This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 9th day of August, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1632], 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 July 7, 1900, in Englewood, N.J. Time of Reading 10:45 to 11:20 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Michigan. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as [1632].
2. In giving the interpretations of the records here, these as we find are in those positions of changes. Yet these are given with the desire and purpose to make the experience a helpful, hopeful one in the application of that the entity has or may set as its ideal.
3. Remember, these records are the interpretation of that ye have builded in thy mental, thy material, thy spiritual activities through the sojourns of the soul-entity in the material world; through the relationships and activities ye have manifested towards others.
4. There comes then into the experience of each entity, through a material sojourn, the consciousness or awareness of its relationships to others; as a manifestation of its ideal in relationships to Creative Forces or God - or the God-Self.
5. Hence the premise is that while there are urges, these are merely signs, indications of what the entity has done about what it has set as its ideal; these do not force the entity to be or to do this or that, but they have their INFLUENCE! and it depends upon the will or the choice of the entity, as to whether such an influence becomes constructive or destructive in the experience. Such urges, as we find, arise from the varied sojourns in the earth as well as sojourns in the astrological aspects between the earthly sojourns - or during the interims when the entity is in such an environment as accredited to the astrological aspects because of their relative position not only to the earth but to the ruling influence or force within our own solar system or in its astrological aspect to the whole - or to the Sun, the ruling power or force.
6. Hence the entity is continuously meeting its own self and what it has done towards its ideal. And there is constantly
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the choice before the mental self (for the Mind is the Builder) as to what it will do with its opportunities of every nature in its relationships to its ideal in the activities towards others.
7. These urges then we find are not impelling, but are to be chosen according to that which is the ideal in relationships and activities during the present sojourn.
8. We find then that Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn with all its varying influences upon the other astrological aspects, become a part of the experience in THESE manners:
9. As in Venus - the love of the beautiful; the appreciation of efforts on the part of others; the inclinations for social activities, as related to the expressions of love - of the manifestations. And while the entity will find that all love is lawful, of every nature, not ALL is EXPEDIENT unto good works.
10. In Mercury - the high mental abilities; the interest in things pertaining to activities of individuals where there has been and is required mental application of self in relationships to THINGS as well as conditions, in the experiences of others.
11. Jupiter - those things in which the relationships and activities of self will have to do with others, irrespective of what OTHERS have to do with the relationships towards the entity. Hence oft it will become necessary, in the experience of the entity through the present sojourn, to consider "What will people say?" and, as given of old, "Let not thy good be evilspoken of."
12. In Saturn we find the ruling forces, as in conjunction with all of these, have brought and will bring many changes in the experiences of the entity in relationships to the activities or influences through all of the astrological aspects or sojourns.
13. The entity should not have made for marital relations until in the latter portion of the experience, or until after the twenty-sixth or seventh year; for (having done otherwise) there will be found (according to these astrological aspects or urges indicated) the experience - as of the mental self - of the NECESSITY for a change in the relationships respecting same. While such relationships, too, are lawful, there may be found to be rather a questioning as to their expedience.
14. Yet for the better activity - if there is the satisfying of self in all good conscience as in relationships to all activities - these must and will become a part of the experience.
15. Also in those influences from Mercury - under the
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adverse as well as constructive influence in Saturn - we will find many changes as to the attitudes towards conditions materially, politically, psychologically as well as philosophically. Many attitudes will be a part of the experience.
16. And with the social status or environs also, as in relationships to the Jupiterian influences - there are the ABILITIES of the entity to make for peace, joy, hope in the experiences of others. These are the greater virtues of the entity, and are to be manifested in those ways and manners in which the greater hope and peace may come to self by the very activity in its relations with others.
17. The natural consequence of such an influence is that many whom the entity meets, in all phases of its activity, make of the entity a confidante. And while the entity seeks, and may seek counsel or advice from others for self, the abilities to give same to others far surpass other activities in which the entity may make the building of a constructive experience through this particular sojourn.
18. Build that which is constructive in the hearts and minds of those who have been disappointed, or those who have found little upon which they may place hope or confidence through their relationships. To steer such aright is godly; and the abilities to do so are within the entity - not only through the natural influences from the astrological sojourns but from the material sojourns as well.
19. And remember that these, the material sojourns as may be given, are only a part of the experiences; yet these are chosen - for they are those that are influences in the present cycle having the greater to do with the present experience and the choices to be made.
20. Before this, then, we find the entity was in the land of its own present sojourn, yet more to the South - or in and about what was once called Dearborn - now known as portions of Toledo, Cleveland and Detroit.
21. In those parts of the land where there were the first settlings, the entity's activities were such as to influence those that were in authority as - Mermer Desmond.
22. And in the present sojourn we find there have been experiences within the activities of the entity when it has felt that it has been used by others to gain a point in material as well as social positions in relationships to others.
23. Resentments arose during that experience, just as resentments arise from same in the present; and the attempts to put same out of the life brought during that sojourn the disturbing conditions owing to duties as were felt in
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relationships to others.
24. And these become a part of the experience in the present. For we, as individuals, as entities, are constantly meeting ourselves.
25. Choose thou that which will make for, as in those experiences, not altogether the easy way but that in which the conscience would not condemn self.
26. For whosoever would know the Way will bring into the experience - through the will of self, that which is constantly constructive. For only good lives on. That which is questioned, that which is ugly, that which is in the nature of hate, pessimism, gradually fades. For it is HOPE and purpose, and desire for the better things, that live on - through the manner in which He hath not purposed that any soul should perish, but hath with every temptation prepared a way, a manner, a how of escape from same!
27. Before that we find the entity was in the French land during those early periods of the activities known as the Crusades; when all lands were called upon as a united effort to defend the principles in the Holy Land.
28. There we find the entity, in the French land, was among those who were left in their homes; and under such conditions, such experiences, as to bring those detesting forces, those questioning forces in the material experiences.
29. Hence the love of liberty, the love of freedom, the love of those things that would prevent fear from entering into the experience, become a part of the entity's innate self from that sojourn - as Mille Chevedeux.
30. In the experience the entity gained, though under material hardships.
31. The love of adventure, the love of new lands, the love of new travel and of such natures arise from the experiences of the entity during that sojourn.
32. Hold fast to those, yet know that thy greatest virtue - in whatever condition or position or place ye find thyself - is to bring hope, is to bring optimism into the experiences of those ye meet day by day!
33. For know, God is in His holy temple within the body of each and every soul. For the body is indeed the temple of the living God, and there is hope and there IS love and there IS faith! BRING these into the experiences of others!
34. Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Persian and Arabian, during those activities when those individuals were chosen - or maidens of Greece and Athens - to attempt to undermine the activities in the 'city in the hills and the plains.'
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35. The entity came as one beautiful in body, beautiful in expression and manner. Coming under the influence, however, of the teacher Uhjltd in that Arabian land, the entity became not enamored physically but mentally with those things being accomplished. And, as many others of that group, the entity became rather an assistance than a detriment; though in the latter portion of the experience MANY brought disturbing factors.
36. Yet that hope created by the activities of the entity, as Ariel in that experience, brought those abilities within the present to create or to give hope and cheer to the hearts and minds of those whom the entity may meet - in these experiences and in these days - the desire to be something for "someone cares!"
37. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land, when there were the breaking up and the separations of the children of the Law of One and the sons of Belial, the daughters of Belial.
38. The entity was among those who were chosen for the westward activity; and in the Mayan or Yucatan land the entity was a Princess of the Temple of the Sun.
39. Hence in the present there is the love of the beautiful, the love of nature and the outdoors; the love of the crude - though it may appear to some as crude, there is beauty in same for the entity. There are the abilities of the entity to see beauty in all things.
40. In that sojourn the entity ruled not with an iron hand (as it would be proverbially termed) but with the positive hand, for the constructive influence. And because there was the injection of the human or the blood spilling, by the priests of the entity - as Zurumu, there was not the hardening; for these were the manners in which the entity sought to MAKE the channels through which the purity of the race might come.
41. A bad choice, it may be said; yet from same in the present experience the purpose and the needs are to choose the channels in which the purity of thought and purpose may be expressed to the folk ye touch day by day! Though it may seem or appear little, it is the little word that ye may say, it is the little kindness that ye may do, that is the greater service ye may render in this experience - in bringing to thine own self, as well as to others, that of peace and harmony and joy and hope!
42. Then, let thy life SO exemplify and manifest that which is thy purpose and ideal. For purity in speech, custom, manner, is thy guiding influence!
43. And as the changes are wrought in thy environs and in
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thy activity, hold fast to that ability to create hope and optimism and faith in the minds and the hearts of those ye meet day by day! For it is here a little and there a little, rather than any great deed that ANY soul may do! For it is consistency - thou art a jewel - in the experience of every soul through its manifestations in the material plane!
44. Ready for questions.
45. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file