This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 11th day of November, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [1709], Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., via Mrs. [845].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Miss [1709], Mrs. [845], Miss [2154], Mrs. [413], and Mrs. [578].
R E A D I N G
Born July 19, 1919, in Norfolk, Virginia. Time of Reading 4:10 to 4:55 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Virginia.
1. HLC: 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 present entity; giving the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions she submits, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over the years from the present - " - '37 - changes in the attitudes have come about - '35 - '32 - '30 - awakenings - '28 - " etc., on back to birth date. Then, "9's - 9's - 9's!")
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1709].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records here, we find there are several outstanding experiences or sojourns that have overshadowed at times, and do overshadow at times the urges that are latent, and yet manifested from some of the other experiences.
5. These at times produce those activities such that others question the entity's sincerity or purpose, when it is to the entity real.
6. Then, these experiences may be acted upon or chosen to be used as those influences in which the activities may be for greater developments.
7. But all who may be acquainted with the entity will at one time or another be proud of the fact!
8. In choosing from the records here, then - these are given with the intent and purpose that these may be helpful in the experience of the entity; that there may be the awareness of the purposes for the entering in to the
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experience of this present sojourn - as well as making for the fulfilling of the purposes for which each soul enters an experience in materiality.
9. These may be given, then, as emblematical influences:
10. The fleur de lis should be worn by the entity at all times; not as the only influence or force, but as a reminder of the determinations that are oft a part of the entity's experience, latent and manifested in the present - and yet are so easily slipped or fallen away from.
11. In that experience of the opposite sex, as will be seen, - while there were hardships, we find that those activities are as forces in the present that may be made most helpful experiences.
12. Then, in giving the urges; as indicated, while there are so many of the material sojourns that make for an EMOTIONAL entity or individual, we find that the long periods of activity of the entity in the astrological sojourns make or produce a deeper, an even more subtle influence.
13. And the entity is deep or subtle, or INNATELY spiritual in its nature.
14. Then, as to the astrological influences - these we find are expressed as the innate or dream or mental urge; yet the entity, being highly psychic itself, often sees or feels those urges that arise from material sojourns. Hence these at times cause or produce confusions.
15. These that we may analyze are given that the entity may use such as stepping-stones, rather than as stumbling-blocks along the experience in the present.
16. From the astrological aspects, then, we find Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Mercury all a portion of the experience.
17. We find a combination of influences with Venus and Neptune. Hence the abilities for others to influence the entity by suggestion, kindness, gentleness, patience; and never by command or harsh words - for these rile the Mars influence that is innately a portion of the entity's experience.
18. From Venus, then, we find the love of the beautiful; also a part of the psychic influences; as well as the abilities in secretarial activities, as well as conditions, propositions or figures or approaches - which are a part of the experience.
19. In Jupiter we find the broader influence that is a development, and may be made a greater part of the entity's experience in the present as to influencing or guiding or directing or aiding others. In this connection we will find that there will be periods in the experience when MANY in
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this sojourn may take orders from the entity - if the entity so chooses.
20. From the influence in Saturn we find the changes that have been definite in the experience, as well as the very CHANGEABLE conditions - when there are indecisions in the offing, as it were, for the entity, and where choices may be made.
21. These are then those influences that would be given as the purposes, the reasons or the activities necessary to make the experience a helpful, creative, active force in this sojourn.
22. As we have indicated oft for others, we would again indicate for this entity: Count it rather as an opportunity, a gift of a merciful Father, that there ARE the opportunities in the present for the sojourn in the material influences; that the advantages may be taken of opportunities that come into the experience, even through the hardships and disappointments that have arisen.
23. Also, from the associations in Venus as well as Neptune, count thy friends as the greatest of thy opportunities. No soul may have so many friends that it can afford to lose a single one. Yet there are obligations, there are duties that are combined with such associations. These NEVER neglect in thy thought or thy activities!
24. For He hath not willed that any soul should perish, but has with every temptation prepared a way, a manner of escape. And the more oft it comes through thy friends, thy associates. And as these have been and are oft representative of a savior, a means, a manner, a way, so must ye in thy association and thy activity make of thyself as one that would be a help, a savior, an aid, a HOPE for many.
25. For as ye sow, so must ye reap.
26. As to the appearances or sojourns in the earth - these, as will be found, are quite varied; and thus, as indicated, there is the overshadowing at times in special influences of the emotional nature, and at others there is the deeper or innate or spiritual urge. Do not confuse these in thy relationships to others, or to conditions, in thy activity in this material plane.
27. Before this we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods just close to and during the latter portion of that known as the Civil War, - or in those activities roundabout the lands of the present nativity or sojourn.
28. There we find that the entity was disturbed through the activities or conditions, and the hopes that were shattered
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during those influences. These brought materially the disappointing influences in the experience, yet INNATELY brought a depth of desire, or an innate desire for knowledge, for understanding, for a broader concept of the whole - and the realization of that greater law which, if there is the full expression or experience of same, may arouse each soul to its greater expression or manifestation, - "The Lord thy God is One!" All force, all power emanates from that which is allowed or directed by or through Him, - according to thy purpose.
29. The name then was Dorothy March. In the experience the entity materially lost - mentally and spiritually gained; and the lessons to be learned from same in the present, as indicated, are the greater concept - or the expression of the greater concept of the fullness or oneness of purpose in Creative Forces.
30. Before that we find the entity was in the French land, during that period known as the Crusades.
31. There we find the entity was in the opposite sex, as has been indicated; and while there were the intents and the purposes of the entity that were misdirected by the activities of many of those who were in the same position as the entity in its activities towards those influences in the Holy Land - we find that from the experience through that sojourn the entity in the present is oft overshadowed by the purposes, the desires, the aims, the activities during that sojourn.
32. For the entity was among those who were the leaders in that experience - in the name then Renee Charleveauxr. In the experience the entity gained throughout. For while there were those influences that made for disturbing activities, owing to the purposes and aims, we find that these arouse in the entity in the present those influences that bring determining factors.
33. Do not allow wrath or petty jealousies, or those activities that would bring such influences in the experience, to be harbored in thy mind. Rather let those promptings of even misdirected activities through that experience be the basis of thy reasoning and thy purposes in the present.
34. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Promised Land, during those periods when there were the activities following the sojourn of the Prince of Peace.
35. The entity was among those children of that period, and of those who were the close followers and associates of those who were of the household of the Master.
36. For the entity was among the daughters of the sister of
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Joseph, that was called the companion or husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
37. Hence the entity was acquainted with the hardships, the edicts of the Romans, as well as of the Jewish leader of the experience; knowing of the hardships as brought on by those who were the priests of the experience.
38. And in the present experience of the entity, those who set themselves as being an authority are as dirt to the entity.
39. These the entity disliked.
40. Know rather within self that no entity, no individual is in any place or position, or power, save by the purposes of the Divine.
41. For, thou art in thyself divine! The mere fact or knowledge of thy existence in a material world, prompted by the activities or the movement of the Spirit itself, indicates thy own divinity; but to be attained! And this may never be done by holding grudges or disputations with any.
42. For these only bring hardships, as they did in that experience, to those who (not as He) attempted to take the directing of activities into their own hands.
43. The name then was Puella.
44. Before that we find the entity was again in the position or place, in the material activity, which overshadows the present experience as to influences.
45. For the entity then was a princess in the regime or house of Zend, in the activities in what is now the Gobi land, in the City of Gold.
46. And thus in the present - any courtesies, any of those activities that show there is a realization or an indication of the entity's power and influence, become as influences that arouse something within the entity as to the knowledge of the position or place.
47. And there is the longing for, the wanting, as it were, the influence and power that was experienced. For the entity ruled over many.
48. Again, if there are the activities in the present as indicated, there will be many that may take orders from thy understanding, thy interpreting.
49. Measure in this experience that as ye would have measured to thee. Learn the lesson that ye failed to learn in that experience, that ye or she that would be the greatest among thy fellows, thy associates, will serve them all.
50. The name then was Musczeor. In the experience the entity gained, the entity lost. The entity then meets self
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oft, from the activities in that experience.
51. Before that we find the entity was in the early portion of those activities with Abraham, known as the father of the faithful. And the entity then was acquainted with those activities, being the daughter of Ishmael - Temah (?) by name.
52. And, being associated and acquainted with those activities and influences, the entity was among those who brought many of the changes in the affairs and activities of the peoples during that experience. The entity held to rather the tenets of Abraham, as well as the knowledge of the activities of Isaac.
53. Hence there will be a greater association in this experience of the entity with those people of that race, known as the Jewish or Hebrew, or those activities or influences that have been brought about as a result of the foundation of same.
54. The entity gained through the experience, for there were those influences that brought about a united effort on the part of those who would keep the law of One.
55. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian, during those activities of the rebuilding through the purposes of the Priest, as well as those who went about to restore order out of chaos through the rebellion forces of the Natives and those entering from the Atlantean land.
56. We find the entity was among the daughters of the Priest in that experience, in person - being born of those peoples that were of the purer race for definite activities during the experience; and thus in the services or activities of the Temple of Sacrifice as well as the Temple Beautiful.
57. The entity acted rather in the capacity of one that would issue the edicts for the moving up, or the placing of individuals in those activities for special services through that experience.
58. The name then was Ar-el-el.
59. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
60. First, analyze thine own self, and thine own emotions, thine own purposes, thine own desires. Know - as ye analyze such - that these desires, these purposes, must be creative in their nature.
61. This done - direct thy activities and thy life in bringing these to pass - WHATEVER may be the disturbances, the disappointments, or the faults even in others. Let them NOT deter thee from thy purpose to be a channel through which blessings and knowledge and understanding may come to
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others.
62. As ye do this, ye will come into the experience in which material as well as mental and spiritual blessings will be thine own.
63. Ready for questions.
64. (Q) How should I go about furthering my formal education? (A) Study rather the spiritual and mental attributes - for the study of SELF is the greater lesson to be learned. And this ye carry with thee always!
65. (Q) Should I seek to go to college, and if so, where? (A) NOT necessarily. For what ye have, if it is applied, will far surpass that which ye meet day by day.
66. (Q) Is the work I am now doing the work for which I am best fitted, or should I make a change? (A) As ye apply thyself in thy present environs and thy present associations, and study to use that thou hast, the ways, the means, the openings will come for GREATER activity in thy associations and thy relations. Keep that thou hast in hand. USE it as a stepping-stone; for the home ye will build.
67. (Q) Would I be a success as a social service worker? (A) If that is that determined from thy self-analysis, VERY well. But as we find, the home building will be the greater success.
68. (Q) How can I be of the most help to my family at this time? (A) In counsel and advice, and in living that SAME advice ye give others!
69. (Q) What would be the most helpful hobby or outside interest for me to begin at this time? (A) Little children!
70. (Q) What is my coat of arms? (A) Fleur de lis!
71. (Q) What are my musical notes? (A) C and G.
72. (Q) To what colors do I best vibrate? (A) Blue and gray.
73. (Q) Is there a karmic reason for my present skin disturbance [acne] of the face? If so, what is it? (A) RATHER is it that of a glandular condition, as combined with a karmic condition from the experiences in the periods of the reconstruction in France. [GD's note: Was this perhaps another incarnation than the French Crusades one mentioned?]
74. (Q) As Dorothy March in the Civil War period, was I a Confederate or Federal, and may records of this period be found now?
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(A) Will be found in the Appomattox Courthouse. [See 1709-3, Par. R8.]
75. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file " " Ass'n file