This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 12th day of May, 1929, in accordance with request made by [900].

Present: Edgar Cayce; [900], Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. Edgar Cayce and Mr. L. B. Cayce.

TEXT

1. [900]: You will have before you [137] and [900]. You will answer the questions I will ask you regarding these, the first being regarding [137] who seems to have intuitively worked out many past associations that he was associated with as Jude and in other incarnations. The one he seeks here is, who in the earth plane now was his wife as Jude?
2. EC: His mother-in-law! [4255]
3. You see, there has been much given the body [137] as respecting the intuitive abilities of the body in many varied and different directions. The body [is] one of the the few who has taken self sufficiently in hand as to prove in self's own consciousness that of the reality of the continuity of forces manifest in the body from experience to experience. One who has literally, from the material viewpoint, accepted that as has been given to many of those of old who sought to conduct their individual physical experience by the tenets of divine law and experience. In that as was said to David, "Try me - Seek me", saith the Lord - and the body, [137], has sought in the direction of, would the divine forces show to self that the experience of Jude was an experience of reality in the earth's plane, through the application of powers innate in self as respecting the effect of suggestive forces to individuals in their action. This has been proven to the entity, and so again and again many of those forces as are expressing themselves in the daily thought of the body [are] made manifest as respecting associations, affiliations, conditions, to be met. And in the same manner as the body finds the conditions, so must the body keep self in the way that will not bring condemnation, nor even the breaking up of the thought as to the abilities of self and promises to the Creative Energy, and to self. See?
4. (Q) That is, he bears the same relationship now as he did as Jude to his wife then?
   (A) The same.
5. (Q) Then, his conclusion regarding that written by Jude to his wife is correct?
   (A) Correct. This has been given the body [GD's note: 10/28/24 See 137-4 and its 3/21/78 Reports.], that in the reading of that written, as has been translated - this not all the letter as printed, and the body may in the days to come gain physical possession of much more that was written by the entity in that period; for with the breaking up of the groups, the body served in the land that is to become soon a source of knowledge to peoples seeking to know of the records as were put away during the 90th, 96th and 97th year after the Lord's ascension. The entity (Jude) wrote much in the confinement at that place now called Achaia (?), [Achaia (?), Acts 18:12, Province of Rome in greece?] and with the unearthing of those tombs to which the body was then confined, there will come - on the tablets in the rolls that will be taken from these in the days to come - much more of the writings of the body.
6. (Q) He feels, likewise, that our father's name (in the last incarnation [5769]) at the time of the building of the walls of the temple was Jacob.
   (A) Jacob, the builder over the gate, and the keeper of the exchequer, or moneys as were brought in by the various bands that continued to return during this rebuilding.
7. (Q) Was [2886] standard bearer to [137] in that period?
   (A) Standard bearer to the scribe to Ezekiel, or the keeper of the records of the peoples under Ezekiel, who builded during that period. The standard bearer in that period meaning the one that waited on the scribe and assisted in the keeping of the records.
8. (Q) What would be the intuitive relationship between the two, and between [140] and [2886] - all who dwelt at that period and time. Did I know them then?
   (A) The relationship, that of the protector - for the feeling of innate belief in the sincerity of the individual, yet the condemning of error in any position of trust. In the meeting of such ones, there is ever the feeling of having known, or being some common knowledge that is inexplainable to the consciousness, save as of associations. All [were] associated during that period. We are through.

   Copy to [900]
   Copy to [137]
   Copy to F. F. Bradley
   Copy to Hugh Lynn Cayce
   Copy to Thomas B. Brown

BACKGROUND

1. See [137]'s previous Life Readings.

REPORTS

1. [The following was originally Supplement]
   7/16/29 HISTORICAL DATA AND CONNECTIONS OF [137]:
   Being a treatise on the entity's relations and relationships with the officers and trustees of the Association of National Investigators and various other members.
   Compiled and edited by the Historical Committee of the Association of National Investigators, Inc., at Virginia Beach, Va.: Thomas J. Sugrue, Hugh Lynn Cayce and Gladys Davis.
   [GD's note: The actual writing here seems to be Thomas Sugrue's in the first part and Hugh Lynn Cayce's in the last part. As a member of the Committee, I only furnished the material.]
   Now we find in this entity's past appearances a stressing of the religious, mystical, and philosophical; which in the present give that high-mindedness and altruistic vein of thought and desire, bringing the entity close to the spirit forces and in sympathy with mysteries and truths of life as exhibited in religious worship and the study of philosophy and metaphysics.
   FIRST APPEARANCE - BEGINNING:
   "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." St. John 1:1.
   137-4
   In that before this, we find in the days when the Sons of God came together to reason in the elements as to the appearance of man in physical on earth's plane, and this entity was among those chosen as the messenger to all the realm...that of the innate forces of the love of the beautiful.
   137-4
   In this appearance there is none of the physical urges of man, none of the retarding motives, only the greatness of God and the beauty of His truth.
   SECOND APPEARANCE - FIRST PALESTINE PERIOD:
   In this appearance is the basis of that common sense and far - seeing insight into basic causes and circumstances. It is the ingredient necessary to make the dreamer and idealist a balanced and rational character. Few who have the love of beauty and the instinct of art have this gift. It would be well that they did. 137-4
   In the one before this, we find in that of the one calling the chosen people from the Assyrian lands to the building again of the walls of the Holy City, and this entity in that of the armor bearer for Ezekiel...the desire for every condition to be perfect before attempting to build upon any foundation.
   137-4
   Here the entity met with the peoples as are contacted today, and this is the only period of such contacts. In the associations here is found the key of the urges in the present. These will be given later.
   THIRD APPEARANCE - SECOND PALESTINE PERIOD:
   "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Jude 1:21.
   137-4
   Just before this, we find in the days when the Master came into the Promised Land. This entity one that followed close in the ways of the teachings as set by Him. In the personage of the brother in the flesh, Jude...that of the leniency toward all laws concerning every mode of worship to Jehovah, and of the respect to every entity's own belief.
   137-4
   Now the urge of the spiritual and beautiful is made stronger and carries on to this present life unhampered by any later appearance in the flesh. It would seem that in these three appearances such great strides have been made by the entity that almost perfection has been reached. Then in the present we would expect to find one very close to the spirit plane, and very much in harmony with the universal forces as manifested through the entity and those contacted with.
   HISTORY OF THE PERIODS
   In the beginning the entity was in the spirit plane when the decision was made to inhabit the bodies of earth. This period has no history for us, only wonder and awe, and the dream of going back.
   The next period concerns the prophet Ezekiel. Now Ezekiel was a Hebrew prophet, being one of the temple priests deported to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in 597 B.C. He received the prophetic call in the fifth year of his exile, and came back with the message. His message at first consisted largely of denunciations of his countrymen both in Babylon and Palestine; but after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. he became a prophet of consolation, promising the eventual deliverance of the chosen people and their restoration.
   Then the entity was armor-bearer to Ezekiel, and [257] was in the position as scribe to the same master. [900] was among those who worked on the walls, and also [953], the latter being defender of the south gate; [140] [present wife] was then, as now, the wife of the entity, and advanced much in this period. [143] [present daughter] was in the household of Ezekiel, and close to the entity and his wife; and [5769] [present father] at that time was builder of the gate and Chancellor of the Exchequer. [106] [present mother] was in the city and one of the chosen people, having much to do with the rebuilding of the city. [903] [wife at present of [257]] was present also, learning much from the teachers and contacting with all in the holy work. [136] [present sister-in-law] died as a child here, but [142] [present nephew] was scribe to the high priest and gained much in the service of others. [4162] [brother of [257] at present] was a worker on the walls, and [2653] [brother of 257]] was keeper of the shew bread, both gaining. [759] [young son of [257]] was physician to Ezekiel and the peoples, and gave much and gained much.
   Mrs. [5673] [nurse at Cayce Hospital] was sister to [257] in this period. In the present she is nurse at the hospital.
   [165] was armor-bearer to Sanballat, who resisted the builders and lost, for they builded for a purpose, [953] was the one sent to treat with Sanballat then, and there will be an urge of antagonism between he and [165].
   Many others were in this period, including [943] as priest; and information as to the other participants can readily be given if desired.
   The Second Palestine period is that of Christ, and the history is that of the New Testament. It seems that the book of Jude was a letter to his wife, [4255] an unbeliever; who in the present is the entity's mother-in-law; and in the same position of unbelieving it would seem.
   RELATIONSHIPS TO INDIVIDUALS
   These we shall give as to officers and trustees and employees of the Association and Hospital; and any others can be added at the request of entity.
   As to [900], the contact is in the first Palestine period, when [900] worked with [953] on the south gate. Present is the urge to cooperate in one common cause for one common good, serving the one Master. [195] has never been contacted before. Both are highly developed, the urges are good; both should cooperate free from any hindering hang-overs.
   [953] superintended the building of the south gate of the Holy City under Ezekiel, and there was task-master to [900]. He will therefore feel dominant to this entity, but should cooperate in the one cause with others of this period and side. Enmity for [165] as opposing force. He was in the court of Herod later, but lost his life in the invasion of Pilate, thereby being eliminated before the coming of Christ.
   [257] will work with the entity, from the appearance together under Ezekiel. But later the entity [257] as a Saracen in the time of Christ held aloof the best of himself from the teachings of the Master. Entity [137] will feel and recognize now the same holding off in this man. Remember the three negative urges of the entity [257] burning strange fire on the altar; that is, misrepresentation, exaggeration, and the holding aloof of the best of himself from the work. Aid him in overcoming these by example and gentle teachings. He respects and will work with the entity, therefore lead him right. Refuse to talk the business angle of the work with him, as he tends to overstress it. Only these two contacts, and they tend for cooperation.
   [341] was with the entity in the beginning, and from the spirit plane comes the same love of the beautiful and same desire for the same high ideal. Later as Andrew the same urge, the same following, the same Master. Urges are all good, and these two should understand innately the ideals and desires of each other and work for their accomplishment in complete harmony.
   [2694] has never been contacted before, but has developed as an amiable person and a go-between for everyone, being able to approach either side and conduct a reasonable understanding. Needs only the occasional perking up as to ideals and purpose, as these are apt to slip from his perspective.
   [294] was in the beginning, and nowhere else do we find contact. Then there is the innate desire and ideal, the beautiful urge for the same high goal; and we have the promise given before birth of the entity to assist. Perfect cooperation and harmony should result. Only that one sensible urge for a firm foundation as to business angles should ever arise between two, and it is best to see the firm foundation always laid.
   [288] has never been met before. Her urges are strong in the fear of oppression and the wrong-doing of man. A very sensitive nature feeling the slightest hurt deeply. Only in Palestine did [136] [present sister-in-law] appear with the entity, and then she died as a child. Her closeness to [900] will give her the better urge, but she is at-variance at times, and may hinder the entity [900] in his reaching for the truth.
   Mrs. [538] has not been met before. Her position as wife of [294] brings an understanding and the innate feeling that entity understands.
   In Palestine [165] was met, and was opposed to all that party. Now all the families of [137, 900] and [257] were there, and this entity has an urge to oppose these people. Handle him carefully with gloves. Allow him the Vice-President idea - in a high position, yet holding only the function he is capable of. Do not shut him out because he does not understand. Help him.
   [903] [wife of [257]] was met in the first Palestine period, with all the rest, and the urge of cooperation in one project under one Master carries over and brings harmony of relationship. But her closeness to [257] will bring antagonism if it is thought he is being bucked.
   Dr. [204] has not been met before. With others he has an urge arising from the oppression of several periods. As with [165], so with Dr. [204].
   [849] has not been met before. He is very close to [900] and [341], and has through every period been subjected to the writing urge. This with three experiences as priest bring him to the capability of writing and interpreting the philosophy of the work and all other publicity.
   [5453] has not been met before. His experiences fit him for his work. He has no antagonisms, being peculiarly fitted to an amiable disposition.
   Neither Dr. [5618] or Mrs. [760] have been met before. Dr. [5618] is fitted through the Egyptian period to be one to keep the opposing sides together, going to neither one. Later he has the urges of a doctor. Mrs. [760] has all the urge for her present position of matron and house-mother. [1005] has not been contacted before nor has [419]. These latter two have close associations with [195] in the field of science and building.
   Mrs. [5673] can be looked to for cooperation and understanding. Her appearance with you in Palestine tends to this, as does her Egyptian appearance with the other members.
   In summing up we find the entity having a peculiar set of appearances. Prominent and dominant are the urges of high-mindedness and idealism, closeness to God and the Universal Forces. Without the Egyptian appearance then the entity has no trouble with any members of the Association. In the First Palestine period the only enmity gained was that of [165], largely overcome by [165] himself later, for he was in the wrong. In this period entity gained the stabilizing influence necessary to the balanced and rational life, and also came very close to all the members of his present family and those of [257]'s family.
   So the entity is fortunate in appearances, and more than any other has few urges to overcome and can understand and advance in the work without preliminary trouble.
2. GD's note: 7/23/29 See Historical Committee's analysis of [137]'s brother, [900]'s associations, with same group, etc., filed in 900-275 Supplement.
3. 4/25/78 GD's note: The extracts from 137-4 used in the original report as supplement to 137-121 were paraphrased by Tom Sugrue and Hugh Lynn Cayce. Their paraphrased quotes were changed by me to verbatim quotes when this supplement was retyped.

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