This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 31st day of December, 1925, in accordance with request made by his brother, Mr. [900].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind of [137], ... St., N.Y. City, and the dreams this body had on the date which I will give you. You will give the interpretation and lesson to be gained from each of these, as I read same to you, and you will answer the questions which I will ask you regarding same:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [137]. This we have had here before. Now, the dreams we find come to this entity in that way and manner as has been given and may be used in that way and manner by the entity.
3. Ready for dream.
4. (Q) Night of Dec. 27th, or Monday morning, Dec. 28th, wherein I saw Mrs. [139]'s room at the hospital. It was night and she had a new night nurse. A ray of light came from the corner of the room, growing stronger, then weaker. The ray of light continued to do that.
   (A) This, as we see, in the manner as given, is the subconscious forces weighing those physical conditions that are as the utmost and the most important thought in the mental, and in this manner presents then, in this emblematical way, the condition as existent with this body. As is seen, as out of no hope or darkness, there comes the ray, with the new nurse, see? And this hope wavers and fades even as the light, and this then the lesson: Keep in that same way and manner, would the body, [137], be of that utmost help, strength, to this wavering condition that exists. Giving of self in the way that brings the stronger light, in faith, hope and cheer, see?
5. (Q) Has this any bearing on Mrs. [139]'s progress towards the restoration of her health? If so, what?
   (A) As given.
6. (Q) Later I saw a man dressed in overalls who appeared before me in a door frame. He was dressed like a farmer and had black hair. He was holding on to the door frame to keep himself from falling, and at first I thought he was intoxicated but then found out he was sick. He could not speak, but made guttural sounds.
   (A) This as but the riddle to the entity, for out of weakness comes strength, out of that to whom others may feel and act toward as was but foolishness, comes the greater strength to endure, to assist, to aid, for as is seen, the figure represents this to the entity: As this presents one of low estate, one of mean dress, one of unkept person and one of even negligence shown toward the condition of person, and then known to be weakness in the physical, then this presents that of the riddle - that out of all this there enters to the inmost forces of this entity, [137], great strength, great help, great aid, in a physical, in a moral, in a personal manner, see?
7. (Q) Does this relate to any particular party as related to throat trouble?
   (A) As given, see? Rather to self. Out of these, weakness, comes STRENGTH.
8. (Q) Then Mrs. [139] came to my apartment. She had run away from the hospital. I put her on my bed, but had to hold her there, as she had lost her mind.
   (A) This presents rather the warning again as to how the care and attention must be given toward that entity, Mrs. [139], that the greater strength may be gained and that the greater condition to be met is the unmindful conditions as regarding strength or endurance in self toward those conditions being applied to the entity. That is, the body, Mrs. [139], does not, with the gained strength and vitality, realize in self (unmindful - out of reason see?) the condition that is to be mindful of as pertains to locomotion and sensory, or sensed system, to be guarded under the existent conditions at present. Then to meet them: In that same careful, mindful manner, in the minutest detail as to care, attention in diet, in thought, in action, that no over exertion of any character creates an undue excitement to the body-physical, the body-mental, the body's equilibrium, see? Not any excitement in eating, not any excitement in visitation, not any excitement as to the final outcome, but that general tendency of a perfect equilibrium in every manner toward the UPBUILDING, would the better come, for an over exertion in any manner brings the flighty conditions in some sense of the entity's functioning to the body. Best be warned of that at once, see?
9. (Q) It occurred to me that possibly these were some of the things Mrs. [139] was thinking of in one manner or another, and that these thoughts of Mrs. [139] were here presented to me in emblematical form.
   (A) This, as we see, rather that presentation of the subconscious forces taking into condition and relations of the subconscious mind and forces of the entity, and as is to some a telepathic; rather here a presentiment of conditions as warning.
10. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. Brother, Mr. [900], submitted the dreams in re Mrs. [139], Mr. [900]'s mother-in-law who was very ill in hospital.

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