This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 1st day of July, 1930, in accordance with request made by self - through [1005] and [341].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [23], [1005], [341], [78], [760], [522] and [1715]. Born October 4, 1910, Virginia Beach, Va.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present entity, [23].
2. In entering, we find the entity coming under the influence of Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Uranus. In the application of the influences as come through the astrological aspects, these may be used as steppingstones or allowed to become influences as to be detrimental, dependent upon the application of the will as respecting that held as the ideal, or the ideal's relationship to the Creative Energy, as is One in All. As to whether the influences are used as exaltations of self, self's interest, self's influence, or affluence, depends upon the application of that as lies within each individual.
3. In the influence as seen in Venus, we find with that ability to apply, to manifest, to show forth the influence of love's application in the life of self, of others.
4. In that of Mercury, seen as that of the mental abilities as related to conditions in material, mental, or physical forces.
5. In Jupiter, gives for the broadness of the vision, and of those that bring to the entity those conditions that make for ennobleness, enlargement of the abilities in the relationships as respecting affluence in the material plane.
6. While that as seen in the influence that brings for those of contradictory or contrarywise influence, these - as related to those of Mercury AND Venus, brings for those abilities wherein the entity may, IN the applications, bring for the goodness or for those conditions that make for unsettlement, unactive forces, as respecting the mental and the Venus or love's influence. In the INNATE influences as these bring, are for the SEEKING to first apply self as IN relationships to those whom the entity contacts, especially as related to occult forces. Innately the entity may become one who would be able to write, or to apply those forces innate in self as to make for intuitive force of a retrospective, as well as introspective influence - dependent upon the application of same, as to whether same may be made for weal or for woe. [7/38 See 23-11 Reports verifying her ability to write, etc.]
7. In the influences, we find one capable of making for the home the greater influence in the life in the present experience, as has been made in the EXPERIENCES - as WILL be seen - of both breaking up and making for home.
8. In those abilities as lie in the MENTAL forces, these become those that make for ALMOST, but never succeeding in that the entity WOULD apply; yet holding fast to that as IS builded, there may be added more and more through experience; for experience be the teacher, and these applied in the influences as come - both through that in the daily activities, as well as in those of introspective experience - may build much in the lives of others.
9. In the appearances, and that as is BUILDED in the present experience - and makes for those conditions as are found that are not at all times to the body MENTAL satisfactory, yet, as is seen, through introspection oft does the body gain more in the mental forces than is oft expressed; making for friendships that are lasting, trustworthy, and one that hateth a lie; one that may be trusted, as was oft trusted by others; one that brings for others much that is hard to be UNDERSTOOD at times, yet when studied in the light of the introspective INFLUENCES may bring much understanding to many.
10. In appearances:
11. In the one before this we find during that period when there were troublesome times in the land known as France. The entity then the one to whom the young king [1005], or ruler, was given in charge, and was the keeper of same - even until the time of the passing from the body. The entity lost and gained through that influence. During the first portion of this period the entity lost, for oft were the stripes laid on the body OF the king by the entity; then in the latter period were there the sorrows as were known from the conditions as surrounded that brought FOR the entity much of an understanding of the better relationships between those of high estate and those that were of the KEEPER, or the servant, in such periods. In the present influences the entity finds, that those in authority are, to the entity, as the LOWEST of peoples. Hence, one in POLITICAL office - or of political influence has - little to do - while the entity LISTENS, yet little reaches the bounds, or BONDS, that have been builded innate within self. To the entity, the ALLNESS of purpose is MOST appealing, and all peoples are as one. This kept, this builded upon, this understood, may make for the greatest development in the present experience. In the influences as found from same, makes for those innate influences of music that is of the slow, and rather of the dirge nature, the most appealing.
12. In the experience before this, we find in that period when there was the inflow in the land from those who came as conquerors, or as an attempt to make for ONE thought to all peoples, known as in the Crusades. The entity then among those of the peoples that were overrun, and attempted - by force of arms - to be made to think as those who came in, with all the pomp, all the glory, of an idea - and an IDEAL, overrun by that of self-EXALTATION. The entity gained through this experience, in that - though the entity suffered physically - the care as given by the entity, and those of the entity's household that cared for those that were WOUNDED, and the entity won MANY to the religious thought, or to that cult held by the entity during that experience; keeping self aloof, yet becoming one with those that WOULD override. In the present experience, INNATELY there is seen that of the FEELING oft of the religious force; yet, as being able to divide self and become pigeonholed as believing in one set sect or individual RULE, is hard for the entity to understand; rather as being good for Good's sake, being good for SOMETHING, than being just good; rather seeking to good; rather seeking to manifest the spirit of truth, of life, of love, than taking as a tenet or as a line of demarcation between that which is good and that which is called evil by another - these are hard lines for the ENTITY to draw. Gaining, through the experience, much. Of this experience is that as will be applicable in the experience of the entity during the present experience.
13. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Egyptian, in the period when there were divisions in the land. The entity then among those that were the keepers of the linens, and of those of the dress - or that as needed in the temple worship. Then, in this experience, the entity rather the one that made much fine linen, made much of the drawings that made for the vestry of the peoples in that period. The entity spoke little, yet thought much during the period - and in all the troublesome times, little did the entity act other than as INNATELY filling that place to which the entity was given, and filling same well. In the return, and the CHANGE as wrought during the period, the entity brought MUCH understanding - until the division as arose between the brothers [[341] and [78]] as were in power, and when the Ibex RULER sought to carry AWAY the entity there arose troublesome times over the entity's experience, and only in the BANISHMENT of the Ibex ruler did there again become that of a period of rest to the entity. In this experience the entity gained, yet fear of types of MEN - and the entity always looks for a TYPE - is INNATELY held in the entity's experience, even in the present.
14. In the one before this we find in that land known as Poseida. The entity known among those that used those of the innate experiences for the development of mind, matter, and of the physical usage of same; being in that experience in the household of the rulers OF that land, much pomp, much power, much of those things in life as bespeak of - in the present - those that make for the satisfying of earthly, or the gratifying of physical desire. The entity ran riot in that experience, losing in the experience. In the present, many of those conditions, those things as were developed, are to the entity not as STRANGE, or even new - but rather as meeting the necessities of the desire of a well developed individual. In the present this may be made for good or for bad, for in this the entity finds, that in the application, in the usage of that in hand, does depend that, whether it brings for that as is satisfying or that as brings for tumult within self; for the mental is EVER the builder, guided by the spiritual truth and life and light brings for the satisfying of that as builded. Gratifying of selfish influence or desires of self, brings for that as is of the carnal, and makes for dissatisfaction, distrust, dis-ease, in EVERY field.
15. In the abilities of the entity - as has been seen and given, that in the home, that in the satisfying of the self as respecting giving an understanding to others as to the relationships of introspective experience - in THIS may the entity find that as will make for the most SATISFYING in this experience, and for the greatest development in this experience. Ready for questions.
16. (Q) Give in detail the relation of the entity with the Crusade leaders, giving names of Crusaders chiefly concerned.
    (A) Keeper, in that period, of those that failed in carrying the line of defense, and of the Mohammedan faith - [GD's note: See 849-1] brought many of those that were in same, acting in the capacity of the nurse, and of the teacher of those peoples.
17. (Q) Please give the names of the -
    (A) We haven't received those! We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n office
    Copy to Datastician
    Copy to [1005] & [341]

BACKGROUND

1. Sister [24] obtained Physical Rdg.

REPORTS

1. 10/06/33 See 23-2, first of a series of physical readings.
2. 9/36 A.R.E Bulletin entitled KARMA see pages 3-4 using Case [23] as example.
3. 4/43 See A.R.E. publication A STUDY OF SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION reporting ([23] and [1005] whom she in the meantime, 9/18/36, had married) as examples.
4. 10/12/39 See 2015-3, Par. 49-A re. past associations with her mother [23].
5. 4/10/44 See 4098-1, Par. 29-A re. past associations in Egypt with his mother [23].
6. 1/15/60 Letter from [852]: "[1005] and [23] still live in the house they bought that was [265]'s. They remodeled and made some additions a few years back. [23] has a kindergarten and has been doing quite well in it. A friend of hers, who had training similar to [23]'s in college, assists her."
7. 12/06/60 Letter from [852]: "[23] is working at a local florist establishment during the pre-Christmas rush and likes it fine."

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