This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 105th St. & Ocean, Va. Beach, Va., this 20th day of January, 1932, in accordance with request made by his mother, Mrs. [255] - through Active B Membership of her husband, Mr. [378], in the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mildred Davis and L. B. Cayce.

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1. GC: You will have before you the body & enquiring mind of [...] Albert [...] [488], at ..., N.Y., in reference to all information which has been given to him through these sources. You will answer the questions which have been submitted, as I ask them, prompted by his life reading of Dec. 8, 1930, concerning his development, associations, and welfare.
2. EC: (In going over address and locating body - "Should leave off the Albert.")
3. Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, and the association of, the relation of, the information that has been given the body regarding its appearance in the earth plane and the influences of same upon the present experience of the entity. Ready for questions.
4. Much change, as we find, has come in the experience of the entity since the information was given. While there is not outwardly the wholehearted acceptance of the various influences in the experience of the entity, still there IS that something felt that alters, or causes - under many circumstances that arise - those things that appear more and more to point out TO the entity the plausibility of that which has been given, and the EXPERIENCES make for this influence; that the body seeks more for a material basis to prove, or to make for (in the natural tendencies of that which has been builded in the experience) a sign, or as an ensample that would show some DEFINITE point. These are coming; and will the entity, the individual entity, but hold to that attitude of being WILLING to be shown, there will be given experiences that will make for a certainty many of those things that have been given.
5. (Q) Is entity holding right ideals for its spiritual development?
   (A) As indicated by that given, that - will the entity hold that same attitude, that same willingness to be shown - there will be presented, there will be gradually builded; for that we think upon, that we become - for "where the treasure is, the heart is also." That which IS a body's, an entity's ideal, by that the standard of moral, mental and spiritual aptitudes, by that same classification comes the experiences of a body-consciousness. That there are builded in many an entity that innate prejudice against certain things or conditions, may be oft seen manifest - but the WILLINGNESS, the surrender of self that self may be a channel of blessings, not to any force, or source, but to God! and for CREATIVE Forces to manifest THROUGH! this is the attitude for an entity to take. WALK with Him! TALK with Him! See HIM as He manifests in every form of life; for He IS Life in ALL its manifestations in the earth! and there will come that peace, that harmony, that understanding, that comes from HUMBLENESS in HIS name; humbleness of spirit, of mind, of self, that the glories that are thine own FROM the foundations of the earth may be manifested IN thee!
6. (Q) Give spiritual advice to guide entity through college.
   (A) Be well to hold to that just given. KNOW the ideal. Measure the moral life, the social life, the material life, the spiritual life, by that standard. Lose not sight of that thou believest. KNOW in what thou hast believed, and be willing to be guided by THAT as the standard; for He MADE the earth - and all that in it be! In Him we live and move and have our beings! That we may separate elements, compounds, the various forces in nature, into their various parts, only becomes the more proof of not the DIVISIBILITY of God! but that the SOURCE of force AND power is IN Him alone, and that individuals are but the reflection of their concept of that force that may be manifested in so many ways and manners in a material world! Lose not that hope in Him!
7. (Q) Has entity any talent for playing a musical instrument, and if so which one?
   (A) Were there to be ANY that would bring the more interest, it would be the trumpet. This, however, should be - if taken at all - rather as that of a hobby.
8. (Q) Is choice of chemical course at Cornell the best choice for entity? If not, what other course would be best? If so, what specialized study of chemistry would be best?
   (A) In the choice of such a course shows for that which has been given respecting the innate forces manifesting by that BUILDED in the INNER self, or ENTITY, as to the seeking for the analyzing or causes OF the various forces or conditions, or impulses, as manifest. Hence, as we find, would be a very GOOD course for the entity to pursue. As to what phase of same, there are - as has been given - two ways, or two choices for the entity. Either in that direction which deals most with the chemistry of the physical being, or that which deals with some SPECIFIC part of commercial experience - that combines itself with the efforts of others, that cooperation of self WITH others may bring DEFINITE things into a useful, commercial, purposeful, way. This had BEST be determined after the first GENERAL course is taken, or the first year. Then, as the entity holds its ideas and ideals in connection or association with that as it finds by its experience, and in its surroundings, then either the one or the other may be chosen - see?
9. (Q) Why has mathematics a special attraction for entity?
   (A) The ANALYTICAL, or the seeking for first causes - as has been the oft experience of the entity in its sojourn through the earth's experience. The ELEMENTS and their component factors have a particular INFLUENCE, too, upon the entity. They may be divided, as is seen - while air and water has its particular BEAUTIES for the entity, the earth and fire (one a positive and one a negative - which keeps for well balance) are particularly of interest as to THEIR INFLUENCE upon the activities or the affairs, or the things or the dealings of man with his fellow man!
10. (Q) Outline sports which would be best for entity for each season of the year at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.?
    (A) Those that have most to do with the outside, no matter what season or portion of the year. As THEY change (the seasons), those that have most to do with the outside; for, as just given, in the elements the interesting factors are earth and fire - while air and water are rather matters of course to the entity! yet in its studies, and in its developments, its factors will be brought out. Hence ON the earth and IN the air bring for a balance that will keep those same elements, or forces, in the proper activity and balance through the mental, spiritual, and physical forces of the body.
11. (Q) Any special sports?
    (A) All those that have to do with the out of doors, whether it be in the spring or the summer of the rowing, or in the fall of the first of the golfing - then those of the heavier, or skiing, or sliding, or sledding - or the like.
12. (Q) Give exact minute of physical birth, Feb. 11, 1911, to enable entity to ask for explanation of astrological laws governing entity.
    (A) This, as we find, as the record has been made of same, is near right - to the second; and while at the entrance of the entity into the earth's plane and the spiritual and physical birth varied little, there was the PHYSICAL under one sign and the SPIRITUAL under another! Hence the doubts that often arise, from an astrological view.
13. (Q) Give time of soul birth.
    (A) As indicated.
14. (Q) Is entity mentioned in another incarnation in any literature of today?
    (A) Those may be BEST approached through the seeking out of the activities of the entity in each of its appearances, and that as accomplished may be a matter of record in that particular given period.
15. (Q) Would the study of the philosophy of Herodotus benefit entity?
    (A) To be sure, as would ALSO those that cooperated WITH - or that were in opposition TO - the philosophy. The Stoics and the Gnostics, and all of those of that particular period.
16. (Q) What did entity teach in its Egyptian incarnation?
    (A) The correlating of the activities of individuals in the material affairs with the COORDINATING of same in the SPIRITUAL affairs of the individual; or, as would be termed in the present, that of an economic psychologist - in that particular period.
17. (Q) Was entity associated with William Anzer, Junior, in another incarnation?
    (A) Egypt alone, as we find.
18. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. See Life Reading 488-5 on 12/08/30.
2. 12/21/31 Mother submitted questions.

REPORTS

1. 2/01/32 Mother [255]'s letter: "[488] has passed his exams and leaves for home in 10 days."
2. 3/32 Sister [275] wrote of his returning to college.
3. 1/34 He obtained two special (genealogy) rdgs.
4. See subsequent notations under Life Rdg. 488-5 Reports.

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