Edgar Cayce Readings, 457-2

(Life Reading Suggestion)

TEXT

EC: Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations between the universe and the universal forces as related to the entity in the present known as [457].
In entering, we find in the astrological influences these - while influencing - are relative only, appearing then in unexpected ways and manners, influencing the entity more as to moods than as to activities, giving - as it were - the entity the OPPORTUNITY to build in self as respecting its will; and these influences, as we find, come in this relative manner both in Venus and in Mercury.
These are, then, the planetary influences as we find: Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Jupiter. In the relationships, then, as we find, the ENTITY will find - as activities are taken by self as respecting the sudden changes as come to self under the astrological influence, and as the application of will is made - that from period to period, of at least two to three years, it would be well to check on same as to how self has APPLIED self as respecting will to the POSSIBILITIES and to the OPPORTUNITIES of the entity.
In Mercury, then, we find one of high MENTAL attributes, ESPECIALLY as related to associations of BUSINESS - whether of commercial or of the social nature.
In those in Venus, as of the love influence - that is, one inclined to be gentle, and as capable of being the opposite; one inclined to be easy to be acquainted with, and yet very cold to many; one as inclined to be SYMPATHETIC in its relationships to others, and called by some very cold and hard hearted as to its activities. Again those relationships as we find RELATIVE, through moods, influences as come about in the various spheres of the astrological, or in the RELATIONSHIPS of Venus with those influencing the entity's activities.
In Jupiter we find those abilities to VISION, as of those conditions in commercial valuation, as dealings with individuals as related to commercial PURPOSES in the business world. Hence it would be easy for the entity to make for self, as applied through those forces in will's influence, a life given to MAKING for self - as in the way of COMMERCIALIZING the abilities, or making a NAME for self as a business individual; yet often these are misjudged.
In those influences in Neptune, will bring those of the mystic forces as are seen in the influences that come about the entity as related to the influences of mysterious experiences, movements as may be seen, felt, heard or experienced by the entity from unseen sources. These should not be taken as evil omens, nor of those influences following that would be hindrances; rather may the entity apply same in the EXPERIENCES of self and come to be known - by the APPLICATIONS of the influences - as one with a keen INSIGHT, or one INTUITIVELY led and guided into the proper choosing, the proper relationships, the proper attitudes, the proper conditions for the better development of self and of those conditions as related to individuals, peoples, and others about self.
In the appearances, and their influence in the present experience:
In the one before this, then, we find in that land now known as the inter-between land, or near the Fatherland - Alsace-Lorraine - during that period when the lands were overrun by the peoples of the various countries as inter-between, when there were wars and rumors of war; and in the overrunning of the place the entity was among those who suffered in those conditions, and grudges are easily still held, especially as relating to individuals of a different attitude of relationship to those who govern or rule. The entity could easily, then, become one-sided in the views, and often finds it hard not to be one-sided - or VERY decided in the views as relationships to individuals of other faiths, beliefs or understandings. In this experience the entity lost and gained, and lost, through the whole experience; for, as was builded in the experience from those things suffered in the body, the body - the PHYSICAL forces - became DOMINANT in the experience of the entity by the cherishing of grudges, by the application of those experiences; yet in the faith as held, in the abilities to serve - as given in part - did the entity experience an advance in the INSIGHT of those truths that make for a CONTINUITY of forces in life, or in experience itself; life and experience here meaning one and the same. In the name Gretchiele. In the present there are seen those periods when seemingly dissensions must arise, yet when the entity relies upon those influences that arise from those experiences in other appearances, and through those mysterious forces as appear by being felt, seen or heard within self, it is enabled to gain a control over the surroundings.
In the one before this we find during that period when there was the return from the pilgrimage in the foreign lands, and among those peoples as returned under the leadership of Nehemiah did the entity come from the far lands, and with those peoples again established the rule in the Holy City. The entity then was among those who were of the household of the Barean [Berea? sons of Beriah?], or in that relationship as BETWEEN the Levite and the Judahite [?] as made for the replenishing to the temple supply, also to those that aided those peoples in the re-establishing of the temple service. In this experience the entity gained, in the name Eleisa. In the experience the entity added much to the abilities both in mental and in physical forces, in the application of self as respecting the abilities to weave, the abilities to build those things that made for the hangings of the inner courts of the temples that were builded in this period. In THIS manner, THIS service, in THIS way, in bringing into the experience those that later became the heads of those peoples in the service. In the present always, ever, in the inner forces of the entity is there a leaning to, a call from within to, the services that pertain to ritual or rote, or as of ritualistic form. Hence the mysterious forces as manifest through the entity. These, while put aside occasionally, to the entity there must be a proper time, a proper place, a way and manner in which all must follow - and the few that deviate must suffer the consequence. These are well in the experience of the entity, yet each should gain that greater insight that all that HEAR may HAVE the opportunity, whether followed in the way of SELF or in the way of those directed; for whosoever WILL may come, not chosen - rather choosing of self to serve in a manner that BRINGS - for as many as is called, the same may heed.
In the one before this we find in that land now known as the Egyptian, in that period when there were the rebellions in the land. The entity was then among those in the household, or in that city of Ibex in the period when there were the setting aside of many of the orders of the king and the taking up of those that had brought rebellion in the land, and the taking away of some of the favorites of the king. The entity then joined in with those in the rebellion, suffering in body, suffering in DEPRESSION and suppression of the abilities during the period; gaining later when there were the joining together of forces and all gathered about that plat builded in the holy city between the facing of what afterward became the sphinx and the holy mount as builded in the manner in which those that were blessed in the period were reposed. Here the entity gained through the applying of self to give others an understanding of that being taught, that being manifested, that being experienced as the relationships of entities to entities, of the entity to the creative forces, of the creative forces to the entities in the experience. In the name Issiun. In the present again we find that of rebellious forces as arise at periods in the entity's experience with individuals, yet able ever - WITH some MYSTERIOUS force, as it were, that is innate through the temple's experience, through the findings as in Egypt - to follow, not as the EASIER way, but the easier way to be of help, aid, or in better RELATIONSHIPS to to others in different circumstances, environs, or spheres.
In the abilities of the entity, then, as we find, there lies the two directions - in the ability to conquer in self those desires to become melancholy, moody; rather following in the ways that bring cheeriness to self and to others, DEVELOPING rather in those forces as are innate, or that act as innate through the entity, whether in harkening to the voices within or seeing, or FEELING, the forces as surround others. Then, in MINISTERING to the needs, and in the SERVICE of self to others, may the entity gain - whether as in that as making for self in a name, or whether as in the home and the ones surrounding same. Keep that committed holy and inviolate against any of the conditions or circumstances that may arise, and the DEVELOPMENTS will be GREAT in the present experience. Ready for questions.
(Q) Has entity any special talent?
(A) As outlined, especially in that of gaining an insight into the MYSTERIES of the inner forces as from within through that as may be heard by entering into the silence, or as that that may be experienced or felt by the entity within self. This in the MENTAL or in the spiritual world. The talents in those of the MATERIAL forces, in the abilities to judge or to make, or to MEET those conditions in a commercial life.
(Q) Has entity psychic power?
(A) As has just been given, these are lying latent and may come by those forces felt, or by those conditions as may be seen by harkening to the voices from within. These may be best developed by entering into the silence, which - as to the ENTITY'S own experience - must be through rote; that is, at a GIVEN period, at a GIVEN time, on CERTAIN days or on CERTAIN periods as is felt from within, may the entity act in the dispensing of, or in the gaining of, those from the psychic forces from within; for, as being - as has been outlined - in a RELATIVE position, the SUBDUING of the moods will enhance or raise the entity's VIBRATIONS in the mystic forces; and, to the entity, MORE in the mystic than in the occult; that is, these, to the entity, must be FELT, must be SEEN, must be KNOWN as experiences, rather than REASONED from the occult or mental powers.
(Q) Does entity give her best to her husband? [See husband's rdg. 412-2 on 6/16/31 in re his business, etc., and 412-3 on 10/31/31.]
(A) Very good. These may be grown together by a better understanding of the necessities of each.
(Q) How can entity best strengthen her will power?
(A) As has been outlined.
(Q) Should entity practice her naturopathic work in the next year? If so, where?¹
(A) Would be well to practice this MOST when there has been the DEVELOPMENT from within of the abilities to see, feel, or HEAR that which will aid the most IN the practice of same - see?
18. We are through for the present.
Copy to Self
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¹ [She later told us that she had studied naturopathy for two years, thinking she might become a naturopathic physician, but then got married and decided she would help her husband in his business instead.]

BACKGROUND

She obtained a Physical Rdg., with advice also as to her home, marriage, career, on 7/08/30.
2/27/31 Mother [255]'s letter: "We are all very much interested in [276]'s Life Rdg... I am enclosing a list of questions for [oldest daughter] [457]'s Life Rdg."

REPORTS

12/18/31 She obtained a Ck. Physical for her husband, 412-4, and on 3/16/32 a Life Rdg., 412-5, for him, and he subsequently obtained 412-6 and 412-7, on his affairs generally.
11/25/33 See 457-3 answering questions in re 457-2.
1/16/34 See sister's Ck. Life on Egypt, 275-38, in re [457].
See subsequent rdgs. of herself and husband, especially her own Mental-Spiritual in re preparation for becoming a mother.
8/22/43 She obtained Life Rdg. 3172 for her baby daughter.
9/47 She gave birth to a baby son.
3/19/57 Mother [255]'s ltr.: "[457] is busy with charity drives, including Scouting and Red Cross work, and is a mighty busy woman. The children are growing up."
8/09/33 Her sister Miss [275] (See 275-11 Reports) received a Life Seal for Mrs. [457], in meditation. See Source File Key #457 for Life Seal, with interpretation.