This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 17th day of October, 1940, in accordance with request made by the daughter - Mrs. [1158], 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
Time of Reading At home, 4:15 to 4:30 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Ohio.
1. GC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time; giving the cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for help and relief of this body. You will answer the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [1266].
3. As we find, there are conditions that disturb or prevent the best normal physical functioning. These are gradually growing to be rather serious disturbances, unless measures are taken to so adjust the system that there will be the gaining of strength and vitality rather than the gradual giving away.
4. These conditions as we find have to do with the circulation, especially as related to the heart, the liver and the kidneys. It is NOT a hardening of the arteries, nor a thrombosis, nor that which affects the locomotion altogether - as those natures that at times occur FROM such disturbance; but it is rather a complication, from a condition which arose some time back - when there were, mentally and physically, those disturbances that upset the body in a mental and physical manner. Thus there was caused the flow of the blood through the spleen, the heart, the liver and the kidneys, to be so FULL as to cause an OVERFLOW in the arterial circulation. However, the blood that formed a partial clot was OUTSIDE of the veins; else we would have had a total stroke.
5. With the quiet, with the administrations as were indicated then, conditions have improved - or did improve; yet now, with the lack of proper elimination, lack of the full exercise which had been so a part of the experience of the body, we find all of this slowing up again.
6. Hence we have a very heavy condition in the spine, - across those areas where there were the lesions formed in the 8th, 9th and 10th dorsal area, and extending even to the 11th and 12th, and the upper portion of the kidney area.
7. This is manifested in the muscular forces partially, yet
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at times the pain becomes so SEVERE as to cause a slowing in the motion, a shortening of the breath, and a feeling of a tingling or dizziness in the extremities - hands and feet, and through the body - but in the hands and feet especially.
8. These as we find are the disturbing influences with this body, causing - as in the present - too great a slowing of the circulation through the system, increasing the blood pressure, making for a shortening of the abilities for the activities of the body mentally as well as physically.
9. Then, these have pressures in the nerve system in the area indicated. These also produce in the COLON area a slowing of the eliminations. And these as we find may be materially aided with the application of those things to aid in creating for the system that impulse so that it may gather the strengthening influences from that assimilated. No HEALING are the activity; only nature's forces are needed, that there be given the better OPPORTUNITY for the natural sources of the physical being to react to the helpful forces, rather than the deteriorating or detrimental forces.
10. As to the helpful activities, then, for creating such a response in the system:
11. First, we would give that the body have each evening - when ready to retire - a THOROUGH massage along the spine with an equal combination of Mutton Tallow (melted), Spirits of Turpentine and Spirits of Camphor. Then apply HOT applications - as a heavy flannel with an electric pad put over same, would be well. Keep this up each evening so long as there are the acute pains. When these are relieved, it is not necessary to continue this part of the treatment. This is to remove the poisons in the muscular forces that are as pressures causing the pain. The Mutton Tallow is to open the pores and to carry the Camphor and Turp which are the healing forces, through the absorption of same into the muscular portions. These are merely to aid nature in carrying on.
12. At least once each ten days we would have a thorough hydrotherapy treatment; that is, hot and cold baths, with massages and rubdowns.
13. Also, in the beginning of such applications, we would also have a colonic irrigation at each period - to remove from the colon the mucous that is a part of the accumulation causing the pressure that produces the pain in the muscular forces, which will be increased somewhat (the mucous) by the use of that compound indicated to be massaged and absorbed into the system, to produce eliminations through their
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regular channels. Hence it is necessary for the colonics in the beginning of such applications, to remove the mucous from the colon. But continue each week - or ten days - the general hydrotherapy applications - the hot and cold baths, the general massage which has proven and will continue to prove beneficial to the body.
14. Do these; and keep active mentally, physically - though not overtiring; and we should bring bettered conditions for this body.
15. Ready for questions.
16. (Q) What caused intense pain in back last Monday morning? (A) Poisons in the system, as indicated.
17. (Q) What was the acute physical condition during the severe illness in the Spring of 1936? (A) As indicated, leakage from the veins.
18. (Q) Did a blood vessel, in the head, break at that time? (A) Rather in the areas along the spinal system.
19. (Q) What were the causes that brought on that serious illness? (A) As given.
20. (Q) What factors, chiefly, were helpful in bringing about recovery? (A) Massage!
21. (Q) Why? (A) It brought it! Why? Why anything? It brought the condition because of the attuning of the mental and physical to bettered conditions!
22. (Q) Can a recurrence of the 1936 condition be prevented? How? (A) As has been indicated, do those things as we have given if there would be the prevention; else these conditions will be much more severe.
23. (Q) What causes numbness in left side? (A) Pressure upon the nerve forces by poisons, as toxic conditions, through the system.
24. (Q) What is reason for excessive catarrhal discharge from head? (A) The system attempting to eliminate the excess conditions through the lymph circulation. The general hydrotherapy, the hot and cold baths, the massage and rubs that would be given at the same time, would be helpful.
25. (Q) Can you mention anything taking place now in the entity's mind, or something in his environment, which would illustrate the actual attunement now between the higher minds of the entity and this channel Edgar Cayce? (A) These have been given.
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26. We are through for the present. Two copies to Mrs. [1158] (Air Mail Special) Copy to Ass'n file (GD's note: See extra sheet [which was enclosed] of directions for Physiotherapist; or if it is too much trouble to "break in" such an operator, you could just tell him exactly what you want; being sure not to take electrical treatments or other applications not suggested in the Reading.) ing.)