This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Virginia, this 3rd day of July, 1934, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [603], new Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [603] and Mildred Davis. Born January 6, 1903, in Winfall, N.C.

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the present entity, [603].
2. In entering the present experience those environs in the mental or the unseen world, from the material angle, have their influence upon an experience of a soul in material or physical manifestation; and are as latent urges that with the application of the will may be changed, yet - as is seen in every experience this depends upon what one does with one's abilities, one's virtues and faults, as to whether the soul advances toward a spiritual or a material reckoning in any individual sojourn, or the activities of the soul in general.
3. As is seen in the experience of this entity, the mental or Mercurian urges make for an exceptional mental ability; and - as combined with Mars and Jupiter - bring the abilities AS urges for not so much self-indulgence or self-glorification, but the tendency towards forwardness in its activities and associations with others. Hence any activity in which the entity in the present may engage, the entity must do same with might and main; and should there be or come failures - no matter how much warning there has been in the experience - it is quite a shock to the entity. Hence those things that the entity in its mental self and in its abilities has gained in the experiences or sojourns in Venus with Saturn must be builded first or set in an ideal; and even with the tendency for finding satisfaction in a mental or material sense in the physical the SPIRITUAL ideal alone can and must be that to which the self would strive or attain. For, the mental is the builder; and that upon which the mind of the soul dwells, that the soul feeds upon - and that one builds in one's inner self. And this self-building, that is acquired through such activity in the realm of spirit force (as called) or in the realm of the mental activity of a soul, must be met and to the inner self answered as to that which has been set as its ideal - qualified in its relationships one to another. Hence we find innately built in the entity in the present experience, these:
4. One high-minded in its ideals, in its aspirations, in its desires; yet not always discrete as to that it HAS desired. And as discretion is the better part of valor, hence the greater necessity for the soul's having purposed that its ideal is set in that which is unchangeable and ever able to be an ever ready help in the time of discouragement, in the time of stress or strain. For, His arms are not short. Neither are His ways past finding out. And kept in an eye-single to the service or companionship with Him, His promises as they come day by day in the experience of all, there may be brought that peace and harmony in the inner self that may not be found in any other way.
5. Also we find one whose associations bring for others help and aid, yet these tendencies at times may be questioned - in the overzealousness of the entity and the appearance that comes to others as of one, in common parlance, tended to be "stuck up" or "uppish." Not of self, but gives that impression through those urges in the innate influence that has been noted.
6. One that finds the activities into the soul influence of others as a realm in which the spiritual side of self may develop the greater; for the entity is a "sensitive," or capable - through its inner dwelling - of ATTUNING self to those realms where not only color vibrations make for the indications of the spiritual associations of those about the entity, but where odors may oft tell those periods of transition or impressions as to the direction in which those may be led that the entity would aid.
7. One that finds its activities in the field of expansion better if they are made as notes. Hence in the field of writing, talking, lecturing, the entity may develop its INNER self. Remembering, please, this - as has been given - is from the MENTAL self. As to what the soul, the entity, does with its virtues depends upon its own choice; for, as has been given of old, "There is today set before thee day and night, life and death, good and evil. Choose thou." Not unto self-exaltation nor self's glorification, but that in Him ye may be one WITH Him and known as one among those that love their fellow man.
8. As to the appearances, then, and their influence in the present activity of the entity:
9. Before this we find the entity was in that land nigh unto the place of entrance in the present experience, and among the daughters of the settler of what is now called Georgia - when Oglethorpe was given command.
10. The entity then, in the name Katherine, was among those that were of the elite or select people during that activity. With the conditions that befell the father, the activities changed; yet the entity rose in power, in affluence, in the greater portion of that sojourn; losing only during the periods when there were the necessities - from the material activities - for the return to the English land.
11. In the present from that sojourn the entity finds, in the material, those things that pertain to oppression, and the INNATE and manifested desire to take sides with those that are belittled by others; speaking quickly that which is within self, even before thought is taken as to who is present or as to how far-reaching the word of mouth or speech may be in those in whom the entity is associated; making friends, yea, fast - but oft setting them aside as easily, provided the purposes for changes are for other than reasons of right. Hence insincerity is one of those things that makes for the wayward activities between the entity and its friends or associates; for it is seldom countenanced in the experience of the entity.
12. Before that we find the entity was during those periods when there were in the Roman land the oppressions of those first from the soldiery teaching, later from those that came as emissaries or missionaries or teachers from the hated land by many.
13. The entity was among that would be termed today the gentry; for it was in the household of one that was a counsellor to Caesar, and especially that one that had been a procurator in the land of promise.
14. Then in the name Agatha, the entity gained and lost and gained mightily through that experience, and was changed particularly through the dream that was had of the man that was tried before the procurator.
15. The entity then joined in the service of that teaching, and with the return to the Roman land gave not only of the material means but of self in the services that were rendered to these people who - for a cause - had brought and brought, and bring to all mankind, the closer knowledge of the walks of God with man.
16. In the present has come, will come more and more, those abilities to - through the inner self - ATTUNE self to the needs, to those counsels that may be given to others in their seeking to know the knowledge of those influences of the spiritual life in the experience of men in material affairs.
17. Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Persian, during those periods when there was the breaking up of the city in the hills through the activities of the Grecian forces and influences that were combined with the lower portions of the Indian activity.
18. The entity was of the Persian peoples in the experience, having been among those that rose in power as the priestess to those teachings of those people in that holy city; losing in the experience in the grudge as held by self respecting the activities of both the Grecian (or what was later Grecian) and the entity's people that came into the active forces through the breaking up of the people. Yet long were the activities of the entity in the sojourn, for the entity cared for those that were left, even after the destruction of much of the city - both of tents and of stone; and there may be yet found in those ruins (that may be opened near what is now known as Shushtar, Arabia) the dressings for the altar - or as would be called the accoutrements of the altar service that was carried on in the latter portion of the entity's sojourn there.
19. In the name then Italia, mostly the entity developed; losing only in that grudge which makes for what in the present may be called forwardness, overzealousness.
20. Also in the present from that sojourn came the experiences wherein the meditating upon those periods when the sun rises and sets finds in the color the harmonizing of the inner self to the spiritual mind activities.
21. Before that we find the entity was in that land known as the Egyptian, among those people that separated themselves during the rebellious forces, and among those peoples of Ibex that later made for the establishing of those foundations of a teaching in what later became known as Alexandria, or OR [?] [OR Used in the now obsolete sense of ERE or BEFORE (Ps. xc.2)] - the peoples there, or the temples there.
22. The entity joined there until through the activity of that one that was the conqueror of the animal natures of the desert made for establishing of emissaries or teachings of the latter portions of Ra-Ta in that land. [276]?
23. The name then was She (no hyphen, but separated) Hepat Sebar-t. This later became a household from which arose the GREAT QUEEN of the later Egyptian dynasty of the first pharaohs.
24. In the experience, from the mental and material self the entity gained; and the spiritual forces was guided rather by that which would be termed - under the later portion - a self-indulgence.
25. In the present may be seen the abilities of the entity to halt whatever may be started by others, whether for good or bad, or to push them forward in just as much zeal as is in the activities of any group or mass.
26. As to the abilities in the present, then, and that to which it may attain, and how:
27. First, in the mental, find self as to what the inner self has set as the ideal. So pattern then the relationships, whether with the intimates, casual acquaintances or friends, that they in their activity and relationships may know what and how and why such an ideal is chosen.
28. The writing of those things pertaining to ways or manners of meditation is well, PROVIDED there is kept out of same the PERSONAL activity, but rather that the personal activity is FOR attaining or gaining within the PERSONAL experience. In such, then, may the entity develop in the present the most.
29. Ready for questions.
30. (Q) Please give the exact time of my physical birth.
    (A) As we find, in the early morning was the physical birth.
31. (Q) What is the purpose for my coming into the world under the astrological influences existing at the time of physical birth?
    (A) That there may be the purification of self as related to the activities in a material world. For each experience is as a lesson that may be gained by the application of that known, and INNATELY known, in the inner self.
32. (Q) What is my life's work or vocation?
    (A) As has been indicated, in that of preparing ways for the meditations for others - or the approach to the throne of grace, as may be termed in the orthodox manner; or, as in the mystic, the necessary form or symbol through which and how such activity may be approached.
33. (Q) How may I attain this, or just what preparation should I make, and how?
    (A) As has been outlined, first in self. Then cleansing self of that as is pointed out, as for the keeping in accord, and then applying.
34. (Q) Have I ever been associated with or known before [[887]'s father]? If so, where and how? Why did he come into my life during this incarnation? And are the associations, affiliations or connections terminated for the rest of this incarnation?
    (A) Not terminated. Was the boatman for the entity on what is called the Nile, while the entity ruled as what would be termed now the mayor of Alexandria. And came into the experience for the necessity of each knowing that love in its truer or inner sense is the builder.
35. (Q) Have I ever known before my present husband, [...]; if so, how and where?
    (A) Counsellor in the English court during the period of oppression of Oglethorpe, and self - of course - as the daughter of same. Hence the entity has always looked rather to the body in the present as a counsellor, to be looked up to, but - do rather as you please.
36. (Q) Have all my passings from the earth plane been normal?
    (A) Some violent, but near normal.
37. (Q) Have I ever been associated with the Master personally during any of His sojourns in the earth; if so, where and how?
    (A) When he healed thine own son of the possession, in the court in Jerusalem.
38. (Q) Have I ever known before the boy, [4917], who is now in my care? If so, where and how?
    (A) That son.
39. (Q) That was healed?
    (A) That was healed.
40. (Q) Has [[857]'s father] ever known this body, [4917]?
    (A) During the same experience.
41. (Q) Will I ever bear a child in this incarnation?
    (A) This would have to be from a different approach.
42. (Q) What is my symbol, and its interpretation?
    (A) A combination of what is ordinarily known as the fleur de lis with the lotus in the center, which is - in its interpretation - LIFE, but freedom in the service to others.
43. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 1/12/34 See 281-19, Par. 21-A, personal message to [603].
2. 4/27/34 See 281-20, Par. 7-A, personal message to [603].

REPORTS

1. 11/18/34 Mrs. [603] referred a neighbor for Physical Reading for mother. See 737-1.
2. 3/05/35 See her personal message in Group #3 reading 473-2, Par 15-A.
3. 3/07/35 See 281-23, 10-A personal message in re A.R.E. Prayer Group work.
4. 3/15/35 Mrs. [603] obtained Life Reading for godchild. See 857-1.
5. 5/30/35 Mrs. [603] obtained a check life reading on her Palestine incarnation. See 603-2.
6. 7/17/35 See reading 281-25, Par. 39-A re. [603]'s position in Temple Beautiful in Egypt.
7. 1/30/42 letter: "Referring to your letter of the 8th, I shall be glad to have you list my name for the prayer hour mentioned therein (the morning hour of EC's readings)."
8. GD's note: Personal messages were given to Mrs. [603] in various group readings which she attended. See 281 series, etc., 473-1, Par. 12-A.

Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation