This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of December, 1929, in accordance with request made by self - [2897], through Mr. [900].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [2897], Dr. Wm. M. Brown, [900], and Thos. House.
R E A D I N G
Born December 30, 1895, about 4 A. M., in Brooklyn, N.Y. Time of Reading 5:35 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: We have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present entity.
2. In entering, astrologically, we find the entity coming under the influence of Venus, Mercury, Uranus, and Jupiter, with those influences as come from the astrological combinations in the earth. In entering, irrespective of the will's application, some we find have been changed, astrologically - yet these influences, as are seen, are heritages to the entity in the various experiences through which the entity may pass in THIS present experience.
3. Then, astrologically, we find:
4. One, under the influence in Jupiter - brings the love of the beautiful, the love of symmetrical lines, the love of nature, and of the representations of nature.
5. In that in the Uranian, we find these accentuated in many varying effects.
6. In that in Mercury, we find in those of the mental developments - especially into those of the intricacies of the occult and of the mystic forces; and, as seen manifested in each, in the application of the abilities in the entity, these become accentuated especially in the expression OF self when it comes to manifesting that which gives expression, either to the mystery, the mysterious, the occult, or to that in Jupiter - as manifests in the bigness of purpose, of intent, of those elements that have to do with the greetings in either.
7. In the application of these, as are manifested, as respecting will's forces in the present experience - these, we find, expressing themselves in creative energy, as related to the beauties in nature, in life, IN experience, IN the various effects as may be created by either of the manners as comes through love, as an ennobling factor, or one that would express hate, contempt, disregard,
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indecision, and wonderment, in the various effects as are created by each.
8. One then, that we find, with the ability to sway many, in the application of self as respecting influences in their daily life - whether related to the emotions of the mental individual or related to the emotions of the body.
9. One that finds in the expression of rhythm that which gives rise to the greater emotions in body, whether of body adornment, of body application, or of mental intuitive forces as related to the effects of creative activities in the individual's application TOWARDS those OF mental abilities in self.
10. One, then, that - applying self in these directions - finds that which, in attempting to find its expression, becomes abhorrent to those elements that would confine activities - whether of mental, of body, of soul, or of relations as would confine in any manner.
11. One hating a lie.
12. One depreciating those who would appear in one respect, to be or act in one manner, yet in another way act in a different manner.
13. One making friends easy. One who loses friends just as easy. One who makes friendships of long duration.
14. One who does not USE friendships as an act of stepping stones, or as used in relationships to use one's position, place, abilities. One dependent upon self. One dependent upon self's abilities.
15. One that has those INNATE influences in the occult forces IN nature, IN the human element that goes to make up the mental forces of individuals, as to be able to USE same in the CORRECT or INCORRECT direction. These governed much by that as is often called temperamental in the individual, and in the individual's application of self towards others. In this oftentimes making enemies that are subtle in their reactions, yet fearful of the entity as to THAT entity's abilities.
16. As in the influences as are seen in this present experience, from those of the experiences in the earth's plane - in these, as we find:
17. In the one before this we find in that of Antonio D'la Vinci [?], in that period when there was both music, song, painting, and the like, in the entity's endeavors, and the entity brought to self in that experience much of that in the period that brought consternation, through the gratification of selfish desires, and to the aggrandizement of selfish interests, BELITTLING the body through that experience to the satisfying of the elements that act
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through the imaginative forces of selfish interests; bringing into the experience of the entity those of dissatisfying influences, ending in the manner - as was seen - in self's own destruction. Bringing then, as it does in the present, those of the influences that bring dissatisfaction at times with individuals, and with those influences that would bind in any manner, as relating to BOUND relationships with individuals; yet GAINING in the experience IN the ability to apply self in a PHYSICAL manner as to any of the arts. As the entity then called the great artist, so today he may be called - in this experience - the artist in more than one direction.
18. In the one before this we find in that period when there were wars in the land now known as Greece, and during that period of the invasion - when those of that land went into the western portion of now Mesopotamia. The entity then the assistant to the leader in that period, when there were builded in the peoples that hardiness of purpose as brought forth those as of Polyclini [?], and of those that gave counsel, law, and abiding hope in the peoples coming under a rule. Then in the name Polycahp. In that experience the entity gained and lost, through that period. Gaining in the counsel as was given as respecting the return of the peoples to their native land, also in the counsel as to being guided under one head; yet losing in reducing that very establish- ment OF order TO chaos in the destroying of a portion of the temple as reared to that part of the work accomplished. In the present experience we find that of beauty, that of mystery, that in nature, that as abideth in truth - as a tenet INNATE and expressed in the present experience of the entity, and that detesting of him who would make or believe a lie.
19. In the one before this we find in that land now known as Egypt. The entity in that period when there were dissensions in that as would be commonly called in this period as church and state. The entity then with the young ruler of the land that was set in charge of, or being pitted against the natives. The entity, with the young ruler, brought order out of chaos - of the destructive influence brought on by the priest; aiding in the capacity of the bodyguard - NOT as a guard, but rather as the counsellor in person, the companion of and the aid to those that set aright those connections between that one that became the scribe and counsellor of the natives, and those of that one that had brought the destructive influences in the temple. Setting, then, the music in the temple - leading in the temple worship, and gained for self and for the peoples whom
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the entity served MUCH in that set IN music. Hence the appeals in the present to those especially of oriental, Egyptian, or especially of mysterious music. One that brings from strings and music of the stringed instrument those especially of the weird, bringing that of the closest understanding to the entity. Then in the name Abenmi. In the present, MANY of these will find that the entity may aid in many directions as have YET NOT been touched.
20. In the one before this we find in that land now known as the Atlantean, or in Poseida, and in the city then of Achaei [?] the entity ruled in pomp, power, and in the understanding of the mysteries of the application of that often termed the night side of life, or in the applying of the universal forces as understood in that period. The ENTITY used them for aid. Many of the subjects (and [this was] the overthrowing of the entity) used them in the destructive influences. The entity ruled with the will; NOT by firm hand, not by destructive influences, but rather as one that would aid in counsel, aid in the understanding, aid in the relationships of one to another. Gaining throughout the experience, and the entity in the present influence finds those of this period often finding that which produces an unrest, a seeking for that not wholly grasped; yet knowing it (that sought) is JUST beyond.
21. In the abilities of the entity in the present - these, we find, lie in that of the creative, of that as will bring the better understanding of the emotions of the body physical as related to the emotions of the body mental, and expressed in that line of rhythm in music, or in word, or in understanding. These, and in these lines, and in assisting others to understand these - for the entity may become either the writer, the musician, the painter, or the one accomplished in either of these.
22. In the application of self as relating to that as is seen in the experiences, that the satisfaction of self's expression in that which aids - even as is seen through the experience in Achaei [?], or as that seen in that as the painter and the musician in the last, that the comparison in the aggrandizement of selfish interests rather brings consternation - but in the satisfying of that intent that brings peace, harmony, understanding, brings that CONTENTMENT that is satisfying to self's INNER emotions.
23. Ready for questions.
24. (Q) What will be the result of the contract with [...]? When will it be broken? (A) In '33. The result, as will be seen, will conflict with some of the aspirations of the body-physical. Of the
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body-MENTAL, this will NOT conflict - save in that the entity allows self to be submerged by the destructive influences brought by little unkind acts and words; yet be bigger than either.
25. (Q) What will be the result of this new cycle I am coming into? Will I advance or not? (A) Understanding the relationships in building itself back to that position in which the individual acquired, which the entity gained, which the entity merited - Merit that which brings TO self the understanding of the cycle as BRINGS the change, and these are contentment of soul and body.
26. (Q) Should the entity remain at the ... Hotel? (A) For the time being - but the change will come in April of '30.
27. (Q) What connection did the entity have to some of us in the Egyptian period? (A) As given, with those of him in rule and him as counselled, bringing through the applications of self's understanding - the relationships that brought the music in the temple. Temple music and mystery music, and mystery writing, [See 2897-2, Par. 4-A] may bring the entity MONEYS, power, position - used ARIGHT. We are through. Copy to Self " " Ass'n office " " Datastician " " Hugh Lynn Cayce