This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home in Pinewood on Lake Drive, Va. Beach, Va., this 9th day of May, 1932, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [658], Active A Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

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1. GC: You will have before you the body and enquiring mind of [658] present in this room, who seeks advice and guidance regarding her mental and material affairs. You will answer the questions which she will ask.
2. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [658] - this we have had before. Ready for questions.
3. (Q) Must I, or is it advisable to, go into the Building & Loan as I have planned?
   (A) As we find, there are many considerations to be given; yet this, as we find, would be - under existing circumstances and conditions - the most advisable thing to do; for, with changes as may come through the many varied channels, this might be curtailed in any manner desired, yet would enable the body to have less worry, even though there were to arise conditions that were not as satisfactory as anticipated - but with the anticipation these conditions may be made very lenient for the body. We would advise that I would be well.
4. (Q) Are we going to get the $10,000 prize on Bond Bread? [See 658-11.]
   (A) That depends upon the minds of individuals, and the Lord Himself seldom knows the thought or the mind of man!
5. (Q) Will cocoa oil with crude oil and kerosene make a good salve for bald heads, and how much of each?
   (A) This would make an excellent ointment and salve for bald heads. The quantity would vary according to the specific gravity of the crude oil used, and as to the amount of settling that has been done before it is used, but this may be used as a basis for experimentation:
   To a pint of crude oil - that's a pound, you see (that the gravity is thirty or twenty-six, to thirty) - this is better liquid measure - add one ounce of kerosene. Stir this well together, and sufficient of the cocoa added in the liquid, of course, heated - to make same harden into a heavy paste, or about one and one-quarter ounces.
6. (Q) How much cinnamon must I use with 1 lb. of tobacco to make a flavor for it, and must I use alcohol to mix it with - for cigarettes?
   (A) Best that same be cut with the alcohol and used as a spray over same, being well handled as it is sprayed. That of the white burly would be the better carrier to use, and that which has at least seasoned one season or year. To the pound use three drams of cinnamon in one pint of grain - 85% that is, the pure - cut half - alcohol.
   Or, for this one type, better we would find another - that is of the vanilla bean with perique mixed in same and allowed to age in same for two to three months, and then the bean may be removed. This would be as this proportion:
   Of the regular stock of tobacco (the white burly), to a pound mix one ounce (after it has been well refined) or perique, with one dozen of the vanilla bean. This kept at an even temperature, and after ninety days (of course kept stirred every few days - every three to five days stir the whole quantity, then) remove the bean, but LEAVE the perique in same. Perique is a type of tobacco that gives body and holds especially the aroma of the bean, and gives strength and the correct body to the light burly.
7. (Q) How much alcohol should be used to this amount?
   (A) Don't use the alcohol in this. See these, in this - the aroma to the tobacco is taken with the throwing off of the action of the bean itself, the vanilla bean, see? and the body in same is held intact by the addition of the perique, because this body absorbs so much of this. This would make a delicate scented, and an excellent odor or aroma that is most effective, and its keeping qualities when put in cellophane would be better than most brands; especially for ladies that desire that which has it original aroma with same.
8. (Q) Is there anything in place of tobacco that could be used?
   (A) Not and satisfy!
9. (Q) Would it be advisable for me to enter the Old Gold cigarette contest?
   (A) This would be very well, save that these as heretofore have too often been prepared before these are given out, as to who they will go to. Not a very TRUE record of what actually happened.
10. (Q) Any other advice or counsel for this body at this time?
    (A) This formula, or this matter of preparation for tobaccos, for cigarettes, is quite worth while. This would require, as would the ointment, some experimentation - but is very easily done. During the three months of the absorption and aging, keep this preferably in wood that is not of an aromatic type - but as of charred oak, or the like, that is well cleansed, and keep at a temperature of at least seventy - but it will be very much worth while. This may be sold outright, or the formula may be and had it be prepared and sold to either those of Lorilland or the larger companies.
11. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. See previous readings.

REPORTS

1. 10/29/32 See 658-13.

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