This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 5th day of January, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [3285], Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.) Harmon Bro.
R E A D I N G
Born December 14, 1916, in Roselle, N.J. Time of Reading 10:50 to 11:20 A. M. Eastern War Time. ..., New Jersey.
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: Yes, we have the records here - and what a record - of that entity now known as or called [3285].
3. In giving an interpretation of the records here, these we would choose with the desire and purpose that this information may be a helpful experience; enabling the entity to better fulfill those purposes for which it entered this material sojourn.
4. This rather aside: Do analyze self and the ideas and ideals of self. Know that the entrance into a material manifestation is not merely to gratify self nor to be more highly spoken of than your neighbor, or to gratify appetites, but rather it is the opportunity for the individual entity to manifest the source of life or God. And they who fail, do so to their own undoing.
5. Not that one should become goody-goody - far from it! For know that the Lord will not withhold any good thing - spiritually, mentally or materially - from those who love His coming.
6. How oft, then, do you come to the Lord or through thy prayers have the Lord approach thee? Indeed thy body is the temple of the living God. Keep it beautiful, to be sure, as it is - but not to vainglory, nor to such an extent as to forget that for which the body was given thee: That thy soul, which may be a companion with God, might manifest
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among thy fellow beings. Appreciate it! Glorify it, sure - but to God, not to man!
7. In interpreting the records here for the entity, we would minimize the faults, we would magnify the virtues. There are many abilities in the entity. There are the abilities to attract others and to very easily set others in their place, as it were, by a look or a word.
8. Thus thy abilities may be used for weal or woe, just by thy conversations.
9. Ye are interested in seeking things - things unusual. Thus the study of those things that man has found will bring certain results when used in this routine or in that type of activity. These can only bring so much power as ye as an individual give to such things. For ye are a co-creator with thy God.
10. Then, why take a second place? Why not have the God within thee coordinate and cooperate in spirit, in mind, in body and use this beautiful body, this beautiful mind, to the glory of God, and something you will be proud of rather than having others or thyself ashamed of the results that may come?
11. As to the abilities from latent urges, these you have set almost at naught in self, yet that determination to have what you want when you want it may easily lead you astray.
12. Know in what you believe and know who is the author of that ye believe, and know what such would bring - as to the difference if it were to come to full fruitage in thine own experience. For God is not mocked, and whatsoever a man or woman soweth, that must he also reap.
13. As to the appearances in the earth, these have been quite varied and - as indicated, the urges that arise through the emotional body are of the greatest import to the body in the present. Hence the body might be a great lover, yes - and then could change just as easily and hate. For one can only hurt that which it loves.
14. The appearances in the earth have their influence through the emotions - the vision, the sense of smell, as the body finds rather acute. It is rather sensitive to odors, even at times smelling or conceiving odors not indicated in the experience of others. This indicates the sensitiveness of the entity and one of its experiences in the earth's plane as a man, when - as we shall see - the entity prepared those things that were offered in the holy of holies in the tabernacle in the wilderness.
15. Before this the entity was in the English land when great groups of individuals were called to the defense of an idea and, to many, an ideal.
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16. The entity was among those who by its own wits, as would be called, today (being left by others and by its companion), made what would be called now sorceries or divinations, using charm and magic as a means to attain those desires and purposes.
17. Hence in the present all things pertaining to charm, sacred formulas, societies, initiations, the ritual of varied groups are of interest to the entity, not matter whether these are in the darkest minds of men or in the higher ritualistic orders.
18. These abilities were not used for other than material things. Thus, while they have the material hold, they must be watched and guarded against becoming the thing ye worship, rather than the spiritual. Hence the warning that has been indicated to the entity. It is the spirit with which ye do a thing, the purpose that brings weal or woe in its effect in the experience.
19. The name then was Sharlement.
20. Before that the entity was in Mt. Sinai when there were those ordinances indicated as to the manners in which the incense was to be prepared for the offering in the holy of holies.
21. The entity then was an apothecary, as might be called today, working with the herbs and oils and the combinations for the special essence and odors that might be obtained from same.
22. The name then was Shuelmeur. The entity gained throughout that experience, for that it applied such for the preparation of the mind to be attuned from the material to the spiritual. Yet these might easily become the source or means rather than just the urge to be induced. Hence as indicated, the senses or the sensual things may easily lead the entity astray, unless it be well grounded in the spiritual ideals and purposes.
23. Do that.
24. Before that the entity was in Egypt as one who could compile formulas for the mental as well as internal formulas for the exercise of the mind to control the activities of the body.
25. Thus the dance, the activities pertaining to body perfection as to the meeting of certain formulas, or certain desires for activity.
26. The name then was Xen-ixeo.
27. As to the abilities of the entity from these:
28. There will be found the ability to write of the activities of mind for unfoldments of the perception of the sense forces of the body, whether these be for exotic
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activities or for spiritual incantations or for the soothing of the mind, those things that would fire the imagination of youth - yes, these may be a part of the experience, and those things that would bring comfort and quietude to those in trouble. For, as has been indicated, when the entity sets itself to do something, it accomplishes it - whether good or bad. But make a choice. For there is daily set before thee good and evil, life and death, and with thy choice ye make it good or bad.
29. Before that the entity was in Atlantis when there were those changes in those periods before the second breaking up, when there was the escape to the Incal land.
30. The entity then was a priestess who led groups of people into that activity.
31. The name then was Qucelam. It may be said that the entity set a type of worship that eventually caused individuals to come to worship the entity, for its beauty, for its grace, for its ability to control others in groups according to whatever the desires were for the carrying on of those activities.
32. As to the abilities of the entity, then: These are limited only by the purpose for which ye would use thy body, mind and soul. For as stated, He withholds not any good thing from those who love His coming.
33. So, first set thyself aright in spirit, in mind, and the body may indeed be the dwelling place of the holy of holies - as ye may know.
34. Ready for questions.
35. (Q) Is there any special work I have to do in this life? (A) Not have to do! The opportunities are presented that ye may lead many to a better interpretation of why they are in the material plane.
36. (Q) In what way may I best serve God? (A) In letting thy own life be an example of that ye live and teach others. Ye are a natural leader of groups, of communities, and it may be of large groups everywhere.
37. (Q) What line of study is best for me to concentrate on? By this I mean esoteric study such as Buddhism or Theosophy, etc. (A) To be sure, as said, give the Christ-consciousness. No Yogi, no Buddha. Not that these haven't their place, but not in thy life in this consciousness.
38. (Q) Were my husband and I linked up together in previous incarnations? (A) The Incal land, yes - and didn't you lead him a chase! In the Egyptian land, ye depended one upon the other.
39. (Q) I am interested in the theory of twin souls. Is
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this true? Can it be seen whether my husband and I are twin souls? (A) It depends upon what is the purpose, as to the application. That there are identical souls, no. No two leaves of a tree, no two blades of grass are the same. They are the complement one to another, yes; but these are dependent upon the purpose. Rather study that as we have indicated regarding what takes place in conception.
40. (Q) Is it possible for you to tell me whether my husband will be interested in this work, how best to interest him in it, and whether we will be working together in it? (A) It depends upon the spirituality and whether ye make it in thy own experience a reality or a farce.
41. (Q) Is Jiu-Jitsu helpful in spiritual development? (A) Not much - this is for destruction, not construction. Read what has been thy experience through the earth and why ye are interested. Beware!
42. We are through. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file