This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 23rd day of June, 1936, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [1196], Active 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 June 17, 1878, in Greenville, Ala. Time of Reading 3:45 to 4:30 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Ala. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, those records of that entity now known as or called [1196].
2. In giving that from these records that may be helpful in the experience of the entity, know that even though indications do arise from astrological influences, even from the urges in the material experiences of the entity, that which makes for the development for the soul - which is the purpose for the entrance of a soul into material experience - is ever through the will for the entity to be in accord with that which is its ideal. If the ideal is chosen for material blessings, material benefits, self-indulgence, fame or fortune, then little may be the soul development; for in these manners there is the deceitfulness of fame or fortune. But rather being sincere to that which is the material manifestation of the spiritual impulses makes for that as may bring in its effectual way and manner the material blessings that are the more worth while, and the soul developments which are fulfilling the purposes of entrance into materiality.
3. From the astrological aspects we find the entity coming under those that are very close to the changes in the astrological nature. Yet we find Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, making for influences - from the sojourns of the entity there - that find and have found manifestations even in the material life of the entity in the present.
4. Venus we find making for a high sense of purpose. One that may be said to be rather controlled by duty and by sentiment, yet sentiment as of a dutiful nature making for rather the greater import upon the activities and the experiences of the entity. Hence in the choice then comes in the present experience the greater development.
5. In Mercury there is a high mental influence, as well as the associations with those things that deal with the high
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mental abilities, so far as material as well as spiritual influences are concerned in their effect upon the associations of the entity with others.
6. From Jupiter we find a great expanse of experience in many fields or phases of activity. And while these are individual in their nature, their effects are felt by rather the masses and the larger groups than by the individual - even for whom, through whom the application may be directed by the entity in its relationships with others.
7. Through Mars we find those influences - that may be considered as indiscretions of others, as well as madness and war - have brought many changes and many influences in the experience of the entity in the present; making not merely for habit-forming conditions but experiences that have changed the course of events, changed the course of habits, changed the course of relationships of the entity in the experience. Or, as has been indicated, circumstances through the influence have arisen. The choice has been made by the entity to allow same to make the change. These then make for an entity that has a high sense of the CORRECTNESS of relationships. One that has dealings with, and will have influences that become far-reaching to, groups and masses of individuals.
8. One of a high nervous temperament at times, and at times apparently very set, very demanding - or commanding as well as demanding in its relationships in directions. And yet very sentimental when we come to the basic influences in the experience.
9. One that is easy to anger, yet has as it were been easy to make for restitutions in those respects where there has been the convincing of the error in the way.
10. As to the appearances in the earth and those that have an influence in the experience of the entity in the present, we find:
11. Before this the entity was in the land of its present nativity, during those periods when in a portion of that known as the American Revolution the entity was in the capacity of one with Francis Marion or Nathanael Greene.
12. And with those activities in the southern portions of the land, the entity was active in the relationships as one that would be termed in the present as a keeper of the stores and the supplies, or as a quartermaster for those of that portion of the rebellious forces - or those that acted in the capacity for the overrunning of the land through those experiences.
13. And not only did the entity bring help and material benefits for those of its OWN groups but to those who fell
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into their hands. And the activities were oft ladened with good fellowship, as would be termed in such associations and experiences, yet prompted by that which has ever been from those experiences in the land when it was given by Him to the entity, "As ye do it unto these, the least of thy brethren, ye do it unto me."
14. This should EVER be in the experience of the entity, then, that upon which the dealings with the fellow man hang always; that the love of the Father in the Son may be made manifest through these relationships and those dealings with thy fellow man.
15. The name then was Henry W. Wendell, and in the present experience from same there are those tendencies for gathering with groups. Not so much what may be termed as the joining of self with associations, societies or organizations, yet one whose affiliations with same find expressions in its dealings in the present.
16. One whose associations and affiliations always lead to those wherein the entity may be in the capacity of becoming through its activity of the greater service to others.
17. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the French and the Swiss land, in those periods when there were the turmoils between the lands that made for the greater destructive forces that arose between Germany and France.
18. Yet in those periods in which there were the combines before that, some hundred years, there were the activities of the entity then in that land between the Swiss, the French and the Spanish lands - as they are laid today.
19. The experiences were not so much in the capacity of one warring. Rather were there the preparations for the abilities of individuals in the various lands to make excursions or insurrections or raids; or rather - as we would term in the present - the preparations for routes, roads, communications, activities that dealt with such things that brought the greater convenience for those in the isolated places.
20. Then in the name Henrii Amerleneue, the entity made for developments. Though much of turmoils eventually arose through those activities, the purposes of the individual during the experience made for a purpose for a helpful service to many.
21. In the present travel, new scenes, preparing the way for others, making associations for communication lines, those for bringing to the experiences of others the greater convenience in a commercial and in an economic and in a home manner, arise from those developments in those experiences
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in what may be called the French or Swiss period of development.
22. Before that we find the entity was among those who came under the activities during those experiences when the Master walked in the land of promise. For the entity lived in the days when there were the preparations for the activities of the Master, many of which were in the hands - as it were - of the entity. For the entity then was that man, the keeper of the Inn, to which Joseph made application for a place for the birth of the Master of men.
23. Much of that as has been recorded as we find is not so well, nor in keeping with that the entity did then - as Apsafar; who was of the Essenes, though of a Jewish descent, though a combination of the Jewish and the Grecian.
24. For the entity then made a study of those peoples, knew of those things that had been foretold by the teachers of the Essenes, and made all preparations as near in keeping with what had been foretold as possible.
25. While among the entity's stables was indeed the place of rest, it was because of the very rabble, the very act of those that were in authority - both as to the Roman as well as the various groups that were in their discussions making for the very things that would hinder or prevent those experiences that had been foretold. The entity did this rather for protection, than because - as has been said - there was "no room in the Inn." But this was meant to be implied or conveyed, that they were "turned away." Yet in the entity's activities it was really for the protection. For the entity, too, had seen a vision; the entity, too, had heard, had known of the voices that were in the air. The entity, too, had seen the star in the east. The entity, too, had known of those experiences that must befall those that were making all the preparations possible under those existent conditions for Him that should come as a teacher, as a shepherd, as a savior.
26. Hence the experiences of the entity were as of those that are ever present in the entity's inner self. And when there is sorrow, when there are cares for others - these become rather as an appealing experience in the entity's activities.
27. For these are innate and are builded from those experiences in that land about Bethany, in which the great development, the great experiences came. And much might be given as to the history. For the entity was in that position where it stood rather not as one that made for a spy, either upon the Jewish or the Roman or those of its own peoples, but rather as a counsellor to those that sought to
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overcome those oppressions that were of a political as well as of a religious nature, owing to those conditions existing between the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Essenes, the Romans, and those teachings that were gradually being presented from the Grecians - or the entity's peoples, for the correlation of the philosophies that were of the Grecians and those activities with the Teacher, the Nazarene.
28. Hence the entity - though in years - came to know the experiences, and there did the entity know its present companion or wife. For their relationships then were rather as father and daughter in the experience; for SHE stood watch.
29. In the experience then, there comes in from those activities the very nature of the religious influence, yet the adherence to any particular sect or any particular denomination - as ye term - or any particular group, seems to have a drawback to the entity, because of those very experiences of contentions that arose during that sojourn.
30. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as or called the Arabian or Persian, when there were the campings between the Persian, the Mongoloid and the Egyptian lands.
31. The entity then headed one of the caravans that went to these various lands for those activities that may be known as or called the commercial or the inter-relationships for the benefits of each of the lands.
32. Then the entity was of the Persians, and one of the great men as would be termed; for many were under the authority of the entity in that experience.
33. Coming under the influence of the teachings, knowing of those activities in the 'city in the hills and in the plains,' the entity - after a sojourn there - undertook to distribute same to its associates in the various contacts made. And while some doubted, while some disturbing forces were brought - even to the wrecking at times of its own business relationships, through the very desire for aid there came help to many and to the entity through the own efforts in that sojourn.
34. The name then was Medeses.
35. In the present we will find those things that will have to do with individual activities or transportation or the correlations of groups in various centers as to their commercial activity, or as to those influences that make for the exchange in various commodities, become a portion of the entity's activity. And these may be well. Hold fast, though, that in these associations thy ideals are not lost
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sight of.
36. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian, during those periods when there were turmoils and strifes through the young king making for the trials of the priest and his banishment.
37. The entity then was among those peoples of the natives, but who joined with those of the priest's activities; and BECAME as one that stood as it were between the king and the priest - until the banishment. And then the entity undertook with the reestablishing, the beginnings of the compounds of those things that were poisons as well as those things that were healing for the peoples.
38. Hence the very name as applied to the entity in those experiences brought about that known as the compounding of herbs, minerals, the various forces that make for syrups, infusions, tinctures and the like. The name then was Pocthecy.
39. In that experience the entity lost, the entity gained. For many of those abilities were turned into those things that work against those who forsook the things or who disobeyed the entity or whom the entity had grudges against or differences with.
40. As to the abilities of the entity then in the present and that to which it may attain, and how:
41. First know thine own ideal, as thou didst find in thine studies as the innkeeper upon the gateway to the city of learning.
42. As thou didst keep in touch with those from Carmel's gates, so in thy dealings with thy fellow man in every walk of life thou mayest become as the gateway to understanding for many.
43. In the activities from the material standpoint, those things that have to do with commerce or trade, those that have to do with the exchange or the importation of economic forces and influences in the affairs of individuals in various lands become as a part of the entity's activities.
44. Yet carry with these the basic forces as make for that as ye heard in thy declining years in the Bethany land, for thou wert present when he was raised from the dead, the friend Lazarus, as well as a friend to those that suffered through the experiences and the oppressions of those in authority.
45. Hence those rebellious forces that arise in thy experience at times in authority or in those who would make for great legislation or for great distinction. Yet know even as He gave, "He that would be the greatest among you, let him be servant of all."
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46. Ready for questions.
47. (Q) What was my name as Innkeeper in the time of the Master? (A) Abel-Tean.
48. (Q) What was the name of my daughter, who is now my present wife? (A) Anna.
49. (Q) Did I do any special work in that life besides as innkeeper? (A) As has been indicated, the entity was as a go-between between those in authority in the religious influences in the Roman and the Jewish faith; or a KEEPING of a watch, as a counsellor to those that sought the way.
50. (Q) What am I best qualified to do in my present life? (A) As has been indicated, assisting in those things that will have to do with communications or exchange in economic fields or activities; or those as were indicated by the natures of the activities in the dwellings both in Bethany and in the Persian land.
51. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file