This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his friend''s home, Mr. David E. Kahn, 20 Woods Lane, Scarsdale, N.Y., this 11th day of November, 1940, in accordance with request made by the self - Dr. [2396], 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. [2396] and Nancy Lansdale.
R E A D I N G
Born August 18, 1880, on a farm in Illinois, near Chicago. Time of Reading ..., Calif. and 3:50 to 4:40 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City.
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, and that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from the present - " - '32 - some changes - '21 - preparations - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2396].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, these are chosen with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling the entity to analyze self and self's purposes in such a manner that it may fill that opportunity given in this experience in greater measures - minimizing the faults of self and of others, magnifying those helpful and creative influences that may make for the fulfilling of that purpose for which the entity entered this present experience.
5. We find that there have been three outstanding appearances. To be sure, these are not all, but these are to be used as illustrations of what the entity has done in the experiences in the earth that is to be met; thus signifying why this or that influence is magnified, or why the entity is conscious of it, either in a magnified manner - definite manner - or in the manner of an urge that may be found by self-analysis more; and thus enabling the entity to DO something about it!
6. As to comparisons between the astrological sojourns and the material sojourns in a physical consciousness, we find
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composite patterns indicated. These, then, we find latent or definitely manifested:
7. One strong of conviction, and yet amenable to those tenets or truths that may be made practical. Hence the entity is oft called or termed one with a very practical, very DEFINITE trend in those fields of associations or activities that are of a material nature; not one TOO materialistic, but one very practical-minded.
8. Again we find one whose life pattern is very definite; tied up, as it were, with influences wielded upon the manners in which individuals - rather than groups - THINK, or react to conditions, circumstance, environs, of their individual lives.
9. In the emotional - these influences are not even at times comprehended by the entity, as in relations to that produced in the experiences of others BY definite emotions that the entity, the self, has either set aside as unnecessary or as a part of human experience that are to be kept SUBJUGATED to the mental or physical influences.
10. Thus one might find indicated the lacks, or the lacking forces of greater development. Not that the entity is not spiritual-minded, but the needs of stressing these facts in the experiences the entity finds with others in dealing with them.
11. There is a body-physical, a body-mental, a body-spiritual. They are one in the activities of human experience. They each have their attributes. Then it is not all physical, neither all mental, neither all spiritual in the material consciousness; but there must be the stress, the accent upon each phase of human experience in its proper sphere and proper relationship as one to another.
12. To be sure, all is spirit; but as of flesh - there is one of one nature, another of another nature, with its vibrations, its chemical reactions to spiritual, mental and physical being.
13. Hence in thy activity there needs to be the stress upon spirituality in all phases of this three-dimensional being that one finds in dealing with the same.
14. The consciousness of these is apparent in the experience of the entity. The lacking, or slackness, is in stressing their coordinated influence. For, there must be cooperation - just as in Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They are one; yet that which is not in perfect harmony in the activities or the awareness of either influence brings that man experiences as - first - dis-ease, disgust, disremembrance in rightful, righteous activity in every phase of his endeavor.
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15. The astrological aspects are not as is sometimes indicated by some students of astrological phases; that because of certain positions the entity is prone to this or that, or must endure this or that. Remember, rather - as each corpuscle of thy body - yes, each atomic structure in thy physical self - is a pattern of the universal consciousness, and capable of producing in the physical body such disturbances as to wreck the very purpose of the individual entity if misconstrued, misdirected, misjudged in any of its aspects - so is the influence of a planet.
16. Thus we find for this entity that Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Saturn are as those influences under which ACTIVITIES of the entity may be said to come as patterns. For, know that each soul, each entity, is so much a part of that universal consciousness as to cause those forces termed the planetary influences to be mis-shapen in their activity. For, the universe was brought into being for the purpose of being the dwelling place of the souls of God's children - of which birthright this entity is a part.
17. In Mercury we find the high mental abilities for directing, judging and analyzing; and those ways, means or manners of communicating such in the experiences of others, in such measures as to cause same to be of mental and physical value.
18. Forget not that they must have spiritual values also.
19. In Venus we find sympathy, love - not in the carnal manners as some find produced in same by their repeated sojourn in that environ, but rather kindness, patience, that leads to those virtues that give the human soul, the human mind, the ability to evaluate spirituality in such measures as to cause even a revolution in the totally materialistic.
20. Produce in thy measures, though, the right evaluation in each.
21. We find in Uranus the cold extremities, the cold extremes of circumstance, of association, of activity; and yet the thoroughness in whatever the intent and purpose of the entity may be - either towards problems, circumstance, or individuals - in the relationships and activities of the entity.
22. And yet this also brings the interest in the causes of this or that, the sources of physical reaction. Remember, they are spiritual, they are mental; they are biological BECAUSE of spiritual and mental application! The spirit is willing, the flesh is weak, if the mind is sufficient for its training, its development. For, as Father, Son and Holy Spirit all emanate from Spirit-God-Son, so we have the Mind-Body-Soul.
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23. As to those influences and changes that have been so definite in the entity's experience in this sojourn - we find that these are from activities and sojourns of the entity in that unstableness of environ as indicated as a part of the soul or entity, or the universal experience of the entity - not as an individual but as an ENTITY.
24. Then, as to the appearances in the earth - we find not so many have an influence upon the entity in the present. For, much of this experience is passed, or met, or overcome, or has been set aside for what may be termed other references, or future references.
25. But - before this we find the entity was in the land and the environ of the present nativity; in the early days during the first settlings, but among the Natives of the land.
26. It was during those periods when there were disturbing factors brought about among the entity's people and the settlers, stirred by greed and animosity among the fellow men.
27. The entity, in the same sex as at present, attempted to bring greater harmony among the peoples; not understood, not interpreted always aright.
28. And this has brought into the present experience of the entity the fearfulness at times as to the judgments of others, because of the understanding of those influences that make for personal reasons, personal gains. At other periods the entity is fearful because of judgments of others in not comprehending the whole of any question.
29. Yet the entity from that sojourn is a lover of nature, one that appreciates nature, the NATURAL sources; and that there is within the grasp of man all that in nature that is the counterpart of that in the mental and spiritual realms, and an antidote for EVERY poison, for every ill in the individual experience, if there will but be applied nature, natural sources.
30. Thus the entity may be termed a nature lover, one who appreciates those influences in the experiences of individuals, as well as in groups or masses of people. Yet the activities of the entity, as then, will deal with the individual, rather than groups, in its application of those things gained through that experience, as well as through self's experience in the present.
31. The name then was Archar - the Joy Giver, as interpreted in the present.
32. Before that the entity was in a part of what is now known as the Persian land, among those who brought to the Persian or Chaldean kings their counsel respecting not only
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the body care but as to foods and drink.
33. The entity was not as a servant - rather as the counselor to those in authority during the period of the king called Xerxes. The entity ruled almost entirely through that period as a counterpart of the experience, the same as had been the rulings of Joseph in the Egyptian land.
34. There we find that the entity gave itself in the analyzing of the value of this or that in the foods, the drink, those activities physically in the experience of those who would govern the people wisely.
35. The name then was Jedka.
36. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there was the rehabilitating of the land from the turmoils which had been brought about by the rebellions, when Araaraart was the King, and when the entrance of the peoples from Atlantis brought further disturbances to the land.
37. The entity then was among those who had been an understudy, as it were, of the counselors to the King. And with the problems, there were the abilities of the entity to assist in analyzing the motives that were the promptings of the various groups, through what had been and were the principles upon which the services in the Temple of Sacrifice and the Temple Beautiful were founded: that ye assimilate, that ye become!
38. With the training of the mind and the activities of the entity combined towards the spiritual values, in the relationships to both the mind and the body, the entity was brought into active influence through that regenerating of a people for a very definite service.
39. The name then was Ar-Bu-El-Tomenn.
40. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, - that to which it may attain, and how:
41. Hold fast to that thou hast purposed, and art purposing to do in thy relationships with others. Forget not, and DO stress, spiritual values in the experiences of individuals whom ye would aid - in body, in mind - as to why and of what value to many is the gaining of the use of a physical body for detrimental uses among those in an already sin-sick world!
42. Know the author of thy hope, as well as of thy fears. Know the author of thy faith as well as of thy doubts. Know that such an One must be able to keep ALL committed unto Him against ANY experience that may arise - in body, in mind, in association, in soul.
43. For, He is not mocked, and whatsoever a man soweth, that must he also reap.
44. Ready for questions.
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45. (Q) Shall I establish my headquarters permanently on the West Coast? (A) This as we find is the most practical in all phases of the physical endeavor.
46. (Q) Should I continue my trek across country from California to N.Y.? (A) You should.
47. (Q) Should I retain my Chicago office permanently, as I have been doing? (A) For at least the next two years, retain same. After that, not necessary.
48. (Q) Am I to get books into print this winter? (A) If there is the acceptance of those things set in motion, yes. If these are rejected, it may be delayed. We find that these are well to be done.
49. (Q) Shall I start first on the cook books, or the bio-chemistry types? (A) On the bio-chemistry types, and the cook book as the evaluating of same in the experiences of others. They should almost be as one and the same, see - or refer one to another.
50. (Q) Would John Joselyn of Brooklyn be a good one to do all my typing? (A) Very well; but there are those closer in thy personal surroundings as well or better.
51. (Q) Is there one you would suggest? (A) They should fit into the principles of the entity from every phase. These should be chosen by the entity, rather than from here.
52. (Q) How may I keep my way harmonious, and avoid clashes with the medical profession and other groups? (A) By keeping that in the principle set out coordinant with the principles and the activities of the body-mind of each individual.
53. (Q) Is there anything else I can do to help Frank Exley, the son of a very dear friend? (A) We haven't Frank Exley.
54. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file " " Ass'n file