This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 3rd day of July, 1941, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [370], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

TEXT

1. GC: You will give the physical condition of this body at the present time, with suggestions for further corrective measures; answering the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here.
3. As we find, conditions are rather serious. With those exercises that have been indicated, - that is, the use of the high colonics to reduce the poisons in the system, - there needs to be adjustments made, not chiropractically but OSTEOPATHICALLY, else they would be too severe upon the heart's activity.
4. Give - but only under the suggestions and administration of a physician - those properties that tend to flow the circulation FROM the heart. This is flooding too often. The pressure is too high. Use the digitol [Trade name of a fat free tincture of digitalis.] rather than digitalis, but only under a physician's direction.
5. But DO have the massage, and at least every other day the colonic irrigations.
6. And we will find bettered conditions for this body.
7. Ready for questions.
8. (Q) What may be done to enable me to sleep better and to gain strength?
   (A) Get rid of the poisons through the manners indicated, and REST. Take easily assimilated foods. Beef juice, sipped - not taken by spoonsful, but take at least three to four minutes to sip a teaspoonful of this, three to four times a day - this will be strengthening. Also fruits, vegetables raw and cooked, will bring strength and - if the pressure is reduced - will bring the ability to rest, or to lie down.
   Keep away from narcotics or sedatives. These only increase the amount of poisons, do not lessen the pressure nor take the tension from the dilating heart.
   Do these. We are through for the present.

   Copy to Self (two; one for osteopath, Dr. J. H. Newman, 1310 N. 24th St., B'ham.)

BACKGROUND

1. See 370-7 on 8/27/40.
2. 7/02/41 "I am approaching the dangerous stage portrayed in my Physical Rdg. of 10/'36 [370-4]. The great improvement I rec'd at that time and the relief from kidney stones was so pronounced that I took it for a cure and became careless and neglectful, as I see it from the present point of observation.
   I am now getting more and more distress, I am afraid of soon becoming bedridden... I have begun with the help of my wife the back rubbing and colonic tr. I had in '36. I have also tried to find relief among the medicines the M.D. gave me.
   See if you can arrange a date to help me. Let me know how to relieve this fullness in my chest, shortness of breath, and weakening feeling. How to sleep better and how to deport myself to gain strength. I realize now my case is very difficult."

REPORTS

1. 7/15/41 Letter:
   ..., Ala.
   Dear Mr. Cayce;
   I have been trying to write you, to sleep, - to get myself treated - in fact I have been putting in the time working on MYSELF more since I received the reading than I have done of anything else. And still trying to work a little also - in order (as is the custom since Eden) to eat a little - us two old folks at home.
   As has always been true since I knew about your work, that it has at various times dawned upon me, when something incident to the work - something that was said - some conclusion - or something obvious - I have been able to or allowed to see the KINGDOM OF GOD at WORK - the thing that can be known about - but can't be described. It can be illustrated as Christ did before his hearers many times - and some of us have to live a lifetime to understand what he meant.
   I had summoned all the faith I could in a worried mind & weak body to write you the last time - and how relieved I was when I received your wire. I had hardly slept any the night before, the day of the engagement and lay down before time - thinking I could be awake when the time comes - but I slept on through the hour.
   The reading indicates I should REST. I am doing all of this I possibly can. What I do is not all burdensome (I mean the work), I conserve myself all the time. Do you think it means I should do NOTHING at all?
   When I pull through this I want to be something worth saving. And I know I have been carrying a lot of dead weight - and I can feel it bearing down on me. But I feel better just now as I write and want to be cheerful and not talk about the disagreeable.
   I want to tell you about my M.D. I went down to see him Saturday evening. I hadn't been taking his high priced medicine for some weeks or so - partly because I was out of it and partly because I could feel no benefit. He is a busy man - always a large waiting crowd to see him at office hours - he has done good too that I know of - too a stickler for his science & he means to get obedience from his patients, but I saw him often with me Saturday while we were talking & after he had read the reading from you. Instead of condemning him as I had felt like before - I was glad for the change I saw. For some time ago I took the reading I got in Oct. '36 & Jan. '37 [370-4 & 370-5] to leave with him so he could get connectected up what I had told him of my history & he had expressed a desire to see them. On my next visit he handed me the readings as I sat down at his consultation desk. I asked him what he thought about it then & he tapped his head - indicating & saying - he's light up there - but he says there is no harm in him. Now you & I know that this is his loss not ours & he is beginning to see it when I returned with another reading Sat. [370-8] I told him as I gave it to him - that he could, (and I rather expected him to) run me out but he didn't - he took quite a time to read it & you know how short it is - also he read the enclosures about the beef & paper. Then saying what you want me to do. I asked him what did he think he out [ought?] to do to me. He really proceeded to treat me more sincerely & helpfully than he ever has. He TOLD MORE TRUTH.
   But I had pity on his ignorance with all his assumed dignity & knowledge - for he asked me when I was at Virginia Beach to get that reading.
   That is what I want - the DIGNITY & POWER that is in the abiding spirit - that I may be cleansed to be used in his name. Yes like my life reading [370-3] said he strong & fearless like the Roman Soldier.
   I must get ready to go to work. I have seen Mr. Newman [Dr. J. H. Newman, D.O.] - the osteopath - a pleasant fellow.
   I didn't sleep last night - but have got 2 or 3 naps today. Feel very well just now.
   A world of love to all of you
   Sincerely, [370]
2. 8/26/41 "I am taking it as easy as I can, applying the colonics and getting my sleep brokenly but fairly well. Dr. Newman, the osteopath, seems to think if I set my head I can do most of the curing. Anyway I am making the effort.
   "My old boss called for me to go out to my old job as Supt. of County Roads. If the higher powers endorse this I will try it but at very much less speed than at one time.
   "I will continue along this line in the hope I may be spared to add something to the kingdom of good things."
3. 10/21/41 He requested Life Rdg. 2613-1 for a little girl, saying: "When I have gotten [2613] and her mother started on their true way, I will then ask you to look at me. I feel a little stronger and have begun a road job again. But I know what a fight I have to make. Sometimes it is so impossible to sleep. But I will keep trying."
4. 5/07/42 "Lately I have begun to put on weight with some growth in strength. So I went down to see Dr. Newman. There had been 2 M.D.'s who passed me for light work, but I was thinking it was as before when they missed the trouble. Anyway, Dr. Newman found 2% sugar in the specimen and pus also. This sugar is the worst news I have had in some time, or since '36 [See 370-4]. But I remember the last rdg. described the condition as serious. Dr. Newman will examine me in 2 wks. to see further, when I have taken the medicine he prescribed."
5. 5/11/42 EC's letter: "Glad you have done so well as you have. Just hope the doctor doesn't begin to experiment with you and get you worse instead of better. Watch your diet - not too heavy of meats at your evening meal. Watch out for your system clogging up; that is, keep the eliminations well in hand - do take some colonics now and then to keep that pressure down - they will do just that if properly administered. If possible don't let them give you shots of insulin but eat Jerusalem artichokes instead. One eaten every other day will keep that sugar down. Also you should leave off all sweets, and should eat lots of fish, broiled. Cook the artichoke in Patapar paper, save the juices in same to mix with the pulp of the artichoke."
6. 5/30/42 "I have reduced the 216 lbs. to 210 lbs. in 3 wks. Also the doctor reports the last analysis he examined last wk. was clear, which is encouraging.
   I have had some interesting experiences trying to find Jerusalem artichokes, or even a market man who knows what they are. I bought and ate some from Calif...but found out later they were not Jerusalem artichokes. But I have found an Italian marketman who buys them regularly from another station who raises them... I purpose to continue to look for truth about proper and nutritious foods. And now, too, my wife [1344] is sympathetic toward my desires along this line."
7. 7/15/42 "I am reading and studying the book, A SEARCH FOR GOD, to develop Meditation and seek the healing of my body and mind. The nervousness seems to be improving some and I hope to overcome this physical and mental inertia. I hope to be useful to my fellow man and trim my light so it will help someone."
8. 4/12/43 He requested physical extracts for his wife, Mrs. [1344].
9. 5/25/43, 12/22/43, He requested Ck. Physicals for Mr. [1308].
10. 3/15/44 "One of my hardest battles is restraining this nervous tension, that is not apparent to my associates, and that, too, I have been subject to a long time before I asked for the first rdg. [370-4]. I have come, too, to realize how much harm was done when I went to a chiropractor to get colonics and learn about them, and he insisted on me taking so much vibrating machine treatment and that he insisted he knew more than you or I about how to treat me. I found when I finished that there was great strain on my heart which he couldn't remedy and which your information told me was too severe for me. This was two yrs. ago. And I have since been trying to overcome this difficulty and refrain from as much physical effort as I can avoid. I am gaining a little in the effort and am hoping to improve as the days go by, and be ready to do a little good in these strenuous times in which we live."
11. See subsequent correspondence under 370-3 Life Rdg. Reports.
12. GD's note: The last letter we had from him was 10/15/45. I think he died a few months after that.
13. 6/11/50 Mr. [318]'s letter: "One of the patients here [t.b. sanitarium] is Rev. [...] a Presbyterian minister from ..., Ala. In 1930 or thereabout Mr. [370] (now dead), once a member of the Assoc. and a close friend of Rev. [...] told him about Mr. Cayce."

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