This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Virginia, this 20th day of February, 1934, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [519], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by his aunt, Mrs. [509].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mildred Davis, L. B. and Hugh Lynn Cayce. Born May 9, 1894, in Ft. Reno, Oklahoma.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personality of the present entity, known as [519].
2. In entering the present experience from the astrological aspects, we find as these:
3. Mercury makes for an aptitude in the application of mental efficiency in the body. In these relationships there may be in the present experience material benefits that may be termed from the material successes gained by the activities of the body rather than, or more than, in the labors of the physical body; or in those fields of endeavors where there is the necessity of creative experience for creative genius, as called. But these, with the applications may make, with spiritual insight, the interpretations for the entity in those things in which the entity has been engaged in its experiences in the earth; and materially these would again be creative forces, yet these - as we find - rather than creative - would be rather a recalling to the spiritual forces of the entity that in which the body had been engaged in other sojourns in the earth, under different environs, as may be seen.
4. These influences also make for rather that experience whereunto the entity is more interested in what things may do than in things or in peoples; yet the cause or the motivating force in the activity of things is of interest to the entity. These are innate, and in the application of that which may be had through what may be called mental study, or seeking deeper in meditation and for the application of same in desire to those things that may be constructive in the experience of others, may make for harmonious effects and conditions, mentally, materially and spiritually in the experience of this entity, [519].
5. The influences in Mars make for those environs under which much of the activity of the entity has come into what may be termed its being; that is, through the influences of disputes in the minds (mentally) or physically of those with whom the entity has been or may be associated in the present experience, there has been offered the opportunity of expansion of the entity's abilities. Not always has it been in the form as becoming the peacemaker; neither has it been in terms where the entity may be said to have taken advantage of disputes of others for his own selfish interests. Rather has it been that in such an experience for the entity, the disputes of others have made way for the abilities and tactfulness of the entity in its mental capacities to be rather a scapegoat, or scapegrace, in such an experience.
6. Then, at times there are brought conditions that are obligatory from duty in material things, as well as those that have made for the experience of filling in where there might not in the regular line have been the opportunity for the entity to be advanced in its relationships in that particular field of activity.
7. These are builded experiences, to be sure, and while they would not come just of themselves save by the application of self in the direction as in spiritual matters, as to what the mental abilities of the entity do with such opportunities make for advancements or retardments in the experience.
8. In these relations also, it may be found that in the latter portion of the entity's sojourn in this present experience, such a condition may bring those things not so beneficent or beneficial in the present experience; hence, then, watch self's own inclinations in the way of temper, or - in common parlance - as to flying off the handle too easily, when there are those things that may act as being either in the immediate activity of self or those associated with things not meant for belittling of the entity or its associations.
9. The experiences in Uranus with Neptune make for those things that have to do both with air and with things of electrical natures in their activity, and when these are dealing with the influences in the air as pertain to water they will be more beneficent in the experience of the entity. And in this, from the material standpoint of those fields that have been chosen as the activities in a material world, if these are turned more and more into those fields that will partake both of the receiving as well as the sending of things as pertain to communication over waters, or under waters, or in waters, they will make for those experiences that may bring - from the physical standpoint - the greater activities in the experience of this entity.
10. As an operator of such instruments that may be sent, undersea crafts, or those that may direct from given points aircrafts or machines, and as communications with those as to what is accomplished by those THINGS IN such activity, may the entity develop that which will make a record of same - as we will see from other experiences that have been indicated.
11. As to the appearances, then, and that which has been in the present experience the greater influence and may be during the rest of the sojourn in this present period:
12. Before this we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, in and about those places in the southernmost portion where there were the first settlements by the Spaniards, in what is now Florida or St. Augustine.
13. The entity then, in the name Sebasti, was among those that built the first fortifications and made the first preparations in the new land for the indwelling of those that might follow the first settlers.
14. Returning, there was not as nice reception as might have been expected, yet later - with the return of others - the entity spent the whole of its activity in that land.
15. Personal visits to the old forts there will bring back to the entity something of the experiences, as to how certain individuals were foregathered there, as would be termed, from the terms of the day, for not a very good cause. Yet the entity gained through the greater portion of the experience, in that the self was spended in its efforts for the good of the greater numbers of individuals and not for self- indulgences nor in the gratification only of that for self.
16. While this makes in the present experience a better follower than a leader, as intimated, if there will be exercised more of the seeking within self to recall the experiences in other fields of endeavor that were not so foreign to those activities in the experience, there may be brought other things that will make for an activity much worthwhile in this experience.
17. Before that we find the entity was in the land now called or known as the Promised Land, during those periods when there were the destructive forces owing to the visits, the star that came from the east, and those reports, when the children were put to death that there might be the destroying of those things that had been foretold or told by the wise men of the east.
18. The entity then, in the name Slocombi, was among the kinsmen of the father and mother of the forerunner of the Master - or of John, called the Baptist.
19. In that experience the entity was among the shepherds that were in the hill country, and among those that heard the song of the angels, "Peace on earth, good will to men."
20. While the entity suffered, as to those destructive forces brought into the experience at the time, in the latter portion of the experience the entity came very close in touch with the activity of the Nazarene, the Prince of Peace, the Savior of men, as He walked in the earth; and among those that gathered at the feast when it was made by those that had been called the disciples or the representatives of the peoples in that particular experience.
21. The entity gained, not in the ways and manners that might be experienced by some; yet when there is the turning to the thoughts within there is awakened much - through the mysterious forces or sounds that arise - that bespeaks of that holy night.
22. In the present turn into self, the meditations that were given - peace to all men that are of good will to their fellowmen; for only in such good will may there come into the experience of individuals the true import of the purpose for which that coming in was active in their lives.
23. Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Egyptian, during those periods when there were the buildings of the various tombs or buildings that were to stand as an example or memorial or witness.
24. The entity was among those that aided in the actual building of some of these buildings that still remain, and in the preparation of that one yet to be uncovered - the hall of records - where much may be brought to light. During those periods when the activities of those that were in other lands are shown in the earth, the entity may find much that was activated during the sojourn in the Egyptian land.
25. Knowing much of the turmoils that arose politically, that arose from the spiritual or the church life (as would be termed today), and those in the secular things and the entrance into the others, yet the entity held self rather aloof from much of these; being rather the spectator than joining in with any of the rabble or of the turmoils during the experience.
26. Gaining and losing through the sojourn, for those things that pertained to the body and to the body-activities were rather the centers of the entity's activity, rather than those that pertained to soul or spiritual development.
27. In the present, as has been indicated, that experience may be as a warning for the entity. While there may come those things that may bring much of this world in glory, in fame; yea, in fortune; these do not satisfy the longings of the soul.
28. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land when there were the preparations of those things that had pertained to the ability for the application of appliances to the various elements known as electrical forces in the present day; as to the manners and ways in which the various crafts carried individuals from place to place, and what may be known in the present as the photographing from a distance, or the fields of activity that showed the ability for reading inscriptions through walls - even at distances, or for the preparations of the elevations in the various activities where there was the overcoming of (termed today) the forces of nature or gravity itself; and the preparations through the crystal, the mighty, the terrible crystal that made for the active principles in these, were a portion of the activity of the entity in that experience. Much of it brought destruction; hence was not for the glorifying of Him who gave the ability or who made for the activities in a material plane for the influences of the higher forces, or the higher laws of what is called nature in itself. Hence destructive forces and constructive forces were both as influences in the experiences of Elam in that sojourn.
29. In the present the interests in things pertaining to construction and active force in these fields are INNATE in the experience of the entity.
30. As to the abilities of the entity in the present and that to which it may attain, and how:
31. As has been indicated here, and as has oft been given for that which would be helpful for each soul in its sojourn and in its activity through any experience in the earth, it is the application of the knowledge, of the understanding of the laws of the Creative Forces or God, as related to the associations of individuals with others, that make for development or retardment; for these give expressions of the purposes for man's entrance into earth, that through the application of the laws of the One - or of God - He may be made manifest in those that are a portion of Him by their birthright, by their gift of the souls to the sons of men that they may glorify the Father in the earth. And though there may be periods when there are material gains, and power and might and influence, if these are used for the aggrandizement of selfish interests they bring only destructive forces in the experiences of others and of self.
32. Hence, as to that which may be gained by the entity in self, FIND SELF. Know that, that thou doest with thine hands, with thine mind, must be founded in the spirit of truth; for to gain the world and to lose the own soul is as naught. For, He that gave Life may direct the ways as manifested in the experiences of men, if they will but let their souls, their minds, their very hearts' blood, be attuned to those forces that must - to this entity - ring in, "Peace on earth and good will to those who would be peaceful with their fellowman."
33. Ready for questions.
34. We are through for the present.

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REPORTS

1. 3/02/34 Aunt Mrs. [509]'s letter: "My nephew [519] is deeply impressed with his reading. I have gone over it with him and together we connect many experiences in his life here and now with the urge of past experiences. He will tell you about it some day."

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