GC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind
of EC, and the dream this body had on the night of 12/7th, or
morning of 8th, 1925. You will give the interpretation and
lesson of this dream as had by this body.
[Dream not read: I was in a court room, being tried on a
lunacy charge. Apparently, my wife was preferring the
charges against me. Apparently, it was in my home town and
the court room was full of spectators, but I didn't seem to
know anyone present. The attorney who was questioning me was
a United States Senator from Texas. The Judge was a Mr.
Hambery [Hanbery?], who is now dead, but who was once much
interested in my work. It seemed I couldn't answer the
questions, so they asked me to step aside, and my wife took
the chair as the witness. She charged that I was incompetent
to be allowed to be loose, that I should be confined, as I
was a harm to the public in general, and she was fearful of
bodily harm to herself and seven children. When she said
this, I spoke up and said: "Judge, she's wrong there, for
she only has two, and one of those is dead. One grown or
nearly so. This shows she's not speaking the truth."
At this, Mr. Thomas B. Brown of Dayton, who seemed to come
from nowhere, arose and, addressing the Judge in regular
court order, (who in turn questioned Brown as to whether he
was an attorney or not, but Brown) merely stated that he was
a friend of mind, and he felt sure if they would allow me to
state my case in my own way, I would convince them all that I
was not only a rational man, but a very intelligent and
useful citizen.
The Judge then asked me to stand up, and asked if I knew what
an oath was. I answered him by saying, I knew several kinds,
then described what a legal oath meant. He asked me what was
my name, where I lived, etc. I began, telling of my present
life's history and of each former appearance in the earth's
plane, giving name and circumstances through each appearance
in the plane.
As I began on this, it seemed I saw the back door open, and
Hugh Lynn, with Edgar Evans in front of him, and Miss Gladys
behind him, came into the court room, and I never did see
such a forlorn, helpless group in my life; yet Edgar Evans
came directly to me and climbed into my lap. As I recounted
the various experiences, everyone seemed to be spellbound at
what I was saying.
Then as I turned to the judge and many of the others, I
pointed them out as having been with me during certain
periods and ages, and asked them to deny it if they could,
and each one seemed to remember the date and circumstance as
was told, and as I told the Judge of an experience in a
former appearance with him, I awakened.]
EC: Yes, we have the body and the enquiring mind of this
entity, EC. This we have had before.
The dream which came to this entity in this way, as seen, is
in reference to the work that is being attempted by him, and
the hindrance in same through one who, in all physical
reason, should be one to help, assist and aid in same.
The attempt to prevent such being carried out is as the
thought of the entity in the manner of that thought in
physical sense towards same as respect to physical condition,
see?
That is, on account of lack of those physical objects, or
monies necessary, there, in physical sense, appears the
depression in mind of entity, EC, regarding the giving of
self in every manner without the compensation apparent as
should be, see?
This, then, represents, as the physical condition is seen, as
crazy, as out of reason, out of question.
Then the reasoning by the various ones in their various
positions is but as the entity should expend self in
reasonable manner to obtain physical means necessary to
prevent such conditions arising, see?
And as seen in the recounting to many groups of the various
experiences passed through in physical existences: This
indicates but one of many ways and manners that such could
be, or should be used to receive that remuneration necessary
for the propagation, and as is necessary for the sustenance
and maintenance of all associated and connected with same.
The varied aspects of the entering into this court of justice
of those associated or interested in same, show how these are
but in their immature efforts, though they attempt to assist
in every way.
Then more exercising of that prerogative that is due to be
exercised in the physical sense. For, should the mental and
spiritual manifest and magnify in the physical, the physical
must be cared for.
We are through with this reading.
BACKGROUND
12/05/25 EC obtained dream interpretation rdg.
294-51.
REPORTS
12/14/25 See
254-26 in re proper conduct of EC, GC, GD in re
his psychic work.
12/16/25 EC obtained dream interpretation rdg.
294-53.
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