This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 26th day of September, 1925, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [779].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 2:45 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Alabama.
1. GC: You will have before you the life Reading as given on [779] on August 14, 1925, and you will answer the questions regarding same, as I ask them.
2. EC: Yes, we have the Life Reading [779-7], the information as pertains to the entity's sojourn in the present earth's plane, with those influences as have to do with the entity in the present earth plane. Ready for questions.
3. (Q) What are the forces of salesmanship? (A) In the parlance of the day, the personality and the ability to put it over; that is, selling that to the individual who is in the market, or not, for the commodity to be sold.
4. (Q) Please give the information as to how the entity may proceed to apply the correct application to bring the correct mental developments in 26, 27, 28, 29 and throughout life? (A) There is, as we see, the beginning of those conditions that have been set in motion to bring about the opportunities where the development for salesmanship is to be brought about for this body. Apply self through the school of any salesmanship school, particularly Hamilton Institute.
5. (Q) Where is Hamilton Institute? (A) New York - Schenectady - Cleveland. There are many places from which this course may be bought, see?
6. (Q) What would be the correct application of the mental forces as applied in the forces of salesmanship? (A) That as applying self to that portion of the business instead of manual forces in the labors in stones, as has been given and shown, see? We find the greater portion of the time to the present in present labors in that of the applied to the applied arts, rather than salesmanship of same, see?
7. (Q) In what way will the entity have these opportunities for development and manifesting the mental forces? (A) As given, they are being presented at present. Accept
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same.
8. (Q) Please designate the location, State, City, and so forth, that the entity should live to bring much of the world's goods to the entity in 1928. (A) The beginning of those conditions are in the present location. As given, East coast, near large bodies of water, see? As we would find, would be either Norfolk, Washington, or in those portions of the country. Washington - District of Columbia, Norfolk, Va., see?
9. (Q) What commodity should the entity have for sale? (A) Stones, either precious stones or oddities, or those pertaining to any of the arts, see? As has been given, and as is supplied, the entity must take into consideration circumstances, conditions, and that judgement necessary to meet the needs of the physical man; yet working ever toward those places, near or the southern most part, ever towards that, for in these we would find the greater success.
10. (Q) When would be the propitious time to start this work? (A) When the time approaches when the entity may make the change. The sooner the better, yet meet, as given, the conditions as arise, see?
11. (Q) You will please give in detail complete information as to the proper procedure that will ripen into sublime fruition in 1928, and what is called much of the world's goods? (A) The beginning is first as in the present location, extending the salesmanship endeavors in 1926 and 27 to the farther Eastern coast, as given, see? Then the circumstances, the conditions, as should come to the body by the full application, means sufficient of the world's goods to bring that necessary to the needs of the individual necessary obligations and for the fruition of the desires for self and dependent upon same, see? Two hundred and fifty - three hundred thousand dollars, see? [5/19/65 GD's note: To my knowledge he never had a great deal of money, though his later life was more free from the strain of worry over lack of finances. See 780-6 Reports, his wife's report in this same connection. See 779-13 and 779-14 in re choices, etc. See 779-17, Par. 9-A]
12. (Q) With what concern, either in Norfolk, Va., or Washington, D.C., may he be associated with to succeed as salesman? (A) These, as we see, will present themselves. Not look too much in the future, but work to conditions as they come along.
13. (Q) Will the change be a promotion from that of his present line of work? (A) Promotion - for advancement comes with the higher responsibilities.
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