This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at 1867 Kalorama Road, Washington, D.C., this 17th day of February, 1935, in accordance with request made by the mother - Mrs. [811], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [811] and Mr. [816]. Born July 29, 1916, [11:51 A. M. as per 816-6, Par. 20-A.] in Bloomington, Ill.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the record here as made by this entity, now known as [830], entering the earth in this experience July 29, 1916.
2. This entity, as we find, entering at a period in those environs and activities which may make for the being trained in those activities for the preservation of much that may come to pass in the affairs of men during the entity's present sojourn among the earth, is among those that may adapt and build themselves to meet the needs and necessities in those directions when conservation of energy and activities as related to individuals, groups and masses will become so necessary in the experience of many that are so developed.
3. As to the astrological aspects of the entity, we find it coming under the influences of Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mars and Venus in ALL their most benevolent influences. Few are the activities of the astrological sojourns or positions that are at an at-variance or in adverse influence to this entity. Hence we may find these urges, but irrespective of the entity's application of will:
4. One that is not always understood, for it is considered rather as a dreamer or a visioner; yet innately from those sojourns in Jupiter with the Uranian aspects there are the feelings, the emotions necessary, that the APPLICATION of self is needed if there will be the attaining in this experience of those influences necessary to gain the desires or the dreams or visions that so oft become a portion of the entity. While the material things occupy oft an exalted position in the activities or thoughts of the entity, there should be - must be the environs and trainings for the abilities that are innate and manifested in the personality of the entity to become the ruling or controlling influences in this present experience. Also the activities pertaining to fame or fortune must be in those influences of the spiritual imports, rather than irrespective of how these are maintained or gained or supplied from the abilities of only a MENTAL mind.
5. From the influences in Uranus we find those periods when there will be a very active mental force, and others when it is apparently very dull - with little that would appear to indicate the body was thinking even along lines that would carry it through the periods of necessity in particular activities; considered not only as a dreamer but rather as one that would drift to this or that, come what will or may. Yet it is seen that there is latent and active the deeper influences which, if controlled or guided correctly and in their proper sphere and relations of evaluations in the experience of an entity in a sojourn, will make for the greater opportunities that must come, that are to come, in the experience of the individual for the greater mental, soul and spiritual advancement of the entity.
6. The influence from Mars, rather than the temper and madness that often occurs from same, brings periods when anxieties on the part of the entity will be fraught rather with KEEPING self in the van of those desires that are being builded innately and manifestedly in the experience.
7. As we will find, the influences in Venus come as the associations in the love life or the material things rather in those periods when great decisions must be made by the entity; not only in the activities for the future experiences in this particular material plane but in those periods when there will be decisions as to the studies, the activities or relations that must be carried through, that are to be chosen for or against the greater developments. Not as an influence that would hinder, but if there will be the choice rightly we find the influences that would bring about such associations would be rather helpful. For the desires and abilities to shine in an effort to maintain those standards that are being set for self, and in those activities, would be helped rather through such associations; provided they do not enter during those periods when there is the cross influence of Uranus with Mars AND Venus in the twenty-fourth and fifth year, so as to make for the cross influences in the activity. Being warned then as to these, use them rather as stepping-stones, and know there are those influences that will make for GREATER mental and soul development. And do not become discouraged, disheartened, or overanxious during such periods.
8. Then, as to those influences from the activities of the entity in the earth and the sojourns in those environs that make for the emotional natures of the entity in the present, we find:
9. Before this the entity was in that land now known as the Virginian, during those periods when there were the settlings near to Jamestown, or when there were the creations of what became the first Capital of the land and of that State.
10. The entity's activity then was under the name of Dunhill (William), during the periods when there were the first beginnings of the separations from the influences of the land from which the entity's father had come to the new land; when - it might be said - there was the freedom of speech, freedom of activity as in relationships to those of other lands. These were strong and activative in the experience of the entity through that sojourn. Many of those that rose in positions of power, or were the fathers and relatives of those that became as the leaders in those periods of the experiencing of the colonies, were close in relations with the entity during that sojourn. Though the entity in body was depleted somewhat through the material associations or activities, the mental abilities were active in the influence of the entity during the sojourn; and brought a period of MENTAL - later a material - development. The soul's activities were rather what caused much of the wonderment in the experience of many, until there came those periods when there were the actual preparations for that period of struggle against the country from which they were soon to separate.
11. In the present from that sojourn may be found those desires on the part of the entity innate and manifested for that to become rather the motivative influence in the experience of others in the experience of others in their activity to things that are a bit different, those things that would change somewhat the relationships of people in their activities in doing things in the old order or form, or those things that would make some little change in the relationships of individuals or groups to the whole activity of a state, country or nation. These are innate and may be manifested, through those developments in the training of the mental and material self, provided same are spiritually balanced in the greater developments in the present experience.
12. Before that we find the entity was in that known as the Roman land, during those periods when there was the Roman interference or Roman activity in what is known as the Holy or Palestine land.
13. The entity was among the Romans that dwelt in that land now known as a portion of Bethsaida, or about that town; being garrisoned there, as would be termed in the present. The entity noted much of those activities in and during those periods when there was so much concern from the teachings of the Master, or Him who walked in Galilee, Him who made for the strifes among the sects of the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Essenes. At first the entity looked on in wonderment, and then - with the peoples of the Parcaenia (?), the peoples from Greece, the peoples from the other lands that were interested in the commercial associations - became rather as an influential activity; and with the return of the entity during that sojourn to the Roman land became the teachings that made for FIRST - by the Roman Emperor - the demand of Pilate's return and to give an account for those activities that had brought about such a turmoil and strife in that Palestine land.
14. Then in the name Philolos, the entity gained. The greater activities, the greater spiritual development arose under those experiences when there were the necessities of the TRAINING of the Roman soldiery, yet the ability through that activity to know the needs and the motivative influences in the experiences of individuals in their relationships to nation and people, to an individual and to a cult, to an activity that has made for, may make for in the present experience of the entity, those forces that are as ideals raised above the mere success in material things. It may bring the greater joy, the greater happiness, the greater spiritual and soul development of an entity or being in ANY environ.
15. It was a period of development. In the present it will bring in the experiences of the entity, through such a training, through such a rote - yes, but as the necessity for making for the directing of the influence mentally and spiritually - the greater advancements in the activities during this particular sojourn.
16. Before that we find the entity was in that now known as the Arabian and Persian land, during those periods when there were the gatherings of many from other lands to the city in the hills and in the plains, during those periods the entity being among those of what was later called the Chaldean land - or from Ur.
17. The entity came to make the associations or connections with the leaders of that particular group gathered there; not from the commercial activities only, but for the tenets and the trainings that might be applied in the experiences of those whom the entity not lauded self over, but was rather as the counsellor then to the king Uzzel.
18. In the name Ienlein, the entity was in those associations of power not only in the lands from which the entity had come, but made for the closer associations with those leaders in the Arabian, Persian, Egyptian and Indian land so that the entity became rather the spiritual counsellor. And with the return to its own land the entity brought about those things that made for the greater advancements in that particular period. And much may yet be seen in the forms of the activities that today would be termed the architects or the training of those for great developments; as the entity then made for the ways and means for the conducting of the waters, for the conducting of those activities that made for the creating of force and power in those particular experiences.
19. There may be seen in the present the activities that are of a turn, especially, in those directions that will have to do or to deal with the creating of powers, whether they be from the electrical or from the turbine or from the combination of these. In THESE, or activities of that sort, the entity may EXCEL in the present, if those instructions and trainings are given in such directions in this particular experience.
20. Before that we find the entity was in what is now called the Atlantean land, during those periods when there were the turmoils among the common people that were beset by the sons of Belial, or those that denied the authority of the sons of the Law of One, or those periods when destructive forces brought about the disintegration of the second period of the activities in that particular land.
21. The entity was among those who were beset by the sons of Belial to become as one that would betray to them the tenets and the truths or the lessons that were proclaimed by those that had descended to give the messages as from on High to those as they met in the crystal room, or those that met about those palaces of those in power. Yet the entity SUFFERED in physical understanding, in the spiritual ways gained during the sojourn; though the self or the body lost in the attempts to protect those things that were gained.
22. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
23. First, find self in its relation to creative forces, creative activities that become manifested in material things. Make a study of that which may be attained through not only the reading but the interpreting of that found in the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th chapters of St. John. Make these a portion of self. For thy strength that thou wast denied in the use of in the Atlantean period, as Essel, may find in the present experience that of bringing to thy fellow man the more perfect understanding of how those influences from the Creative Forces are applicable in the experience of every soul.
24. Let those trainings, then, be rather in that as may be had from something of a TECHNICAL education activity, under that of ROTE; such as may be had in a school of same, and these will prepare, these will fit the self for the material and the mental activities in this material experience.
25. Ready for questions.
26. (Q) In what occupation or profession would I be most successful?
    (A) As indicated, in that as would be of the technical - especially as related to character of pumps.
27. (Q) As a second choice, what vocation should I prepare for?
    (A) The electrical relationships to same.
28. (Q) Which school would be preferable? George Washington University, Duke University, Maryland State College, William and Mary College, Illinois University, or Princeton, or another?
    (A) Or as we find, rather in V.P.I. Virginia Polytechnic Institute; and especially in those relationships that deal with water powers or pumps.
29. (Q) For advice should I turn to Roland Lehman, [816], my mother, grandmother, or some other person?
    (A) [816] and mother. [See stepfather's rdg. 816-6, Par. 19-A, 20-A on 8/28/35 in re polio scare at V.P.I., and [830]'s exact birth hour.]
30. (Q) Would business life in the United States Government be desirable for me, or should I ultimately seek a vocation in some commercial activity?
    (A) As we find, those influences, those trainings in rather the technical under those that make for not so much as a ROTE, but under those activities such as indicated would make for the preparations of the abilities and the trainings for this type of activity; rather than in just the commercial activities or those that would be wholly associated with governments, for these would in their final analysis become associated or affiliated with government activities, see? For, as indicated, there must come in this experience the activities of the entity in the conservation of energies, of influences, of forces as related to the peoples as a whole. Hence the training in those directions.
31. (Q) Should I plan to eventually conduct a business of my own, or should I work for others?
    (A) As we find, with those of the government associations - hence for others.
32. (Q) In the next few years, how can I best prepare for my ultimate life work?
    (A) As indicated, in those trainings and activities in the directions outlined.
33. (Q) What college studies will be most beneficial?
    (A) Those of the technical, especially in the directions indicated.
34. (Q) What climate is most suitable for me?
    (A) The climate in these trainings, or in the surroundings indicated for the trainings, will be WELL especially for the body, with those tendencies for the sluggishness of the circulation, and with the training and the greater development in the body and in the mind. These will be well. These all are considered, to be sure.
35. (Q) What forms of recreation and exercise would be most helpful?
    (A) In such training as indicated there will be plenty of exercise on the feet and in the open, in V.P.I. As for the natural training, it would come for those sports such as baseball, soccer and the like - these are the better.
36. (Q) Should I marry, and if so at what age?
    (A) Twenty-seven.
37. (Q) What type of girl will be most helpful as a wife?
    (A) As indicated, in the form of a helpmeet in attaining to those ideals as set by such an one.
38. (Q) How shall I find her?
    (A) It'll be found alright! As comes through those natural associations and trainings in the developments.
39. (Q) After college life is over, should I endeavor to live in a large city or in a town of small or medium size?
    (A) There will be first those trainings; after college life in the larger city or the medium city, then the special trainings or activities in the smaller and adjacent portions of same.
40. (Q) When school is over, should I live my home life with relatives or get away from the home abode and associate more with strangers?
    (A) The NATURAL tendencies, with those trainings and developments, if followed, would be away from home.
41. (Q) As a second choice, what vocation should I prepare for?
    (A) We wouldn't have a second choice. For, as the entity will be in those activities, it is to the body ALL or nothing!
    Let those conditions first be maintained in self through the studies in that direction indicated in the preparation of self; then know that those things that become as the influences must be spiritual in their import to bring material and mental and spiritual development.
42. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Mother
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 2/14/35 See mother's Life Reading, 811-2, Par. 25-A advising how she can best insure [830]'s happiness.

REPORTS

1. 1/02/37 See Mental-Spiritual Rdg. 830-2 in re life's work, why lack of success in studies at V.P.I.

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