This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Oakland, 2006 Columbia Rd., Washington, D.C., this 7th day of October, 1934, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [681], new Active Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Cayce lecture at Willard Hotel on Oct. 5th.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Miss [681].
R E A D I N G
Born May 31, 1893, in South Boardmen, Michigan. Time of Reading 11:25 to 12:20 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. Washington, D.C. (Life Reading)
1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the present entity, now known as [681].
2. In giving that which may be helpful to the entity in the present, know that which has been the experience of the entity in the spiritual sojourn, and that experienced by the soul-entity in material manifestations, may be used as a steppingstone for the soul and mental and material developments in the present.
3. These varied phases of the development of this entity, then, should be, must be considered as a whole, if the greater blessing would come to the entity in the application in its present experience for its own development.
4. From the astrological aspects, as we find, there are conditions that have been in the experience of the entity, so that what it would do in its mental, and desired in the spiritual self, appears to be often beset with such disconcerting conditions as to cause the entity to lose sight at times of its purpose in its application of that it has known, and even determined to do. Yet, as will be pointed out, this may be overcome even in self. And yet not to be considered as hardheaded, nor as one without reason. Yet these things must be met and experienced, as we shall see from the entity's application of that it, the entity, has had in its astrological and material sojourn.
5. Coming under the astrological influences, then, in Mercury with Venus, of Jupiter, of Uranus, makes for THESE as INNATE activities in the experience of the entity in the present:
6. One with high mental abilities.
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7. One whose judgements in self are of exceptional worth, yet one especially in the affairs of the heart and of the friendships has been led - and finds in the experience that such have made for the greater hardships, when considered from the purely material aspect.
8. One that makes for friendships, and that innately as well as manifestedly finds these associations and relations very much worth while; and yet innately finds that in material things these become a strain - even a dread upon the mental activities of the entity.
9. One that through the experience and sojourn in Jupiter has found that the outlook upon the experiences of life has altered at periods as definitely as if the entity were viewing life from an entirely different angle. Or circumstances and conditions (and mostly brought about by the activities of others in the experience of the life) have altered and changed not only the environs but the effect of the environs upon the entity in its applications in the mental and material life.
10. Jupiter should bring in its next change, which begins in the middle portion of this present month, some changes in the associations and relations of the entity, making for - in the coming year ('35) - an entire change in surroundings and activities, and with the opportunity for those things that are of the material-material in greater abundance about the body. These should make for the opportunities of the entity to apply self in those directions that have INNATELY with the mental abilities, and with much of the desires of the mental forces of the body, been the capabilities to carry on research; travel, associations, activities that have been as longings in the experience of the entity.
11. As in Uranian, making for the EXTREMES that have arisen in the experience in the present. While the entity has had periods when the day dreams, the aspirations have been a great portion of the outward experience of the entity, and to such an extent at times that SOME associates have termed the entity impractical in much of what have been as aspirations, yet from the mental, from the spiritual aspects, the entity should take this rather as an activity that has brought development for the soul. And here it may be said for the entity: Learn PATIENCE first with self. Do not be overanxious about the material things. For the mental and the spiritual aspects and desires should be set in those directions whereunto it may be said in the experience of self; "I myself will be guided by the influences from the inner meditations and that which is shown me from within." For to such the promises are sure.
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If ye will this way, there may come those experiences that will not only be of more harmonious nature in the affairs in material things, but will bring contentment which comes from knowing within self that the way is being kept that leads to a greater understanding in the truths, in mental experiences of a body.
12. As to the appearances in the earth through the material things, and those that influence the entity in the present, these are at variance at times one to another, making for those experiences that have made for the accentuation - as has been given - in the mental forces of the body. Not that turmoils have wrecked the aspirations, but have often brought discouragements that if there were not the helping hand of the friend here and there distraughtness might have led the way.
13. Before this we find the entity was in that period, that land, about what is now known as the Fort Dearborn country, when there were the combinations of the natives and the peoples in the activities of the period.
14. Then in the name Marian DeQuesque, the entity made for the associations that aided the settlers of the period in bringing the aids necessary for the establishing - after the destruction to body and material things - towards a fruition of success. For the entity innately and manifestedly in the experience used rather gentleness and kindness for making the closer relationships with the groups, the individuals necessary for the reestablishing of the forts, the outpost, and bringing aid from not only the struggling peoples that were in the east but those from the north and east also.
15. In the experience the entity gained through the greater portion of the sojourn, and from same in the present may be seen the innate and manifested activities in abilities, in keeping itemized associations with others, making diary entries that may stand for their associations in relationships to times, to periods, to individuals, to groups.
16. Hence the entity naturally is analytical in its mental application, yet oft is misdirected or altered in its opinions by the activities of others, whether those in the superior positions in its relations or in its friendships and relations. Yet the entity may from that experience use much of that which has been indicated in the powers or forces for political influences in whatever environ is chosen, or the relationships that make for the friendships being used in the way of influence for the activities of the entity may be accomplished. And in those offices that are in the activity of such relationships may the entity, from
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the material angle, gain much in the material experiences as may be desired.
17. Before that we find the entity was during those periods of the establishing of, and the relationships of, those that made for the gatherings of the peoples that went as the Crusaders.
18. The entity then was among those in the French and Spanish land (as may be said in the present position of places), and in the Second Crusade when there were the gatherings of those peoples from the varied lands under the one command, or as the divisions came later. That was the period.
19. In the name then Juaneta, the entity was misunderstood in and during the experience by the associates and the household of those that were to go as the leaders; and the distrust that the entity innately finds in the opposite sex arises from those experiences during that sojourn. In the material things, though, the entity gained; in the mental experiences, these were as a turmoil period; in the spiritual aspirations and desires, the entity aided - and hence again a soul development. For from that experience or sojourn, the abilities in the analyses - and the interest that may be manifested by the entity in mental and spiritual relationships with the individual's activities - arise from that period. And there may be material applications in the field of service where things as well as people, and the record of things as well as of their relationships to people, may be made a part of the entity's experience; and thus bring for the entity, through the activities of self, that which may make for advancements in material world.
20. Before that we find the entity was during those periods when the Master of men walked in the earth, during the days when there were the gatherings of those from many lands when there was the procession or the triumphful entry into Jerusalem.
21. The entity then was among the Syro-Phoenician people that had heard, through the journeys into the land, of the activity of the individual or the man in that land; and came with many - and with those of the lands adjoining same - for that period when there was to be either the establishing of the material kingdom by that man, or there were to be the understandings of what those teachings were to bring into the experience of others.
22. Then in the name Phoebe, the entity gained through the experience in the material things. Much might be said about the entity's activities during that sojourn into the earth and those fields of activity that had to do with the
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teaching abilities of the entity with the young, and for the influence it had upon its associates in that period of material manifestation. Hence those things that pertain to colors, the modes of living of individuals, those things pertaining to not only the material life and its surroundings but the mental surroundings of individuals, arise from that experience of the entity in that, the Holy Land and the Syro-Phoenician land, and among those peoples that were the followers of same.
23. Hence innately and manifestedly there are those things that pertain to the sudden activities of individuals as related to others in their relationships to the political powers, the powers of state, that have an interest in the entity's activity; yet the entity has seldom used or given expression to its abilities to use such relationships in its own behalf.
24. Before that we find the entity was in that land called or known as the Atlantean, during the periods when there were the attempts of many before the rise of the destructive influences that brought forth the sinking of the lands upon those shores.
25. The entity aided in carrying to the common peoples, and the peoples that had journeyed to the land, a greater understanding of the activities in that particular experience; and was in the name Almacahz, as it would be interpreted in the present.
26. Then the entity was in those capacities that made for the advancement of those of the low estate, in not only the mental and material but those that were without hope.
27. And this brought those influences that made for the contrarywise influence that arise in the experience of the entity in the present. Hence there are sudden likes and dislikes for conditions or for peoples, or for individuals even that attempt in this or that manner to rule by their might or power that is not in its basis-influence the will of others.
28. As to the abilities then, and that to which the entity may attain in the present, and how:
29. In applying that which has been the experience in the present, for the material things turn to the influences that may be had by the very activity of self among its associates, whether in state, in power, in activity; and for the abilities for the entity to be a leader and a director in whatever chosen field, these are not only innate but at times have been manifested. To self alone the stopping of same has been by the advice of those that hasn't always been the best.
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30. But first study to show thyself approved unto thy Maker from the influences from within, making for the basis of thine activities that founded first in truth, in mind; for the Mind IS the Builder, and will bring with those things builded - the material manifestations of harmony, joy, in doing those things that bring contentment for a life, an experience, worth while.
31. Ready for questions.
32. (Q) Shall I follow singing, writing or teaching? (A) Teaching, as we have indicated, that has been the foremost activity and forte of the entity. For all of these may be used in their proper sphere, but the abilities for the teaching relationships stand first and foremost.
33. (Q) Are the influences of the A.M.O.M.A. and the school of the Magi beneficial to me? (A) They are beneficial, but are not always practical in their application to the material things in the relationships to others. Use that rather thou hast builded in thine own experience, in not only the mental but the soul forces of self; for, as has been given, for material things go in those relationships to those thou hast aided. For thine mental and spiritual development, for thy strength, go to the powers that are raised from within.
34. (Q) Shall I break with the Magi? (A) These, as we find, with the advancement, should make for greater development in self by letting these be not as breaking, but rather the self advancing beyond that which has been set.
35. (Q) Advise the entity more specifically regarding how to begin her work and teaching. (A) As indicated, there are those in positions of power in state, in politic, in the relationships of one to another, who are in the position to aid the entity from the material positions or places in gaining those necessary associations for the activity. This from the material. As to the applications of self, these should be more from within, by the use of that which has been accomplished in its analyzing of conditions, associations as to make same applicable in the experience of others.
36. (Q) May I successfully follow writing, singing and teaching? (A) Successfully follow teaching, and writing and singing are - as given - a portion of the experience. But learn to sing as with the soul; to write as was written by self during those periods not only following the sojourn of the entity in the material world in that land for those activities of the peoples in and under the suppression of the Romans - but also as to a companion mistrusted in the
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Spanish and French land. Such writing would come as inspiration, if the attempts were made in this direction.
37. (Q) Are my singing teacher's ambitions for me justified? (A) If there's the application in self, yes.
38. (Q) Will I make a successful columnist? (A) Rather in those fields that are of the broader; or the special or individual writing, rather than the columnist - as we find, that give place for the greater expansion of the abilities in every field.
39. (Q) What type of writing would you advise for the entity? (A) Special articles on the abilities of individuals to turn within self for those things as indicated of the particular periods, see? The teachings, of course, are to be in those fields that come with the Uranian experiences - or in the developments of the soul forces within each entity.
40. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file