This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of February, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [3664], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by the article in Coronet.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.)
R E A D I N G
Born January 16, 1919, 5:30 A. M., in Gary, Indiana. Time of Reading 10:55 to 11:20 A. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Indiana.
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, a very lovely person!
3. We are given the records here (new keeper!) of that entity now known as or called [3664].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them, these we choose with the desire and purpose that this information may be used in such a way and manner as to bring not only greater possibilities, but more joy, more peace, more harmony in the experience of the entity.
5. There is a great deal of emotion, as in Mercury with Mars, indicated in the mental as well as in the desire for expression of same in the entity's experience.
6. True, some physical handicaps have been and are a part of the experience. Yet these should not be allowed to hinder or prevent the entity from giving the more full expression of the abilities latent and manifested in the experiences of the entity.
7. For art or music or both, should be the fields in which the entity should express or manifest itself, rather than in dealing with human relationships or emotions. For unless these abilities, the intenseness, the imaginations, these superlativenesses that come to the mental and spiritual forces of the entity, seeking expression, are given manifestation in the higher arts, these might bring great turmoil. And they would find greater outlet in music or
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art, be it whatever form it might take, commercial, still life, or nature. There will be greater turmoils in the experience of the entity unless these abilities are turned into those channels.
8. Spiritualize the ideals; that is, as the entity sees in the emotions in relationships with others, let them find expression in the visions that might be expressed in nature, in the activities of nature, the unfolding of the bud, the motherhood of the bird, the strength of the storm, the powers and beauty of the sea, any of that in nature. The outlines and symmetrical beauty of the orange, an apple, a lily, a tree, yea a vine as it may cling. Or the expression in music. Yet the art should find the greater expression in this present entity, called [3664].
9. Astrologically we find that Mercury, Mars and Venus become the greater ruling forces. Thus, as indicated, greater expression should be found in nature and in color, in harmony, in tone, in art or in music (preferably art) rather than in emotions with individuals. For these would become so tempered that they would become lewd in expression unless greatly spiritualized, which - in the attempt of the entity to raise others - would bring such a disappointment.
10. As to the appearances in the earth, these have been quite varied. These have been very far apart and under quite varied circumstances.
11. Before this the entity was in the Florentine land, or in Florence, when the music and the strains of the long-necked guitar or banjo, or instruments that would be termed the replica or the answering to same, were a portion of the entity's experience, and that of color upon plaques, vases, colored ware, the making of things of the sea and the air, and the delicate shades of green and pink, as though they were the colors of serpentine but in glassware and such.
12. Then in the name Leuelleain, the entity was active in keeping groups of students and groups of individuals interested int he art of the colored glass, in the scenes painted upon the pottery, the vases and the pots and the like, the sea and the air and the night. The extremes were a portion of the entity's experience.
13. Again the entity lost in itself and in the associations with others. Thus the warnings indicated as to the emotions of the body being turned in the present in that direction pertaining to the artistic rather than to things pertaining alone to human relationships.
14. Before that the entity was in the Persian and Arabian land, in the 'city in the hills and the plains'.
15. The entity was among those of the natives who grew in
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knowledge and in interpretation from the travelers.
16. Thus history, strange places, strange happenings, strange relationships in varied circumstances, are an intriguing interest for the entity. Yet the entity through the experience expressed itself in the varied colored applique work, the woven work, and in designs for the various characteristics or characters for dress, as well as decoration for those people who cared to decorate the animals of burden.
17. The entity gained. For coming in close contact with the teacher, experiencing the activities in that day of the law of one, and the beauty and harmony in the lives and experiences, there came pleasure, hope, mysticism, yes those things that keep body, mind and soul attuned one the another.
18. The name then was Lamelech. From that experience in the present we find that the entity may gain those lessons given in the warnings: Apply these to the spiritual, and to that which will appeal to the emotional beauty of the mind, rather than the physical or the physical relationships.
19. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land during those periods when individuals were being prepared for activities as emissaries to varied lands.
20. The entity then was active in the music in the temple, the paintings that were a part of the decorations. Thus it is interested in the vari-colored things that are oriental in their nature, that portend to have an activity in themselves.
21. The name then was Shel-alegra.
22. As to the abilities of the entity in the present:
23. Keep in mind, the body and the spiritual purposes as one in truth. Do apply self in those things pertaining to art and music. They need not deter the entity from home building, but correct the body-forces and keep the spiritual for the mental and physical expression.
24. Ready for questions.
25. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file