This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at 1851 Columbia Road, Washington, D.C., this 13th day of April, 1935, in accordance with request made by the mother - Mrs. [809], Active Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [809].
R E A D I N G
Born June 12, 1913, St. Paul, Minn. Time of Reading 4:20 to 5:00 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. St. Louis, Mo. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: Yes, we have the entity here and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the present entity, called [891].
2. In entering the present experience, as we find from the records here, the entity came with much promise, with those things in the experience which - if applied in the spiritual as well as in the mental self - will bring an advancement that will make for great soul development. Through many trials has the entity come, from its inner self; and much is to be met in the present from the experiences in the earth's plane in the present, as well as from those innate experiences of the soul-entity in those interims from the earth's sojourn. While there are those periods that the body should be warned concerning, these - as we find - if those things that are the spiritual import are gained from the study, the seeking, through the innate and manifested forces of the entity itself - when arising, even from those periods that appear in the material and mental world, may be much as periods of testing.
3. From the astrological aspects we find these as ruling factors in the innate and manifested experience; depending a great deal upon what the entity does with the opportunities that such bring in the experience in the present sojourn:
4. Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter - we find these as innate manifestations.
5. Mars makes for a temperamental experience, or a temperamental MENTAL force in the body; yet - as it is benevolently made in the associations with Mercury and Venus, the MENTAL forces of high applications in the entity, as judgments that are wielded by Mars AND Jupiter as conjunctions - it influences the entity's innate self.
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6. Yet that benevolent force in Jupiter makes for those periods in the present experience and within the next two and a half to three and a half years that will bring for the entity the greater opportunities for the expressions of that it has gained.
7. As to the appearances in the earth, then, and their influence upon the entity in its present experience, we find:
8. Before this the entity was in that land of the present nativity, during those periods of the establishing of the activities in that now called Dearborn - or Chicago; for the entity entered into the experience in that environ.
9. And in that environ in the present may there come experiences and associations in the more ennobling influences in the experience. While these may bring their share in the sorrow, in the wonderment, these environs and associations and surroundings will - or would, with the application - bring for the entity greater opportunities.
10. The entity then was in the name Ruth St. Dennis, and gained much through those sojourns there. Though the environs made for, in the greater part, periods of material and physical distresses, there was the ability for the entity to make for associations with individuals of the varied conditions and experiences in the life - and in the tradings of the peoples in the north and west from that particular sojourn. For the entity entered into that of aiding in establishing relations with many different environs or habits; or the necessities for the various environs and the various activities of groups and individuals. Not as that of the trading or store or the like, but rather as the assisting in forming the groups to deal with, to trade with, the various groups. And in such did the entity make for the material, the mental, also the spiritual advancement; until those associations with a peoples in which the entity had sojourned in the environs of brought disappointments in the home associations. These brought discouragings, these brought periods of anxiety; and those temperamental experiences that are manifested in the activities of the entity in the present, and the adhering to the counsel of those that might be and were questioned by many even in authority. Yet even in the latter portion of the experience the entity again rose to those positions of power and of importance in that experience.
11. From that in the present we find, as indicated, in those environs and in such associations as the entity may establish there, through those activities of associations in the various tradings of associates, there may be made great
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advancement materially and opportunities in the mental and spiritual development in such an environ.
12. Before that, then, we find the entity was in that known as the French land, during those periods when there were the establishing of the relations between the emperor and the adjoining kingdom when Charles the Second was in exile.
13. The entity then was among those that aided in the entertaining of and the caring for others, in the associations with those that looked toward the political and the religious activity that went about to make for the reestablishings of that ruler in power.
14. Then in the name Marceleus, the greater portion of the entity's experience was a development. But with the false hopes that were aroused by the associates of the ruler, and when there was the reestablishing upon those activities - much apparently being forgotten - the entity itself went rather into that of the recluse for a greater portion of its experience.
15. In the present we find that harkening to those in authority, those in power, or those in position, rather than to those things that are the real promptings of self, often. Yet when there has been the opportunity, or in those periods of the deeper thought that comes to the entity at periods, these are often set aright.
16. The entity from that experience, that sojourn, has very decided likes and dislikes that are almost from the first meetings of individuals either impressed or seldom become as friends to the entity.
17. The experience before that we find was in the Roman land, during those periods when many of those that were in authority, in power, were of the soldiery.
18. The entity then was in the household of those that had come under the teachings of some of the hated peoples. And the entity embraced then the teachings of one that was taught by Paul when in bondage - Titus.
19. Then the entity was of stature beautiful, and expressed in the Roman game activities that were beset or touched upon by ladies of the court. For the entity then was of the household of one Philemon, among those that counseled with the rulers during those experiences; the second, yea the third Caesars.
20. In the name then of Iola, the entity made for the greater spiritual development in that experience; for the gentleness of manner, the ability to use the personality, through the individual forces of the entity, was at a period of great activity; making for those gentlenesses, for those kind nesses, of those that were oppressed even by the
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rulers; yet keeping self ever in a position of not being questioned by any.
21. The entity will find in the present the greater blessings in soul development and in the real activities in a mental and material world from the promptings of the spiritual self may be had from those same lessons as were gathered from that presented by Paul and Titus during that sojourn. Well that the entity tarry long and oft in meditation upon those things necessary for the establishing of self as in relation to those things that make for peace and harmony and understanding, and the harmony and peace being not in inactivity or in quietness but rather in filling that purpose for which the entity came into being, as a channel of blessings to others. In making manifest the fruits of the spirit that make individuals not afraid; that as given in even those letters recorded (which are only a few). But study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed, but presenting thy body as a LIVING sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Him, for it is but a reasonable service; keeping thine mind, thine body, unspotted from the world.
22. Before that we find the entity was in that now known as or called the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were the establishings of associations and the tenets of those laws being given out by the Priest Ra-Ta; in the activities as associated with the assisting, the aiding of those that were sick in body, in mind; those that were entangled in the desires of the animal man, that find their expression so oft in the fires of life that make for passions that bring into the experience the activity of the animal rather than of man.
23. The entity aided in the temple service, as also in the distribution of those tenets as were gained much through the music of the period that aided individuals in raising in themselves that which would make for a unity of purpose with the Creative Forces that overcomes the material and the carnal forces in man.
24. In the name then Shem-Seaar, the entity gained throughout. And in the activities in the present, if there is allowed oft the raising of self through the voice, through the music, that bespeaks of praise - as in the chant to the celestial forces that may make for an attuning of the inner self; these are WELL for the entity. For they bring that in the experience even in this earth, even in the present, that which has stood the entity - will stand the entity often - well in hand, to harken to same.
25. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and
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that to which it may attain, and how:
26. While there may come to the entity a career in the commercial associations and activities among men, as experienced from the Egyptian sojourn - and as seen greater in the activity in the Roman forces, the HOME offers for the entity that which will bring to the associations, to the experience, the greater opportunity for self-expression and of making the body, the mind, the soul, a greater channel of blessings. And through same may the greater glory in the mental and the soul forces come to this entity in the present.
27. Then, find thyself in thy associations, in thy relations, that may bring to thee the awakening of those forces that thou hast heard spoken oft; peace comes only in the expression of that which is of Truth itself, as is set in Him that gave, "Come unto me ye that are weak or heavyladen, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am lowly in heart, but ye shall find rest unto your souls." For they that seek that which satisfies only the material desires find it cankers and becomes as the sore that eats upon the mental and the soul self. But in Him there is rest, there is quiet, there is peace, and - most of all - joy in the heart.
28. Ready for questions.
29. (Q) How should I shape my life to fulfill my destiny? (A) Destiny is that made, and filling that purpose that brings the soul in an at-oneness with the Creative Forces. As has been indicated for this entity, the greater blessings may come in the home.
30. (Q) Should I marry the boy who is now courting me? (A) There are questions that will arise. There IS a karmic influence with this association, but it is NOT for the best that there be a wedded life with this particular individual.
31. (Q) Should I continue to live in St. Louis? (A) As we find, those environs of Chicago - or those associations that would make the home there - would be much more preferable.
32. (Q) Should I find a place in the pursuit of moving pictures? (A) Not the better associations.
33. (Q) What course should I follow to improve my stomach and heart? (A) These we don't have in this. Study first to show thyself approved, as given. Let thy going in, thy coming out, in thy associations with all, be that "As ye would that others should do to you, do ye even so to them."
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34. We are through for the present. Copy to Mother " " Ass'n file