This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Washington, D.C. temporary office, 1867 Kalorama Road, this 14th day of February, 1935, in accordance with request made in person by Mr. [699], Member of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., as a result of Edgar Cayce's lecture at Willard Hotel on October 5, 1934.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [678] and Mr. [699].

TEXT

1. GC: The members of the Executive Committee of Group 9 of the A.R.E., some of whom are present in this room, Salute Thee with Greetings of Deepest Love and thank Thee for again bringing to us the Ministry of our Kind and Helping Leader, Edgar Cayce. Realizing that when science investigates the works of God on the higher planes as it has done on the material plane, spirituality will truly come into its own proper place in the consciousness of Humanity, we hereby petition your indulgence and cooperation in bringing to us the following information, as the questions are asked, for the more perfect functioning of the work of Edgar Cayce and the Association from this time on, if same meets with your pleasure to do so.
2. EC: Yes, we - from the source of all knowledge that is promised in Him - salute thee, and give that which will be helpful to those who seek to be in the ministry of those influences and forces that make for more and more awareness of the divine in each and every soul, that - applied in the experience of each entity, each soul - will bring that day of the Lord that is at hand to those who will hear His voice.
3. Then, from the heights of those experiences, those hierarchies in the earth and in the air, we come as messengers of truth to those who will hear, and question.
4. (Q) For the better and more rational presentation of the work of Edgar Cayce to the world, will you, if you consider same in order, kindly inform us of Thine Identity and the source or sources from which you bring us the information given in answer to our questions in the readings other than the Physical? Is it from the Astral -
   (A) (interrupting) From the universal forces that are acceptable and accessible to those that in earnestness OPEN their minds, their souls, to the wonderful words of truth and light.
5. (Q) To what extent are the Masters of the Great White Brotherhood directing the activities of Edgar Cayce? Who are the Masters directly in charge?
   (A) MESSENGERS from the higher forces that may manifest from the Throne of grace itself.
6. (Q) Who are the Masters directly in charge? Is Saint Germain - [Comte de (c. 1710 c. 1780)?] -
   (A) (Interrupting) Those that are directed by the Lord of lords, the King of kings, Him that came that ye might be one with the Father.
7. (Q) Is Saint Germain among them? Who is Halaliel?
   (A) These are all but messengers of the Most High. Halaliel is the one who from the beginning has been a leader of the heavenly host, who has defied Ariel, who has made the ways that have been heavy - but as the means for the UNDERSTANDING. [Isaiah 29th chapter?]
8. (Q) Is Saint-Germain among them? [GD's note: I understand the Ballard I AM movement was based on Saint-Germain.]
   (A) When needed.
9. (Q) Please give us Thine Identity?
   (A) He that seeks that has not gained control seeks damnation to his own soul! Control thine inner self that YE may KNOW the true life and light! for he that would name the Name must have become perfect in himself!
10. (Q) If Mr. Cayce is a member and a messenger of the Great White Brotherhood, how do the Masters wish him to proceed and should not his activities henceforth be presented as Their Work?
    (A) As the work of the MASTER of masters, that may be presented when in those lines, those accords necessary through the White Brotherhood. This - this - THIS, my friends, even but LIMITS; while in Him is the Whole. Would thou make of thyself, of thyselves, a limited means of activity? Would thou seek to be hindered by those things that have made of many contending forces that continue to war one with another even in the air, even in the elemental forces? For He, thy Lord, thy God, hath called thee by name, even as He has given, "Whosoever will drink the cup, even as of my blood, he may indeed be free." While ye labor, let HIM that is the author, that is the finisher, that IS the Life, that is the bread of life, that is the blood of life, let HIM alone be thy guide! Dost He call any soul into service, THEN by name will He - does He - designate, and to whom it becomes a charge to keep - even as he has walked with Him, this body that ye use as a channel of approach to the Throne; ye make of same oft as a laughingstock to thy very soul through thine own selfishness! Let the light of Him, thy Christ, thy God, IN, that it may cleanse thy body, that it may lighten thy soul, that it may purge thy mind, that ye will only be just gentle, just kind; not find fault with any, for with faults ye build BARRIERS to thine own soul's enlightenment. "I, thy God, thy Christ, beseech thee!"
11. (Q) Would Their Plans be best served at this time by the initiation of steps by Mr. Cayce and those assisting him, for the establishment of a Foundation for the work of the Masters - or Thy Work?
    (A) When the day of the earth, as earthy, is fulfilled in Him, this body, - Edgar Cayce - SHALL BE rejuvenated, shall be purged, shall be made free! THEN they that in their earthly manners work, labor, here, there, will be - and ARE - directed, guided, as to the means, the manners, the ways that they may as individuals, as souls, be as a helpmeet, as an aid to THEIR portion of the service towards the great brotherhood of man that is in Him. As to foundations, as to locations, as to sites, how gave He? "Neither in this mountain nor yet in Jerusalem, but rather in the hearts," the lives, the souls, of those who have named the Name and have put ON Him that is the Way! These that would seek as to ways, as to the rejection of this, as to the acceptance of that as a manner, under a head or name, are - yea - likened unto that He gave again, "They that gathereth not with us scattereth abroad," that the works of the Father through the sons of men may be made manifest in the earth. Would ye know Him? Then put ON Him in thy life, in thy speech, day by day! Not he that taketh a city, not he that defieth his brother, but rather he that in humbleness of heart saith "Lord, lord, be merciful to me, a sinner" is JUSTIFIED before His face! Not in glory that this or that angel hath spoken, or that there hath come a vision to thee, but rather that the love of thy Christ, thy Lord, that constrained thee to speak gently to him that is bowed in sorrow from ANY cause, that hath lifted up the hands of the weak, that hath counseled with those that seek to glorify the CHRIST in the hearts and minds of men; HE is the acceptable one, no matter by what name, what color or what position, HE - INDEED - is the Lord's!
12. (Q) Would it be properly named THE CAYCE FOUNDATION?
    (A) If it is any name, it is through these sources, these channels as a name, that much may come. For the day will arise in thine experience, of those, of this group who seek, of those present, when they will see, will hear, it SOUNDED about the earth. DO NOT - ANY OF YOU - make it as other than a welcome of the glory of a crucified self, a crucified Lord!
13. (Q) Are the principles for the Foundation already drawn up satisfactorily?
    (A) They must be enlarged upon, my children, as the necessity of the environments makes need of.
14. (Q) What additional principles and purposes should be signified?
    (A) In accordance with the ideals and purposes that have been set forth for those who would seek at ANY time, at any place, through these channels!
15. (Q) Should the establishment of such a Foundation be dependent alone for its financial support on the contribution system in effect at present in the Association?
    (A) Be rather more inclusive and that those who have been aided in any channel or manner throughout their own experience must of not only their surplus but of THEMSELVES GIVE, that the GLORY OF GOD may be manifested in the earth. Not the glory of a man, nor of a son of man, but the glory of the Father, thy Father, "My Father - as I rest in Him, as I labor with thee," BE ye patient, be ye long-suffering, if ye would find the Way. For, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Light; by ME ye may approach the Throne," and he that climbeth up some other way but deludes himself and is lost in the maze of those material activities of others in the SPHERES of confusion! SIMPLE the way, Truth the light! These are but words to many. Make them as frontlets upon thy brow, that those who meet thee - even in the way - may be DIRECTED ARIGHT!
16. (Q) Will it be well for this purpose to contact by letter and personally as soon as practical, the individuals, both within and without the Association -
    (A) (Interrupting) This, as has been indicated, must be a portion of the motivative way to those who are called into service in their respective or varied channels of activity. ALL who would "let himsoever [whosoever?] will come" and aid here, there, in making known the Way.
17. (Q) Who are the most important individuals who should be approached at this time?
    (A) They whom the Lord hath called and who ARE GIVEN the opportunity by those that would from the material angle see a plan, a way, a means of the spiritual activities that may come to these into material manifestations; whether in charities that there may be more and more recognition from those that sit in the seat of the mighty in the scientific points of attack or of contact, or that there may be the more and more giving of authority from the sources of the earth, or whether in those channels as of hospitalization where the weak, the needy, the lame, the halt, the blind, those that have lost themselves - or lost hold upon themselves - may find the way. In any, in all of these channels should there be activity by those that first give themselves in service, then set about to put same into activity.
18. (Q) Please name them.
    (A) All that are called. This must be from within the individual, rather than from here. For how readest thou? "That thou shalt sit upon my right hand or my left, as my kingdom is established in the hearts of men, is not mine to give," but for those that have offered and do in the humbleness of self offer - and LIVE - and ARE in themselves; for these are the laws established from the beginning, "When ye call on the Lord He will answer thee right quickly." Hast thou purged thyself; thy purposes; thy desires? Are they one with the Lord?
19. We are through for the present.

    Copy to [699]
    Copy to [678]
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. GD's background note: Mr. [699] wanted to become Manager of Edgar Cayce's work. He wrote the Suggestion for GC to read.
2. See his Life Rdg. 699-1 given 10/18/34, also D.C. Group #9 rdg. 705-1, Par 7-A, & Par. 14-A of 10/21/34, and correspondence.

REPORTS

1. GD's note: For subsequent correspondence between Mr. [699] and EC, see 699-1 Reports, letters between Feb. 1935 and 1959, with GD's attached notes; also Mr. [699]'s note to HLC dated 10/11/68.
2. 6/02/95 JT's note: I am adding this excerpt from a letter of Hugh Lynn Cayce's answer to a question about the White Brotherhood.
   12/22/67 ...The White Brotherhood is a metaphysical term used in esoteric circles. Highly developed entities living in and outside the earth are supposed to assist with the physical and spiritual problems of the world. In my opinion many of these points of view are rather loosely held and exaggerated and extravagant terms or statements are made frequently about them. This has nothing to do with black or white, brown or red. Edgar Cayce's statements on the race question are clearly set forth in the booklet, TIMES OF CRISIS. They are stated so clearly, in fact, that I don't think they could possibly be misunderstood. "For He hath made of one blood the nations of the earth." (TIMES OF CRISIS, page 34)
   In the Edgar Cayce readings themselves there is only a casual reference to the concept of the White Brotherhood. There is no definition or no details at all. In fact, there were no questions asked about it that brought out any detailed descriptions.
   So far as establishing Virginia Beach as a center for the White Brotherhood, no claims are made by the A.R.E. that this is the case. Actually, we are carrying on a research and educational program in the broad field of psychical research using the Edgar Cayce readings as a basis for studies, lectures, conferences and experimentation.
   I hope this clears the matter up a bit. If you have further questions don't hesitate to write me.
   Sincerely, Hugh Lynn Cayce

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