This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 20th day of January, 1937, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [816], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the body here.
2. As we find, in general physical conditions are very good. There only needs to be kept those precautions - and when there are disturbances of any nature that arise, either from indiscretions in diet or overexposure or activity as to bring about any undue conditions, if the precautions are taken as have been outlined for the body, we should keep for many days, many moons, yea many years, near to normal reactions through this body.
3. Do not become overanxious - for, to be sure, the Mental is the Builder; and overanxiousness may bring about barriers to proper reactions throughout the system; whether as related to the circulatory forces or the assimilations or eliminations of the body.
4. But these influences kept in a body - normal eliminations, near to normal assimilations - without accident - it, the body, reproduces itself in every phase of its experience. The natural balance is an eighty percent alkalin to a twenty percent acid reaction. This means REACTION in the system, and these should be kept.
5. Keep these physically, mentally, with a spiritual basis of CONSTRUCTIVENESS for the mental attitudes. For grudges, animosities, hates, overanxieties are a part of the mental and become conditions reactory in the physical forces.
6. Ready for questions.
7. (Q) Occasionally the membranes in the nose become sensitive, the body starts sneezing, and a cold develops. At such times can anything be done to soothe the membranes and stop the sneezing?
   (A) A weak solution of Atomidine; teaspoonful of Atomidine to an ounce of distilled water, used as a spray, will retard - and build for nominalcy in irritations as produced by cold germ. This may arise as much from anger or anxiety mentally as from cold or congestion, however.
8. (Q) Can anything be done to avoid or remove the obstruction or irritation which sometimes appears in the throat and makes it difficult to speak?
   (A) This has been gone into rather thoroughly in the former suggestions for the body. This has been improved considerably. This is rather as has been first intimated. While it produced physical disturbances, it has in the main part been produced by an obsession from the mental by the conditions in the system. And as has been given, when these things arise, stop a second - and then we will find that this will disappear.
9. (Q) Can sexual vigor be maintained by a healthy individual into old age?
   (A) This to be sure is one of those conditions that depends upon physical activities, diet, and conditions that have to do with not only prenatal influences but the use of rather than the abuse of those activities in relationships to same.
   In this body as we find, if these conditions are cared for - in the matter of diet, in the matter of environ, in the matter of activity in normalcy - it should continue for many years. As much as the body should have use of, at least.
10. (Q) Can sexual power be increased by special physical exercises, by diet, by electrical treatments, or by other means?
    (A) It can, but overstimulation like overactivity of muscular forces produces periods when there is little or no dependence upon the activities of same through given periods of relationships.
    Hence as we find, these NOT considered - but rather the normalcy kept in all of its relationships, bodily, physically, mentally - would produce near to normal for that individual body.
11. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. See 816-7 on 9/15/36.
2. 1/17/37 He submitted questions.

REPORTS

1. 6/22/37 He submitted questions, saying:
   The two upper jaw teeth which are farthest to the right, particularly the second from the right, have been causing trouble for several weeks. An X-ray has been taken but the dentist is unable to definitely diagnose the cause of the trouble. The second tooth was crowned about 1926 and the dentist thinks it is dead, but is has become very sensitive to heat and cold, and at times is sensitive to pressure when chewing. Please explain what if anything can be done to remove the sensitiveness.
2. 6/24/37 See 816-9.

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