This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 12th day of April, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self, Miss [2960], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [808], her aunt.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born February 28, 1922 [Born 11/28/22. See 2960-1, Par. R7], Kingston, New York. Time of Reading 10:40 to 11:25 A. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Md.
1. GC: You will give the relations 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: (In going back over years from the present - " - '42 - not good, in environments - '40 - expectancies and hopes - '36 - preparations - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as [2960].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them, there is much of good, there is much of questioning - as may be indicated in the experiences of the entity through the material planes.
5. So oft has the entity allowed self-indulgence and self-gratification to become the greater factors in the experience, that there needs be more consideration than usual in the experience of this entity, in that prompting of its feelings and experience with its religious rights [rites?], as the entity walks the closer with the Christian principles.
6. Then, in choosing the interpretations of the records as we find them here, these we choose with the desire and purpose that this information may prove a helpful experience for the entity.
7. Let the entity know this:
8. In analyzing that as may be given, and the choices as may
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be made by the entity - take not hold on that which is good and then turn thou back upon thy choice, for the last estate - if thou doest so - will be worse than the first!
9. That there are confusions in the experience in the present is indicated. While there is the answer to the latent influences - is this for thy soul development, or for the satisfying, gratifying of the moment? The inner self rebels. WHY do ye allow self to be so led?
10. In giving the astrological influences - these, as indicated, are merely urges; and little save that of its better moments has found or does find expression. Yet, if there will be the acceptance of that which is of the spiritual import, this may come more to the front.
11. We find in Mercury the high mental abilities, the activities in which the entity may find the expressions of self.
12. In Venus and Mars we find these both working to good and bad, dependent upon what is set as an ideal for the entity - the beauty of self, the beauty in activity and relationships. But these may also be abused, to thine own undoing. For, they may produce - as anger in others, in thy relationships with others - resentments such as to make the entity materially an outcast to self, to others.
13. If there is the choosing of the spiritual beauty in same - not the trust in self alone, but in Him, even as He gave, "Neither do I condemn thee, but sin no more," - this may be a lesson in self, if self will but take Him as the one upon Whom the entity will lean. For, there may then be that which is the real purpose of the entity in this experience - the building of a home.
14. For, this has not always been accomplished in the entity's experience in the earth. Thus, again and again the entity has entered this material plane, knowing, feeling the path it should follow, yet self and self's desire has overcome that as would be accomplished by the entity.
15. In Jupiter we find the universal consciousness that has at times been so much put into discard, recently.
16. As to the appearances in the earth - these have been quite varied, and yet show the correlated relationships to the problems, to the activities of the individual entity in this present experience.
17. Before this the entity was in the land of the present sojourn, in those activities when there was the building up or the establishing of homes and activities in the city of the present sojourn.
18. There the entity was among those that were in a position of authority as to relationships, and yet the sanctity of
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the home was not considered. And this brought an experience of desolation, of loneliness, of self-defacement; and an experience not good in soul development.
19. Yet the abilities of the entity as the homemaker, as the teacher, as the helper, made for much divided opinions as to the entity's activity through that sojourn.
20. The name then was Madge Sellers.
21. In the present, those experiences in which there were those activities have at times brought questionings in self. Thus we find the same relationships bearing upon the present activities of the entity, and the entity is being impelled and confused by that same spirit of destruction, by that same individual in the present. Beware of those associations!
22. Before that the entity was in the Holy Land, during those periods when the Master walked in the earth.
23. The entity was then among those coming under the influence of the Master through those teachings especially in Bethsaida. Then the entity was associated with those activities about the disciples and their sojourns in that land, and later became one of the holy women that aided in the establishing of homes for those that were questioned as to their associations with the groups who came as rulers - or as the soldiery in that land.
24. Thus the entity became one upon whom many relied for counsel.
25. And in the present there is that feeling of the needs for the security in the teachings of the Truth, as indicated in Him; and yet the other experiences, the listening to the urge of others, bring periods of discontent.
26. Do not be disillusioned. Know in what ye believe, and have that strength - not in self but in Him - to so live as not to regret anything, to so live as not to have others questioning thy activities, thy associations. For, this will bring the strength in self - if the right stand is taken.
27. The name then was Leah.
28. Before that the entity was in the Grecian land, when there was the choosing of the group to be sent to the "city in the hills and the plains."
29. The entity was among those to be the leaders of same, - being one beautiful in body, in mind, and in purpose questioned - even in self. Yet in coming in contact with the teachings of Uhjltd, and the aids given to the various groups in the "city in the hills and the plains," we find that the entity turned to that activity in what today would be called the hospital, the tending to the ill, the sick, to
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the varied groups.
30. Thus the entity grew to be one of power, one of might, through that experience - in the name then Maiiah. The hope for the home is still latent, and may be manifested in the present experience of the entity.
31. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there were those activities bringing about the changes in the groupings of individuals through their preparations in the Temple of Sacrifice and the Temple Beautiful.
32. The entity then was a secretary (as would be termed today), or a keeper of records of those changes wrought in the varied fields of activity through those experiences in which individuals passed in their preparation in those institutions - the Temple of Sacrifice and the Temple Beautiful.
33. Thus the abilities of the entity as a statistician or datastician are a part of the present experience. But the real forte lies in that latent force which has been so long the desire of the soul entity - a home!
34. The entity may be a home builder, or a home destroyer. Which do ye choose?
35. The name then was Anel-Isis-Or.
36. Then, as to the abilities of the entity in the present, - these lie within self.
37. Know that indeed thy body is the temple of the living God. Will ye desecrate it, or will ye keep it where ye may meet thy Maker, thy Savior, thy God? For, He hath promised to meet thee, and to hear when ye call.
38. In the homemaking, especially, the entity may find that outlet for its latent abilities, latent longings.
39. In teaching and ministering to others may the entity find the greater use of its abilities, of its mind, of its purpose in the earth.
40. Fail not thy Maker, who gives thee life, light and immortality. Know that only self can separate thee from the love of God. But he that taketh hold and looketh back is worse than the infidel.
41. Ready for questions.
42. (Q) Where and how was I associated in past incarnations with [N...]? (A) He broke thy home in the experience before this. Will ye break his, or thine own, in the present?
43. (Q) Are his intentions sincere toward me, or am I just another "affair" at the present time? (A) You are just another "affair." Will ye accept, will ye reject, the truth?
44. (Q) How should I go about breaking off my relationship
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with him and reestablish myself so that I would be happy and forget him? (A) In doing something for someone else! Not in gratifying of self's own desires, nor in answering to the desires of the body. Make those relationships with one with whom ye have ALMOST broken off. THERE ye will find help and strength, IF ye WILL but take hold! Trust in the strength and the might of Him who hath given, "I do not condemn thee, but SIN NO MORE!" His power alone may now take you away from that unholy desire that consumes thee, in thy relationships just now.
45. (Q) If [E...] came East and I broke up relationship with [N...], could I ever reestablish my former friendship with [E...], and would this be advisable? (A) As just given, there is hope there. There is none in [N...].
46. (Q) Should I stay in my present position or make a change to the Office of ... Administration? (A) Make a change. These will be more in keeping with thy abilities as the statistician or datastician.
47. (Q) Where and how was I associated in past incarnations with my father, [...] and why is there so much animosity between us? (A) He was thy husband in the experience before this. And would not there be animosity, with the home broken?
48. (Q) Where and how was I associated with [808]? (A) In the experience before this, and in the Egyptian experience. These were helpful forces, in both.
49. (Q) How can she help me now? (A) LISTEN to her advice.
50. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file " " Mrs. [808] 808]