This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 3rd day of October, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [951], Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born April 29, 1914, [Wed. nr. 11:30 P. M.] in Springfield, Ohio. Time of reading 3:40 to 4:40 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Ohio.
1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces; giving the conditions which are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth plane, giving time, place and the name, and that in each life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity, and that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions she has submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from present - " - '36 - '35 - '34 - years of change - '33 - '29 - developments - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [951].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records here, we find there is much that might be said in many directions.
5. These are chosen with the desire that the experience be a helpful one to the entity through this present sojourn, that the entity may fill those purposes for which it sought expression or manifestation in this present period.
6. Then, these are the influences as may bear in the various ways and manners upon the urges that are latent AND manifested in this present entity:
7. All that is beautiful of any nature is of interest to the entity - whether it be a movement of an object, an animal, or the shades and shadows of any phenomena of the atmosphere; a painting, a song. All of these have a resounding vibration in the experience of the entity.
8. Cherish those that are creative, or that remind the entity of such, and of its relationship to the creative forces in the experience.
9. Look not upon, nor entertain, in mind or purpose, those only that arouse emotions that may be gratified in self-indulgence.
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10. The pearl should be worn upon the body, or against the flesh of the body; for its vibrations are healing, as well as creative - because of the very irritation as produced same, as a defence in the mollusk that produced same.
11. Those activities of the body pertaining to the emotions are well within the experience - whether for physical exercise or for strengthening of the poise.
12. Hence the activities as an instructress, directress in any form of associations in which activities of the body are used as corrective measures or for improvements in poise or stature, should be a part of the experience.
13. As to colors - royal blues, purples, violets, should be those most in the activities of the entity; rather than mingled colors; though soft shades are also helpful in the experience.
14. The astrological aspects - know that these are but urges. While they have their influence, they do not surpass the will of the individual - that gift to each soul, enabling it to manifest in environs in the mental, the spiritual or physical realm of activity.
15. Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Saturn are the leading, or the more impressive activities in the experience, from the activity of the entity's experiences or sojourns in the material plane.
16. Oft has the entity entered, or manifested; and thus the body - physical and mental - is emotional in many directions; as may be indicated from its appreciation of beauty in all of its forms - whether the colors in the rainbow, or in the aurora borealis, or in the power and might of a locomotive, or the movement of a swan upon the water, or the denizens of the deep or the lake or the forest, or whether the movements of the serpent upon the rock, or the eagle in the air, or the fleetness of the hart. All of these, as indicated from the many sojourns, have a definite motivating influence.
17. As indicated, let these be stepping-stones and not stumbling-blocks in thy pursuit of the awareness as to the relationship ye bear to it all.
18. In Venus we find the beauty, the romance. As indicated, from its powers of attraction the entity may hold its own under most any circumstance; yet it desires rather to take one apart, than to appear before the masses. Not that it would shun same, but the abilities for the impressing of those promptings as to the emotions of heart and body are much more easily expressed alone than in or among throngs.
19. We find in Jupiter the power and might of attraction; the abilities to meet situations.
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20. From Uranus we have the influences towards the occult, or the mystic, or psychic forces; and these abilities are to be reckoned with, within the experience - for these take hold upon the SOULS, and direct the spirit of individuals, as well as being far-reaching in effect upon others who may be prompted by the activity and the experience or life of the entity itself.
21. Then, see that all ye cherish of such, or even entertain, are from that source in which creation itself finds its answer - in Him; He alone that is able to keep that which is reckoned and promised in the purposes of individual lives.
22. From the extremes that arise within the realms of these associations, the entity is oft misunderstood; and the associates and friendships are strained or broken, from reasons that are not always reckoned by the entity.
23. Know, no soul has ever had so many friends that it could afford to lose a single one; nor yet such a covey or number that it could not add another friend, without even lessening the strength, the love, the power of friendship for all.
24. For, love - as friendship - grows by being showered upon others; as He so thoroughly demonstrated in His experiences in the material plane.
25. From Saturn we find the definite changes of outlook upon all phases of human experience; high, low. Those that are hopeful, those that are pessimistic have been and are a part of the experience.
26. Let each experience, then, in its own way, find a usefulness in thy judgement, as well as application of such.
27. For, know - in Him and His ways there is ever a constructive purpose; yes, in His commands - and these are "That ye love one another, even as I have loved you."
28. What then is the purpose (ye may ask) for this particular sojourn - the lessons to be learned, the stations to be gained, the awareness to be found?
29. As indicated, these may best be summed up from the virtues and the vices that have been a part of the experience through the material sojourns. For, quite varied indeed have been the material sojourns in the earth.
30. Before this we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, in those early days of the settlings in the land - when there were those activities for establishing permanent residence in the land.
31. The entity was among those peoples who settled nigh unto the land of the present nativity, or birth; in the name Jean Cowper.
32. In the experience the entity gained through those
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periods when its activities were such as to induce individuals, or youth, to prepare themselves - in the physical as well as mental educations - for the bringing of others into the experiences to carry on.
33. Thus we find the entity acted in the capacity not so much as a social worker, nor yet as a school teacher, but rather as one who waited upon many through those associations with the companion, in ministering to the needs of the peoples in the communities.
34. In the present experience from same, then, we find the ability to establish the home - as well as to be an instructress for the development of body, in recreation as well as for poise, for manner, for speech; and in such physical activity becomes the NATURAL outlet for the entity in the present.
35. Hold fast, ever, to EVERYTHING that is creative, constructive, and of spiritual import.
36. Before that we find the entity was in the French land, during those periods when there was the preparation for those activities in which peoples of many lands joined in a common cause for the preservation of an ideal - or in the periods of the Crusades.
37. There we find the entity was a man, and active in the gathering together of groups.
38. In the present, then, the entity loves a parade; loves the dress of unusual nature; liking unusual foods, or dishes prepared in unusual manners.
39. These became a stumbling-stone, for they wrecked rather the physical health of the body during that experience - as Mengel.
40. In the present experiences these have brought the innate, and at times manifested, desires. Beware of entertaining these too often.
41. Before that we find the entity was in the English land, or RATHER a portion of England and Scotland; for it was during those periods when there were many changes in the activities of the land.
42. There we find the entity, as Margar, was not exactly a pawn, but one over whom many disputes arose - because of the close associations of the entity to those in power; and the hand was sought by the many.
43. This the entity loves, even yet, too much. Keep rather in that position, that way and that manner, in which the pure, the simple, the beautiful, are the motivating influences in the experience - as well as in the associations and the choice of associates. Friends - there may be the bountiful number. Close associates - these
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should be chosen rather not because of being a helpful force for self in a social manner, but because one may be as the help, the aid, the strength for the other.
44. Before that we find the entity was in the northern portion of Egypt, and of the Abyssinian land.
45. There we find the entity was a soothsayer - in the capacity as a gazer at the stars (as would be called in the present); as well as a worker in patterns in the sand, that would indicate such influences in the experiences of individuals.
46. Know - there are the dark, as well as the light, sides of every question; as well as in every life.
47. As is indicated in self at present - so oft does the self find, when it analyzes an experience in which it may have been engaged - an evening with friends, a conversation with a stranger, a meeting with groups - it is never quite satis- fied as to the way self acted, or as to what self said or did during the experience.
48. This arises from these realizations that oft self, through the very mysteries that were a part of the experience as the nomad - Maza was not sincere, and oft the expression was turned to that which would appear to be the more convenient, or easier for self in the experience.
49. Well that these be ferreted out, in thy own experience in the present; and only that which partakes of the spiritual forces in the life allowed to be a part of the occult, or the soul, or the psychic forces in the experience. For, these may be used ARIGHT and AWRY! Know that the soul is eternal, and words often have double meaning.
50. Before that we find the entity was in the Promised Land, during those periods when there was the building of that which was and is a mighty influence in the relationships of man to his fellow man, as well as the relationships of man to Creative Forces.
51. There we find the entity was among the children of Jacob, and the daughter in that experience - one among twelve sons; and she whom Shechem sought, and over which much turmoil to Levi and Simeon was brought, owing to the conditions which arose through those activities as they journeyed in that land from the Arabian.
52. The entity gained and lost; and there are those experiences that arise accordingly in the present, from the activities in that sojourn - as to its relationships to individuals, owing to the social status, and owing to those conditions which arise in the activities.
53. Hold fast to that which is the purpose, and the promise.
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Remember, thou hast the promise within thine own self; and it is not as to who will descend to bring a message, or who would come from over the sea that ye might hear or know. For, Lo, He is within thine own heart, thine own consciousness. In thine own body temple has He promised to meet thee.
54. As ye have experienced the awareness of the arousing to healing, know that He IS life.
55. Then the name was Dinah.
56. Before that we find the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were the turmoils and strifes which arose through those activities of the King and the Priest, and the banishment of the Priest.
57. There we find the entity was among the daughters of the Priest in those periods when there was the return and the building up of those activities in which there was the establishing of the Temple of Sacrifice, the Temple Beautiful.
58. The entity was reared in that Temple Beautiful, for the preservation of those activities in which there was to be rather the pure strain of the pure blood.
59. Thus the entity rose to one of power through those periods, until there was the uniting with that influence which arose from the Atlanteans that brought the children of Belial's seeking for self-indulgences.
60. The name then was Is-Tu-Bu.
61. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, - and that to which it may attain, and how:
62. First, what is thy ideal - spiritual, mental, material? Is it constructive, and in keeping with His law throughout?
63. Study to show thyself approved unto that; one not ashamed ever; keeping self unspotted from those things, those experiences, those activities that would shame or cause thee to be afraid.
64. In material application - fields of activity pertaining to recreation, dancing or the like, are an outlet for self.
65. The greater activity is in the building of the home.
66. Ready for questions.
67. (Q) Where is the man whom I should marry? and how may I meet him? (A) This should be the natural consequence of associations in thy social and everyday life. When thou hast fully prepared thy body, thy mind, for fulfilling the duties of home building, he WILL appear.
68. (Q) What is the rest of Dinah's story? (A) Read!
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69. (Q) Was I Mirza in Morocco? (A) Read that which has been indicated. Follow those things as ye will find them here. These as we find are in keeping with much ye have experienced, and much ye may experience as ye study same.
70. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file " " Ass'n file