This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of July, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [5366], Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Jeanette Fitch, Stenos.
R E A D I N G
Born October 31, 1890, on a farm near Bellefontaine, Ohio Time of Reading Set bet. 3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Mass.
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, or 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: My! Some very interesting characters have been born near Bellefontaine! This entity was among those with that one who persecuted the church so thoroughly and fiddled while Rome burned. That's the reason this entity in body has been disfigured by structural conditions. Yet may this entity be set apart. For through its experiences in the earth, it has advanced from a low degree to that which may not even necessitate a reincarnation in the earth. Not that it has reached perfection but there are realms for instruction if the entity will hold to that ideal of those whom it once scoffed at because of the pleasure materially brought in associations with those who did the persecuting.
3. In giving the interpretation, then, of the records of this entity, there is much that may be said but, as has been indicated, we would minimize the faults, and we would magnify the virtues. Thus may little or nothing be given that would deter the entity in any manner from holding fast to that purpose which has become that to which it may hold. For, as Joshua of old, the entity has determined (and sometimes the entity becomes very disturbed) "Others may do as they may, but as for me, I will serve the living God."
4. Astrological aspects would be nil in the experiences of the entity. (Let's pray with the entity.) No such may be necessary in the experience again in the earth-materiality.
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Remember, there are material urges and there are materials in other consciousnesses not three-dimensions alone.
5. As to the appearances in the earth, these would only be touched upon, as indicated, to be a helpful experience for the entity, as:
6. Before this we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, through the experiences in seeking for new undertakings with the associates or companions. The entity became a helper to those who sought to know more of that which had been the prompting of individuals to seek freedom and to know that which is the spirit of creation or creative energies. Thus did the entity grow in attempting to interpret man's relationship to the Creative Forces or God. The name then was Jane Eyericson.
7. Before that we find the entity, as mentioned, was a companion or associate of that one [Nero] who persecuted those who believed in, those who accepted faith in righteousness, in goodness, in crucifying of body desires, in crucifying the emotions which would gratify only appetites of a body, either through the physical self or through physical appetites of gormandizing, and of material desire for the arousing more of the beast in individual souls. [See 33-1, Par. 10-A.]
8. In the experience, then, the entity is meeting self in that which was a part of the experience as Emersen.
9. Before that we find the entity was in the land when the children of promise entered into the promised land, when there were those whose companion or whose father [Achan] sought for the gratifying of selfish desires in gold and garments and in things which would gratify only the eye. The entity was young in years and yet felt, as from those things which were told the entity, that a lack of material consideration was given the parent. The name then was Suthers.
10. Before that we find the entity was in the Egyptian land. The entity was among those who were trained in the Temple Beautiful for a service among its fellow men, contributing much to the household and the establishing of homes. Thus is the home near and dear to the entity, as are members of same, whether of the body-family or of the help or kinsmen.
11. Thus again may the entity find, in its application of those tenets and truths in the present, that answering in experiences of the entity in that land.
12. Then the entity was called Is-it-el.
13. As to the abilities:
14. Who would tell the rose how to be beautiful; who would give to the morning sun, glory; who would tell the stars how
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to be beautiful? Keep that faith! which has prompted thee. Many will gain much from thy patience, thy consistence, thy brotherly love.
15. Ready for questions.
16. (Q) What locality is best for me? (A) In the middle west.
17. (Q) What has been the incentive to heal and help others? (A) Read just what has been given.
18. (Q) Should we invest a small sum of money in Tung Oil or Ramie land in the south, or a log cabin on a mountain side on ...'s farm at ..., Conn., for future vacations? (A) No. Those in the west we would prepare, or Ohio, Indiana, or Iowa. These would be the better and there invest; whether in Illinois, in oil, yes; Iowa, a rest home, yes; in Ohio, farmland.
19. (Q) How have I been associated in the past with my husband, [4921]? (A) In the experience before this there were associations in which each was an incentive or a helper, and yet never closely associated. That's why ye disagree at times in the present. In the experience in Egypt in the same association as in the present, as were the children, though there were many more of them there.
20. (Q) My son, [5249]? (A) As indicated.
21. (Q) My son, [5242]? (A) As indicated.
22. (Q) How can I best help them in the present? (A) In helping them to study to show themselves approved unto God, workmen not ashamed, rightly stressing the words of truth and keeping self unspotted from the world.
23. We are through with this reading. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file " for indexing