This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce this 10th day of March, 1921.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; G. K. Nicodemus, Conductor; (?), Steno.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading Unknown.
1. GKN: Now, Mr. Cayce, you are going to sleep, a quiet, peaceful and restful sleep. All the organs of your body will function perfectly and you will be normal in every way. You will hear me what I say and answer the questions I shall ask you, slowly and distinctly so that we may get every word. Now, Mr. Cayce, you are asleep and you have before you the body of [4264] who is in room 2154, McAlpin Hotel, New York City, N.Y. You will see this body and go over it carefully and tell us what the trouble is, if anything, and what to do for it to make it normal again. You will answer any questions we shall ask about this body, Mr. Cayce.
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here. Now, these are conditions as we find in this body here, [4264] we are speaking of, the conditions as we have to deal with that are abnormal in the body have more to do with the physical body, yet the relation between the action of the mental, spiritual and physical will have to be brought in relation to each other in giving the description and the good to be derived from the material or the physical to assist in the other conditions or bring to the oneness of the body.
3. First, as we see throughout the whole body, the blood is impoverished, then the rebuilding of vitame [vitamin] force throughout the whole system, so that at times when any strain either by material congestion or by suggestion through any mental force, destructive cellular force begins to assert itself in the least resistive conditions in the physical, then we bring about mental strain through the nerve forces and systems in the body; especially do we find this so in the action of the blood supply and nerve tissues in the montrey [emunctory] of the body, in the various places where the montrey [emunctory] come in conjunction with the circulation, that is in carrying the lymph, in the lymphatics, in their conjunction in the centers. They produce or carry these properties, these cells, or these atoms, if you please, producing cellular forces, life in this that must meet the resistance to be destroyed either through mental or rebuilded cellular life, or spiritual force by the action of the material on this physical.
4. Hence the feelings that we have over this whole body.
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Ordinarily termed we would have a body called "neurasthenic". It is not entirely of this condition as the ordinary term would express, though the feeling and expressions in the system at times are such that give this expression to some portions of the body.
5. In the nerve forces and supply we have a good nerve energy, a good mental body, exceedingly good spiritual force. Now all is one and the same when we come to the seat or to what they are building to or for, yet the attributes of each in their condition and position in the system occupy a different place or status, yet they are one within themselves. The resistive force necessarily being used to combat the physical condition produces the tired overtaxed nerve energy used condition; produces the tired feelings that comes to the centers from time to time; produces the nervous inability of proper digestion, of nervous indigestion as it might be termed outside; produces lack of force to combat from time to time, hence the languid, tired, not just satisfied with self in the body nor in its power to meet and combat resistive force either physical or mental. It is the expression that comes to the nerve force and energy. Yet the sensory nerves organism is above normal but the action of the cerebral spinal nervous system to accept the energies expressed to them through the vibrations of the different organs used in expression of the sensory organism does not meet it or accept it sympathetically as it should from depleted force in the nervous system of the body. Hence not a perfect circulation, not a perfect equilibrium of nerve energy and force we would say is the production or the cause of the abnormal conditions in this body.
6. As to the forces that produces this is or was in the beginning, the lack of self confidence in self to meet the things that came into its life, both mentally and spiritually. The weaker system vibrating, the lowest or the material or physical body meets or finds itself fighting these resistive forces so that we have, in fact, a condition existing in the physical body that must be combated with.
7. We would take into the system this: Licorice.............2 grains, Cascara..............1 grain. These to be taken once a day for five to seven days - five to seven doses, depends on the action these produce in the system. At the time this is being done we would have a tea formed or made with 8 ozs. water to 4 ozs. saffron (yellow saffron). This should be strained and taken. This is made
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by steeping for twenty minutes over the fire when it is strained and cooled. Dose would be two drams twice a day. At the same time let the body take exercise to the whole body to resist or to create a new expression to the whole system. The action of these medicinal properties is given here to produce the proper equilibrium is this, the licorice is an active principle, that is, the active principle in the licorice to the blood supplying forces as they are taken from the system in the duodenum and through the liver here as being active for new blood; the action with this, that is with the licorice of the cascara is to produce not an excitement of the mucous tissues of the stomach and intestines, but a condition that will act with these to eliminate through the proper channels the poisons now being absorbed by the blood back to the system, while the action of the saffron to the body it to go through the action of the juices of the stomach, the proper incentive to carry on throughout the system the stimulating force needed to give rejuvenated life to this portion of the stomach when we are rebuilding proper channels through these, then the expressions coming to the nerve force and to all the rest of the body become through the proper channels.
8. The exercises, the sitting up exercises or the motion of the arms up and down, especially the bending forward of the body from the waist should be taken regularly from three to five minutes, morning and evening, when the body is just ready to retire or when the body is just arisen so that we have free movement of the whole body giving new force. Do that if this body would bring itself to a normal state, always keeping in mind this, I can, I will through the body meet, combat and overcome matters first and others will follow.
9. (Q) What is this body best fitted to follow as a life's work? (A) As a teacher to others of the forces found here and used when she overcomes self.
10. (Q) How can this body reach the highest mental and spiritual development, Mr. Cayce? (A) By the study of self first and make a personal application to self, then you will understand others.
11. (Q) How can this body increase her finances to a marked degree to help and give happiness to others, Mr. Cayce? (A) Just as we have given here. Whenever we give assistance to others others will give assistance to us, give and take. Money is not all to strive for in this world. Let this body keep this in mind as well. There are other things more value than money - if one gains the whole world and
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loses itself it has not gained much.