Edgar Cayce Readings, 826-6

Time: 11:05 to 11:45 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. Washington, D.C.

TEXT

GC: You will have before you the enquiring mind of [826], present in this room, and his desire to comply with the advice given him through these sources; that is, to "cleanse the minds of the moral and social relationships in sex." Will you explain in detail the sex practices and sex thoughts of the people which are destructive, pointing out those which should be abolished, and others which should be substituted therefor. Explain particularly with relation to adults over 20 years old, because by education and example they teach the young. Point out those harmful factors about the moral and social relationships in sex and the remedies for them which should be dealt with in the book "A Timely Warning" which is present in this room. You will answer the questions he will submit, as I ask them:
EC: Yes, we have the enquiring mind of [826], also those desires of presenting the conditions as timely warnings for the young in this age and this experience.
As we find, in presenting what may be helpful in the educational way and manner, as we have indicated, the condition that exists in the present as related to the relationships in sex - or the greater cause for the lack of judgement, the lack of proper consideration, the lack of those things necessary to prevent the laxness and the practice of those conditions and experiences as related to same - is from the lack of education in the young BEFORE their teen-age years!
For few there be who have the proper understanding, as we have indicated, of what the biological urge produces in the body!
Now whether such an education is to be undertaken in the home or in the school is the greater problem.
To be sure, there are conditions existent in relationship to many of the denominational activities religiously that prohibit, bar or prevent sufficient consideration of these problems in the public schools or even in the private schools.
And little has there been of the proper education of the mother, the father of those who need such instruction.
But these are the places to begin. And the warnings as would be presented are NOT as to the practices of this or the manner of that, or the association of this or that in the adult life. But there should be those precautions, understandings, relationships as to how and in what manner there becomes the biological urge; which through the proper training may become a PATHOLOGICAL condition in the body of the individual. For it is as from the beginning of puberty the essence of the Creative Forces or Energies within the body of the individual.
And if such forces are turned to those channels for the aggrandizement of selfish motives, or for the satisfying of that within the urge for the gratification of EMOTIONS, they become destructive; not only in the manner of the offspring our also in the very PHYSICAL BODY of the offspring, as well as in the energies of the bodies so producing same.
These are the approaches that SHOULD be given as timely warnings to the mother, the father; and as for the YOUNG these should be rather as the suggestions for the instructors the warnings to the parents as to the conversation of the nurse, the maid, or as to the exercisings of the children in their formative years - in WHATEVER relationships there may be.
And then, as these grow and become a portion of the politic body for public education, there should be the greater stress laid upon the educations in these directions; and not wait until they have reached or arrived at that position where they begin to study physiology, anatomy or hygiene. But even in the FORMATIVE years there should be the training in these directions, as a portion of the material things. Even as the child studies its letters, let a portion of the instructions be in the care of the body, and more and more the stress upon the care in relation to the sex of the body and in the preservation of that as to its relationships to its Creator.
For it is through such factors, through such bodies of activity, that there may become a manifestation of the spiritual forces such as to bring INTO BEING those of one's own flesh and blood.
THESE are the approaches. These are the conditions.
Do not begin halfway. Do not begin after there has been already begun the practice of the conditions that make for destructive forces, or for the issue of the body to become as a burning within the very elements of the body itself - and to find expression in the gratifying of the emotions of the body!
For, to be sure, relationships in the sex are the exercising of the highest emotions in which a physical body may indulge. And ONLY in man is there found that such are used as that of DESTRUCTION to the body-offspring!
This, then, is the approach; this is the manner.
Ready for questions.
(Q) Is monogamy the best form of home relationship?
(A) Let the teachings be rather toward the spiritual intent. Whether it's monogamy, polygamy, or what not, let it be the answering of the spiritual WITHIN the individual!
But monogamy is the best, of course, as indicated from the Scripture itself - ONE - ONE! For the union of one should ever be ONE.
(Q) Is marriage as we have it necessary and advisable?
(A) It is!
(Q) Should divorces be encouraged by making them easier to obtain?
(A) This depends upon first the education of the body. Once united, once understood that the relationships are to be as one, less and less is there the necessity of such conditions. Man may learn a great deal from a study of the goose in this direction. Once it has mated, never is there a mating with any other - either the male or female, no matter how soon the destruction of the mate may occur - unless forced by man's intervention.
This does not indicate that this is the END, and should ONLY remain as such. For, as we have indicated, THIS is indicated by the name and the MEANING of the name itself. For this is the EXTREME. Just as indicated in all of the animals - the fowl or those that have become the closer related to man, and man's intervention in their surroundings and their activities and their adaptabilities; in their NATURAL state these are in the forms as their NAMES indicate. And from these man may learn many lessons; which WAS attempted in the beginning. And yet, as we have indicated, in same he lost self in that he found that he could satisfy those emotions or GRATIFY what might be builded as emotions from experience to experience. Thus there were gradually brought on the various polygamous relationships that have existed throughout the ages in many periods. And, as indicated in the lives of groups and nations, these become the stumblingblocks that are ever kept within the background - but that have made for the destructive influence that arose within the activities of such groups and nations, in such relationships.
Hence to begin, begin with the MIND. For, as we have said, to build the perfect relationship in any direction that there may be brought a union is to begin before the parents of such are born! in THEIR own minds!
Hence to begin with the teen-age, or at twenty, or at fifty, or with an older individual, is only to have the tail end of something! and does not tend to be constructive AT ALL! Only does it become a FORM.
But begin with those when they are CHOOSING their mate, see?
(Q) Should nudism be encouraged?
(A) That should be a matter of principle within the INDIVIDUALS as there is the training as to what is the purpose of those parts covered. Nudism or clothing or what not, as we have OFT indicated, should be RATHER the matter of the environ - and not a matter of moral principle in ANY sense!
(Q) Is the broadcasting of birth control information advantageous in improving the race?
(A) It is like shooting feathers at an eagle! It's a move in the right direction, but that's about as much as might be said. This should be rather the TRAINING of those that are in the positions of BEING the mothers and fathers of the nation, of the peoples!
What are the factors in the lives of those that broadcast such? Look into those and ye may easily find the answer to your question. Not all, but MOST are prompted by something that is lacking in their OWN make-up.
Who giveth the increase? Man may plant, man may sow. Man understanding, then, the varied activities of a given condition - through the education in the character of the soil, in the elements going to make up the body of that sought to be produced - PREPARES for same. But who giveth the increase? WHO maketh for that which bringeth the returns? Man in his preparation, or the source from which it arises?
So with the education, so with that which does the prompting, let it be from not that which is LACKING in an urge, but rather from WHAT is to be done by the individual WITH the urge! See? and leave the results with the Giver of Life! For LIFE is of, and is, the Creative Force; it is that ye worship as God.
Those then that besmirch same by overindulgence besmirch that which is best within themselves. And that should be the key to birth control or sex relations, or every phase of the relationships between the sons and the daughters of men - that would become the sons and daughters of God.
(Q) You suggested that I should publish this book myself and also to have it published by a firm such as MacMillan or Simon & Schuster. If I publish it myself, MacMillan or Simon & Schuster will not print and mail it, and if one of these firms publish it, I cannot do so myself. Which course should I follow? [He published the book himself later that year - 1935 - A TIMELY WARNING, by Ernest Austen. See copy in A.R.E. Library.]
(A) Present it, as indicated, to a publisher for consideration, see? If it is accepted, then there is no need to attempt publishing it yourself. If it is not accepted, then make arrangements with the publishers to publish it yourself for distribution in various ways and manners that may be made. There are three forms of printing such. It may either be accepted altogether on its merits, or obtain a presubscription for such a publication by the activities of self - in which the publisher publishes same, and then the own advertising from that accompanying the list of those who have pre-subscribed; or the individual (self) assumes the whole responsibility. Use some consideration or judgement or ability in these directions! You have it!
(Q) The selling price of this series of books under one volume should be $1 or $1.25 Is that right?
(A) One twenty-five ($1.25).
(Q) Should I explain in this book the powers of Mr. Edgar Cayce with reference to the cure of disease, and his powers relating to psychic and life readings?
(A) It may be made a chapter, but should be presented NOT as Edgar Cayce but as a possibility; or rather through mentioning an association or connection made by self and stated as a fact. But, as we find, this would be better presented as a separate and distinct presentation, rather than a portion of such a BROAD field as covered in this series.
(Q) Is continence in marriage advisable except when mating to produce offspring?
(A) This should be, and is, as we have indicated in the matter of education, the OUTCOME of the UNIVERSAL sources of supply of the individuals. For some, yes; in other cases it would be VERY bad on the part of each, while in others it would be bad on one or the other, see? There should be, then, rather the educating as to the PURPOSES, and HOW - HOW that the force, the vitality, that goes for the gratifying of emotions may be centralized in creating - in the lives of others about the body in all its various phases - spiritual blessings.
(Q) Should men or women who do not have the opportunity to marry have sex relationships outside of marriage?
(A) This again is a matter of principle within the individual. The sex organs, the sex demands of every individual, must be gratified in SOME manner as a portion of the biological urge within the individual. These BEGIN in the present with curiosity. For it is as natural for there to be sexual relations between man and woman, when drawn together in their regular relations or activities, as it is for the flowers to bloom in the spring, or for the snows to come in the winter, when the atmospheric conditions are conducive or inducive to such conditions.
When a man or woman has chosen (for it must be choice, and is only by choice that one remains out of relationships with the opposite sex in marriage) - if it has chosen to not be in such relationships, then be true to the choice; or else it is to self a sin! For that which one would pretend to be and isn't is indeed sin!
(Q) Should they raise children outside of marriage?
(A) It answers itself.
(Q) Would it be better for a woman, who desires to marry, to be one of two or more wives to a man in a home rather than to remain unmarried?
(A) This is again a matter of PRINCIPLE; or the urge within such conditions must be conformative to that set as the ideal.
In the education of individuals as regarding sex relationships, as in every other educational activity, there must be a standard or a rule to go by or an ideal state that has its inception not in the emotions of a physical body but from the spiritual ideal which has been set, which was set and given to man in his relation to the Creative Forces.
Then to ask or to seek or to advise or to give suggestions even, that it may be done outside of that, isn't being true to that as is presented.
We are through for the present.
Copy to Self
Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

See 826-5 on 7/06/35.

REPORTS

7/29/35 Ltr. from [826] to EC: I want you folks to know how much I enjoyed my visit with you during the early part of July. You treated me so much like one of the folks that you make me want to come back again. Not for several years when I visited the folks with whom I used to live at home have I enjoyed a visit so much.
I think the material we got from the readings with regard to sex will prove very constructive in the book. I have now finished the chapter with relation to that part taken from the readings, and in fact have finished the entire book except for a paragraph here and there, and it is now being looked over by a friend of mine who is an english teacher. I hope to get it to the publishers as quickly as possible.
MacMillan Co. and Simon & Schuster inform me that they do not publish books covering so wide a scope as that one. I have not yet heard from Doubleday Doran Co. to whom I wrote. In fact, I am rather hoping that they will think likewise, because I have certain plans with regard to publishing it myself which I think would bring about a much wider distribution eventually than if it were published by some book company.
9/24/35 Ltr. from [826] to EC:
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Mr. Cayce:
Well, I presume that it is about time for you to bring in your fishing chair for the summer, pick the remaining watermelons and tomatoes, and store the garden tools for the winter. I had hoped to get down to the Beach over Labor Day for a few days, but in view of the weather which we had at that time, I think it is just as well that I didn't. I had such a good time down there, however, that I look forward to coming again, certainly at the January meeting if not sooner.
I play a great deal of tennis up here, and I think Hugh Lynn would enjoy it if he were here. We have unusually good courts. They are made of a composition called "Har-Tru", which is I think the best material available for a tennis court. This material dries off so quickly that we can play usually in fifteen minutes after a heavy rain. It is a very porous material; hence, the water runs right through it. Up here, however, I play all winter, playing on cement courts after the other courses are closed up.
You will notice my change of address. About a week ago, I moved out of the fraternity house where I was then living into an apartment with another fellow. Although I have somewhat farther to walk to work, I think I am going to enjoy living in the apartment. During one of our conversations, I believe you mentioned that for the next three years or thereabouts, Jupiter children would be under a favorable aspect from an astrological standpoint. I also understood you to say that [816] and I are Jupiter children; hence, we would come under such aspect. Is this favorable aspect continuous for the three years? I notice that my birth date which is March 2 (Pisces) was under the beneficent influence of Jupiter through the Sum from May through September.
I sent my book finally to the publisher yesterday. There has been quite some delay, but I hope to have it out now in about a month. The selling price had to be raised to $3 in view of the fact that the original printing and mailing cost is well over $1. However, the price can be reduced in later editions.
I have not heard anything further about the book and magazine article which were to be written by Sugrue about yourself. I am interested in this and would like to know just what progress has been made. Greetings to all the folks. [826]
10/01/35 Ltr. from EC to [826]:
Dear [826]:-
Many thanks for yours of the 24th. I believe Hugh Lynn has already written you relative to some facts and figures, etc., that he will want you to see about there in Washington for the Association.
We had been in hopes that you could get back to the Beach for at least a few days. We have thought about you many times, and spoken of you. We really enjoyed the little time you spent with us this last summer.
Hugh Lynn has been getting in a few games of tennis, and I'm sure would enjoy playing on your court.
I hope your change of address will prove just as satisfactory and as pleasant for you as any other place; in fact, prove the most helpful experience for you.
Regarding the astrological aspects given in your Life Reading, as you perhaps know, the calculations in the Readings are quite different from those of an Astrologer. It seems that such cycles of influence, according to the Readings, come into your life because of your having lived on those planets, rather than because they were at such and such a position at birth into the material plane. Hence you can easily see that sometimes the information might vary considerably from that given by an Astrologer. However, Miss Laurie Pratt, one of the outstanding astrologers in this country, tells us that she has never found one of our Life Readings differing from her calculations. I don't know just how far they jibe. But anyway, I feel that the Jupiterian influence that is to be so prominent during the next three years is from having lived on Jupiter - and could be an adverse or a benevolent influence, depending on how we used our opportunities while there. In other words, it's like the influence of having gone to a certain school, college, etc. You may have "flunked" or you may have been on the honor roll; hence the school stands back of you accordingly. Do you see what I mean? There's a lot more information we could or possibly should get on astrological influences, but we just haven't come to that yet. Outside of the little given at the beginning of every Life Reading, we have very little on the subject. Apparently, though, there are quite a number - as yourself and [816] - who have Jupiter wielding a benevolent influence during the next three years, because of their sojourn on that planet. So we should take advantage of the opportunity and do great things.
So you finally got your book off. I hope you receive the most promising reports from it. We will be anxious to know just how it comes and know all about it, and to help if possible in any way or manner.
Nothing further has been done about the book or magazine article on my life, but I think we will see Tom Sugrue and one or three others interested in that direction when we go to New York next week and try to work out something definite.
Let us hear from you. Give our regards to [816] and Mrs. [811]. All send our best wishes and kindest regards to you.
Ever the same,
EC:GD
11/06/35 He obtained 826-7, a Ck. Physical.
12/05/35 GD referred to him Mr. [1066], looking for a job in DC.
12/29/35 Ltr. from GD to [826]:
Mr. [826] ..., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Dear [826]:-
Under separate cover I'm sending the Persian and Arabian History (story of Uhjltd) [8/35 Article - See under 1770-2 Reports]. I'm sorry there has been such a delay. When we get the Egyptian one mimeographed we will send you a fresh copy. I don't know when we'll finish the "PSYCHIC PHENOMENA THROUGH THE SUBLIMINAL," as we had to make some changes in it and we haven't had time to do it. It is awfully long, too. [[3744] series]
"A TIMELY WARNING" came the other day, and I sat right down to read it. I didn't gobble up two hundred pages an hour, quite, but almost. I think it is fine! We're going to announce it in the January Bulletin. What sort of advertising is it getting? Mr. Cayce asked me to send our copy to you for autographing, but I thought it could wait until you are here sometime - because it might get lost in the mail or something. Besides, I think we'll have to start lending it out. It would be fine if we could get it in the libraries all over the country. How could that be managed? or could it?
We're snowed in. Never has there been such weather in the history of Virginia Beach. It's much worse than Washington was last fall.
Did you like or dislike [1066]? If you read his Life Reading, you noticed that evidently he was at the head of your opposing army in the Persian period - from Greece. But he repented later (after he'd done all the harm he could).
Here's Wishing for You the Very Best during the Coming Year!
Regards from all.
Sincerely,
[signed] Gladys Davis
7/36 Review by Hugh Lynn Cayce for A.R.E. Members:
A TIMELY WARNING
by Ernest Austen
Bruce Humphries, Inc. 306 Stuart Street, Boston, Mass.
Published by the Author
Price $3.00 Postpaid.
Readers of this book will be subject to a series of surprises, rather agreeable surprises. A glance at the title and the table of contents is slightly disconcerting. You may get the impression that you are about to be "preached at" on a series of unrelated topics upon which the author has acquired some pet theories. Do not be deceived by the naive opening of the first section devoted to subjects dealing with the training of youth. Gradually you will take your tongue out of the side of your mouth, reread a sentence here and there, mark a passage and stop to wish this volume had been in your hands when you marched out of high school proudly carrying a roll of paper which you thought would open the door to success. Somewhere down in the chapter on How to Read Rapidly or perhaps just after finishing the one on College Life you will realize that the author is writing about things that you experienced and spent weary hours worrying about.
Slightly over a third of the book is given over to this first section which covers in fifteen concise chapters subjects of very timely interest to any high school or college student. A few of the subjects besides those already mentioned are: Value of Education, Courses of Study, How to Study, Business College, Making Friends, Making and Breaking Habits, Alcohol, Tobacco, Honesty, Saving Money, Happiness, etc. The reader is not exposed to a series of axioms, nor is he "preached at". In simple, direct language the writer presents facts and figures based on shrewd observations and extensive reading.
The second section, Essentials of Correct Diet, is the most able treatment of the subject this reviewer has ever had the pleasure of reading. The reader is impressed with the division and organization of the material which give clarity and practical value to the conclusions. Based upon the findings of McCollum and Simmonds of John Hopkins and augmented with carefully noted quotations and excellent plates showing the effects of various diets on white rats, this handling of the diet question gives the impression of authority and sensibleness. In passing let us say that it is in line with suggestions given in the readings for many years and we recommend it for anyone interested in this subject.
The third section will be another surprise. It is entitled Sex Relationship. Do not expect time-worn advice and suggestions too oft repeated. The point of view is unusual to say the least. The chapter on Sex Training of Children is highly spiritual in motive and at the same time provokingly practical. The following chapter on Birth Control is disconcertingly timely.
At this point (having looked ahead) the reader is not surprised when the heading of the fourth and final section comes to view, Fundamentals of Economics. At once you are plunged into discussions of the causes of depressions, wages and hours of labor, government interference with business, taxes, money, speculation and investment, etc. Here the figures become slightly confusing but surprisingly interesting, for you are constantly reminded of your personal connection with the matter under question. The attack on the New Deal reads, at times, like the Republican platform and you are constrained to look again at the title page to reassure yourself of the 1935 date line. The attacks on the bureau system in Washington, the tax measures and public works program are most pointed and are indicative of some clear thinking. A reader may have the impression of an inadequacy of treatment and over simplicity of conclusions in this final section, but on the whole it is stimulating. In considering the book as a whole it cannot be said that it is a beautiful book, nor even a great book; yet, it certainly has a distinct appeal. This lies, we believe, primarily in the evident joy of the author in writing it. Certainly this is a book which will stimulate thinking and furnish many useful suggestions. It is especially marked by its simplicity, directness, good summaries, clearly quoted statistics, and breadth of appeal. The youthfulness of the points of view are refreshing. We regret the absence of an index, but the detailed table of contents in a measure suffices.
Members of the Association will be particularly interested in reading this book with the view of finding the sections and in places direct quotations from the readings. In closing let us quote from a reading, "It is a book worth reading."
Reviewed for and recommended to members of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.
8/04/36 Letter to HLC submitted questions for 826-8, another Ck. Life, saying:
I was sorry not to get to Virginia Beach to the Congress. I will be interested in knowing what was done.
My book, as I believe I told you, is now being handled by a publisher in Boston. I think it will eventually be successful, but it will be very slow for sometime. The fact that I was at the time of publication under an affliction of Saturn to the Sun may cause much delay according to astrology.
Incidentally, I have taken up the study of astrology, and have already read most of the best books in the country on the subject. I have secured a card from the Library of Congress, and I am going to read all the books they have on the subject, about 500 I think. This will take a little time, but I think it will be worth while.
Tell Gladys that her suggestion of getting the book into public libraries is a good one, but I do not know how it can be done at the present time. Later, it may be possible. Please send me the date of Mr. Cayce's birth?
Tell all the folks hello, and I look forward to seeing all of you at the first available time.
8/11/36 He obtained 826-8, a Ck. Life on his mental-material welfare.