This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 31st day of January, 1941, in accordance with request made by the self, Mrs. [1541], 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. Mrs. [1541], Miss [1548] and Mrs. [1523].
R E A D I N G
Born December 13, 1878, in Spencer County, Kentucky, 36 mi. from Louisville. Time of Reading 3:30 to 4:20 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Virginia.
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, that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from the present - " - '34 - changes - in the mental - '27 - anxieties - '12 - changes - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called Mrs. [1541].
4. In choosing that to be given from the records as we find them here, there are varied experiences or interpretations that might be indicated. These are chosen with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling it to understand and interpret in self much of the dreams or visions, and many of the things that have come to pass in the material manifestations that have been questions - that have brought sorrow and gladness; anxieties and assuredness.
5. For, all are a part of the material experience. For each soul enters material manifestations not by chance but purposefully; that the entity may indeed be a manifestation of that choice or ideal concerning spiritual laws, and the advent of Him who IS the way, the truth, the light.
6. Not that this interpretation would intend to intimate any dogma or tenets, but that which IS the ideal should be stressed; not as to a tenet but as a LIVING thing - known and interpreted in the life, in the associations with
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others, as such.
7. As to urges latent and manifested - in materiality things ARE in relationships with others because of activities and choices of individuals. So thine own experience, thine own sphere of consciousness is stressed because of that thou hast chosen to do. For, as He gave, "I came not to take away the law, but to fulfill the same."
8. So in self, as He gave, thou shalt give an account unto thy God for the deeds done in the body. What body? That material, mental or spiritual body. All are one and are subject to their OWN urges. This has been the experience of the entity, as it has analyzed same in the material and mental life of self and those reliant upon the entity for directing the choice through formative years; as well as what the entity has done ABOUT the glorifying rather than the justifying, by and through faith in Him who is the way of life.
9. These urges are given that should be interpreted in the experience and expression:
10. Minimize the faults.
11. As ye would be forgiven, forgive others.
12. Magnify the virtues, for the Lord thy God is a jealous God. So in thy own experience a soft word turneth away wrath, grievous words stirreth up anger.
13. The sowing of the seed of the spirit bringeth peace. The sowing of the seed of strife bringeth contention.
14. The urges latent and manifested from the sojourns in other realms express themselves, then, in the dream, the vision, the hopes, the fears. Those manifested from the sojourns in materiality express themselves in relationships, in awareness, in consciousness, in the relationships through temporal things. All partake of the unison of truth in so far as they are CONSCIOUSLY a part of the entity.
15. Astrologically, we find Mercury, Mars, Venus and Jupiter as the ruling forces.
16. Hence the high mental abilities; the abilities to direct, to teach, to magnify the experiences of others by precept and by example.
17. In Venus we see the love of nature, the love of the beautiful - spiritually manifested; the appreciation of home and its ties, as well as its troubles.
18. We find in Jupiter the universal consciousness to which the entity has gradually grown in its expression in the material plane. Though it may often find material expression in hopes, in faith, these are growths. For, ye grow in grace and in knowledge, and in understanding.
19. Thus that which has been IS, because of the application
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of truth in relationships to others.
20. As to the appearances - all may not be here given. For, as has been expressed in the astrological interpretation, growth, development, advancement is a part of the entity's experience; and much that has been - through some periods in this sojourn - the entity has haply grown beyond, though it may find expression in those with whom the entity may in the present be associated.
21. These are a part of the experience, and the influences that give expressions in the emotions of the body:
22. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, and the present sojourn; during those periods of turmoil when there were the activities in Dearborn.
23. There the entity was engaged rather in that activity which would to the entity today be quite questionable, yet in those periods the entity brought helpful influences to many; those activities in which many of those disappointed, many of those that sought rather the broad than the narrow way, were set again in the way of material and spiritual hopes.
24. For, the entity then was the keeper of the Inn in which most of those stayed who were a part of the dance hall activities.
25. With the periods of turmoils, and the necessity for the evacuation of the fort, the entity with associates and companions crossed into those areas now a part of the land of its present nativity.
26. Then later, with the turmoils arising in the central portion of the dark and bloody land, the entity settled near to what is now Williamsburg and Yorktown.
27. These brought periods of advancement and development for the entity, not only because of its return to nature and the activities in and about same, but because of the associations and the helps the entity made for the settlers during those periods of activity.
28. Then the entity was known as Grace Winslow. The entity gained, lost and gained through those experiences.
29. In the present many of those associations in family, in friends and neighbors, have become a part of the entity's experience. In many of these the entity has found help; in many of these the entity has found turmoil and wonderment, disappointments and yet blessings.
30. These are a part of the entity's experience, and yet in the present such has been the greater part of the material associations.
31. Just as from now there may come the greater appreciation of those experiences of the entity in a sojourn before that,
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in what is a part of the Holy Land - and that land questioning in the present.
32. For, the entity was among those of the group called the holy women, or those that saw, that knew many of the associations with the disciples, the apostles, and the helpful, direct influence of the Master himself.
33. For, the entity then was the mother of Peter's wife, once healed by the Master himself.
34. Those periods brought to the entity the closer associations through the latter periods of the activity. For, being healed as it were, physically, by the Master himself, the entity's sojourn in the earth was long and varied, and would make a book in itself.
35. The entity's ability to write in the present should be manifested, especially in the stories as concerning the life of the Master as might be read by children. For, these the entity would be able to do; as it brought through those experiences the channel through which the early church attracted others; as many lived and drew upon those truths as illustrated by the entity.
36. During that experience the entity had TWO activities; the growing of plants, especially adaptable for the healing of the body, and flowers; and also the ministering to the sick. Not as a nurse - rather as a comforter. For the entity at periods acted in the capacity as a hired mourner, as was the custom of that period.
37. The name then was Esdrela.
38. In the present, as indicated - by the attempts and the applying of self in those directions of writing of those things pertaining to the life and teachings of the Master, as to the manner of physical ministration of teachings to the young, there may come much joy, much hope, much pleasure - yea, much material gain might come to the entity. [See 1541-11, Par. R12.]
39. Before that that entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were the attempts to spread abroad the activities, when there had been the unison of activities by the choices of those of many lands to bring peace.
40. For, there is no expression of the divine save where peace reigns within the individual, and where that as a united effort may be the part of the experience of a city, a country, a nation. For, all were of one mind, that the glory of the Lord God might be manifested, in all phases of human experience through those periods of activity.
41. It was following the return of the Priest, the unifying of the teachings from Atlantis as well as from Said, Og and On. All of these the entity understood.
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42. Hence the ability in the present as the teacher, the instructor, has been and is a part of the experience. For, there the entity was among those who aided in preparing those who were to be emissaries and teachers throughout the the various lands to which they were sent.
43. The name then was It-El-Al.
44. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
45. Many fields of service and activity have been opened, have been completed in the entity's experience.
46. That as it fulfilled in its activities in the Holy Land and in Laodicea, and throughout portions even of Greece - as it journeyed through the periods of activity, now opens itself for practical application - in the abilities latent that have NOT been manifested in this experience.
47. Not of self may it be accomplished, but through trusting and finding in self the answer that "I must be about my Father's business."
48. Ready for questions.
49. (Q) Why do I feel such an abhorrence of the Catholic religion, and how may I overcome this? [See 1541-11, Par. R3.] (A) This arises from those periods of the controversy which arose between the followers of Cephas and the Paulites; that made for those changes wrought in the foundation of that first or early group. Overcome same in giving expression in those manners in which the young will weigh well in their own lives the teachings of the Master, without condemning any - as He, yet requiring that all be sowers in the life journey.
50. (Q) With the aid of my daughter [1548] would it be advisable to enlarge my flower business? (A) Be very well to enlarge, but enlarge more your abilities in writing! There will be more joy, less hardship, more pleasure, and a LOT more money!
51. (Q) Would it be advisable to sell our present home site and build a smaller place? If so, when and through what channels? (A) The regular channels. For, in the next year or year and a half property will be valued much more highly than it will be for many years afterward! [GD's note: It became a boom area during war years '42 - '43.]
52. (Q) How have I been associated in the past with my present husband, [2051] and how may I best aid him to meet our material needs? (A) Associations in the experience before this in Dearborn, as well as in the journeys through the varied lands and the settlings in this. Ye upheld him through the experience,
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though he was not thy husband - until the later settlings in the land of the present nativity. These will be the experiences through which mental, spiritual and material aid and help may be given. In the material aid - this may be best had by writing.
53. (Q) What past association has brought about the differences between my daughter [1523] and myself, as to our respective opinions and activities? (A) Parallel the experience of these in the various periods and we will find reason sufficient.
54. (Q) What was the name of the Inn in the Dearborn experience? [Question submitted by [1523].] (A) Do you want this, or more of the other experiences?
55. (Q) What have been my past associations with the following, and how may I best aid them in the present: My daughter, [1548]. (A) These may best be found by paralleling the various experiences. The closer association was in the Palestine land. For, THERE we find there were the needs for not only the strengthening in the spiritual imports but as to the purposes for same. Hence more help, more strength may be given in the mental and spiritual than in material or other manners. For, the entity listens but keeps her own opinions!
56. (Q) My son, [2460]. (A) These had best be found by paralleling.
57. (Q) My son, [2385]. (A) These will be found to have been in the experience before this, as well as in others.
58. (Q) My son, [4930]. (A) Most in the Dearborn experience.
59. (Q) What was my past association with my father, [...] deceased; and why do I feel he was so much ahead of his time? (A) Closely associated; for he was the younger brother of Peter and Andrew.
60. (Q) Also my [little] daughter [...], whose short experience with the family brought so much love, and left our lives so empty upon leaving? (A) The daughter in the Palestine experience, who suffered martyrdom there.
61. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file file