This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 25th day of September, 1935, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [813], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the body here; the ENTITY we have had before.
2. Now, as we find, there are very definite conditions that disturb the better physical functioning of the body. And these, as we find, have to do with accumulations that have occurred in the body through an unbalancing of the elements that are necessary for the reaction of the organs as related to the activity of the secretions necessary for activities in the system.
3. Then, these are the conditions as we find them with this body, [813], we are speaking of:
4. First, in the BLOOD SUPPLY we find indicated in its activity, and in the manner in which there are the disturbances in the reflexes of the vital centers of the body, a very great disturbance in the metabolism - or those elements that are necessary to keep the various portions or factors in the circulation in an even balance. Or, as we find, there is a lack of the necessary forces for keeping a full flow of the normal corpuscle activity, owing to the lack of the elements in the body - and the blood supply - for the balance between the iodine and potash. Or there is an excess of potash in the system.
5. Hence we find these disturbances making for a weakness to the whole body; a feeling at times of the pulsation in wrist, in the armpit, in the elbow, under the knees, in the extremities where the superficial circulation is most active with the capillary and emunctory centers (or those that come closer to the surface). At times there is the feeling of tired, lagging; tendency for the feeling not exactly of being sleepy but indolent, or the lack of the vital necessary influences to make for what would be termed the "pep" or the reaction necessary to create even the coordination between mental and physical desires for expression.
6. In the NERVE FORCES of the body, we find that their nerve ENDS are rather lax; that is, the ends of the sympathetics and the coordinating centers in the cerebrospinal system with the reflexes to the vegetative or sympathetic system. Thus at times there is caused a heaviness across the lower portion of the cerebrospinal system, or at the 4th lumbar area. Again there is felt between the shoulder blades, or at the 1st and 2nd dorsal, a heaviness; a fullness at times, as if something might be CREEPING - as it were - just under the skin. Dull headaches and languid activity. There is also an incoordination in the digestion, from this same form of nervous reaction.
7. As to the functioning of the ORGANS themselves, we find:
8. Brain forces, as we have indicated, are very good.
9. The organs of the sensory system make for reactions that are in keeping with the general reflexes from the disturbances through the circulation, in the reactions of the muscular forces. The activities of the sensory system are dulled. At times the vision appears to be blurry; at others there is the appearance of conditions that centralize themselves and do not appear to be as in the first glimpse of same. The same reaction is in the sound, the hearing, or the auditory forces; that is, the BALANCE between same. All of these effects come in the present, as we have indicated, from a poor coordination in the circulation and distribution of nerve forces by or through the lack of elements in the system to create a balance for the body.
10. As to the lungs and the heart's activity: A fullness is felt at times in the lungs themselves. At others, while the heart does not hurt, there is the feeling or the consciousness of the heart's presence and of its activity, and of the conditions under which it is laboring at times.
11. In the digestive system the disturbances are more from the nerve reactions sympathetically; as they are throughout the rest of the system.
12. Throat, bronchi and larynx: Here we find an indication of how the effect of this unbalancing has made and is making for a segregation within itself; that is, engorgements about the INTERNAL activity of the thyroid itself. The lack of the expression of this in its proper balance has been the lack of the proper amount of iodine for the system.
13. Hence we find in the present, in making applications that will enable the body to meet these conditions (provided these are carried in proper proportions, with the proper precautions and conditions considered), these should be able to be disseminated without operative forces.
14. However, if there is the continuance of this fullness in the throat, this dullness throughout the system, this heaviness and those activities in the circulatory forces not altered or changed (even with these applications which we will suggest), then it would become necessary for operative measures.
15. But begin first with this method for the absorbing and eliminating of the condition:
16. Begin with taking internally the Atomidine; one minim in half a glass of water twice each day (before the morning meal and before retiring at night). Each day increase the amount one minim, until ten minims are being taken twice a day.
17. Then leave off for three days. Then begin with the one minim again, gradually increasing until ten minims are being taken again twice each day - each dose in half a glass of water.
18. After the first full round of the Atomidine, and during the three day rest period from same, use each day for the three days the hand Violet Ray. Use the throat applicator that will apply directly to the activities of the glands about the throat, around the neck and down to the upper portion of the breastbone; or following what is ordinarily termed the collarbone around same, see? This would be used for five minutes just before retiring, only on the three days during the rest period from the Atomidine.
19. We would also at the end of the second rest period from taking the Atomidine (that is, after the second three day period of using the Violet Ray as indicated), we would begin with the deep manipulations; not chiropractically, but osteopathically given, to make drainages through the cervical and upper dorsal for the general system. In other words, the stimulations to the centers especially in the brachial area and the upper cervicals, or from the 4th and 5th on to the 1st cervical, are not so much for general relaxation as for general elimination; that is, for stimulating the drainages from the system.
20. Then it becomes necessary that the eliminations through the alimentary canal be increased, either through the activities of the body through the exercises it takes or through the deeper manipulation or stimulations for same.
21. In the latter portion of the manipulations, coordinate the lumbar area WITH the dorsal and cervical areas also.
22. These osteopathic adjustments and treatments would be taken for two week periods at a time, three times each week. Rest a week in between, and then take them again for two more weeks, see?
23. And by the time such a period has elapsed, we should find the body not only feeling better, but there should be the disappearance of this disturbance - and the whole system adjusted then to near normalcy.
24. When the manipulations or the osteopathic treatments are begun, then leave off the Violet Ray treatments (though these are necessary in the middle portion of the first two Atomidine rounds, as indicated). But keep up the Atomidine, in the manner indicated, throughout the period of the osteopathic treatments; just eliminating the Violet Ray treatments after the first two three-day rest periods, you see.
25. Ready for questions.
26. (Q) Exactly what foods should I eat (or in other words, what foods does my particular system require)?
    (A) Those that have iron, iodine, silicon, and the like. Leave off, then, those foods carrying too great a quantity of starch or sweets. This will tend to make the body reduce, to be sure, in its weight somewhat, but this will be much better - as we find - for the whole system.
27. (Q) Is the yoga practice of Kriya causing any ill effects?
    (A) As indicated, this is very well to continue with these treatments; for these exercises have a stimulating effect. However, DO NOT use these during the period the Violet Ray is used, for that week! During the rest of the time it will be well for these to be carried with the other applications in toto.
28. We are through with this reading.

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    (9/25/35 GD's notes: See booklet [which was enclosed] explaining Atomidine, and where obtained. Be sure to take as indicated in reading, and not as directed on bottle.
    See letter [which was enclosed] to osteopath, outlining his treatments.
    A Violet Ray hand machine, with the throat applicator, may be rented or borrowed for the two three-day periods that you are to use it, if you do not already have one. If you do not already know a good osteopath, we can give you the names of several in Washington, D.C., who have cooperated in following out treatments suggested in the readings. I presume you will be in Washington by the time you are to take the osteopathic treatments?
    FOOD ELEMENTS - [Copied by GD from Scientific Weight Control booklet]:
    IRON - Beets, whole wheat, whole barley, lettuce, spinach, lentils, peas, green peas, red cabbage, carrots, asparagus, yellow corn, ripe olives, unpolished rice, onions, blackberries, cherries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, pears, loganberries, gooseberries, peaches, raisins, apples, concord grapes, rare beef, calf's liver, raw egg yolk, walnuts, almonds, beechnuts, rye, currants, cucumbers.
    IODINE - Iodin sea lettuce, cod liver oil, smoked salmon, skin of baked potato, clams, lobster, oysters, shrimp, green turtle, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, pineapple, crawfish, scallops, garlic, peas, pears.
    SILICON - Steel cut oats, spinach, apples, barley, egg yolk, strawberries, peas, figs, goat's milk, beechnuts, grapes, almonds, walnuts, chestnuts, carrots, shredded wheat, unpolished rice, rye, peaches, cherries, whole wheat, asparagus, cabbage, gooseberries, cucumbers, endive.)

BACKGROUND

1. 2/05/35 She obtained a Life reading, 813-1.
2. 9/23/35 [813]'s letter: "I have a thyroid goitre that may be growing inwardly. It is not noticeable to the casual observer, but I have had this growth for at least twenty-five years. Then the gland on the right side of my neck gives indication of something seriously wrong there...
   "My physical difficulty at present is that the least effort exhausts me and I can only do the most necessary things. I want to rest all the time. Even the thought of effort tires me! I can't study either and concentration quickly exhausts me. It seems to be a nervous exhaustion and it is quite terrible.
   [Questions submitted]: "1. What is causing this physical and mental exhaustion, the lack of energy? 2. If the thyroid condition is responsible, is there any alternative from an operation? 3. Exactly what foods should I eat? (Or in other words, what foods does my particular system require?) 4. If the yoga practice of Kriya (pronounced creeya) causing any ill effects? May I continue the exercise or should I stop it for awhile?
   "This yoga exercise has been called 'the most wonderful thing in the world' as it increases evolution. It is given by a Master to a student only from 'mouth to ear' as the Hindus say, when the student is ready for it. I want to continue the practice twice each day if I can without injury to my health as it is so important. A current of energy is drawn through the chakras or centers of the spine, from the base of the spine to the medulla.
   "Thank you very much for anything you may do in my behalf. I shall await your diagnosis with much interest as this disability completely baffles me. I have been ill nearly all summer. Of course, the heat of Washington had something to do with it..."

REPORTS

1. 10/07/35 [813]'s letter to EC:
   "...The diagnosis of my disability is all that I could hope for, and I am especially pleased with the prescription. Needless to say, I shall follow directions faithfully, and I will report to you relative to the results obtained from the medicine, Violet Ray and osteopathic treatments.
   "As I expect to return to Washington within a week or ten days, I shall not begin the osteopathic treatments until I arrive there. Will you kindly ask Miss Davis to send me the name of an osteopath or two in Washington who is familiar with your work, or who has cooperated on other cases? I should prefer to receive treatment from an osteopath who understands. Ask her if she will direct the letter to me here at ..."
2. 10/09/35 She requested Physical Reading for her brother, Mr. [1047].
3. 2/06/36 [813]'s letter: "...Dr. Lulu Irene Waters of Washington, the D.O. who has done such satisfactory work for several members of the A.R.E., is much interested in your work and desires to become a member..."
4. 5/26/36 [813]'s letter to EC:
   "...I hope the members of the Association have fully reimbursed you for the indebtedness incurred in Detroit. I was concerned when I learned of your difficulties there, but I am convinced that out of that trouble, some blessing will come. Ultimately, all that happens is for the best. It is His will that is working through us.
   "I am reminded of the experience of that great saint, Swami Yogananda when he was in Miami nearly ten years ago. As everyone knows, the mental vibrations pervading in Florida are pretty gross. Greed and the pursuit of pleasure take first rank in the hearts of the majority of the population.
   "The Swami gave a series of lectures and lessons in Miami to a crowded house each night. He was about to begin his advanced lesson series when the husband of one of his students started trouble with a vengeance. He went to police headquarters and accused the Swami of really terrible things. (This man was afterward convicted of murder!) Through his machinations and activities he started a riot and a mob stormed the auditorium where the lectures were being held. Yogananda was compelled to remain in seclusion for a while and then he quietly left the state without completing his course of lessons. The mayor and the police knew that he was innocent of any wrong doing, but they thought it was best not to incite the mob by trying to continue the lectures. "To add to the Swami's troubles, Hearst took this occasion to start persecuting him in the Hearst newspapers. His editorial writer, Arthur Brisbane, rather outdid himself. His articles were venomous. That there was not truth in them didn't matter to Brisbane or Hearst. They carried the persecution to the headquarters of the Swami's organization in Los Angeles. Newspaper men invaded the building and made themselves obnoxious in many ways. Day after day, scurrilous articles appeared in the Los Angeles newspapers owned by Hearst. It was a most trying time for the students as well as the Swami.
   "I know you must have thought me dilatory not to have reported the result of the treatments prescribed in the Physical reading you gave me last fall, but I had a reason for not writing to you sooner about the matter. Here it is.
   "As soon as I returned to Washington in late October, I began the treatments and followed instructions to the letter, very carefully. At that time I was feeling quite ill and weak, I could hardly get about and the least exertion laid me low.
   "Every time I went to the osteopath's office for a treatment, she would tell me of some additional ailments, such as high blood pressure, iron deficiency, etc. This didn't make me feel any better!
   "Toward the last of November, when the treatment prescribed was nearly completed, she told me I ought to get close to the earth and that I needed lots of sunshine. As I had to walk on sidewalks, the little walking I did, and as I was bundled in winter clothes which prevented the pale fall sun from being of much benefit, I didn't know how I could follow her advice. I decided to go to Florida for the month of December and get some sun baths on the beach. I thought this would supplement the treatments and should give me a kind of boost, as the youngsters say.
   "I went to Florida, took the remaining treatments from a West Palm Beach osteopath, and had been in the water once or twice when calamity overtook me. I had been in Florida about ten days or less when I awakened one morning to find myself very ill with influenza. This particular attack left me so weak for a while that I could hardly talk. I was flat in bed for nearly three weeks and I returned to Washington on the third of January, as soon as I could travel.
   "The treatments didn't seem to help me at all, so far as I could determine. I took the entire bottle of Atomidine. When I went back to work I was weak, wobbly, and somewhat discouraged, for a couple of weeks, I dragged about, doing as little as possible. Then one day I remembered that a sage had once said that the consciousness of perfection is the basis of all cures. I began to think of the Infinite Perfection and the effect was startling. Within a week I began to recover my energy and felt a great deal better. From then on I have improved steadily. I feel really fine now, but I am not cured by any means. However, I have that peppy feeling I used to have and the old 'dullness' is gone.
   "My Preceptor [Swami Yogananda ?] gave me an exercise to follow that if used with will and determination would probably cure me. However, I haven't practiced it as I should, only practicing once a day when I should exercise three or four times. This regulates the energy in the spine, and is used with the sacred word AUM. It is probably this that has helped me so much. It may be that the treatments benefitted me some, but that the effect didn't appear for a month or so after I discontinued them.
   "No promise was given to me in the reading that the treatment WOULD help as the statement was made that: 'However, if there is the continuance of this fullness in the throat, this dullness throughout the system, this heaviness and those activities in the circulatory forces not altered or changed, even with these applications which we will suggest, then it would be necessary for operative measures.'
   "But the reading also stated that 'By the time such a period has elapsed we should find the body not only feeling better, but there should be the disappearance of this disturbance...and the whole system adjusted then to near normalcy.'
   "This didn't happen. Also the reading said that: 'Hence we find in the present, in making applications that will enable the body to meet these conditions provided these are carried in proper proportions, with the proper precautions and conditions considered, these should be able to be disseminated without operative forces.'
   "I didn't know what to do, whether I should take the same treatments over again, whether I should ask for another reading to determine the course to pursue, or what. I don't want to have an operation if I can avoid it. There are many evil after effects which I would escape if I could. So I waited awhile to see if I would improve before I wrote you on the subject. I have tried to be as exact in the description as I can.
   "I think I will continue with the Aum chant in the spine for a while and see what the result may be. After all, it is the Life Energy that is the real source of healing; medicine is only an aid.
   "The gland in the throat is still enlarged and the proper adjustments have not been made in the bloodstream. But I feel really good; much better than I have for quite a long time. [See report here added to 813-1 Reports on Life Reading.]
   "My everlasting gratitude for the readings you gave me. The Physical reading gave me a clear understanding of what ails me. No physician could have given me this knowledge. It may be that He is giving me a lesson in Wisdom healing, and that I should turn more within. Always there is a lesson in our adversities, I have found, and I try to understand them. It seems to me now that if I can overcome my disabilities through the power within, it may be of benefit to others. So I shall try..."
5. 10/25/40 She requested emergency Physical Reading for brother, Mr. [2387].
6. 2/10/43 She referred Miss [2898] for Physical Reading.
7. 7/27/43 See letter under 813-1 Reports indicating she is enjoying physical exercise at home in the mountain air: "I feel 80% better than I did last winter."
8. 6/47 Her friend, Miss [2898], told us that Miss [813] died in 1945, about six months after Mr. Cayce did.
9. 10/18/52 Comment by D. H. Fogel, M.D. (heart specialist) after studying 813-2: "Goitre, non-toxic."

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