This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 22nd day of May, 1937, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [464], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

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1. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [464]; this we have had before.
2. Now as we find there are many changes in the general physical forces of the body since last we had same here. Some show improvement, some are not so well; others show complications through the activity of changes that have come about in the general conditions of the body itself.
3. These are the conditions as we find them in the present, as compared with those disturbances as we have given here before.
4. As we find there has not been the full alleviation of those portions in the cerebrospinal system where there are pressures in the cerebrospinal system through the lower dorsal and lumbar area.
5. Hence there are still the distresses across those portions of the system at times.
6. As we find also the effect that has been created by the infectious forces from cold or congestion or "flu" has made for a combination of disturbances through the alimentary canal, owing to the poor eliminations.
7. Hence in connection with those pressures that have been existent there tends to be an engorgement in the transverse and the descending colon, that produces a pressure upon the left portion of the body and affecting sympathetically - rather than organically - the heart's activity; producing a shortness of breath when there are those activities of the body in making for any great amount of activity in which there is especially the moving of the body up and down, as would be in climbing steps, or in stooping, or in exercises of that nature or character.
8. This then is rather a sympathetic condition in the circulation than an organic heart activity.
9. Hence it is something of a functional condition; though if it is allowed to be magnified through the imaginative forces or the sympathetic reactions through the activity of the sympathetic nerve system, by suggestion or by such conditions, there may become such a fullness there as to engorge the flow of the circulation from the heart to the liver - which has shown also some congestion owing to the effects of the cold and the activity of the body in these directions, or eliminations; as to produce some distresses that would be such as to engorge the condition and tend to become a static condition, or that in which the body would become more or less susceptible, more and more in this way and manner, if this is allowed to remain for long.
10. As we would find, then, in the activities of the conditions for the body in the present:
11. We would use the Radio-Active Appliance that has been intimated for the body, consistently; keeping the plates clean and seeing that there is not an overflow of the ice and water above the Appliance itself. This will tend to equalize the circulation.
12. It would be better if there were those manipulative forces used to release the pressures, to equalize and to make for a better coordination throughout the forces of the body-functionings themselves.
13. Also we find that at periods when there are those distresses through the area, it would be beneficial to apply heat with Epsom Salts Packs from saturated solution over the lower portion of the abdomen, as well as the lumbar and lower dorsal area.
14. Now we find that the use of the Eno Salt as an assistance towards producing the better activity through the alimentary canal would be very desirable. Take two heaping teaspoonsful in a large glass of water every morning before the breakfast, for four or five days; then leave off for four to five days; then repeat the dose again. Do not fill the glass too full of water before the Eno Salt is put in same.
15. The Radio-Active Appliance should be taken each day for an hour.
16. The massage osteopathically or neuropathically given through those areas of the whole length of the cerebrospinal system will give relief for the body, if these will be adhered to.
17. As we find, the general activities - stay in the open as much as possible. Have the surroundings and the activities as agreeable in the general sense for the body as is possible; such as to make for the abilities of the body to see the beauties even in those things that are as hardships, or the activities or associations in the surroundings.
18. In the diets, these have been given oft. Rather tend to follow those that have been known to be better for the body, as it knows its own self.
19. Do that and we find we may bring the better conditions for this body, [464].
20. Ready for questions.
21. (Q) Are my lungs affected?
    (A) Only as a sympathetic condition in the circulatory forces of the body, which by the removal of the distresses in the alimentary canal or colon, and with the equalizing of the circulation along the cerebrospinal system, should be cleared up.
22. (Q) Why the cough?
    (A) The poor circulation and the pressures through the area as indicated from which the pulmonaries and the respiratory system receive impulse from the cerebrospinal system, produced by the pressure in the colon upon the congested areas along the cerebrospinal system.
23. (Q) What should be done for my eyes and ears that are affected?
    (A) Removal of those pressures as indicated in the cerebrospinal system as sympathetic with the activities to the vegetative or sympathetic nerve system will make for a better condition. Naturally, cleansing or using a weak solution of the Boracic Acid would be beneficial to the body. The proportions would be about a teaspoonful in a full pint of distilled or re-boiled water, and strain through a cloth and then use as a wash or as a bath for the eyes.
24. (Q) My hearing?
    (A) Just as has been indicated; removal of the pressures on same will make for bettered conditions.
25. (Q) What can I do to restore my sense of taste and smell?
    (A) As has been indicated, this is pressure upon the sympathetic nerve system that makes for a pressure upon the organs of the sensory forces. With the removal of the pressure of these, and the circulatory forces increased, these will return.
    Do these as we have indicated.
26. We are through with this Reading.

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BACKGROUND

1. See 464-18 on 1/12/37 and subsequent Reports.
2. 5/17/37 "I don't feel so well the last two wks... I had the flu in Feb. and kept getting more cold and my heart has been on the rampage more or less ever since, so I am writing to you for a rdg. I have had a cough and wheezing and so short of breath over the least exertion for a long time, and my eyes and ears are affected... I took right hold of myself in the beginning of Dr. Leavitt's advice and was doing fine until I was so short of breath and my heart beating so hard and fast I had to take it easier. I didn't want to but I had to, and that hasn't been so good... Since I had the flu my taste is gone and I cannot smell. I think I could walk right out of nothing but nerves. There seems to be more than just nerves; however, I hope I am wrong."

REPORTS

1. 5/26/37 "I rec'd the rdg. and I am very much pleased over it, and I shall follow out the directions as closely as I can."
2. 6/37 She and daughter, [2144], stopped by to see EC while on a trip.
3. 10/17/37 "Our baby [granddaughter] arrived. They call her [...].
4. "[Husband] and I are about to dissolve partnership. I am not going to put up with his carryings on any longer."
5. 10/21/37 EC's letter: "I am really distressed to know that you feel it necessary to take such drastic steps. I know, though, that you have thought it all out from every angle, for am sure you have been a student of TRUTH sufficient to know that is very necessary. But once you are assured from within that you are making the right move, well, go straight ahead."
6. 10/25/37 "Nothing further has happened. I doubt much if it will until the next time he gets caught acting the fool. Why he stays with me I don't know. [He is 71 yrs. old.]
7. 10/31/37 "[Husband] has not spoken to me for two wks. He blames me for his foolishness. I was almost sick over it. My heart acted up for a few days but I got over that quite a bit and feel some better... Don't think, Mr. Cayce, that I hold myself blameless in my trouble with him, for I don't. I have been quite snappy and mean at times and very unreasonable, and as I look back I see where I could have done a whole lot better. So for that reason I am willing to overlook a lot of things. I am still smarting. Although [Husband] brought home a bag of candy to me Sat. night he didn't hand it to me but laid it down on the couch beside me. I had to laugh. I knew he would expect a handout, so I put it on a plate and set it on the dining room table. He ate his share. Us humans are queer folks after all. He is not having anything to do with me just the same. Haw! haw! haw!...
   "I have had my plans all made out for a small place in the country for years... I want to start some small fruits. [Husband] wants goats and I want poultry... So I have changed my mind and think I will have that rdg. after all. Our neighborhood has changed so. So many renters that don't care how their place looks, and in a way you can't blame them..."
8. 11/09/37 See 464-20.

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