This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 5th day of June, 1926, in accordance with request made by her husband, Mr. [900].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Dr. and Mrs. T. B. House.

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the reading 136-36 on dream of [136] of May 27, 1926, and you will answer the questions which I will ask you regarding same.
2. EC: Yes, we have the information as transcribed, and the relating conditions with same.
3. (Q) As given, this entity, [136], has been chosen - this means selected by virtue of her development that by law fits her and makes her the channel by which a son with a high mental development will come into the world. Correct?
   (A) Correct, in a way and manner. Not that it may not be made of none effect, for, though the laws as govern the relation of this entity's development, and the universal forces as may be manifest, the "may be" being that way and manner in which entities may so conduct themselves, in the physical, mental, manner. As conditions have been given, correct, see?
4. (Q) This son - will his intellectual ability make him a shepherd of the race, or does this mean [136] in giving him birth is as the shepherd?
   (A) As has been given, [136] is in that position where she may give to the world a son that may become the shepherd to the race, in the intellectual abilities of that son. For there are more to be considered than the individual [136] in relation to these conditions. Yet she is the channel, in NATURAL physical conditions, through which same may be given to the world, see? for, as we see in these conditions which surround these, there arise many questions that may be asked as to how such conditions may be ascertained. And we find there are few words in which the meaning may be given, for they are so different to the conception or consciousness of each mind, that these are hard to be understood. Yet when the conditions as have been given are considered as to the earthly plane development of the entity, and the relation with this entity of other developed entities, then there begins to dawn upon the physical consciousness of an individual those laws that are being brought to the point of a manifested condition in the material world, see? Now all of these relations, all of these conditions, all of these warnings to the physical forces of the body, to the mental forces of the entity, to these VARIOUS conditions, ALL MUST be taken into consideration, that a consciousness of that taking place, of that that may be manifested, or that may be left for a manifestation through ANOTHER entity who accepts, who takes those conditions as to become a portion of that which may be manifested.
5. (Q) As given in dream of [900]'s, this son will be especially bright mentally, and as given in [136]'s will bring peace and happiness to many. How - in what capacity?
   (A) As the leader, the teacher, the shepherd to the peoples, in that same way and manner as was given to Samuel, to Eli, to Moses, to Joshua, to those of that race who became as mental experts, as moral criterions, as directors of those conditions pertaining to law, to justice, to ethics, to teaching, to mannerisms, of the various conditions as were necessary for the needs of the peoples to whom their message came. In that way and manner may this son give light, peace, joy, happiness, to many, and become the shepherd of the peoples.
6. (Q) How may this be ascertained since even the sex forces of the entity have not been established - or have they been - i.e. is the same entity awaiting entrance to this plane as would have entered when the so-called miscarriage caused the check and disintegration of the forming forces? Explain.
   (A) In this there is again the attempt to explain to a finite mind those elements of the infinite laws as are set in motion in the physical world, yet these, it will be seen, are in this way and manner:
   In the creating first of thought is the creating of the idea. In the creating of desire is the creating then of action. Now combine action, combine thought, and these become a reality in the physical plane and subject to the laws of physical existence. Yet the beginning, the conception, the inherent forces as are gained are NOT subject to finite or to material law, until those have become in a form where they become subject to same. When do they become subject to same? The same as in the seed of the pollen of a flower, of an atomic force, of a force as is seen manifested in the material world of the sex germ of male and female - the desire of each for each, and the thought transference of each - when this becomes in association one with another, there takes place that which in its growth becomes the manifested conception of material forces, remaining in the ethereal or cosmic forces until such does take place, see? Then we see how the physical law applies to the spiritual laws, and how spiritual laws apply to the physical conditions. One within another, each bearing its relation one with another - as the conception of ideas, of desire, of will's forces - then beginning of the material law.
7. (Q) In the case of miscarriages such as this, does the same entity always re-enter at the next conception?
   (A) This, as we see, is at and at variance to the questions being asked, for there becomes then many various laws that are to be considered when such conditions would be answered from the same forces as we have seen. It may. It may not, depending upon that law as we have just given as regarding desire, thought, will, and the manifestations of each as the relation to the other.
8. (Q) In the light of the message as follows: the finite mind assumes at death a consciousness in and of the infinite, incorporating that portion of the infinite that its own experiences have made it aware of. If in the process of expansion of this awareness to the proportions of the whole infinite consciousness, this yet limited portion needs the finite experience, explain how this portional mind assumes the finite form and viewpoint through that medium we call conception. That is, the law of development of "Kind" is apparent, and a one and two dimensional change of manifested form is rather clear, but how does a fourth dimensional mind change to three dimensional proportions? To the mind of [900] this question may be asked in three different ways, proving, as given, this mind's ability to correlate many viewpoints. It may be asked in the above manner in the light of the message - i.e. philosophy. In the light of science it would be asked: How does the self-conscious, rational or reasoning mind or entity enter and become part of this anatomical world? In the light of theology: How does the soul change from the many mansions in my Father's house to this physical mansion?
   (A) Through that same way, means and manner as has been given, will be seen how that those questions, though asked from three different viewpoints, are answered all in one. That is, just as given. WHEN a condition is subject to a physical law, it is THEN described either from philosophizing, from theology, or from science, from the finite viewpoint. When it is in and under that law of the infinite, it may be described by neither; for, as is seen, in the atomic force as is gained in conception from the mother, the seed force, the cell unit, as long as it knows not the meeting of that which will bring the union of TWO forces together, the cell remains in that latent infinite state. When the cell first begins to create within self, then it has partaken of that INFINITE force, which becomes manifested in a material way and manner, as is seen in the fruit thereof.
   As is seen then, all becomes under that one head, that one mind, and that one mind is that including all, or known as God. We are through.

BACKGROUND

1. 5/27/26 See 136-36.

REPORTS

1. 6/16/26 See 136-38, another dream interpretation reading.
2. 7/24/26 and 8/02/26 See 136-42 and 136-43 re. pregnancy.
3. 4/04/27 GD's Note: Son [142] was born to [136] and [900].
   The prophecy was fulfilled in that he was a son; the rest of it may have been fulfilled had the parents lived up to their ideals and purposes which were apparent as possibilities at the time of the above reading.
   In light of information in 136-36 and 136-37 re. the type of soul that would be seeking entrance through [136] and [900], it is interesting to note that the son [142] did in early manhood show some of the tendencies - i.e., he had the inclination to study to become a rabbi. Study Case [142] for details. His parents were divorced when he was a small child, his mother had complete custody and he was not in in touch with his father at all while growing up or, in fact, at any time, except when he was a child too young to remember.
4. 8/13/26 See 136-44, a physical reading re. body being pregnant [with [142]] but should not be because of her physical condition, position of organs from previous miscarriage, etc.

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