This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of June, 1926, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [2889] via Mr. [257].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Dr. T. B. House and Mrs. A. Wood Gray.
R E A D I N G
Born November 10, 1881, Connersville, Indiana. Time of Reading 11:40 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Ind.
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 time, 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 to that which it may attain, and how.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the Universe and Universal Forces, as are latent and as are manifested through their exhibition in the present earth's plane.
3. In taking the position in the present earth's plane, we find the entity coming under the influence of Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, adverse influence in Moon and Mars, with the varying effects of the Saturn's influence with Venus and of Mars. Hence we have one who is often called eccentric and peculiar, making, though, very strong friendships, and an exceptionally good business man, from the financial standpoint and from the material view, yet one that should be warned as respecting the use of monies in the present earth's experience.
4. One of high mind, and one that would do well to remember that injunction - "The high look, the proud heart, but the ploughing of the wicked is sin."
5. One that brings much good to many in the respect of those influences, especially, towards educational factors.
6. One that is often considered one of ability in political and in economic influences.
7. One that is either in the lead or considered the laggard in group association. Hence one that would be well as an organizer of group or of cooperative association in anything that had to do with the selling of products, especially those of metal, and the combinations with same.
8. One with the ability to gain influence with men in
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affairs. One that would do well to guard that influence gained.
9. One that finds that the greatest possibilities in the present earth's experience will come in the present year, especially about the birth date in the present year, for at that period the influences in Uranus, Jupiter and of Mercury, as respecting the individual, will be in the rule, as it were, through influences as experienced by entities in the sojourn of each planetary influence. Hence the coming to the entity of those conditions are of an influence in the entity's development through the earth's sphere, and, without will's force being directed in the improper way and manner to hinder such, this will bring about the combination and the culmination of influences that will give greater blessings to the entity, in social, in financial, and in the possibilities of the entity to be called blessed by others whom the entity may assist through these influences.
10. In the appearances are seen much of the urges as are seen in the present sphere, while many have been made applicable in the present experience, especially in the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth years of the entity's present sojourn, for during that period the entity made some decided stands mentally that has been for the good of the entity in this plane, though there were times that this stand seemed or appeared to be in that way of causing much trouble, yet the stand taken has been the greatest factor in the present plane's development, for there became associated, during that period, those with the entity who, without speech, have directed often the influence in this entity's present sojourn.
11. In the appearances:
12. We find the one before this, the entity among those who came as the first settlers to that country about (now known as) Providence, R.I., and the entity then in the name Vaile, and the entity gained through the latter portion of the earth's sojourn, for the entity became a leader in the religious life of those about same. In the present plane we find the urge as of one that remains true to personal conviction, yet is often misunderstood as to the stand taken, for the application of religious rite and writ is to the entity as a secondary condition. This principally a development in the present earth's plane.
13. In the one before this we find in the land of that peoples wherein the first rule by law of numbers was put in practical use. The entity then in the guard to the king who gave that as a rule, or trial by jury. The entity then gained and lost, through the self-aggrandizement of position
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in that plane, and the urge as is seen is - one not understood often by the people about the entity in the present experience, for the entity feels often that power above the right and right above power - conflicting in its influence, hence contradictory in the eyes of observers.
14. In the one before this we find in that period of the return to the Holy City. The entity among those that led in that return. In the name then Isbahel, and was a builder in the woodwork of the restoration of the temple. The entity gained in this period of experience throughout, and is one among the greatest influences in the present earth's experience, for this gives the greater influence in this period. The urge as is seen from this - one interested in the building of those materials having to do with wood carving, and posts, and temple interior decorations, being special in the entity's mind of development.
15. In the one before this we find in the period of the highest civilization in the land of that peoples that brought destruction to themselves. Then in Atlantis, when the rule brought this destruction. The entity among those in high command, and in the name Ishmel, and the entity lost in that period. In the present the urge is for that dread of the influence of power in the hands of the unworthy.
16. As to the abilities in the present, as is seen, the natural leader in groups, or in those that bring combination in the workings of material construction, yet must be in power to succeed, and the greatest influences will come in the present year for the entity to gain such position. Remembering, then, those injunctions, and that the real self is builded in service. Serve!
17. We are through.