This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 22nd day of February, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Dr. [2067], Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading ... College, 11:00 to 11:40 A. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Vermont.
1. HLC: You will have before you the Christ Ministry book being prepared by [2067], ... College, ..., Vermont. You will ans. the ques. the entity submits, as I ask them, regarding the history and material needed to complete this book:
2. EC: Yes, we have the information that has been indicated, and those efforts on the part of [2067] to put this into a story.
3. Ready for questions.
4. (Q) For the title of the Christ Ministry book will JESUS, THE ESSENE be acceptable? (A) It would be to some, but to more it would not.
5. (Q) Would you suggest a suitable title? (A) Who's writing the book? From here, or from the compilations? It would be preferable that the data be prepared, and then FROM that there may be indicated the better title. The Early Ministry, or the Early Life, or the Life of Jesus as the Essene, not Jesus the Essene.
6. (Q) For literary purposes, please describe a secret Essene meeting before Christ, at which Judy, or her parents, or Thesea, or some Bible characters were present. (A) This might be described very well as by any authentic meeting of certain groups founded by Solomon. But the description should not be from here, for it would be quite at variance to much of the data prepared. Draw upon the own imagination. The Essenes were a group of individuals sincere in their purpose, and yet not orthodox as to the rabbis of that particular period. Thus such a meeting would be described by the meditations, certain ritualistic formulas, as may be outlined very well from some of those activities as may be gathered from the activities of the priest in the early period when there was the establishing of the tabernacle.
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Remember, recall, the first two didn't do so well, even under the direction of the high priest; for they offered strange fire. Let not, then, that as would be offered here, become as strange fire, but as in keeping with the precept of Jesus, "I and the Father are one;" not individually, but in the personal application of the tenets, commandments, being one in purpose, one in application. Thus such a meeting would be the interpreting of each promise that has been made; as to when, as to how there would come the Promised One. Analyze in the mind, then, that from the 3rd of Genesis through to the last even of Malachi. Set them aside. Use them as the basis of discussions, as the various groups may be set in order; each rotating as a teacher, as an instructor for that particular meeting; remembering all were secret meetings.
7. (Q) Tell of the work, the prophecies, the hopes of Phinehas and Elkatma, Judy's parents, at Carmel, as Essenes. (A) These were those activities that may be illustrated very well in the ministry of the parents of the strong man, - that a parallel may be drawn; as to how first there was the appearance to the mother, and then the father, as to what should be the ministry, the activity of the entity that was to lead that group, and aid in the early teaching of the prophecies of the life of the child Jesus, as well as of John. For, John was more the Essene than Jesus. For Jesus held rather to the spirit of the law, and John to the letter of same.
8. (Q) Was Judy immaculately conceived, as perhaps was Samuel? (A) Neither were immaculately conceived.
9. (Q) In Jewish history was anybody but Mary and Jesus immaculately conceived? [See 5749-8, Par. 15-A, 6/27/37 & 5749-7, Par. 28-A, 6/27/37.] (A) Mary was not immaculately conceived [according to Jewish history]. Jesus was. There have been others, but not in Jewish history. [GD's note: EC made an appointment 3/27/43 to clarify contradictory statements in re Mary but had to cancel due to rush of emergency rdgs. Dr. [2067] had on 2/27/43 requested Ck. Life on her Salem incarnation, which rdg. was gotten in 8/43 under 2067-12. Too bad we did not get the rdg. clarifying the Mary statements instead. 4/19/43 EC wrote
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that he was swamped with appointments, HL had gone into the army, and he didn't know when he'd be able to get another rdg. on the Christ ministry material.]
10. (Q) Why was Judy not a boy as expected? (A) That is from the powers on high, and gave the first demonstration of woman's place in the affairs and associations of man. For, as were the teachings of Jesus, that released woman from that bondage to which she had been held since the ideas of man conceived from the fall of Eve, or of her first acceptance of the opinions - these were the first, and those activities that brought about, in the teachings materially, that as Jesus proclaimed.
11. (Q) For what purposes was Judy sent into the world at that time? (A) Just indicated.
12. (Q) Describe any outstanding points or unusual abilities Judy had. (A) Only as one brought into those activities - as it may be well described as the feminine of Samson.
13. (Q) Where did Judy receive her education, in what subjects, and who were her teachers? (A) The Holy Spirit, and the mother and father; not from other sources, though there were those activities from all of the teachings of the East, through those early periods before there were those acceptances of Judy as the leader of the Essenes at Carmel at that period.
14. (Q) During the lifetime of Jesus where did Judy live and with whom? (A) In Carmel; with the companion and the mother.
15. (Q) Please describe Judy's personal appearance, her dress, her personality, her faith. (A) Draw upon the imagination for these. As would be the dress of Samson, making it feminine.
16. (Q) Tell of Judy's marriage, the name of her husband, his work - names of children and their accomplishments. (A) His work had to do with the records that were translated for the various groups. The activities of Judy through these experiences were much as might be termed those of Hannah, during those periods when there were those seekings for that from the Lord that might give a recompense for those doubts brought out by others.
17. (Q) What were the names of Judy's children? (A) These have little to do with that needed. This has been indicated.
18. (Q) What were the "fears" that wrecked Judy's son who is now [2795] and why was Judy, the healer, unable to heal him? (A) It was not disease, other than that within self. Why
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were Samuel's sons sinners? These may only be answered within the individual or from the seeking of the individual himself.
19. (Q) Tell about the angels appearing to Judy, when, where, and what they said. (A) Which period? These were many and oft.
20. (Q) Please describe Judy's home life as well as her Essene activities. (A) That as might be the description of an individual who had set self aside as a channel for such activities. These are very hard to be understood from the material mind, or from the material understanding or concept, especially in this period of consciousness. For, then man walked close with God. When there were those preparations - it is possible in the present, but not ACCEPTABLE. Consequently, to describe the home life as to say they sat in the sun, ate three square meals a day and wore little or nothing, or that they dressed in the best - it must be that as from the spirit. May best be described as given by Luke, in his description of those things that disturbed Mary. "She kept these things and pondered them in her heart." She kept those experiences, those teachings - she pondered them in her heart. This did not prevent her from being, then, a material person, nor one with the faculties and desires for material associations - as indicated in the lack of celibacy. Is this indicated in any condition in the book, or man's relationship to God? Nowhere is this indicated!
21. (Q) Tell about Judy teaching Jesus, where and what subjects she taught him, and what subjects she planned to have him study abroad. (A) The prophecies! Where? In her home. When? During those periods from his twelfth to his fifteenth-sixteenth year, when he went to Persia and then to India. In Persia, when his father died. In India when John first went to Egypt - where Jesus joined him and both became the initiates in the pyramid or temple there.
22. (Q) What subjects did Judy plan to have him study abroad? (A) What you would today call astrology.
23. (Q) At what major events in Jesus' life was Judy present - such as casting out of demons, healing, feeding 5,000, etc.? (A) At his teaching - for a period of some five years.
24. (Q) Was she present at any of the healings or the feeding of the multitudes? (A) Those where she chose to, but she was very old then. She lived to be sufficiently old to know, of course, of the feeding of the first five thousand. She was present, but
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rather as one that brought the crowds together, than as contributing to the activities at the time. For, there the divisions arose, to be sure.
25. (Q) Was Judy present at the Crucifixion or the Resurrection? (A) No. In spirit - that is, in mind - present. For, remember, Judy's experience at that time was such that she might be present in many places without the physical body being there!
26. (Q) Tell of instances when Judy and Thesea, the Essene, worked or planned together. (A) Only at the regular periods, or meetings of the Essenes, as we find. We are covering too great a period here. Draw something on the self!
27. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Mrs. [1472] " " Ass'n file file