This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 10th day of December, 1926, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [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 12:10 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 body, the enquiring mind, [900]. Conditions about the entity are much more satisfactory this morning, for there are some pleasing circumstances, and there are some conditions that have brought about a different trend of thought to the mind of the entity, as to be made more satisfactory. Ready for dream.
3. (Q) Morning of Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1926. I was in an argument with Moe Wallack about stock market trading methods. I held out that studying the figures in the yellow statistical book of ours is of no trading use. Wallack maintained that it should be used. "O," I said, "Stocks go up - all of them sometimes in a bull market and they all collapse downward in a bear market. Usually a smash in a stock such as now is taking place in Continental Baking will cause such a collapse - altho, of course, this market of the present has proved an irregular affair - i.e. an exception to this rule. According to the rule then what is wanted for stock trading purposes is information in advance as to whether stocks are going up or down." Wallack insisted that I should study the statistics concerning a stock. To prove it, I went to Al Rosner and asked him if he wanted information or statistics. "You want information up or down in price, don't you?" I asked. "Certainly," he replied. "Not statistics." I went from one to another and they all agreed with me, not Wallack. "Well, then," said Wallack, "Its no wonder most people lose their money in stock market trading." "That is true," I agreed with Wallack. "Thoughtless activities either on the buy or sell side make most people lose their money." (A) In this there is presented to the entity that
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particular phase of the various consciousness of individuals to arrive at the same conclusion, as whether it - the information or consciousness - pertains to stocks or religion, or what not - for, as is seen in the argument, some agree with the entity, some disagree, and that the information is necessary for some, while DIRECT information is more satisfactory to others. The entity, [900], finds that statistics mean little, as do many others, and others find only that material minded condition - as such is seen in a statistical turned mind - necessary to gain knowledge, whether pertaining to stocks or bonds, or whether pertaining to other events in life - for, as is seen, each consciousness is gained by weighing matters, whether mental or material, with that of which the entity is already conscious. In direct knowledge one assumes that the all purpose force, or the Universal, is an acknowledged fact, while the material minded accepts NOTHING as fact. Hence needs the statistical records to prove. This may be seen in ANY turn, and is as a truth.
4. (Q) To what in particular does this refer? (A) As given.
5. (Q) I got information from my own cosmic self that Baldwin was to break. It did so from something over $200 per share to 198 1/2 - 199. Then I rushed to phone to tell [137] to sell some stock on my information, then on second thought did not do so, thinking I had better not after all. Instead of Baldwin, General Motors broke down on the tape to 155 1/2 - 155. (A) Again we find this correlated with that as has just been given, and, as has been given aforetime to the entity, that all conditions must be considered when such information is taken in the material way and manner - yet, as we will find, the indications are direct from this that there are yet to be lower prices seen in Baldwin and General Motors, for, as is seen, the information comes to the entity as an expression of the inner self - yet the physical actions indicate that there is the necessity of further enlightenment along the lines concerning these two particular stocks. Then be governed by those in actions as regarding same. See?
6. (Q) Now the Voice as I talked to myself, using an illustration of my own that gains eager responsive attention from others: The Voice: "If I were to drop dead right this second, I would advise the sale of General Motors - yes and of Texas Gulf also." (A) Again the indication to the entity of the necessity of that study and of further information through self - not
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only in that as of the statistics, or rather the direct action, but that as is necessary from those same forces that would be enacting, or the impelling forces as come through from that condition experienced by the entity where it passes from the material to the spiritual plane - yet living on in that manner in which the forces are only changed in their way and manner of expressing themselves, as may be seen in the combination, or the lack of a combination of any various and many various elements, or as the illustration as has been given: Certain combinations make H 2 O, and always make that, yet H 2 O may be changed into many various forms, carrying many other elements, both of the vegetable and of the mineral, or even animal kingdom, within itself. So Man, that of the higher beings, wherein carrying that force within itself of the Creative Energy as may be made One WITH the Whole, finds in its transmutation from the material of life to that of the spiritual life, carrying with same those same effects as may be seen through that which it has builded within itself. Hence finds in its various ways and manners the different forms of expressing to mankind.
7. We are through for the present.