This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 12th day of October, 1927, in accordance with request made by self - Miss [302].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. L. B. Cayce.

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1. GC: You will have before you, at ... St., N.Y. City, [302]. You will tender her advice of a spiritual, mental and practical nature regarding any or all conditions in and surrounding her life with special and specific reference to her relationship, present and future, to [S.A.] (who will be with her at ... St., N.Y. City). Will you therefore answer questions she is asking regarding this matter.
2. EC: Yes - something lacking here - [302]. Something lacking here in this relation - something lacking here in this relation.
3. In the life and its experiences there may be much said as respecting the manner the body physically, mentally or spiritually, may develop through its experience in the earth's plane. In particular reference to this relation here, we find SOMETHING is lacking. Find that something first.
4. As to the development for the entity in the mental and spiritual manner, the will must be applied in that direction as has been given. Be sure that the ensample and the desire is in the right direction. Be sure that as the body physically, mentally, morally, spiritually desires to attain to is proper, and that the incentive is that which will manifest before self and all mankind the glory of Him that gave Himself a ransom for many. For in Him is the light, and - as has been given by Him "Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, thine soul, and thy neighbor as thyself." Ready for questions.
5. (Q) Is his forthcoming trip abroad for his good and upon his return will we be as close to each other as we are now? Also is it as he says a compulsory trip?
   (A) Something lacking here. The trip may be the making or the undoing of the body. That rests with the will of the body, and the circumstances through which the body, the mental forces of the body will pass, may change or alter that PRESENT attitude. There is something amiss here.
6. (Q) Am I protected and taken care of in the future as he has led me to believe, in a financial manner?
   (A) In some respects, yes. Not wholly. There is something amiss here.
7. (Q) Will he marry me or will we just always be as we now are good friends?
   (A) Something amiss here. The conditions that surround each are such that it is best that the marriage was NOT.
8. (Q) Shall I continue or discontinue the friendship which I hold so dearly?
   (A) Continue - for never there a one that has so many, or even a kind, class, nature, or condition wherein ANYONE may lose a friend - for a friend sticketh closer than a brother, and in friendship there may be much attained, gained, meted, measured, and the entity would do well to retain the friendship of the other. The other of the other.
9. (Q) I am deeply in love with this man does he love me and care for me as I do him, or is his true heart elsewhere?
   (A) There is something amiss here. In love, this would depend upon the qualifications of that meant by love, for there is much amiss with each here. [See 302-5 & 302-10, Par. 19-A.]
10. (Q) If he does not marry me will he ever marry? and if so, does he at the present time know the party whom he will wed and about when will the wedding take place?
    (A) We have no such.
11. (Q) Is there any way in which I can hold this man and keep him always with me?
    (A) That one merits one may attain. Act in that way that self merits that which is desired. Be sure that desired is in keeping with that to which the body mentally, morally, physically or spiritually desires to attain to - for much may be gained and much may be lost through the experiences in this present plane.
12. We are through.

BACKGROUND

1. 9/26/27 She obtained Life Rdg. 302-1 via her employer, Mr. [900].
2. 10/07/27 She submitted questions in re love affair [he had had a Jewish name while hers was definitely Gentile], ending the letter: "Is my future bright physically, mentally, financially, and can I go ahead and just build on the foundation I am laying and have laid around this man? I beg of you, Mr. Cayce, to please keep these questions in strictest confidence and tell me the worst side of the picture, so I'll know just how to act, answering each question in number as 1, 2, 3, etc., and in as plain form as possible. My mind is greatly troubled on this subject and it's in your power to clear same for me."

REPORTS

1. 10/17/27 Mr. [257]'s ltr.: "The reason I wired you in reference to Miss [302] was because she called me up and was very much put out because you sent a copy of her Life Rdg. [302-1] to [Mr. 900]. You no doubt misunderstood that she received her information from me about you instead of [900], because I had told her about you prior to her going to [900]'s office. I notice on the reading which you sent her you had noted 'introduced by [900].'
   "Her rdg. was of such a personal nature that she did not want him to know about it, and that is the reason why I wired you at her suggestion that the copy of the second rdg. [302-2] should not be sent to anyone but herself. I explained to her that it was the first time that I had knowledge of your ever permitting anyone to ever see anyone else's reading, but you no doubt felt that because she was in [900]'s office that she was close enough for him to see the reading."
2. 10/17/27 Miss [302]'s ltr. to EC: "My rdg. came and I am truly disappointed in same. You do not in any way enlighten me. Where one is ill and goes to a doctor, he either relieves the suffering or prescribes a remedy for relief. You are a doctor and I the patient. I came to you seeking advice which I believe you can give me, but your reading does not contain same. It is very vague and I do not understand it. What you tell me I already know. There IS something amiss, but what is it? I am absolutely truthful with him. Is he the same with me? Just what is amiss with my love for him, as per question and answer number 9. My present mental condition is such that my entire business future is being badly hampered. If my domestic affairs can be straightened out and I am put on the right path in that direction, then I can devote my mentality in the proper channels for business. Just wherein is the real friction or trouble? I have at times very peculiar feelings about our relationship, and to lose this man would be to cut off my life, as I just need and want him. But I can't reconcile my mind to be at ease re our relationship. What's amiss, and where's the trouble? You are the doctor. Now tell me what is amiss in reference to 302-2, Par. 6-A. You do not give me much to go on. Beginning with answer to Par. 5-A from the 4th word to 12th word, please make that more definite. What is amiss here? In all, just what is amiss, throughout the entire reading which I received? You can tell me the worst, as it's better I know. Just what is lacking? I come to you, my doctor, for treatment - so please guide me."
3. 10/21/27 EC wrote suggesting that she wait for another reading on the subject until she could be present and submit questions based on what was given at the time, paragraph by paragraph, etc.
4. 11/06/27 See her employer's rdg. 900-354, Par. 10-A--14-A in re Miss [302]'s development, how he [900] is to handle her with kid gloves, so to speak. [12/21/27 See Mr. [900]'s analysis of her under 302-3, Par. 6-A and B2.]
5. She obtained subsequently dream interpretation rdgs. 302-3, 302-4 and 302-5 [3/22/28 She obtained 302-5, which was to clarify above 302-2.], 302-6; Physical Rdgs. 302-7, 302-8 and 302-9, and another Mental-Spiritual Rdg. 302-10.
6. 4/17/29 See Ck. Physical 302-8 in re severe pelvic health condition resulting from warnings not heeded in 302-2 and 302-5.
7. 7/20/29 "I want to adopt a boy who will be two yrs. old Sept. 4th and I want to talk to you about this ere I sign the papers."
8. 2/03/30 Ltr. see under Physical Rdg. 302-9 Reports.

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