This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of August, 1927, in accordance with request made by his sister, Miss [288].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; L. B. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Miss Beth Graves.
R E A D I N G
Born August 26, 1913, 9:00 P.M., on line between Perry & Hale Counties, 8 miles N. of Greensboro, Alabama. Time of Reading ... Street, 12:30 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Alabama.
1. LBC: 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, 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 and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present earth's plane.
3. In the present experience we find more of those conditions as latent urges than those as have been manifested or expressed through the application of will, as yet, in the body. Yet the urges are definite, defined, and these are those as we find in this entity and as the urges that are seen through the sojourns in those planes wherein the various phases of development are experienced by the entity.
4. In entering the earth's plane, we find the entity coming under the influence of Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, and the benevolent influences in Sun and in Orion.
5. In the urge, then, we find one strong of body - yet with those inclinations and tendencies toward those physical defects or physical disabilities that afflict the body as tending toward that of the digestion, or of the internal system.* Hence the body should be warned against indulging in any of those conditions that might tend to bring about troubles that would be as afflictions in the physical, under that strain and stress of the digestive system. [12/3/40 See 641-6, Par. 32-A indicating this digestive weakness is karmic from indulging in rich foods in his French and
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Persian incarnations.] * [GD's note: Mother and sister of [641] corroborated this digestive weakness, saying he had always had a weak stomach, couldn't eat as the other children did. EC could not consciously have known this, since he did not know [641] personally and had never heard him discussed.]
6. Now, regarding influences as seen in Jupiter, we find one extraordinary in mien. [GD's note: He WAS unusual in appearance. Some commented that he reminded them of the actor Rex Harrison.]
7. One of the disposition or turn that naturally makes friends, and is slow to anger - yet when wrath takes possession, MAD - as it were - all the way through, and is not lacking in means of expressing same. [GD's note: "Very true."]
8. One that, then, without respect of will, finds these conditions as urges in the present experience:
9. One that will find the greater success, the greater development in the present experience, coming through that of association with peoples - in the condition of the BUSINESS man, especially that as pertains to materials, clothing, or of such natures. These will be the natural trend and bent of the entity in its relations with individuals and things, for with that of the ability to make friends, and of the turn that is seen in the NOBLENESS of purpose, this will offer the channel through which the greater development in the moral, the physical, the financial, the spiritual way, may come in this present experience. Hence the training that the entity should have under such conditions and relations should begin as soon as this may. Either by that of the gradual development into the association of, or to get - as it were - the correct groundwork for such a development. [See 641-1, Par. R1.]
10. One that loves to know things for their ability to be applied in the betterment of conditions for self and for others.
11. One that will find that keeping self in attunement with the divine - through the religious experiences of the entity - will bring the greater association for good in the life than can be found through any or all other spheres or phases of life's experience. Keep this, then, well in the activities of the entity through its creative period, or the period when the experiences mould for the manner of thinking in the maturer man. [He followed this advice and was always active in his church life as well as in his A.R.E. interests.]
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12. In those experiences in the earth's plane, and the urges as are seen from same:
13. In the one before this we find in that period when the peoples in the land now known as France were near to the rebellion, in the period of Louis the 13th. The entity then among those who were as the escorts and protectors of that monarch, and was ESPECIALLY the one that chose for that ruler the dress or the change of apparel - though NOT in the capacity of the valet. RATHER as one who set the styles for the peoples. In the name then Neil [?] and the entity gained through this experience, giving of self in service in the way and manner as was in keeping with the period, and not acting in any manner other than that of the correct in mien and in position. The urge as is seen - particular with self as to dress, and the ability to well describe the dress of a whole room full of peoples, will the body [if the body will] set self or THINK, as it were, concerning same.
14. In the one before this we find in the period when there were changes in the land now known as Salonica. The entity then among the tradespeople of the land, and the entity in the name of Cohal, and the entity gained and lost through this period - GAINING in the service to country and to the peoples whom the entity served - losing in the application of self when the entity was put in power or position. In the urge as is seen - the ability to fit self into any place or position, or among any peoples the entity may find self associated with. Especially is the love of family and of those close associated with same seen from this experience. [He did have the ability, as his later life indicated, to work with people of all walks of life, religious beliefs, etc. His great love of family also was demonstrated in events which transpired - care of his mother, financial help to his brother and sisters - delayed marriage until he was sure he could support two families, etc. In later life he followed up a special hobby of tracing the genealogy of his own and his wife's family.]
15. In the one before this we find in that land when the peoples were divided in the service of the peoples that brought divisions in the Persian land, now known. The entity then the physician in court [of Croesus?], and the entity gained and lost - or lost and gained. Lost through the misapplication of self to that that the entity stood for. GAINED through the service rendered, even when persecution came through the invading forces. [Bedouin tribes, Uhjltd period?] Then in the name Abiel, and the urge as is seen - that of the innate desire to know or study
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chemical compounds [one summer - in 1930 - he worked in a drug store], or the urge toward the desire to be physician. Rather had this be taken place by that urge as is seen in that given regarding the tradespeople, than that of the service in the limited field as is seen in the urge as is felt from this experience.
16. In the one before this we find in that period known as the division in the kingdom in the land now known as Egyptian. The entity then among those peoples that were of the native folk, yet the one that brought much comfort to many peoples in providing for the application of the truth as was given by those in rule so that the native understood the intent and purpose. Acting then in the capacity of the teacher, the minister, or the go-between between the priests of the day and the common people [Ra-Ta period - See 641-1 Par. R3]. Hence among those who first in the land took on especial class of raiment or garments to designate self from other peoples, being appointed or given this permission through those in power, both religious and political. In the name Isois, and there is seen yet among the Egyptian ruins or relics reference made to the entity's application of self to the peoples. Becoming in later years - after the entity had entered again the spirit plane - among those that were worshiped by the peoples. The entity gained through this experience, and the urge again is seen - the ability to apply self to the MASSES, as well as to the individuals.
17. In the experience before this we find in that land known as the Atlantean, when the floods came, and destruction ruled in that land. The entity among those so destroyed from that experience, being among the peoples in power, and the successor to the throne, had that land remained. Gaining, and losing in that experience through the misapplication of self to the lessons or tenets as were in the way of being applied by the entity. In the name Amiaieoulieb, and in the urge as is seen - the abilities to know MATERIALS, especially that as applies to wearing apparel.
18. In the abilities, then, of the entity, there are seen that many conditions arise that are to be met by the entity in the application of self as pertaining to will's force, in meeting the conditions through which the experiences have placed the entity as environs in the present experience. First, beware of those conditions that might bring detrimental forces to the physical well-being through the digestive system - following, then, in this channel, those of specific diets, and of the correct application of foods and food values for the physical well-being.
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19. In the mental and the body building, the entity needs apply self first as to that that will give the more perfect knowledge of self's relation to Creative Energy, or the spiritual lessons as may be gained from the study of the Master's experience in the earth's plane as the Son of Man, and in material apply self towards salesmanship and to the abilities of meeting the needs of man as pertains to BUSINESS relations. Keeping self, physically, mentally, and spiritually, fit - for in service is the greater blessings given, and in the application of self to meet the needs of every condition there is given the way of escape, will one [if one will] rely upon those promises given in Him who gave, "I have set before thee good and evil. Choose thou WHOM thou will serve, for no man can serve two masters," and in the day when the sun goeth down bring thy gifts to Him who said, "Come unto me, for I have prepared the place, that where I am there YE may be also."
20. Keep the law as is befitting to man's relations to God. Keep self unspotted from the world. Not as eye service, but as SERVICE of the heart to the Maker.
21. We are through for the present.