This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 5th day of March, 1928, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [900].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mr. L. B. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Dr. T. B. House.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading Del Coronado Hotel, 1:10 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. Coronado Beach, Calif.
1. LBC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind of [900], and the dreams this body had on the dates which I will give you, while at Del Coronado Hotel, Coronado Beach, California. You will give the interpretation and lesson to be gained from each of these, as I read them 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] - this we have had before.
3. The dreams, as we see, come through those channels as have been given, and should be applied by the body in the ways and for those uses as has been outlined for the body. Ready for dream.
4. (Q) Monday, Feb. 15th. A homely looking man with glasses called Mr. Ingleside, accused me of murder. He seemed to discover gin on me. Alexander New called district attorney and through pull helped me out of the scrape. (A) In this there is presented, in this emblematical manner, that which to the body, to the entity, to the body entirety, has often troubled, worried, or caused questioning conditions in the mental attributes and attitude of the body. These then will be presented from time to time until that consciousness or correlation of conditions between the conscious body and the subconscious body shall have correlated circumstances, conditions, to the satisfaction of the inner self. Well not to lay these aside without reasoning with same. This as seen an individual development, yet presents positions, conditions, that are questionable in the mind of self. Hence more so in the minds of others who study along such lines, for others see that which is created in the life and actions of individuals by the association, by the contacts, and judge according to man made codes. While the codes may not always be in keeping with that of spiritual, mental, or even physical development; yet these moral codes may not be lightly cast
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aside; for let not thy good be evil spoken of, for in so doing one only brings discontent and turmoil within own self, see?
5. (Q) I climbed way to the top of a structure, risking my life to show that cobblestones were at the top and that many are thus fooled. About Marion Stansell of Birmingham, Alabama, and about death. (A) In these varied conditions as are presented, these are found to be rather the attempt of correlation of conditions as the mental body questioning of self, and being presented in that of more or less haphazard - nothing definite - leave them aside.
6. (Q) I beheld a woman with two children - one dead and the other dying. I wanted - by pressing chest and by re-uniting so called silver cord - to overcome death; that is, I tried to dominate the soul individuality of the so-called dead with my mind, as to bring it back into flesh again. We were climbing steps - the woman and I. (A) Here we find the beginning, as it were, of a series of visions or conditions as are being presented, or will be presented to the entity as the study goes on in this particular field. In the study the entity has recently made respecting the transition, or of death and its relationship to life, the entity sees that visualized in woman, steps, death, the cord, the attempt in self to control individuality of those in this changing or transition state, and - as is seen by the ascent as the entity gains, little by little the more perfect understanding, there is to come that within the abilities of the entity to control - as has been given - much of the forces as have to do with resuscitation of life in individual instances where the control may be gained by the mental abilities of one attuned to those forces as have to do with the creative cellular action of individual life. More then will be given as the entity develops or studies same. Hence we find this rather that of the forewarning, or the premonition to the entity of conditions arising from study in self.
7. (Q) I met Helen [...] and altho I greeted them warmly, they were cold, tho polite. Aunt [144] stood off in background. Again about death. (A) Again those presentations of varied conditions as are being studied, contemplated, tendered, by the mental forces of entity, and - as these present the various phases, various conditions - temporarily are as fleeting forces in their activity. Only when these take definite conditions, positions or actions, are they to be considered in the light of that as has been given; for, as has been presented, the
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variations in dreams, visions, and the correlation of conditions by the mental mind and the subconscious mind, and as those are of definite shape, aim or conditions, THESE are to be considered. Apply it - that meant by considered.
8. (Q) Feb. 19th. My father appeared saying: "I have never left [900] any money, but now I leave him my all." (A) Again that as has been given, again and again, concerning that close association, that close guardian forces, as are and as have been presented to the entity ever and anon. Heed these, for these are as that that will bring that peace that passeth understanding.
9. (Q) Dean of a college stood upon the platform and announced regarding me: "He began among the lowest and humblest, yet now takes his position among the upper classes." I seemed to be awarded and recognized. (A) That again of the presentation of the varied conditions that are to arise in the experiences of the entity in the physical manner. Again a correlation of mental forces with that of the subconscious forces, and THESE present themselves in definite shape, presenting not only conditions arising in the affairs of the entity, but a manner in which - as has been outlined - that the body, the mental forces of entity, should apply that as is given - those truths, those lessons, as are to be meted out, given to others, by the entity.
10. (Q) A house covered with green foliage that someone wanted me to attack. "No," I replied, "That is the house of one who started humbly from among the poor and worked up to become great. See, (I pointed to Merryle Rukeyser) he is the son of we humble folk, who worked from the lowest rung to accomplish great things." (A) This again that same presentation of correlated forces within the mental body, or correlation forces of the mental mind with the subconscious mind, or the mental body with the astral body of self, and the study of same visioned in that as experiences to the mental abilities that the entity may apply in the varied conditions as seen, or as in the varied experiences of INDIVIDUALS as experienced or seen, and may be used by the entity as illustrations of the various points of development that the entity may give to others as to how the advancement of an individual towards those forces as apply to the phenomena of life, is gained by the application of self in the knowledge attained. Then other knowledge given - through application.
11. (Q) Monday, Feb. 20th. I appeared and said: "Father, give me to eat." A man appeared who said his wife let him have all the good looking women he wanted. He had many.
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Then man seemed to be Barrymore. (A) Again the correlation of mental forces, as the body studies, or as the body reasons within self through the various phases of the phenomenas as are presented taking shape, form, or presented through the visionary forms of individuals known to entity as applicable, or as lessons that may be applied by the entity, just as those as has been given, presented, in the various phases; the entity may study the various phenomenas of life as pertaining to these. Seek, ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto thee - even as is the approach from that of the gifts from the Father, may be applied in the proper direction or turned into that of self-aggrandizement that brings troubles, consternation, distress, worry, dishonor, loss of self respect and then the respect of others. Keep in the straight and narrow way.
12. We are through for the present.