This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Virginia, this 3rd day of January, 1934, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [440], 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.

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the body body and enquiring mind of [440] [GC used only his initials] ... Ave., N.Y.C., also the information given this entity through this channel in a recent series of readings, together with his endeavors to follow out some of the suggestions given him, to seek the lapis lingua in the Museum of Natural History in New York. You will answer the questions which he has submitted.
2. EC: Yes, we have the information as given [440] [EC used full name] not [EC repeated initials].
3. GC: That is the one referred to.
4. EC: Should say so!
5. In the seeking, as was given in the information, the lapis - not lapis lingua, because that is different but of the same formation, or comes from the same formation - but the lapis is there, in the hall - north side - front of the north window, in the mineral divisions here - large blue stone. It weighs nearly a ton and has many facets, in the manner in which it was removed from the mines; is from Arizona, and the color necessary for use as instructed - may be seen by stooping below or getting the light through a portion of the upper part, though - to be sure - it's very much thicker than would be necessary for use. It's there! Not lapis linguis, but LAPIS!
6. Ready for questions.
7. (Q) Under what name is it catalogued? Please spell the entire name.
   (A) L-a-p-i-s.
8. (Q) From what place in Arizona is it listed as having come from?
   (A) Nearer Tucson.
9. (Q) Is this stone to be found in the Morgan wing of the Natural History Museum of N.Y.?
   (A) In the mineral - the general mineral division. See, there isn't such a far distance removed - only about six feet - from a stellyte [stalactite? selenite?] which also comes from Arizona, one of the largest in the museum. It is cinder, of course.
10. (Q) Spell the word lingua.
    (A) It's been given. [See 440-2] Look it up! Do something for yourself!
11. We are through.

BACKGROUND

1. See 440-3, Par. 9-A--13-A on 12/18/33, also all previous rdgs. in the [440] series.

REPORTS

1. See subsequent rdgs. under [440] series, 440-11, etc.

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