This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 2nd day of August, 1930, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [99].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [99]. Born August 16, 1891 in New York City

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the PRESENT entity, in personality, in individuality.
2. In entering the earth's plane, we find the entity coming under the influence first in that of Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars - as an influence, with the sun and moon in at variance.
3. Astrologically, we will find many of these influences have been altered in the application of the entity's EXPERIENCE as related to the WILL's influence in application.
4. In Neptune, we find always mysterious to self as relation to others, and especially as to the environs, and INNATELY has the waters often called to the entity as a place of abode; yet in the application of self as RESPECTING same has been well. Only during one period might this have been made worth while, that during the sixteenth year, in this present experience, when both Uranus AND Venus were in the square of each other as to the entity's influence.
5. In Venus, we find the greater RULING influence in the experience of the entity, and in CONJUNCTION with same Uranian influence. Hence, either the entity is an extremist in activities, whether as to those of expressions of love, of filial associations, of those conditions making for close relations, or of those making those of friendships or breaking same.
6. One, then, who - under such influence - makes for the friendship easily; yet same may be as easily broken; yet INNATELY in the entity is RARELY a grudge, for grudge' sake, held. Purpose or cause must make for the certainty of same to the entity. Hence the entity is VERY bad or VERY good, dependent upon the impelling influence and the application of will as respecting same; but NEVER on or very CLOSE to waters does the entity experience that of hate, yet inland, on mountain, this would be a different experience to the entity.
7. In that seen in the influences in sun and moon as related to same, for being in at variance with the experience of the entity, when troubles, consternation or distresses arise IN THE DAY, they may be easily understood or analyzed in the moonlight; when troubles arise in the EVENING, or in the night time, these may only be analyzed or understood when the entity STUDIES same in the day - and among the crowd; yet those in the evening must be alone.
8. In the experience as we see from these influences, many are the conditions as arise that to others the entity may appear strange, or unseemly, or unactive as to the RELATIONSHIPS one with another, but especially in the experience will the entity find that those born under Pisces, or under Leo, or BETWEEN February 22nd and March 22nd, and November the 20th and January 22nd, will the entity be able to deal with, do business with, associate with, the better.
9. In the influences seen in Jupiter, makes for that in the entity's experience of gaining a lesson from EVERY experience, and with the application of will may the entity USE such experience as a stepping stone for development of self, as related to the making of self in a closer relationship to the fellow man, thus fulfilling that of divine force or power; for no man may do FOR the Creative Energy, other than lending or aiding the fellow man; for both being a portion OF the divine, hence may the entity oft be the crutch, or the handle, or the rope to which another may tie, and thus may the entity make MEN of pieces.
10. In the influence seen in Mars, this makes for those of madness, of anger, of wrath, and in the entity's experience those born in June or July do often rile the entity in their relationships one with another. These influences may be changed only by the application of self, individually, to such relationships. Never may the entity act TOWARD an individual as they did not exist; never may the entity act toward an experience as though it had no part; for the entity's development has been so toward that of the Whole, that all experience, good or bad, must influence the next act, whether mental or material to the entity.
11. Knowing, then, that the SPIRIT is willing, keep the mind LOOKING, HOPING, WISHING; HOPEFUL for the HEAVENLY vision, for in the visions of the entity often comes the greatest experiences of the entity.
12. In the experiences in the earth's plane and their influence innate and applicable in the present experience:
13. As may be seen from that given, often has the entity been in the EXPERIENCES of the earth, for "Let's get through with it quick" has been oft the entity's answer to every question.
14. In the one before this we find in that period known as the Gold Rush, in the forty-nine's then the entity among those who journeyed westward, being then of that name Hambeing. The entity lost in the experience, only gaining of this world's goods much. Not taking FROM, directly - but running over MANY to attain same, and in that land may there YET be seen piles of stone set up by Sol Hambeing in that land. In the experience, the entity finds in the present, that "No man may ever say that a wrong, INTENTIONALLY, has been done him by me". In THIS the entity suffered much physically, and in the experience the feet has brought much in of that suffered in THAT experience.
15. In the one before this we find in that land now known as the French land, and in that period the entity one to whom MANY of royalty, MANY of position, went for aid; being then the lender in the period of two - yea, three - Louis's. The entity known in the period as the lender, and the gatherer of those of the JEWELS of that period for many in and out of the court, and in that experience the entity gained and lost; for many were the peoples of personage, peoples well spoken of, peoples evil spoken of, their moral life were known and held in the hand of the entity. In the judgement the entity gained. In the use of the FEW the entity lost. In the present, from this experience, jewels have a PECULIAR influence; but "None of them for myself or for those closest to me" does the entity innately feel and act; yet those that come to the entity for COUNSEL in these respects, as of that period, go not away empty handed.
16. In the one before this we find in that period known as the Trojan period. The entity then among those of the defenders at the gate, and in that experience the entity the first and second guard at the gate, known in the name as Hault. The entity gained through this experience, for the entity gave not only self but the MIND of self to a purpose, a cause, held as uppermost in the mind and the experience of the entity. In the present, the defense of that held as truth, as purposeful, will the entity defend to the last; whether with body, with physical, or with MATERIAL gain.
17. In the one before this we find in that experience when the rebuilding of the walls of the Holy City. The entity among those who BUILDED in the temple, and also in the wall. Under Zerubbabel did the entity first enter, and also under Nehemiah did the entity labor. In the name of Gehgin. The entity gained through this experience, yet the religious experience of the entity during this experience was not altogether satisfactory to the entity; for the lives of many as leaders, the lives of many as priest, the lives of many of those that waited on those that were of the house, of the temple, were not in keeping with that held BY the entity as compatible with that they professed. Hence the entity in the present experience, hard to judge, hard not to condemn, hard not to say the life is not so and so; yet the broadness of vision as respecting religious experience is gained through THIS experience.
18. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Egyptian, and during the period when the priest in exile did the entity act in the capacity as the valet, or body guard to that priest. The entity gained and lost through this experience, for only when the entity was sent as an emissary OF the king, or king's father, did the entity turn to be the FRIEND and the aide TO the priest. Termed, in the experience, as a turncoat, or one as a spy, yet in the latter experience the entity GAINED; for much was given by the entity in building for those who SUFFERED in body, in the building of the school and the learning of medicine; for the entity became the first of those who bled peoples to count their blood clots. In this the entity gained, and in the application of healing did the entity excel; and in the pyramids yet to be discovered, may much of that COMPOUNDED by the entity be made to be worth while, even to those of the day when this IS found, for those of the entity's BUILDING may be still read. In the name Ehel - hated and loved. In the experiences in the present, these may be made to be helpful, to be harmful - dependent upon the application of self as related to many during that experience.
19. In the one before this we find in that land known now as the Peruvian, or Equador. The entity then was among the Ohums (?) [Aymaras?] of that period, and among the peoples who journeyed in and CONQUERED the peoples from the Atlantean upheaval, or the first of the series of upheavals that occurred. The entity gained and lost, for the entity the aide then to the king who CONQUERED and lost through associations with, the women of the land. Hence the entity became one who was also lost in the relationships of the women of that period. Known in the name Huoon. In the present experience, these as we find from that experience, comes those influences as make for JUDGING, or for the innate expressions of knowing PEOPLES by their actions, rather than that they speak.
20. In the abilities of the entity, and that to which it may attain, and how, in the present:
21. As is seen, many are the fields - many are the experiences, many are the known laws innate by the entity. In making of men MEN, even though they be pieces; in the counsel of those who would slip, or misjudge their purpose or duty; in the giving of self in service; may the entity gain the more; making the will one with Him, who being the Word, and in the beginning, and in the experience becoming the brother, in the application of self to the Word, that through Him the Word may be made One with, yet each individual a portion OF the Whole, with the ability to know self as such, may the entity conquer most. Ready for questions. We are through for the present.

    Two copies to Self
    Two copies to Ass'n office

REPORTS

1. GD's memo: Mr. [99] and his wife [98] admitted that EC had described him exactly.
2. 9/18/30 See 99-7, a business reading.
3. 7/29/31 See 99-8, a Mental-Spiritual.

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