This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 322 Grafton Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, this 7th day of March, 1925, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [538].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born February 22, 1880, at Hopkinsville, Ky.

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1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the Universe, and the Universal Forces, giving the conditions that are as personalities latent and exhibited in the present life. Also the former appearances in the earth's plane, giving time, place, and the name, and that in that life which built or retarded the development for the entity, giving the abilities of the present entity and to that [that to] which it may attain, and how.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the Universe, and those conditions as relate to appearances in the present earth plane and those in the earth plane in other appearances, with the urges and conditions as created and merited in those relations, with abilities and the how.
3. Many of these conditions we have had before. These, as we have at present, show the relation as approached from a different viewpoint, or angle.
4. In this then, we find the relations in the present sphere taken from those of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and of Uranus, and the entity then has those urges as are made with the relations of these conditions in earth's plane, and in the urges as received by accentuation of conditions as received from other sphere than earth's sphere or plane.
5. Then, we have one given to the conditions that are exceptional in many ways. One not understood by many. One that brings much joy to many through the influence of the forces in Venus and in Jupiter. One who has mental forces far beyond that as has been developed in the present plane.
6. One that brings much of the forces of antagonism to many through some conditions as received through urges, as will be found, from appearances in earth's plane.
7. One who is decided in likes and dislikes, whether of individuals or of places, things or conditions. One that under such conditions often brings more worry to self than to others. One tending to be in a manner recluse in self, often keeping many things that would prove beneficial in manner, were they expressed to others. This pertains to mental abilities, the urges, the worries, the many conditions. One capable in many lines, either in that of artistic forces as applied to inanimate conditions, or of those pertaining to the improvement in other forces as applied from others' work. [She spent yrs. doing retouching in her husband's photographic studio.] One, then, a good critic in many ways. One that is very bombastic, however, in dislike in criticism. One that finds in the joy of the elemental forces of earth's plane the greatest enjoyment in the earth's plane. One showing much patience under conditions where the relation is to self and to others.
8. As to the appearances, these we have much to deal with in the present plane, and these conditions under which the development was made in other planes has its effect in the present. Hence we find there are many conditions relating to those through which the entity passes in this present time.
9. Then, in the one before this, we find in the land now France, and during the period when the English ruler [Charles II] was in exile in that land on account of conditions that existed in that field. The entity then in that of Lurline [Maezie? in 538-5] Annose [?] in the courtesan to the exiled ruler, and assisted in his return to the land, and in this found favor in the eyes of many. In the present sphere we find this is shown in the ability of the entity to appear and to gain in that being in a manner extra in attention to strangers, and that such brings much to the entity. As to the personality gained and exhibited in the entity, the love of the finer things in earth's plane of the beautiful, and of playing the courtesan to many.
10. In the one before this we find in the period of the rule as was shown in Greece, when the law or understanding was given by the Socrates, and the entity then in that household and of that family, and suffered much by the persecution as was brought on by the position that the entity occupied in that household, yet the greater urge for knowledge and understanding comes in the present plane from that incarnation in earth's sphere. The name then was Normaline, and the entity was the second daughter to that philosopher of the day. In the urge and the personality, the seeking to-day of those philosophic questions as propounded, and such easily understood, for each must be passed on that same principle as was then set - right for all and no exception in the rule.
11. In the one before this [See 538-31, Par. 13-A], we find in the land of the Normads [nomads], or in the outer edge of now Arabian deserts, [Persia-Arabia:Uhjltd period] and the entity then the follower in that of the Bedouins, and given as the most beautiful of that group to which the entity then belonged. The name then in that of Inxa, and the entity then ruled many through the power of the eye over the condition created in the minds of those whom this would subjugate to her way of reason. [See 538-64 on 5/07/40 in re iritis, and blindness developing in right eye - physical karma?] In the personality as exhibited to-day, we find in the patience and persistence in the condition, thought or felt to be aright, still able to control many through the eye and expression of same. [See 7/16/32, 7/19/32, Ck. Life Rdgs. on above incarnation, 538-31, Par. 13-A and 538-32.]
12. In the one before this we find in the Egyptian forces, [Ra-Ta Period] and the entity sought, after the Egyptian entrance a sudden return again, or sought quick entrance again into earth's plane. [Arabian period of Uhjltd just mentioned, thus indicating a date of perhaps 8 or 9 thousand B.C.?] In the Egyptian forces the entity was of the household of the assistance [assistant priest] to the one becoming the leader in the religious cult, [294] and being of beautiful figure and form, and giving the condition to him who was the leader brought through her seductive forces much troubles to self and that entity. This bringing banishment to the group brought distress and physical suffering to each, in that the entity set about to bring the enmity of many, and in the present we find grudges easily held and that the entity must overcome to reach the development that will bring the best, whether of mental, physical or spiritual forces. As to the name at that period, we find in Isris [later known as Isis - see 294-147 thru 294-153. Also see 341-9, Par. 14-A on 6/02/25 giving further details; also 341-10, Par. 20-A on.] and there are found even to this day many of the plastic forms in that country of the entity, though we find this was 10,996 earth years before the Prince of Peace came.
13. The abilities of the entity lie in those spheres of easy to acquire the musical ability, the ability to symmetrize body and music in dance, to give much to peoples through that manner, yet in that as has been set in the present plane these yet may be acquired in no small degree. Time will soon approach when this may be effected, and the entity will through the will of self have the building of will's forces in self to acquire development in this earth's plane.
14. Then, to use all these, let the entity gain that understanding that self must be made as nought, would we [if we would] manifest the spiritual elements in the physical plane, and that it is hard to kick against the pricks [Acts 9:5; 26:14] that would bring only the condemnation of self, that each thought, action, deed, must be met, and that paid for. With the mind, soul and body must earth's inhabitant magnify Him, the Giver of all good and perfect Gifts, and in making the will one with His, even as Him who became the Light, the Truth, the Way, may we approach the Heavenly throne.
15. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. See 538-5 on 12/05/23, a horoscope reading giving past incarnations in France, Greece & Egypt.
2. 2/13/24 See husband's rdg. 294-8 indicating that [538] is "the companion and mate as should be" in this life.

REPORTS

1. See subsequent health rdgs. and dream interpretation rdgs.
2. 11/29/25 See 569-6, Life Rdg. for [538]'s step-cousin (they were brought up in same household like sisters) indicating a close relationship, perhaps rivalry for the same man, in the French incarnation, since [569] went to England with Charles II when he ascended the throne. Also in Egypt, period of Ra-Ta, [569] took [538]'s place as favorite of king after her banishment with Ra-Ta, etc.
3. 9/03/31 See 538-30, Ck. Life on her Egyptian incarnation.
4. 7/16/32, 7/19/32, See 538-31 and 538-32, Ck. Life Rdgs. on her Persian-Arabian incarnation.
5. 1/28/33 See 538-33, a Mental-Spiritual Rdg. in re her home life, soul development, etc.
6. 1/16/34 See 275-38 calling her "princess" in England.
7. 10/19/39 See 538-59, Ck. Life giving supplementary data on associations in several incarnations [especially Grecian] with their effect in the present.
8. 1/25/42 See 538-72, her Aura Chart Rdg.
9. 12/10/42 Husband autographed a book for her with this inscription: "The promises of God always seem surer when I am with you - indeed a helpmate through this life."
10. See Reports under her last Ck. Physical Rdg. 538-71, during 1943, especially, in re becoming blind in right eye, also previous Reports in re flare-up off and on through the years of an itching rash (pruritis vulvae) which nearly drove her wild at times.
11. 9/16/44 Report to Miss [288]: "[288], I want to read to you a letter from [341] giving his ideas on the specific karma of his being overseas and away from his family in this war which he did not want to be a part of. It makes me realize all of a sudden that this blindness in my right eye is no doubt a direct result of my misusing my eyes in my Persian-Arabian incarnation, to subjugate others to my way of reasoning. Don't you think, too, that this terrible rash which kept coming back over a period of twenty years could be a karmic thing from the French incarnation in which I 'played the courtesan'? If it had not been for the readings clearing up the condition from time to time, I am sure I would have died long ago with cancer of the uterus. Perhaps even the early tuberculosis, of which I was cured by the rdgs., was a karmic condition from the past, since the rdgs. say that all illness stems from sin. You remember in [294]'s Life Rdg. [294-8] it was explained that he and I had much to work out in this life."
12. 3/45 See Reports under 538-71 in re quick developing, or doctors becoming aware of existence, of cancer of the liver. She died 4/01/45 at seven o'clock on Sunday, Easter morning, before seeing this letter written 3/30/45 by her son, [341], overseas:
    "It is important for you to realize how much fun it has been being your son. So many times I have seen you faced with problems, conditions that I have known to crumple up so many people, and you have risen above them - and (the important thing) carried others with you. These things [487] and I will not forget. Too few people has there been entrusted the guidance of so many lives - not in the outward way to be seen by men, but in the background where the going was tough. These things I know, and will not forget. Never have I known of such unselfish love for two human beings as you have always shown toward [487] and me. This, too, I will never forget. It would be easy to go on and on.
    "It makes me proud to think of you. It makes me deeply happy to know how ready you are to pass through that other door. There is so much beauty in your living, my dear, that I cannot be sad at the possibility of you joining Dad. You held up his right hand sometimes both hands here, so it does not surprise me that he may need you now.
    "We have come, [538], to an understanding of karma in a way that we have for a long time been explaining to others, and I find that your life represents so much that is fine and beautiful that I cannot allow my selfish desires to mar this period of waiting and wondering.
    "My prayers are that you will not suffer, my dear. I know that you must realize how much love has been, is, and always will be, yours." [341] [See Par. R13 below.]
13. See 538-59, Par. 24-A, 25-A in re closeness of [538], [294], [341] and [288] in soul purpose, other than in earthly sojourns.

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