This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of July, 1940, in accordance with request made by the father - Mr. [2345], 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 November 1, 1927, in Huntington, West Virginia. Time of Reading 3:45 to 4:05 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., W. Va.
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: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2153].
3. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them, these are very much dependent upon the application of the wills of those about the entity, and the obligations as well as opportunities others about the entity have toward the entity.
4. And those responsible for this entity as an individual expression of a soul in this experience, should parallel their experiences showing those opportunities and those obligations with this entity. For, with such a paralleling (through their own Life Readings, you see), there would be a much greater comprehension of purposes as come into the experiences of those who oft are inclined to pass off such disturbances as chance, or as conditions that are unavoidable.
5. Yet each soul as it visions the experiences, the hardships in the experience of this entity, should realize that indeed each soul meets itself, and God is not mocked but whatsoever a soul soweth, that shall it also reap.
6. The astrological aspects, without a closer coordination in the physical and the mental being, will mean little in the experience of this entity or those responsible for same.
7. On the other hand, the relationships through the material or earthly sojourns may give a vision of the self, and self-aggrandizements or indulgences that find their
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expression in a physical condition in the experience of an individual entity who also is reaping that of its own whirlwind.
8. Hence as we find, as to the appearances of this entity:
9. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, but closer to those activities about the founding or settling of the land.
10. Then as Marjorie Desmond, the entity was active in the associations with many, as to relationships which excited the fires of the physical being of many.
11. Thus the inability in the present of coordinating the emotions with the mental attributes.
12. But, as indicated, those who are now responsible for the entrance of the entity into this material plane were those who were then responsible in the greater measure for the lack of exercising due consideration to the activities, and allowed same in measures for the greater material gains. Consequently they, too, in the present are meeting much that may be overcome in this experience.
13. Before that the entity was in the Promised Land, at those periods of the return of the children of promise to the rebuilding of the city, the temple, and the walls thereof.
14. The entity then was among those close in the household of those who directed that activity, under the direct lineage of Zerubbabel, of the Levites - and thus of those of the priesthood.
15. In the beginnings the entity aided much, but with the disputations which arose regarding others who were descendants of those left in the land, the entity sided more with those; and thus brought disturbing forces in its experience, and that rebellion which again found expression in the material environs in that sojourn just previous to the present sojourn, which we have just indicated.
16. The name then was Esdreldia.
17. Before that the entity was in the lands when there were the journeyings from the house or land of bondage to the free land, or to the land of promise.
18. The entity then also was of the lineage of the Levites, but of the Korah tribe - being among the daughters of the son of Korah.
19. In that experience the entity gained, and yet held to its duty to its father and mother, which brought destructive experiences in the activities of the entity in its youth; though the entity was not destroyed when those of the household of Korah were destroyed. However, resentments were builded in a manner that found expressions again,
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without due consideration to the spiritual experiences of the entity.
20. Thus the necessity in the present - for the TRUTH of spiritual life and spiritual processes as related to the material AND mental forces - for the entity returning to a physical, mental and spiritual understanding in order for there to be a normal balance.
21. The name then was Ashbahel.
22. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, among the offspring of the Atlanteans, though born and reared to activity in the Egyptian experience for the developments towards establishing what is now known as the hospitalization of individuals' ills of body or mind, and the segregations of activities or influences that are within themselves detrimental or undermining to the physical and mental well-being of individuals.
23. Thus we find the entity in the present innately appreciates those things pertaining to vibrations as in music; and these will be helpful forces in not only the suggestive but the active forces of the body in the present; also things pertaining to helpful influences in the experiences of others.
24. As to that to which the entity may attain, and how:
25. As indicated, this depends much upon the attitudes and applications of those who may use influences to restore, renew and bring about a better physical balance within the experience of the entity.
26. And then in the training pertaining to those things indicated through which it has gained in the material sojourns, may the outlet come for greater experiences for this entity.
27. Ready for questions.
28. (Q) Have her past experiences anything to do with her present physical and mental condition? (A) As indicated in that given.
29. (Q) Has the condition of the body for the past ten years had any effect upon it physically and mentally? (A) Necessarily, these have not been - nor are they yet - coordinated.
30. (Q) What type of education should body have to prepare her for life? (A) The musical education, as indicated, as well as the inclination towards that of nursing.
31. (Q) Any particular musical instrument you would suggest? (A) Any that has the VIBRATIONS as created in the environs of the body.
32. (Q) What effect has destiny on the present appearances?
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(A) This depends, as indicated, upon the application of those who have brought the entity into its present environs; and the greater DESTINY may be according to how well there is the application of the obligations due the entity.
33. (Q) What environment will aid her future development? (A) As has been indicated.
34. (Q) What will aid her to overcome her physical and mental ailments? (A) As indicated - the physical exertions, exercises and activities for the body.
35. We are through with this Reading. Copy to Father " " Ass'n file " " Mr. [257] 257]