This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Virginia, this 18th day of June, 1934, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [315], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mildred Davis, L. B. and Hugh Lynn Cayce. Born October 30, 1906, at Maujor St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the entity now known as [315].
2. In giving that which may be helpful to this entity, much might be given this entity as to its attitude and its soul development that would not be comprehended by others; yet from the attitude and soul development of this entity would, to it, be worth while.
3. So, ye that are students of psychic forces, psychic influences in the experience of others, bear with that which may be given to this entity for a little while.
4. In arriving at that called time and space, for an entity's, a soul's sojourn in the realms of the earth in which this entity is sojourning in the present, man - in what he terms as his own wisdom - has set metes and bounds in the realm of the dimension in which he finds himself.
5. Hence, as is said, BORN into the earth on October 30, 1906. 1906 what? From what? To what? October 30th - what of October? Names - that have been given by man to designate a given period measured from an event or activity or experience in the influence of man that is judged as a starting point, or a period when the consciousness of man has attained or gained that something has taken place in the experience of man in the material world that prompts him to set this event, this time - as he calls same - as a starting point.
6. Rarely does an individual realize or become conscious or aware of WHAT is happening to the earth or to the individuals at the period of such an event. Only in the experience of the many does there become the awareness that such has taken place, that it is to be adjudged or accredited with the abilities, power or influence such as to be termed a period of such and such experience.
7. Hence there has been the division, as was given from the beginning that metes and bounds were set; NOT for man's undoing, but that man might use them as the indication in his awareness of what, how, when, where, in what manner the change is wrought in his awareness or consciousness.
8. So, as to the information that may be given for this soul - the period, the time has been when many have turned to this entity, this soul, for counsel, for advice, for that which would be helpful and sustaining to them in the periods when there had come the loss of the hold on self, when this awareness, this consciousness of the indwelling of an influence such as to prompt a beginning of an awakening had appeared to be far, far away.
9. That in the present sojourn there appears to be an entity, a body that may be termed in mediocre position, or such an obscure individual that had - or has at an advent into the earth - brought so much to others, is evidence that there needs be that experience oft for the giving out - giving out; for experiences are oft necessary where the growth might be in the inner man. And this very experience will bring into the awareness of this soul, this entity, a work, an experience, well done; in that UNDERSTANDING is coming into the experience of the entity, of the soul. And the awareness that, in whatever may be the experience of the body, that God is in His holy temple and that the earth and its beings must keep silent when He speaks or shows Himself in His glory to the sons of men, lest - as has oft been the experience of man in the earth - the event, the happening, be worshipped rather than the purpose for which the event, the advent of a manifested power came into being.
10. That this entity, now known as or called [315], has had and is to have an influence in the affairs of many is easily seen, if it will be noted by the student that in this entity particularly will no soul ever be the same after having spoken with the physical man in terms of any activity that relates to the mental or physical.
11. As to the relations with the influences about the earth and the entity's sojourn in same, that brings innately in the the experience of the entity those desires for seeking into the mysteries of nature, mysteries of the mind, into the mysteries of the formulas of the varied stages throughout the experience or sojourn of man into the earth to bring about certain activities in the experience of others:
12. These may be seen by the entity's sojourn in Neptune's atmosphere, or Neptune's emanations as an atmosphere in the place for indwelling of souls in that environ; for here - as has been accredited, or is innately experienced in those that delve into same - is found the realm of, or key to, the mysteries of ages. But if the mysteries are taken as the basis alone, and not that which is practical in the experience of souls along the path of their development, this too - as it has in the experience of the entity becomes a stumblingblock. For in materiality it may be found that it may be used, has been used by many, for the accumulation of that which becomes filthy in its expression of those things that bring power, position; yea, even fame, from the ability of accumulating such in their experience. And is often that which is seen used by those that are termed as the users of wealth, moneys, estates, lands or - more direct - those that use same in political ways, or the powers such as ye see manifested in the dictators or rulers in the varied ways.
13. In that sojourn the entity gained much of that which is innate in the expression of self in the present, and is as a ruling factor; yet, lest these be weighed well with those other influences, both in the earth and in the astrological sojourns, they become as that which unbalances. And when the wheel of life, that is given to each soul, becomes lopsided or heavy through carnal or too great seeking into those things that are not to be used other than in the will and desire of the Creator, it makes for the lack of that called in the earth poise, or temperament, such as to be the better for an inner or soul development.
14. Jupiter's influence also makes for the great expansions of vision in those things other than only the mysterious, or the occult forces that pertain to the mysterious influences in the experiences of self or others. Also the great breadth of acquaintanceships AS acquaintanceships to this entity; for the greater number are the passing, and well indeed is it for this soul development as well as for the good of the earth in the present that this is so. For, while these make for the opportunity to give off that which makes for the changes in the experiences of others, only when they have come to be in that realm of the earth known as the closer relationships with the entity may it be seen as to the kind of influence the entity wields upon others in their activity.
15. Also the influences from the sojourn in Venus make for hindrances, for these are adverse with Mercury. Hence so oft do those that come in contact with the mental abilities of the entity judge same as being weird and out of place, senseless even at times, yet are influenced irrespective of their expression by the very presence of, the very associations, the manner of expression of the entity itself. And it is to the credit of the entity in the present sojourn thus far that the abilities in this direction and its influences upon others have not been used as yet amiss. And the greater warnings might be given the entity in that direction, for there are the abilities to use such an influence even to the point of where the entity might subjugate even the minds of others. Then, never use those abilities of what is termed within the influence of self as hypnotic influence; for as to the opposite sex and as to its own relationships these would become stumblingblocks in the entity's experience. And keep the feet LITERALLY, mentally and - most of all - soully, on a firm foundation of truth and purpose in the earth, and in the present sojourn.
16. THESE be the mental inclinations, the mental temperaments that may be brought to bear on the present earth's experience; for, as has been given, the Mind - which is of the earth earthy but of heaven heavenly, and divine - is the Builder, and so the thoughts may become crimes or miracles depending upon how they are applied in the experience of each soul in its sojourn through any period of activity in the earth. But, as has been intimated, know that the thought of a soul influences the sun, the moon, and all the heavenly hosts; for as ye do unto the least of thy brethren ye do it unto the Creator. O that men would learn, would become conscious, that as ye think of those - even though they beguile thee, though they deride thee, though they tamper with thine own purpose - as ye do unto them, ye do it unto God. For, He is the Maker; He is Life; His Spirit moved and the earth and the fullness of same came into being - and the SOULS took on matter of that which was created and became LIVING, moving atoms, coordinating with the influences in the earth and in that realm of same, yet part and parcel and a portion of all that is divine, all that is of the filthy-filthy also.
17. As to the appearances in the earth of this entity, then, and those that influence the entity in the present?
18. Before this we find the entity was during those periods when there was the sojourning in the land of the entity's present nativity, during those periods when the settlers in this land were making for the associations with the inhabitants of the land.
19. The entity was among the people that not only made treaties with those on the isles and in the land of the present nativity, but also counseled with those that made for the change of same for the exchange of same to those that now are the people in life and in mental forces of the land.
20. Hence among those that may have been called the physical diplomats, in the name Guadileupe; of the Dutch people, yet throughout traded with the English people also, for partially of English descent, else this land might have indeed been a part of the Netherland.
21. In the experience the entity gained in many directions, and from the material world would be called a success; yet little heard of, as it should be, as it is even in the present, yet wielding an influence upon the affairs of people such as to change and alter the trend of thought, the trend even of civilization; losing much in self, yet innately gaining much for a soul development.
22. The innate and manifested experiences in the present are in the fields of research, history, adventure of various people, in its reading, in its studying; these things find lodgement and innately does the entity carry forward much that is found as a record but the more that it awakens from its experience in those environs. For, intuition or intuitive forces and the abilities for the entity to harken back to the mysteries that find their manner of expression in the peoples to whom the entity may become closely associated, bring such activities in the experience of this soul, this entity, now called [315].
23. Before that we find the entity was in the land now called the French, during those periods when there were many changes being made in the activities of the land for those people that began the acceptance of the teachings of the priests.
24. The entity then was among the priests that ruled over the land; not as an officer, not as one in power (by name), but one in the position that put into the MINDS of many - those that were active in such fields - the thoughts of how that might be accomplished through the political, through the soldiery, through the rulers of the land, in the name Caspiard.
25. In the experience the entity, the soul, lost throughout; for in the activities, though these were in the name of truth and light, there was used the greater for self-indulgence, self-glorification, and then in the name of the Creator, of the Giver of life.
26. Losing throughout the sojourn, the entity brought to self in the latter portion of experience suffering in body through the indulgences of the carnal forces in the earth.
27. In the present may be seen the peculiar turning towards those things of church and state, those that are professed in this or that. And oft does the entity find self feeling and knowing that in the position or in the power of those that so influence the lives of those that seek in religion or seek in divine guidance, as to how these rule or direct the policies, the powers, the activities in many directions; aware that these might be in the very self, yet well that thou be grounded in those experiences in the one before this that made for an activity that sees the spirit of truth descend upon those that know the way.
28. Before that we find the entity was in that period when there were the teachings being spread abroad in the now called Promised Land of Him who had suffered in body, had been despised of men, had been cruelly put on the Cross, who had risen and had appeared not only to those that were of the lowly band but to many another.
29. The entity then was a ruler in the Ethiopian land, and an emissary to these people of the Queen of Candace, and came for political reasons that there might be the activity when he came directly under the influence of Philip, that teacher during those experiences. And the entity hearing, reading in the present much of that which pertained not to the history of its OWN land but of those peoples to the land to which he had gone; and being convicted in self of the purposefulness of an All-Wise Creator in making for the associations of souls with the Word itself that had come into the earth to fulfil those things that had been promised to a people.
30. The entity then, in the name Euendi, made the confession and accepted those teachings, and when the return was made to that land much of accomplishings in bringing self to power were used through those associations, those abilities in that sojourn, and that experience by the way.
31. The entity gained and lost through that sojourn; yet the inner man was grounded much in the latter portion through the visions that were brought into the land. And there may yet be, there recently has been uncovered in the Ethiopian land the RECORDS made by this entity of the teachings of Philip and of Simon in that land. For, these are among the purest records; for they were written not only on the papyrus that is of the better character but in the Ethiopian land it still remains intact, this experience of the entity meeting Philip and as to what were the words and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
32. If the entity in this experience will hold these as the basis, as the standards, as the principles, with all the studies, all the delving into the mysteries of nature, the mysteries of how certain chants, incantations and intimations bring the arising of the influences in the experience of bodies of others as well as in self, if they are grounded in Him, greater may be the blessings and the material gains, and - most of all - the soul development in this experience.
33. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Persian, during those periods when there first began the buildings in that land of those that gathered about the teacher Uhjltd on the hill and the plain land.
34. The entity then was among those from what is now called the Tibetan land, and of those people who had defended during those periods when the lands had been overrun by the hill people and those in the valley.
35. The entity, being a teacher - or what would be termed in the present as the Lamas, came first to censure and remained to pray.
36. During the experience the entity gained; for making practical application by the teacher in the plain brought much that had been a mystery to the entity - as Zeulan - to the under standing that the SPIRIT maketh the most lowly alive, and the soul of same may develop into a thing of beauty, whether in the high, the low or the intermediate castes; for these are ever in the presence of those that look on material things. But to all is given that ability to use what they have for the service of the Creative Influence in the experience of all.
37. The entity gained in the experience, and in the present the Vedas or those things that pertain to the mysteries of old arise much from that experience. Yet, if the entity makes the tenets of the day as practical in the dealings with the individuals whom the entity contacts day by day, the entity may gain even as in that sojourn.
38. Before that we find the entity was in the land that has been called the Atlantean, during those periods when there was the breaking up of the land and there had been the edict that the land must be changed.
39. The entity was among those that set sail for the Egyptian land, but entered rather into the Pyrenees and what is now the Portuguese, French and Spanish land. And there STILL may be seen in the chalk cliffs there in Calais [Galice?] the activities, where the marks of the entity's followers were made, as the attempts were set with those to create a temple activity to the follower of the law of One.
40. Then in the name Apex-l [Apex-el?], the entity lost and gained. Lost during those periods when there were the turmoils and strife that brought about the necessity for the sojourning from the land and the entering into the others. Gained when there was the establishing of the associations with those that had built up the Egyptian land. And, as will be seen from those that may yet be found about Alexandria, the entity may be said to have been the first to begin the establishement of the library of knowledge in Alexandria; ten thousand three hundred before the Prince of Peace entered Egypt for His first initiation there. For, read ye, "He was crucified also in Egypt."
41. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain and how:
42. As has been given, much is to be given as to soul development, but keep ever in that way that ye may present this body holy, acceptable unto Him; for it is a reasonable service. Teach all men to observe those things He gave, as ye meet them day by day; "Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, thine soul, thine body, and thy neighbor as thyself."
43. Keep self unspotted from the world, for ye have much to gain; yet many, many, seek what ye have to give of the mysteries of life, of nature, of the past, of the future.
44. Study to show thyself approved unto that Spirit that bears witness with thy Spirit, and ye will find happiness, contentment, JOY in the service of the Lamb that takes away the sins of the world - through showing men that by the little kindnesses ye do one to another ye do unto Him.
45. We are through.

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BACKGROUND

1. See previous Mental-Spiritual Rdgs. on his life and work.
2. 5/28/34 He requested a Life Rdg. [We later learned he was an Amorc Rosicrucian student.]

REPORTS

1. 7/18/34 "I am sorry I did not write sooner. Forgive me...
   "Rec'd the Life Rdg. Very enlightening, but I hope to get information of records in some of my previous incarnations, also about certain questions that are asked in same reading which I think you will be able to give me."
2. 9/03/35 He sent a small contribution, saying: "I have been pretty hard hit [financially]. That's why you haven't heard from me sooner. This is the best I can do for some time to come."
3. 10/10/35 "You know I am with you 100% and I mean that with all sincerity."
4. 12/18/38 "There has been a great change in the field of photography, becoming more and more fascinating - especially color photography.
   "It is the same story with me. The harder I work the less I am able to earn. Oh well!" [He submitted questions for Ck. Physical 315-5.]
5. 12/20/38 EC ltr.: "Guess I don't know anything about photography any more. Still feel a hankering for it once in a while."
6. 1/10/39 See Ck. Physical 315-5, Par. 15-A telling him how to "pick up threads of previous sojourns, to seek the lessons taught then. If such records are available, how may I obtain same?"
7. 2/26/39 "Deeply appreciate the last rdg... Thanks also for the Bulletin reports where I found interesting bits of information, part of which I have been seeking [psychic phenomena, research reports, etc.]. Sort of perks me up and eggs me on. Kindly send me the Arabian and the Atlantean history pamphlets."
8. 2/20/41 He obtained Ck. Physical 315-6; and 6/18/41 he rec'd 315-7.
9. 10/06/42 "I am feeling pretty well, thanks to your guiding hand, and am indeed lost without it. Yet when I seek guidance, call on you humbly (and trust that I may be able to do so for a long time to come), it seems selfish of me when there are so many who need hope, courage and guidance in these times. But if you will bear with me now, please - am coming to 6th cycle of life and if it be the will of the Master, give me a Physical Ck. Rdg. and then suggestions as to where am best fitted for in the services of my country, for the time draws very short and every day that passes I feel self-conscious that I have not enlisted."
10. 10/11/42 "Should I make application for Air Corp Photographic division or Procurement?
    "Have sent application for Specialist Corp - negative reply. Have hopes for another reply. Also am now waiting to hear from DC regarding Procurement offices. F.B.I. office - rec'd an interview last July 1941.
    "In the final analysis if word does come in the negative, suppose I will seek employment in shipyard. For present position seems to be slipping away from us very fast - lack of [photographic] material, non essential industry."
11. 10/20/42 Ck. Physical 315-8, Par. 8-A--10-A gave advice about branch of service he should enter.
12. 7/05/43 "Since I last wrote to you I underwent some very intensive training of such nature that I was going completely out of my head, and as a desperate move, after trying to get into photo service as was suggested from previous rdg. through proper channels, meeting with little success, I decided to contact my previous employer. So, through various processes I finally found myself being transferred here [D.C.].
    "Well, after arriving here I was very contented. Environment and conditions were ever so much better, so I was placed as contact printer in the still Laboratory of the Signal Service Photo Battalion Co. 'B' #846. I have worked hard and turned out my very best effort into the finished photo, making suggestions here and there, and have made many friends. Consequently, I feel I could do much more, for now as I look around I see many things that could be changed, and at the same time I seek a way to advance myself. Perhaps I am still not into the right branch of service, for here I am told that ratings and means for advancement are very slim if any at all. Therefore, I find myself again at the crossroads, ill at ease, mentally and in body, as has been oft before, and guided through you thereon again and again.
    "I would like to pursue the right channel again and, more than that, once on the right path I want to forge ahead. There is much I feel I have to give out. I do so fervently want to get ahead and in so doing be in harmony with God and my fellow brethren, for through Him comes the inspiration and desire to live a truly useful life.
    "So, I again ask guidance through you." ["P.S. Was home for 10 days and somehow was anxious to get back here again. Strange."]
    "It gives me great pleasure to learn that you are a grand daddy and that your boys are doing such a grand job in the armed services. You have been so swell through it all to all of us, just like a dad to me, too. God bless you."
13. 9/06/43 See 315-9 giving further advice on his life and work.
14. 2/21/46 Post Card to EC: "I am back from the service. Trust Hugh Lynn is back. Most fond regards. Sincerely, [315]"
15. 3/16/46 HLC's ltr.: "Greetings and welcome back. The enclosed [form] letter will explain many changes that have taken place. I do not know how up to date you are on events so will have to await your questions. We have a job ahead of us in making intelligent use of the records which Dad left. As always your interest and help will be welcome."
16. 4/07/63 He sent in his renewal Sponsoring Membership, saying:
    "After a long absence would like all possible data and wish to be reinstated in the Association."
17. 12/05/68 GD's note: Mr. [315] is still a Sponsoring Member of A.R.E.
18. 6/06/67 GD's note: I talked to Mr. [315] on the phone today. He is still active as a photographer; he never married, took care of his mother and younger brothers and sisters after his father died. Says he is interested in A.R.E., A.R.E. Clinic, etc., and sent a donation to CORE. He said he and Edgar Cayce were buddies and had much to talk about together, both being photographers; and his readings had meant much to him.

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