This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 28th day of January, 1926, in accordance with request made by self - [900].
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 ... Street, 2:50 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City.
1. GC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind of [900], of ... St., N.Y. City, and the dreams this body had on the dates which I will give you. You will give the interpretation and lesson to be gained from each of these, as I read same to you, and you will answer the questions which I will ask you regarding same.
2. EC: Yes, we have the enquiring mind of the body, [900] with the dreams that come to the body from time to time. These, as we see, in their various phases, represent in the physical conscious mind those conditions as have been weighed in the mental forces of the entity, with the subconscious; thereby gaining the greater insight, through same, of the action of phenomenized forces in the physical plane, and as to how these apply directly to the entity, in thought, and through same, in action, as relating to self, position with others, and to others' relations and thought, and action, toward self. Ready for dreams.
3. (Q) Sunday Night, Jan. 23, 1926, while reading Papini's Life of Christ. "Dr. Eldsberg is Good!" (A) This, as we see, when co-related with that information as given regarding same, as seen with that co-related in the subconscious forces of the entity, this entity GOOD in that phase of the phenomenized forces presented by that entity in the physical world.
4. (Q) Does this mean Dr. Eldsberg's finger treatment is the right one and will be effective as related to Mrs. [139]? (A) No.
5. (Q) He is waiting to see if it will do the work without operating to close up that artery. Will the treatment make the operation unnecessary, in spite of no light application? (A) No. In this we find, through the questions of the physical mind, the entity attempting to apply lessons for the spiritual side of phenomenized forces to purely physical application in PHYSICAL sense, see? Get the difference, the change in each.
6. (Q) Or does this simply put the O.K. approval upon
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Eldsberg as a doctor? (A) As a doctor. As that as given, see?
7. (Q) Sunday morning, Jan. 24. "Now the following seems not only to steer my mental faculties into helpful channels, but also to contain a prophesy. Moreover, it seems nearer to a direct message as to how to better teach and preach the gospel, and how and when the opportunity will be presented. My brother [137] died of a stroke of apoplexy - having bursted a blood vessel. I became heart broken over it - so terribly affected that even [140] put her arm about me to sympathize. In some way, through this tragedy to my brother, I gained a sudden prestige in the theological world, and before me appeared many sects of the Jewish Faith, the orthodox unpaneled in one partition, the reform in another, etc. all the tribes of Israel divided into rich, poor, strict, liberal, etc., rising in tiers before me, and I at their foot viewing them - teaching them, free of the barriers that hedged them in. I strove to bring them together, but many turned their faces the other way. Their inherited prejudices were too great. Then God, or the Divine of God within me, directed me, and I heard the direction in that which sounded like a voice, saying: "Teach them the FATHER IDEA advanced by Christ." (A) In this there is presented to the entity, in this emblematical form, as to how and what the death of the brother meant to the entity, in how the entity gaining, then, the full knowledge of what the death of the Savior, Redeemer, Jesus, meant to the world, and in that gaining the teaching of how same will be, should be, could be, presented to the peoples, for, as is seen, the various teaching as have been presented, in first the one God rather than many God's; the just God, the all loving God; then, that as is presented in the idea as is seen in Jesus. God the Father, the Father of all those who would come to the whole Oneness of purpose with THAT force called, or magnified in the world, and termed God, which is, as we see, merely in the mind of Man that as is set to represent that all powerful force as is manifested through the physical conditions seen in the physical world. As the entity gains those lessons, more and more will there be seen, not only as has been given as of old, "First to the Jew, then to all that will harken."
8. (Q) Here is another viewpoint - Teach them the "Father IDEA" - What straightforward simple word, with what a deep meaning. I have felt myself, or in myself, the evolving of a new Idea - the Idea of "Father Christ" leading us to the Oneness with the Whole Creative Force. Correct?
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(A) Rather that as seen, as given, that the Christ, the brother in flesh, presenting then the Fatherhood. Hence the brotherhood of man, and the Fatherhood of God.
9. (Q) What is indicated by [137]'s death? Any prophesy here? (A) Rather that only as given. Necessary that the purpose in the death be seen, of that which brings redeeming forces to the world; as it brings to an individual, so to the world, see? Not a prophesy of any individual's death, see, but rather that of the Brother, as in Christ.
10. (Q) "Then a lady, wearing glasses, and with her child, entered. She was a Christian and told me the story of her child. She seemed to want to gain admittance - the many seemed to refuse her, and I was sorry. She seemed to want her boy to learn the things I was teaching. Maybe the next generation, where my teachings will have greater effect - if refused by the Jews, then accepted by the Christians, again as of old. Little wonder then, mine own people looked poor and fenced in." (A) This as the presentation to the entity of that as has been, and is, carried in the mental forces, as pertains to the message. Many will come in the present day and generation. The young must be taught, and brought in that way, even as the Master taught, "Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven," and unless we ALL become as little children, lest we all come with the desire, even as this mother, even though there be scorn upon the face, the actions, of many; yet that desire, that love, for those conditions that bring the full concept of the Fatherhood of God is that redeeming force as is manifest in the world.
11. (Q) What will happen as here indicated or prophesied, and how should I meet the problems? (A) As given. So simple that the child may see; for, as is seen in this day and generation, as has been said, "The children lead where the old dare not follow," for unto him there has been given that message that will reach to those that, to the world, to the theologian as of the present day, will mean the new lesson, the new light, to the young in many places, for that innate desire of the love of the Father is in all.
12. (Q) "I was taking a shower in an old sort of place, and the bottom of tub was all black. Dirty surroundings didn't appeal to me. My mother came in and said: "[140] had a dream last night. She dreamed [137] died of apoplexy and that you were made head of all the tribes of Israel. It's ridiculous of course." (A) This, as we see, again, as is presented to the entity,
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the washing, the cleansing, the baptism, of the body; the putting away of those old ideas, those old conditions that hedged the mental of the peoples about, brings to the entity that as is to be presented through the message, as is to be given to the many peoples, see? and, as is seen in the presentation of same here in this, from the lowly surrounding, from the lowly condition, which seemingly is as the obnoxious to the physical forces, as is presented through that condition of the lesson, the word, to all Israel.
13. (Q) Seems to have again impressed me as of the days of old - Moses head of the tribes living to a ripe old age - respected of his people. But what of this dream of [140]'s, and does it portend anything about [137]? (A) Only that as has been given, and as is seen, in how this brings to the body that of the leader, as of Israel. The assistant as is seen in the brother, both as in the flesh as of the leaders in the day, and as in the Brother, as is seen, in the Christ. NOT of a physical condition, no; but as of a recognized condition by those forces as are seen, through mother, through [140]. That is, as the world sees, see? The twain shall give the lessons to the world.
14. (Q) "The panels again, and there seemed to be a board meeting of leading men. They seemed to be prominent men - men at the council table governing the affairs of the people. We were dressed alike, in dark dignified suits, the coats braided and tailored perfectly. Here I was older, the iron gray showing at my temples in my hair. I stood up to address the board and there seemed scholars, philosophers, men of all times, but of great minds. The many were seated in the panels - poor souls who could see but who, when I spoke, turned their heads so that they could not see. The board awaited me to present the program. Then I missed my brother. He was not at this table, the conference of the great, and I broke down and cried. 'My brother is dead,' I said, 'And I'm lonesome without him.' 'That's alright, Old Man,' said one of my co-executors, 'Through his death you attained this high estate.' 'But he has gone from me.' The man put his arm consolingly around me." (A) This, as we see, again and again presenting to the entity those lessons as have been given, only presented in the various forms and manners, see? The same lessons of how the entity presents messages to those peoples, though hedged about, how necessary that stability of purpose, of intent, as is found in the Brother, see?
15. (Q) Just what is here indicated as regards my position in some exalted state, gained because, or by means, of
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[137]'s death?* (A) NOT of [137]'s death. Of the Brother, in Christ's death, see? and the exalted position reached by that Oneness of purpose of the entity to present those truths as are found in the teaching of that Brother, in the way same may be manifest in the world to-day. * [1/23/26 "[137] is a great brother and fine character, and will get there right now, and I hope some day to die first and show him just what I mean." 12/16/64 GD's note: It is interesting to note the Mr. [137] is still living today, while Mr. [900] died of a heart attack on 4/9/54 at the age of 59 yrs.]
16. We are through for the present.