This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 4th day of August, 1927, in accordance with request made by her father, Mr. [2265].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. W. L. Evans and Mr. L. B. Cayce.
R E A D I N G
Born May 23, 1927, 4:00 A. M. Chicago, Illinois. Time of Reading 12:00 Noon - Eastern Standard Time. ..., Ill.
1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces, giving the conditions that are as personalities, latent and exhibited, in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth's plane, giving the time, the place, and the name, and that in that life which built or retarded the development for the entity, giving the abilities of the present entity and that to which it may attain, and how.
2. EC: We have the entity here, and those relations with the universe and universal forces as are latent and exhibited in the present entity.
3. In entering the earth's plane we find the entity coming under the influences of Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus.
4. In those conditions as are manifested in the present plane, these are as yet to be builded as respect to will's influence. Hence the greater tendencies as may be seen in the entity, irrespective of the will's forces, may be given - yet, as is seen, these are only as inclinations or tendencies, and may be changed entirely by the will's application towards conditions under which environment will bring the entity from development, or from period to period.
5. In the influences, then, we find the greater development may be attained through those who are in charge of the development of the mental abilities of the entity and forces of the entity, applying those tendencies so that the will of the entity may be builded strong, and able to resist, or to apply self in such a way and manner as to build toward the better conditions, for the development and for the application of self in the way and manner that brings the greater joys that arise from within through the consciousness of a life well lived, and of the right conceptions of conscious forces as are applicable in the material or physical plane of spiritual influence in the life.
6. Tendencies, then, are of this NATURE, as seen:
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7. In the action of Venus there will appear one affectionate, yet one that will be - as it were - MOODY in such affection, and the entity needs that application in its life of seeing that such expressions of affection, or love, are guided and directed in the correct channels.
8. One whose tendencies will be toward either those conditions that are very high, very ennobling, very ACTIVE in such conditions as pertain to the uplifting, to those conditions wherein the like of good for good's sake - ennobling influences for the good that comes to self; THESE elements need to be stressed and brought to the entity in the way and manner that there will never come the question that these are NOT of the best conditions - for there will remain, through the Uranian influence, that tendency to become eccentric, and to be led astray - becoming at times as bad as the entity has been good; for these influences are seen in the exhibition of those conditions that bring such urges to an entity through the physical plane by the experiences OF the entity in the physical plane. Hence the injunction as has oft been given, "Train the child in the way it should go and when it is old it will not depart from same," yet, as is seen, the will of the entity should NEVER be broken, but rather reasoned with - for the entity will show temper, will show moody conditions, will show that there is the WILL of its own; yet this guided, this directed, this kept in the proper channel, will bring the greater blessings to the entity.
9. What then is the standard? What then is the manner in which these should be directed?
10. Those as of the laws of old: Love God, keep His statutes, and thy neighbor as thyself. Let these be as the lamps for the pathway of this entity, and there will be much joy, peace, and happiness, from the entrance of THIS entity into the material plane during this experience.
11. In those tendencies - there is seen the inclination toward music and art, with the love of literature - but the nature and character of same must be guarded.
12. As to those conditions of which warnings should come: Beware of the entity's visiting the far west, for THIS would not be well with the entity. Keeping rather in that clime near where the entity has sought the entrance into this material plane, or toward the south and east.
13. As to the conditions in the physical being of the entity: The entity will show unusual strength, and unusual ability to RESIST the minor - or those contagions that are peculiar to childhood in the physical plane. This coming through the influence of Jupiter and of Uranus in the
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material health of the physical body. Beware of contagions that have to do with pulmonary conditions, for the tendencies are weak in this direction.
14. Building, then, physically and mentally for the body, those conditions that will keep a body well balanced in physical, mental, and the body will show forth that as is best in this material plane.
15. In appearances and urges from same:
16. In the one before this we find in that period when there were the discussions, the dissensions, the conditions in the new settled country as pertaining to those believing in the action of those that had - as it were - familiar spirits. The entity then among those who were treated in an UNKIND manner toward such, for the entity then in the name Ann Hauw. In the urge as is seen, the entity of the eccentric - yet home loving - yet distant in the ABILITIES to make quick acquaintances, having likes and dislikes as of a sudden - for the entity gained through this experience, and there will be seen the tendency in study, in music, in art, or those conditions pertaining to the spiritual manifestations in the material plane. Do not hinder, but rather guide the developing mind into the study of same, through those correct channels - the best of which is found in the thirteenth (13th) of second Corinthians. [GD's note: Did he mean I Cor. 13?]
17. In the one before this we find in that period when there were wars being made against those who followed in the teachings of the Nazarene in the Roman country. The entity then among the households of those who sheltered and who gave aid to the ministers of this people, and in the name Faulin, and the entity gained and lost in this period; for the truths found the response in the heart, but the physical body was weak in carrying out those precepts, those tenets, to which the inner consciousness responded. The urge as will be seen from this experience, the LOVE of those lessons, songs, psalms, as come from the contrite heart; yet little will be the response until the entity enters the declining years, unless the precepts become a part of the daily life.
18. In the one before this we find in the period when changes were coming among those peoples then in that country known as the Egyptian, and the entity among those peoples who were the followers of the Priest that brought division to the peoples, and the entity GAINED through the experience in this period; for the entity remained true, yet physical suffering was the end brought by remaining true to the beliefs of the mind and heart. In the name, that of Aise,
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and the entity's urges from this period will be among the strongest in the present period, provided it comes in contact oft with those of that period (and many are seen in the earth's plane at the present period) - the EXCEEDING desire to delve into the mysteries of the day, and to bring out lessons as were taught IN the day when the division ended by the application of the love of man to man, and the application of truths from the creative sources as found in the teachings of the leaders of that period.
19. As to the abilities, and how:
20. These, as seen, may be given better as the development of will's forces is applied in the life. Rather would there be given, keep the mind, the heart, the body, in those channels that bring to the body the correct concept of the truths of God's Spirit manifesting through entities to whom the soul is given; for the ones that may become the children of God keep His precepts.
21. We are through for the present.