This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at 1867 Kalorama Road, Washington, D.C., this 14th day of February, 1935, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [811], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [811] and mother. Born December 26, 1895, in Bloomington, Illinois.

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1. EC: (In going back over the years - "'26 - '26 - '25 - Lot of changes here! - '24 - '23 - What a turmoil! - '22 - '21" - etc.)
2. 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, [811].
3. In entering the present experience from the astrological aspects, which are as innate urges - and those from sojourns in the earth which are as the emotional influences in the entity's experience, we find these making for those innate and manifested experiences in an applied life experience. Yet the manner in which an entity uses the experience through the application of will makes for the outcome or the development or retardment for an entity through such an experience.
4. Then, we find Jupiter making for these innate urges - as it is the greater ruling influence:
5. One that is ever in those associations or positions or connections where great amount of responsibilities may be upon the activities of the entity, yet making through these very influences confusions often in the experience as to how or in what manner or in what way may the greater benefits be derived from the experience, not only for self but for others. This same urge gives the entity a vast scope of experience, as it were, that is often by others misinterpreted; thus causing for the entity some confusions at times. As we find, especially in the last two years there have been confusions in relations to individuals about the entity; those not only upon whom there are responsibilities as in reference to the entity, but those for whom the entity feels the responsibility, as it were, respecting the associations or activities. With those benevolent influences of Jupiter, through those periods especially in the early portion of the coming year - or this year, and especially beginning in April and May, we will find these things making for rather the coming together or focusing of purposes and points and directions, and conditions clarifying themselves in many different ways. As to what the entity does respecting opportunities during those experiences will make for the general result that may be expected in these directions as those periods in the next three and a half to four years make changes in the lives of the self and of others.
6. We find also from the Jupiterian experience that indicative turn of mind. One capable of visioning those things that have to do with material associations, those things that have to do with economic questions, those things that would have to do with the political or the social or the religious life. If the entity will apply self in these directions great help or good may come. This also makes for the ABILITY of the entity in those directions for being able to WRITE, or to make for the preserving of data that may be used as the basis for self OR others in presenting to many, to individuals and to groups, to masses of individuals, that which will be and would be helpful if used or applied in those directions. Naturally diplomatic, yet confused at times as to the manner in which this should be used or should not be used; making for high purposes, hence never seeing that except good in others. And at times in the experience this has been taken advantage of, yet holding to an ideal - as the entity may build the more in self - these experiences will become as stepping-stones for that which may bring the greater peace and harmony and joy and happiness in the experience of self and of others.
7. The adverse influence of the entity in Venus has made for those periods in the experience of the entity when there was the necessity of making decisions as to its friendships, as to its relations with individuals in the friendship or marital or in the filial activities of the entity. These, with the higher purposes as indicated from Jupiter, have made for experiences that have not always been pleasant. Yet, if the entity will use these, with the setting of self in its mental, in its spiritual life, there will come that gradual growth in the relationships in such activities that will make for greater joy, greater harmony, greater understanding in all such relationships. And indeed may all count themselves as favored whom the entity counts among its REAL friends. While friendships have been altered and changed, that trusting effort on the part of self has through those adverse forces brought discordant conditions in the experience.
8. We find the Mercurian influences making for very peculiar, or very DEFINITE peculiar conditions in the mental abilities of the entity, where the manners in which the entity may apply self in these directions make for that which becomes a portion of the mental and physical experience of the entity. Hence that which the entity may read, that which the entity may study, that upon which the entity may ponder, oft CAN become - and does ALWAYS INFLUENCE the material activities in its associations with individuals or groups, or as to conditions in - which the activities or environs may come.
9. As to the appearances in the earth and their influence, these have been many; yet those that make for the influence in the present sojourn and in the experiences that are to come in this sojourn in the earth may be the more helpful in making for that which will bring not merely the material joys, not merely a physical-mental satisfaction, but if these are set in their proper sphere of judgment, if the evaluations of these urges are made for the use of helpfulness, these may become that which will make the life experience in the present the more worth while, the more optimistic, the more joyous, the more harmonious in all of its relations. Remember ever as the basis of that which thou may choose as thine ideal, it must be of a spiritual import. For unless those activities that find themselves manifested in materiality, or even matter, are of a spiritual import that is constructive in its essence, the END is confusion. For the mind of a body is both material and spiritual, and it IS the builder. If the patterns or outlines are founded in truth and spirituality, the hardships, fears, doubts and confusions will be taken away, even as the mist before the noonday sun.
10. Then, in the appearance before this we find the entity was in that land of present nativity, yet in that portion nigh unto the present dwelling or sojourning. It was during the reconstruction efforts after there had been the establishing of the freedoms in this particular land.
11. The entity then was among those of the household of the Jeffersons, that made for such changes in the affairs of the peoples of the land. Then, as Adelaide Jefferson, brought much that made for the freedom of speech, the freedom of activity; yet confused by many as being radical and making for those experiences in the entity that made for confusion and hardships, and the tendencies for the feelings to be hurt and the tendency to become touchy, as it were, as not only to the person but as to the thoughts and the activities of the entity in its relationships with others, in its relationships with groups and masses of individuals.
12. In the present we find those abilities to grasp much that others of the opposite sex would feel not wholly understood by this entity, yet as a business executive, as a writer of books upon the directing of the young, of the old, in not only their social but in their political and economic relations with individual factors, using or directing the affairs of classes, groups and masses, the entity may find those expressions that would bring for the entity an outlet; not only from the innate urges but would lend for those abilities in directions in which the entity may be of a great service and a greater development for self. These, as we find, are manifested in the experience of the entity in the present, making for those peculiar tendencies in relationships to the home. For, as there were the turmoils through that experience, so have they been seen and felt in the present experience. Only in spiritual import may self adjust self in the present in these directions.
13. Before that we find the entity was during those periods when the Master walked in the land, in the Palestine land when there were the questionings much among the peoples as to the Grecians that were acceptable in the fellowship of those that had accepted, did accept the activities in and during that experience.
14. The entity then was among the peoples of the Grecian land that lived in or had journeyed to that land in and about that known as Bethany, where there were many of the activities of that man of God, that lover of men, that Savior of a sin-sick world. Then in the name Cleopiasis, the entity gave much in not only precept but in example, and gained much in the early portion and in the activities in that land. When the persecutions began, when divisions arose, confusions were the experience of the entity, yet in its intent and purpose, in its heart, there were little or no changes; yet it brought the experiences when the outward life spoke but little of the real inner self.
15. So, in the present experience of the entity there is the tendency to be loath to give its full expressions of that which is the innate or motivative influence in its experience, with that fear of being misunderstood - or of the word spoken being misconstrued, especially upon that which is the nearest and the dearest to the mental and soul mind of the entity. Not creating that which would be an inference as of being two-faced, or of being in that position of one that would purposely mislead another; for truth and honor is the basis of those influences; and if these are magnified, if these are given the right of expression through the activities in the writing, in the edification, in the counsel with and for others, there may be given and brought into the experience of the entity that which will gradually build and make for the greater harmonious experience, so that in all its relationships there may come greater joy in a life of service that will be far-reaching in its effect upon those experiences and those things in the affairs of men and women everywhere so sorely needed in the present.
16. Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Egyptian, during those experiences when turmoils and strifes arose through the banishment of the Priest and those attempts - as would be termed in the present - for the establishing of those activities of the material-minded forces and individuals.
17. The entity was halted much between those two ways, as to whether in those activities of the King or the Priest would there be enjoined the activities for itself and for others. This remained or continued, for the entity banished itself - as it were, in a manner - by the sojourns into those lands of the older activities in that particular environ. But with the reestablishment of the Priest and the beginning of the application of those things that are as tenets, and to many only words of beauty, the entity - with many during the experience - made such application as to bring harmony, joy and peace to many.
18. Then the activities of the entity were in the writing and classification of the physical and spiritual relationships that were established by the enormous numbers of foreign and alien activities that were from and of other lands. Hence there is brought an experience of the entity in the present as to those surroundings and environs dealing with the experiences of others that have arisen to their periods of expression and activity under quite a different environ from that in which they were forced through circumstance to be acting in the present.
19. In the name then Adle-Pt-Shebed, the entity gained throughout, and was among the first of the natives to comprehend the necessity of meditations and prayer for the awakening and the developing of that spiritual import in the experience of those that were laymen or leaders or activative influences in that sojourn.
20. Then, as to the abilities of the entity in the present and that to which it may attain, and how:
21. First know thyself and that which is the motivative force of thy mental and material activities with those about thee. Then turning within, through those influences of the Christ Consciousness, know that thou doest with thy might will have its blessings in those things that will come to bear upon thy life and those that ye serve.
22. In the mental and the material things, so use thy abilities in the self-expression of that which has been innately and manifestedly built in thy experiences in the earth, as to cause the fruits of thy efforts and abilities to become the helpmeets, the helpfulnesses to, and the incentives and motives of others in THEIR activities in their relationships of life. This will bring harmonious experiences, this will bring those material necessities in the material world that to so many become a burden and a stumblingstone. But these, if thy experience is founded in the spiritual import, will make this latter sojourn in the earth one of happiness, for the light that burns within thine inner self has been set as by Him who gave in thine inner presence and in thine sojourn in the Bethany land, "I am the resurrection and the life; he that taketh hold upon me shall NOT die." Let this, then, be as thy motto:
23. He IS the Life! He IS the resurrection! And in Him is life, light and joy that maketh all else as but naught.
24. Ready for questions.
25. (Q) What specific action can I take as his mother to best insure my son's [830]'s future happiness?
    (A) As the mother learns, and as the entity learns by those innate activities and the abilities in self, each soul must find its OWN impulse, its OWN ideal. As thou hast seen, as thou hast experienced, as thou may apply in this present experience, when that ideal is set in Him one may experience that as He gave, "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, and ALL THESE THINGS shall be added unto thee."
    Then, specifically, make in his material realms those insurances for the opportunities that the mental life may be strengthened and broadened by its contacts with the material things that make a necessity for the preparations of activities in a material world, but know that all of these must be founded upon the spiritual side that the life, the experience of thy son, of any individual, may not weigh heavy upon the body, the mind, the whole purpose of experience.
    In the material, then, make for those assurities, and in the mental and spiritual that the surroundings in this preparation are founded in truth and in light.
26. (Q) What was the former relationship between myself and my present husband? [816]
    (A) In the Palestine and Grecian land, when the entity - as Cleopiasis - acted in the land, the relationships were the same as exist in the present. For both were Grecians, beautiful of body, high of mind; and represented the Grecian activity in the Palestine land. They were in those of crosses oft in the land, owing to the turmoils in both the political and the religious activities, yet they learned much; and again they are together, that their lives may be more and more founded in that which was heard by the entity in the experience, "I am the resurrection; I am the life." Then, in thy relationships, let thy yeas be yea, thy nays be nay in the present; but ye become a tonic one for another, if thy prayers are oft together, if thy purposes are as one.
27. (Q) Will our love for each other endure through the years to come, so that we will live in harmony, or not?
    (A) If these are made more and more in accord with those of the spiritual imports, more and more harmony will be the outgrowth from this association. That each must bear and forbear one with another is true, for as ye were aliens or strangers in a strange land, under those of UNUSUAL experiences, so do ye find in the present associations thine minds and thine temperaments often as at war one with another, yet tempering these with patience, with mercy, with longsuffering one with another, ye may aid each one in the other's development.
28. (Q) Would my present husband and myself each be happier living together or separated?
    (A) Living together. For that which has enjoined each in the associations in this material experience is founded, as indicated, in truth and light and love.
29. (Q) Should I quit office work and keep house now, or wait until later?
    (A) Until later. Let that which is being purposed, which is being builded through the experience, that a sacrifice is being made in the present that those of thine own obligations may be met and thine own loved ones have the greater opportunity, not become as a burden or as a wonderment as to whether there is growing estrangements. For remember, LOVE begets love! But when there begins the seeking for the data here and there, that thou hast experienced and may draw upon in thine inner self for the compilations of articles, books, manuscripts, or the like, then begin at home.
30. (Q) How much longer should I continue my office work?
    (A) Through at least another year.
31. (Q) In order to have an income in my old age, would it be preferable to purchase an annuity, or to rely on savings and investments?
    (A) We would purchase an annuity.
32. (Q) What was the former relationship between myself and Mrs. Miriam Ballinger Berryhill?
    (A) In those periods when there were the establishings of the greater relationships in the political affiliations and activities, in and about the present sojourn, these were at times as crosses one to another, for they disagreed. And then in other periods their efforts were made one.
33. (Q) Is it better to combine my salary with that of my husband, or shall I keep it separate?
    (A) Keep it separate, but dependent and advisable one upon the other. For the abilities of self in the commercial world are above the ordinary, yet do not let this GROW to become as a stumblingblock in self or in thy relationships one with another.
34. (Q) Is it best that my husband's decisions on important matters affecting our welfare be unquestioned by me, or not?
    (A) Should always be fifty-fifty. For, as has been and is the natural turn of the companion in the present to be dictatorial, from many experiences of the entity in its activities in the earth, this becomes burdensome at times; but these should be rather as counsels one with another.
35. (Q) Would it be best for the happiness of the four people concerned, my husband, mother, son and myself, to live together in one home or separated as we are now?
    (A) TOGETHER, as we find, if they bear and forbear one with another. [See 811-2, Par. R1.]
36. (Q) Will my Aunt Ida become well soon?
    (A) We haven't Aunt Ida.
37. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    [GD's memo: See Par. 35-A, 36-A above, left out of original copy.]

BACKGROUND

1. She and Husband previously obtained physical readings.

REPORTS

1. 2/17/35 She was present for her husband's Life Rdg., 816-3, and for her son's Life Rdg., 830-1. Her son, [830], was by a former marriage; he lived with Mrs. [811]'s mother who had brought him up while Mrs. [811] worked. See 816-3, Par. 34-A also advising that for proper balancing it would be best for all to live together. [See also 811-2, Par. 36-A.]
2. 3/13/35 See husband's Ck. Life 816-4 indicating details about their relationship in the Palestine-Grecian period bearing on their present life.
3. She subsequently obtained several Ck. Physical rdgs. requested by her husband.
4. 3/31/36 See friend Mrs. [808]'s memo in re [811]'s mother's death, under 816-3 Reports.
5. 4/07/36 Ltr. from GD to Mrs. [811]:
   My dear, dear [811]:-
   I just now read a letter from Mrs. [808] to Mr. Cayce, in which she mentioned your mother's passing. The news affected me so much because I remember meeting your mother and how sweet she was. Also I know how very close you were to her. There's so little we can say, but I just want you to know that my heart goes out to you at this time. It is especially sad coming just before Easter, when we all are supposed to be happy and glad. But I like to think (and I truly believe, from the teachings of this Work) that the passing over of our loved ones is simply a birth into another plane, and they are received with rejoicing there just as we receive a new birth here. Still, we can't help but miss the physical contact, the close bodily association.
   No doubt it has gone hard with [830], too, since he has been right with her all these years.
   We are hoping that you are feeling much better physically, and able to stand up under the great strain which this has been to you.
   The enclosed copy [5749-6] of the Easter reading our Norfolk group had is being sent with the hope that it may bring a comforting touch just at this time. Since you, too, were in that period when He walked in the earth, and rose from the dead, there should ring within you that truth, "There is no death, for those who love the Lord."
   We are leaving tomorrow for New York, and may in two weeks come back through Washington. If so, I certainly hope to see you and talk with you again. I don't know of anyone I've felt closer to on such short (physical) acquaintance. With love, and hoping you will write me sometime, I am
   Your friend, [signed] Gladys Davis
   P.S. Our address in N.Y. will be % David E. Kahn, 44 West 77th St.
6. 1/02/37 See son's rdg. 830-2 advising Mrs. [811] to let him live his own life.
7. 1/20/37 See 830-4 advising [811] not to keep nagging [830].
8. 10/27/59 Mr. [826]'s letter [to GD]: "Brother [816] is fine, and so is [811]. He is retired. She tried it also, but she didn't like it at home. She doesn't like housework and cooking, she doesn't care much for bridge or card games, the television in their apartment is not very satisfactory because the apartment house does not allow aerials, and I don't think she had enough people to talk to. As you will recall, she is a genial person who enjoys conversation. So she went back to work, spends about ten or eleven hours coming, going, and at the office, and apparently likes it fine."
9. 3/65 GD's note: Mr. [826] told me that both [811] and [816] are quite feeble these days, but that [811] is worse off than [816]. He, [816], still does all the housework and waits on [811] hand and foot.
10. 5/65 GD's note: The Virginia Historical Index, edited by E. G. Swem, lists over 150 different first names of Jeffersons of colonial America, but this list does not include an "Adelaide" Jefferson.
11. 3/77 GD's note: The brother-in-law [826] of Mrs. [811] recently died and we were trying to locate his brother [816] and Mrs. [811] through a mutual friend Mrs. [3627] who said she thought Mrs. [811] was still living in Calif. though Mr. [816] had died a few years ago.
12. 5/20-21/81 Memos. bet. Robert Witt, A.R.E. Mgr. of Youth Activities, and GDT.
    A.R.E. (Seal) ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND ENLIGHTENMENT INCORPORATED - NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
    P.O. Box 595 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
    Telephone: (804) 428-3588 Atlantic Avenue at 67th Street
    Dear Gladys, I had a phone call this morning from mother who told me all about her daughter's ability to give readings. In a recent reading she said that she had once received (in a past life) a reading from Edgar Cayce, [811], and that the reading could be found in the top row on the shelf* in the library. I plan to check that today. I don't believe the girl has ever been here, but I am not sure.
    Related to the reading the mother said that her daughter identified herself as "Susan"** in the life she had the reading [811]. I am wondering whether you can check to see if this checks out, without violating any of the rules you had about confidentiality.
    The girl went on to say that the reading she received had bee a a health reading, but that she didn't follow it.*** She also mentioned that she may have worked for Edgar Cayce for a short time, doing filing and clerical work.****
    You probably handle this sort of thing all the time, but it is a bit unusual for me, and so I thought I would share it with you, and ask for your help.
    Thanks, Robert Witt
13. 5/21/81 GDT to Robert Witt [following statements respond to Par. R12 above]:
    1. * Not the top row. 2. ** Names was not Susan. 3. *** Mrs. [811] had many health rdgs. and DID follow them. She did NOT work for Edgar Cayce at any time. 4. **** I knew Mrs. [811]; she never knew that her Case number was [811], since it was always only a file number, code number, in our vault, which we did not use on the rdgs. until we made them available anonymously in the 11 yr. process bet. 1/60 and 9/72. We lost track of her when she moved to Calif. in 1966, but in '77 a mutual friend thought she was still living tho. her husband had died.

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