This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Va. Beach, Va., this 15th day of February, 1933, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [268], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [268]. Born November 5, 1888, [1889]* around twilight, about 1 1/4 miles from Smithfield, Virginia.

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1. EC: *[Aside:] "It was '89 instead of '88!"
2. We have the entity and those relations with the universe, and universal forces, that are manifested in the personality and latent in the entity known as [268].
3. In entering we find from the astrological that not near so much may be taken as being helpful in the present, as may be had from the appearances in the earth and that the entity accomplished or lost through those experiences. For, while there are the astral or planetary influences, so many of the earth's experiences (and they are many) influence the entity in the present.
4. Hence, from the purely astrological we may say there is more of the innate urge, while those sojourns in the earth for this entity make more for the IMPULSE and intuitive influences in the entity.
5. For the entity could, or might, through study, or allowing self to be governed more by intuition, become a real seeress in the application of laws that pertain to occult or psychic influences, as from the MATERIAL applications in this experience.
6. From the astrological, however, we find those ruling influences of Jupiter, with Uranus and Neptune. These make, as innate urges, the attraction to, and the use of, many of the broader visions as to MATERIAL conditions; as in associations in material things and in the abilities in many of the fields of art in its better or broader sense, as well as an innate influence towards things pertaining to the mystic and the occult.
7. To this particular entity, the mystic or the hidden life is of the greater interest; and there is often seen and experienced by the intuitive influence of the body those experiences that to others, whom the entity even expresses self to, are not understood or comprehended - and these become confusing at times, even to the entity. As we find, these may be the better acquired, the better obtained, the better understood even by self, were they obtained in the manner as of AUTOMATIC WRITING. Best that this be done, of course, alone, and in the small hours of the morning, or in the early twilight - ALWAYS in shadows.
8. As to the innate influences brought for the entity in the present, that find manifestations in this particular experience:
9. One that is creative of many an influence in individuals' lives, individuals' experience, that is not always comprehended by others. Yet there is made those conditions in the experience of self that others do not understand or comprehend the abilities and worth whileness of the abilities of the entity.
10. This causes controversial conditions in the experience of self, so that the body has often found itself lonely in the terms that may be called in or from the mental or the material aspect; yet ever present with much that has brought satisfaction, understanding, and conditions in the experience of self that may have often been envied by other individuals, associates, and the like.
11. As to the appearances, then, and the effects that are brought in the present experience of the entity:
12. In the one before this we find the entity (as oft) was attracted near to those surroundings, those environs, in which there was an unfinished activity by the entity; in that place known now as Jamestown Island. The entity then was among the first peoples that came to this particular land, among those who endured much of the hardships; yet the entity - in the name Amy Armstrong - gained much through the experience, in the abilities to make for associations and relationships with the individuals with whom these first people found themselves surrounded. The combative influences that arose through much of this made for misunderstandings among even those peoples. Hence with the sojourn from that particular experience did the entity find, or feel, that there was an INCOMPLETE work. And when the entity has been in, or about, or around these particular environs there has often been felt that feeling as of some associations or relations with same, something of the familiarity of those conditions that may have or can be understood by the entity, that may be little understood by many in this present period.
13. From the experience the entity finds much of that which is expressive of turmoil in its relationships with individuals, especially those individuals closely related or whose relationships are close in the present; for some of these, as we find, were in this particular environ - and there was the continued combativeness brought about during that experience, which is being continued in the present experience.
14. As to the activities of the entity from that period, there are the abilities to RETAIN that which may be read or studied; or the ability to follow any given direction as to going to this or that place, while following directions that may be classed in that of the rite or rote pertaining to mechanical or to chemical elements is foreign; yet those abilities pertaining to ways and means are a portion of the experience of the entity.
15. In the one before this we find the entity was in that land now known as the Roman, during that period when there were the persecutions of the peoples for their belief in a new thought, or those thoughts that came with the peoples then called the Nazarites or Nazarenes. The entity then was among those who in MENTAL activity warred against these peoples, for the entity was then of the nobility of the land; of the household of Pompeathiolus, and joined in with those who watched often in the persecutions of the peoples. The entity lost through this experience; yet in the latter portion gained much from that which had been brought over, through the application of self to the tenets within the mental abilities of the entity. The name was then Gracia.
16. At present there are the particular influences that make the abilities of the entity in relationships to those of other kingdoms, and the study in those relationships; as the animal, the mineral and the vegetable kingdoms are all of interest to the entity, and their activities or associations - as it were - one with another are of particular interest; yet in the rite or the ROTE of these little interest is found. Their material activity as in association one with another is of particular interest to the entity in the present.
17. For, as will be seen from the experiences throughout the sojourns within the earth plane, the spiritual or the psychic, or the innate forces, are still the ruling influences in the activities of the entity, even in MATERIAL things; yet little understood, often misconstrued even by self and more often by others.
18. The entity, in the one before this, we find was in and about the same surroundings, the same lands, when there were the first buildings of the cities on the hills, when there were gathered from other lands those that were brought in to supply the association or companionship to those of that particular field who established in the land. The entity was then among those who were brought in from the Carpathian land, being then of beauty in figure, in mind, in ability. The entity became one that was often persecuted for the envious positions that were occupied by the entity, in the name Iliato, through this particular experience. In the latter portion the entity lost, for those very persecutions brought to self the desire to make for the aggrandizing of selfish interests, through the position to which the entity was raised in that particular sphere.
19. In the present there is seen those associations that make for the environs giving power, whether prestige in the activities of the material or the mental associations, are STILL combative one with another.
20. In the one before this we find the entity was in that land now known as the Arabian, during those periods when many were gathering to those hills, when there was the spreading of the lessons that were being given by a peoples in that particular land and period. The entity then was among those who came from the isle now known as Crete, for the gathering of those peoples brought much of an understanding in the relationships of the MATERIAL forces and the spiritual forces. Then in the name Illeon, the entity gained; for, as the influences that were brought to bear in the material life had to do with the healing of those conditions which made the abilities for the expression of the mental and spiritual, through the understandings brought through the associations with the leader in that particular sphere, the entity became an emissary - and gave out, through the greater portion of the experience, those abilities attained; becoming what was later known as "the prophetess of the hills", and many were the peoples that came TO the entity for the counsel, the advice, the understandings, and for the gaining of the knowledge of that as might be given by the entity. Then, the entity dwelt in the hills and caves; where the home may STILL be found, near those now known as the Ilex [?] hills.
21. The one before this we find the entity was in that land now known as the Egyptian, during that period when there were the re-establishings of those people who gave much to the land at that time. The entity then was among those who came from the Libyan land, and became one of those that were OFFERED in the Temple Beautiful for the carrying out of those experiences that made for the changes in the material expression of the mental and the spiritual. Much was gained, as much was lost materially, by the entity during the experience.
22. Then, becoming the altar body that attended those who counseled with those as to the spiritual interpretations of the body-expressions. Hence the appeal in the present of the high emotions that may be expressed in body-movements, or body-activities, as related to the higher vibrations in a material body.
23. The entity was then in the name Apxl-Nio.
24. In the one before this we find the entity was in the Atlantean period, during those greater upheavals in the land, from the first and the beginning of the second destruction of the greater body of the continent. The entity then was among those who were the rulers, or the higher class of people in that particular sphere; giving much in the interpretation of those activities throughout the period; understanding much as as to the CHANGES that were wrought through the changing from the thought form to the various associations with the MATERIAL things during that period; in the name Seilena, and the entity gained in the experience. Through the activities as indicated in the name, the entity gained; for it brought for the peace and harmony of those who held to the according of the SPIRITUAL activities rather than to the carnal influences that were brought by the materializing of emotions from the spiritual aspects of the carnal forces in that experience.
25. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, and that to which it may attain, and how:
26. The abilities, as seen, are in those fields of activity pertaining to the spiritual and mental far advanced in the entity from that ordinarily experienced. Hence many of the misunderstandings that are seen in the entity's experience; but by the quietness of meditation, by the seeking for the expressions that may come through prayer and meditation, there may come the peace and the harmony for the entity, and the abilities to give much to others that will enable them to find themselves in all of their trials, their temptations, their activities, if the entity will hold fast to that which is set as an ideal in the Creative Forces.
27. Ready for questions.
28. (Q) In the experience before this present one, whose wife was Amy Armstrong? What nationality was she?
    (A) English; and the wife of, or in association with, that one who is the entity's husband in the present [280]. Many were the battles between them for the associations of the entity, with the people of the period and the surroundings.
29. (Q) What was his name, her husband's name then? [Now [280]?]
    (A) We haven't him except as in association with the entity here.
30. (Q) Where and how have I been formerly associated with the following: First, my husband [280]?
    (A) Jamestown island, as called in the present.
31. (Q) My brother J. I. M.?
    (A) In the same surroundings. Hence he is always battling for self!
32. (Q) My niece, [405]?
    (A) In the Roman experience, when there were the associations in the household of Pompeathiolus.
33. (Q) My little dog, Mona?
    (A) In the same experience.
34. (Q) In the Roman?
    (A) The Roman.
35. (Q) Was she a dog then?
    (A) A lion!
36. (Q) My sister [5559]?
    (A) In the Atlantean experience.
37. (Q) How can I change or adapt my husband and environs so as to create health, happiness, and a charming personality for myself?
    (A) Through the applications of those fields of endeavors that may be given to self through the intuitive influences from spiritual forces, as we have outlined.
38. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. 2/11/33 She obtained Ck. Physical Rdg. 268-2.
2. 2/15/33 She was present for her Life Rdg., submitting questions.

REPORTS

1. 2/22/33 See husband's rdg. 280-1, Par. 45-A--52-A in re their past associations in Rome and Persia as well as Jamestown.
2. 9/11/33 See niece's rdg. 405-1, Par. 45-A, 52-A in re associations with Mrs. [268] and her dog Mona in Rome.
3. 9/11/33 P.M. See nephew's rdg. 406-1, Par. 45-A, 46-A indicating close associations in Egypt and Rome, [rdg. 406-1], Par. 47-A saying possible to obtain Life Rdg. on little dog Mona if he learns dog language.
4. 7/31/36 She obtained 1233-1, for nephew; see Par. 41-A--42-A re associations.
5. 8/01/36 See nephew's rdg. 1235-1, Par. 32-A--35-A in re Roman period associations.
6. 10/31/36 She referred Mrs. [1283] for a Life Rdg.
7. 1/04/37 See 1318-1, Par. 33-A--38-A in re past & present associations with Mrs. [268] and her husband, [280], predicting a general readjustment for Mrs. [268] within near future.
8. 5/16/38 Mrs. [268]'s husband, Mr. [280], died after months of illness at home, having been hospitalized several months previous to that.
9. 1/09/49 She contributed generously to the E.C.F. campaign fund for preparing the rdgs. for microfilm.
10. 1/17/50 Her reply to a Questionnaire:
    "Yes, I still have a copy of my Life Rdg. I have read it over eleven or twelve times, mostly with friends. I have just read it recently in connection with a study of the Atlantean records.
    "My Life Rdg. is a solace to me, as these past lives are proving a protection and a guidance, and an incentive to develop or grow in spiritual truths.
    "I believe in reincarnation of the soul. Our present day experiences would not be as complete had we not lived these past lives. The present is a continuation of the past.
    "We make our own karma, good or bad. As a result of my Life Rdg. I have found peace and harmony through prayer and meditation, and the ability to help others to find themselves, in their trials and temptations, by holding to the ideal in the Creative Forces. "Intuitively I recognize in my Life Rdg. the truth of the statement that I could become a seeress in application of laws pertaining to occult or psychic influences, and that on account of the mystic or hidden life I am often misunderstood."
11. 12/50 and 3/51 She again gave generously to the A.R.E. program.
12. 1/29/53 She gave toward the expense of Lydia J. Schrader Gray's Florida lecture trip for A.R.E.
13. 8/29/68 Her nephew visited A.R.E. and Mr. [1233] reported that Mrs. [268] is now in Florida in a mental hospital. He went to see her but was not allowed to, since she had married a year or so ago and the new husband had charge of all her money, having her declared incompetent, etc.

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