This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 11th day of February, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self.

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

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the records of that entity now called Edgar Cayce; and those experiences in the earth's plane known as Lucius of Cyrene - or known in the early portion of the experience as Lucius Ceptulus, of Grecian and Roman parentage, and of the city of Cyrene.
2. As a developing youth and young man, Lucius was known rather as a ne'er-do-well; or one that wandered from pillar to post; or became - as would be termed in the present day parlance - a soldier of fortune.
3. When there were those activities in and about Jerusalem and Galilee of the ministry of the man Jesus, Lucius came into those environs.
4. Being impelled by the experiences with the followers, and the great lessons as given by the Teacher, he became rather as one that was a hanger-on, and of the very intent and purpose that this was to be the time when there was to be a rebellion against the Roman legions, the Romans in the authority.
5. And the entity Lucius looked forward to same; acting rather in the capacity of not an informant but rather as one attempting to keep in touch with the edicts of the various natures between the political forces in Rome and the political forces among the Jews.
6. The entity was disregarded and questioned by those who were of the Jewish faith who were the close followers of the Master; yet it was among those that were sent AS those who were to be as teachers - or among the Seventy.
7. With the arousing, and the demanding that there be more and more of the closer association with the Teacher, Lucius being of the foreign group was rejected as one of the Apostles; yet was questioned mostly by John, Peter, Andrew, James and those of the closer following - as Matthew, Bartholomew; and was the closer affiliated or associated with Thomas.
8. In those activities then that followed the Crucifixion, and the days of the Pentecost, and the sermon or teachings - and when there was beheld by Lucius the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, when Peter spoke in tongues - or as he spoke in his OWN tongue, it, the message was HEARD by those of EVERY nation in their OWN tongue - this so impressed Lucius that there came a rededicating, and the determination within self to become the closer associated, the closer affiliated with the Disciples or Apostles.
9. But when the persecutions arose, and there was the choice of those that were to act as those called the deacons - as Philip and Stephen and the others - again he was rejected because of his close associations with one later called Paul, or Saul; he being also of Tarsus or of the country, and a Roman, and questioned as to his Jewish ancestry - though claimed by Paul (or Saul) that he was a Jew. His mother was indeed, and of the tribe of Benjamin, though his father was not.
10. Hence we find the questions arose as to the advisability of putting those in position, either as teachers, ministers or those in active service, that were questioned as to their lineal descent.
11. And again the old question as to whether ANY were to receive the word but those of the household of faith, or of the Jews.
12. During the sojourn in Jerusalem, though, before the greater persecutions - that is, before the beheading of James the brother of John and the stoning of Stephen - here again we had a great question arise. For Lucius, through the associations with the one who became his companion or wife as ye would call, was entertained and kept by Mary and Martha and Lazarus - thus we find these again made questions.
13. And there is often the confusing of Lucius and Luke, for these were kinsmen; and Lucius and Luke were drawn or thrown together, and with the conversion of Saul (or Paul) (as he became) they followed closer and closer with the activities of Paul.
14. With the acceptance of Lucius by Paul, and part of those in the Caesarean church, Lucius determined - with his companion - to return to the portion of his own land, owing to the persecutions, and to there attempt to establish a church; to be the minister, to be the active force in those portions of the land.
15. Thus we find in those latter portions of the experience he became the bishop or the director or the president of the Presbytery; or what ye would call the priest or the father or the high counsellor as given to those in the early periods of the Church; that is, the one to whom ALL QUESTIONS were taken respecting what ye would term in the present as theology, or questions pertaining to the laws.
16. In such the entity as the bishop was the last word, other than that there might be the appeal from such a verdict to the church in Jerusalem - or the Apostles themselves.
17. Such disputes brought disturbances at times, when there were the questionings especially as Paul brought into that region as to whether it was well for those in such positions to be married or not.
18. And the declarations as made through the Corinthian and the Ephesian leaders indicate what disturbances there were; because differences arose between Lucius and Paul as well as between Silas and Paul and Barnabas and those that had become the leaders or the real ministers or the missionaries for the Church.
19. Hence this brought into the experience of the entity Lucius disturbance between himself and his companion, because - in the first, the companion was younger in years than Lucius and to them there had been no offspring - no child.
20. This confusion made for periods when there was the withdrawing of the companion, and the closer association of the companion with the teacher that had been the proclaimer and the director in the early experience of the Master's life Himself - or with Judy [1472]; and with Elizabeth and with Mary the Mother of the Lord.
21. With those experiences, and with Paul's being carried on in his second and even his third missionary journey, and with MANY of the things propounded by him that Lucius had declared as things that were unstable, there again - with the teachings to the companion by Judy, by the Mother of the Lord and Elizabeth in their years of maturity teaching this younger person - was brought to Lucius that which later John proclaimed; that there IS in this church of Laodicea no fault yet it is neither hot nor cold - and that for the lack of its very stand it would find condemning.
22. Those became periods when Lucius then was thrown the closer, or drawn the closer to the companion; and with the birth of the child there were brought those periods of the greater contentment and peace in the latter days of the entity called Lucius, and a seeing of the development of those experiences.
23. It may be questioned by some as to why such an OUTSTANDING experience of the entity now called Cayce should not have been given in the first.
24. As has been indicated, each entity, each individual GROWS or applies, or is meeting self in the varied experiences - as the tenets of an individual experience are applied in this present sojourn or activity.
25. If this had been given in the first, there would have been a puffing up - but the very unstableness as was indicated throughout the experience, until there were the lessons to be gained from the companion, may be seen.
26. Then meeting that companion in the present experience brings about that as may be given - that is the HUMBLENESS as was gained, STILL HELD.
27. Then these may become experiences in counseling, in giving to others what may become lessons - from questions of every nature that may arise from EVERY phase of the human experience.
28. And indeed the entity as Lucius IN the activities of the entity called Cayce may become an influence and a power for good in this present portion of this sojourn.
29. Ready for questions.
30. (Q) How closely was the entity associated with Andrew in that experience?
    (A) Rather there was still questioning, for with Peter the speaker, Andrew the listener, there were disputes as to the advisability of Lucius being put into power; though in the latter portion of the experience we find - as has been indicated in Andrew's experience - they were rather close associated, and Andrew was a defender of Lucius - AFTER there was the settling between the companion and Lucius, after their separation and then reuniting.
31. (Q) Please explain how all heard in their various tongues the message that was given by Peter in the one tongue. [Glossolalia] [Acts 2:4]
    (A) This was the activity of the spirit, and what the spirit indeed meant and means in the experiences of the individuals during that period.
    For one that was of Cyrene heard a mixture of the Greek and Aryan tongue; while - though Peter spoke in the Arabic - those that were of the Hebrews heard in the Hebrew language; those in Greek heard in Greek, see? [9/22/39 See EC's explanation of this in letter to Mrs. [623] in 951-4 Background.]
32. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
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BACKGROUND

1. See 294-8, 294-19, 294-183.
2. 4/12/35 See EC Work rdg. 254-85, Par. 5-A, indicating that EC had been called Lucius at the time of Jesus.
3. 12/15/37 See 1468-2 indicating that EC had been Lucius of Laodicea in the Palestine period.

REPORTS

1. 9/28/39 See 288-45, Par. 18-A in re [288]'s influence over [294] in the Lucius incarnation, from the spirit plane.
2. 10/19/39 See 538-59, Par. 23-A--25-A in re [538]'s influence over [294] in the Lucius incarnation, from the spirit plane.

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