements in which the entity needs to guard self MOST as concerning. Be not carried away by those that come of high estate, for there must be those in the experience, but rather let thy yeas be yeas and thy nays be nays. Be stable-minded, that those influences in the abilities in the mental, in the love, and in the bigness of self, answer for the faith that is set in self as respecting that which must be for the development of others; whether it be through an
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individual experience, for a group experience, or for the masses.
7. In the influences seen in that of Uranus and of Neptune, we find all conditions as pertain to the occult and mysterious, or mystery, are interesting to the entity. Those of peculiar force, power, or influence - no matter whether it be of the mental or of a secular or religious cult, each have for the entity some influence as calls for a TOUCHING of same, an understanding of same. In the mystic influences, kept aright - these make for, as has first been given, many of the changes in the life, in THIS experience, for the entity. In the occult, to THIS entity, will come the most satisfying of experiences; for these, as has ever been, are rather of the independent or individual nature; and as the entity has studied, will study, those of the influences as make for characteristics, personalities, individualities, of entities as are used or influenced by such associations as the occult influence (this in the broader sense), so the entity may find within self, and self's experiences of contacts, the GREATER portion of satisfaction.
8. In the combination, then, of these influences - and as the entity has applied self as respecting same:
9. Nature provides, then, through such influences, the entity - the natural leader of many groups. Many DEPEND upon the entity, from various WALKS of life, and well may it have been said - and BE said - of the entity, the entity has not let the left hand know what the right hand did - in the application and association of groups. Well balanced, then, in this direction.
10. Those of the arts - as of writing, as of the influences that make for the building into the mental forces of individuals in the play, in song, or in music - THESE have their influences upon the entity, as does that of cover and color combinations. Those that are of the futuristic character being those that influence the entity most; for they partake of many of those influences innate within the entity, as makes for the broader, bigger, experience - and while the entity finds in music that of rhythm, that of the - what may be termed the older classics - satisfying; the same is also found in the jazziest of jazz - to the entity satisfying, and answering of a call of something from within, ENABLING the entity to be the bigger, the more understanding; and because others may condemn such IN the self, DO NOT harken - but rather as has been given, know in whom the entity has believed, knowing that ideal as is set before self is of the highest, and that in whom the entity
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has believed is able to keep that which may be committed unto thee against ANY day.
11. In the experiences, and the experience and influences as we find from same - these, as given, are varied, and of many fields, as may be seen from that of the influence in Uranus and Neptune, as WELL as of Jupiter and Venus.
12. In the one, then, before this, we find during the period of the Louises, in France. The entity then among those that were of the entertainers for the peoples in the Court. Well named, or changed, was the entity - for Jane Helene in this experience brought much of consternation, and much of satisfaction, to many of the peoples. During that early portion of Richelieu's rule in the land, when power was being sought - the entity acted much in that capacity of the go-between between the ruler in fact and the ruler in mental abilities. The entity gained and the entity lost during this experience. Gaining in keeping the confidence that was given to few. Losing in that of being too much to all, that was not understood - for it made for speaking that, that the good was evil spoken of. This builded discontent, as came to the entity during the latter portion of that experience. In the present, the abilities of the entity to counsel with those of low estate, those of mediocre talents, those of great talents - lies in the abilities of the entity INNATELY. Hence the entity means much to many. The influences to make for that of the ability of the entity to speak with groups, as authority.
13. In the one before this we find the entity was in that land now known as the Persian. The entity then was among those of the peoples that were overrun by those from the hill country, being among those that were captured by the leader Uhjltd, and kept or held captive during the sojourn in the plain. The entity's [Uhjltd] experience during THIS period was not altogether satisfactory to self, yet much was builded in the entity INNATELY that makes for the ability of being the leader and the RULER in the present experience even, for the entity suffered in body, suffered in mental experience, during a portion of that experience; being taken from the school in that land, and an associate of those that were of the king's household; yet in the hill country, and in the cave - where the entity's own body may at present be found, among those of that period. The entity gained through this experience, and BEING the companion of the leader, learned much of that that makes for INNATELY the activities of the introspective experience, and occult forces are those that come to the experience of the entity from that sojourn. Hence symbols, symbolism - the moon, the
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stars, the many - as the sands and palms - mean much. PALMS, and the palm leaves, should ever be worn by the entity in the experiences where the entity would be commanding. In the name Jeanl. In the present these make for many of the sudden changes the entity experiences in meeting individuals. The entity not one to pass judgement suddenly, until the entity has known one - and once passed, it is as of the law of the Medes and Persians, it changes not. Be not too much in this nature. Weigh all things well.
14. In the one before this we find in that land when there was the return from the wanderings, and the walls of the temple were rebuilt, and as Zerubbabel led the peoples from the Ur and from the Chaldean country - the entity among those that made for the BETTERMENT of the understanding influences of the peoples as a chosen peoples, as a peoples with a definite mission, a definite purpose, called of the Divine to establish the name in a given place, a given purpose, to a WAITING world. In the experience, many hardships. In the name Zepheniha, and the daughter of Zerubbabal, the entity led many to a better understanding of GOD'S - Jehovah's - relationship to His people; making much, then, of the hangings of the new temple, and especially brocades have a peculiar fascination to the entity from this experience; and blue and gold are the colors the entity seeks to find often in their varying shades - as does the pomegranate, and the hangings of gold in pomegranate folds, make for an interesting thing to be handled by the entity; yet not desiring to hold close to self, for the experiences had by the entity during that sojourn after the return to the Holy City. This is a most interesting experience, and would make a history in itself. In the present experience the entity finds the conditions as pertain to spiritual life, are ever the background - yet not secular in self, not closed-minded in self; or, all must SEEK the way through THEIR respective channels.
15. In the one before this we find in the land known now as Egyptian. The entity then was among those that were raised to high position in that of the dancer, or entertainer in the temple; suffering much with the dissensions as arose; GAINING much with the return of the conditions in the land that made for the building up of the spiritual relations, the mental relations - and the entity aided, in the latter portion, in writing much that is now a portion of the BOOK of the Dead. The entity then was an entertainer in the first, and close associate of the High Priest as was banished, and became one that aided especially in the return
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of the priest [294] and the one [538] chosen as companion; aiding in making for a better understanding in the social or moral relationships in the new conditions arising. In the name Issti. In the present, those of the hangings - those of the futuristic designs, that have for their background the old form of Egyptian culture, are especially near and dear to the entity, and those of the rhythmic lines of body, of the Eastern - or what is called the oriental - are to the entity as music of the inner self. Also we find that those of SOME peculiar odors, as of incense during the period, have their influence upon the entity.
16. In the present, these experiences - especially in that of the rebuilding in the temple, those in that of the Egyptian - will bring the greater experiences to the entity, and may be used, builded, or applied in the present experience to gain the greater understanding of self and self's association, self's relation, and that required of self. Build that, and there may be no question to self in meeting every word, every act, as it passes in the moral. "AS we sow, so shall we reap." Keeping self in attune to those calls that made for an understanding of man's relationship to man, man's relationship to the Creative Energy; opening for the soul of many that of the divine heritage as MUST lie within; knowing that would a soul [if a soul would] separate itself, it is of its own doing, for the will of the Creative Energy is that all may be One in Him; for the life, the light, the water of life, is as that Word that was made flesh, that man might know its true relationships to the divine; knowing that - whether expression from self is in written word, or in word that is enacted upon the stage, or whether in the group or whether in the individual consultations - these are WORDS of truth. Be NOT afraid, for I, the Lord, am THY GOD, if YE will be my people.
17. Ready for questions.
18. (Q) Why does body feel so a part of the life of other people, etc. - ? (A) This has been explained quite fully, in that as has been given and seen - that it should NOT be suppressed, but rather guarded.
19. (Q) What medium would you suggest for her stories? Having them sent through publishers, or sending them herself? (A) Sending them herself.
20. (Q) Will plan be advisable - etc. - ? (A) Be advisable. Yet depend more on self innately. WRITE of self in Jerusalem, and it will be a masterpiece! Take this as the basis, when a people CRIED unto their God in
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Chaldea - even in the ABUNDANCE of the land, and in the aid as came through the little things; of a bewildered people, raised to power - and self, with the pater, or father, led those again into the land of desolation, and raised up the temple and its court, and its hangings. A BEAUTIFUL - wonderful - condition! Self will lose self easily in this.
21. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n office " " Datastician