This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of July, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [849], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Herman Theaman and Phyllis A. Goodall.

TEXT

1. GC: You will answer the questions regarding this body, as I ask them:
2. EC: Been some sudden changes around here!
3. Yes, we have the body here, [849]; this we have had before.
4. Ready for questions.
5. (Q) What is the condition of the left wrist, and how can it be helped?
   (A) As we find, there has been a straining of ligaments in the left wrist. Besides the general massaging of same, we would bind about this, daily, about thirty minutes before the regular massage, a poultice of table salt almost saturated with pure apple vinegar. Place this on a cloth or bandage and bind about the wrist, not for a minute or five or ten minutes, but thirty minutes before the regular period for the massage. Then take it off. Put it on again the next day for thirty minutes, and so on.
   This will add to the strengthening of the tendons that have been bruised. We do not find breaks there, but the tendons have been strained to the point of causing lack of ability to fully assume or to take from the lymph circulation the renewing energies.
6. (Q) Should the masseuse work on the right foot at present?
   (A) The masseuse may assist this in its full drainages, but begin upon the edges of the breaks with an ointment prepared from the Ichthyol the Ichthyol Ointment. Do not spread it over the whole area, but to prevent spreading of the area where there is the oozing of the pus or corruption. Use this consistently, not a great deal but consistently, and it will aid.
7. (Q) Can anything further be done to help the right elbow?
   (A) As we find, we would continue to take the regular massage, and at least twice a week apply over this elbow the hot Epsom Salts Packs.
8. (Q) In view of the unfavorable weather and the present state of the Body's health, should he plan to stay in Clearwater through September before going to N.Y.?
   (A) Not more than half the month, if quite that long.
9. (Q) What improvement is there in the body?
   (A) This depends upon the variations indicated. In some portions there is sixty-six and two-thirds percent improvement. In others there's only a five or ten percent. But in the main, improvements.
10. (Q) Any other advice for the body at this time?
    (A) Do keep that mental attitude that is in keeping with the abilities of the entity itself. Ye know in what ye have believed, and know He is able to keep that ye commit unto Him against any experience in the earth. As He hath called thee, forsake not His closer companionship day be day. As ye talk of, speak of, act toward thy fellow man, even though it be only those nearest and dearest to thee, know that the same measure ye mete must YE indeed be measured also.
    Then, if only for self-protection, as it were, do RIGHT, as well as doing so to the glory of the Creative Forces. Thus ye hem yourself in, in a manner, but make yourself free indeed in the Blessed One.
11. We are through with this Reading.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    (If you have never been able to secure the Ichthyol, write Mrs. [2514], ..., Tenn., and ask her where she secured the Ichthyol Ointment that she is using. This is the other scleroderma case that is responding so well to treatments suggested in the Rdg.)

BACKGROUND

1. See 849-71 on 5/29/43.
2. 7/19/43 He submitted questions.

REPORTS

1. 8/10/43 "We've been hoping we would get a wire saying you were on your way...still hoping you can make it...I feel as hungry for someone to talk with as you do, and as for wanting to hear about the things that have happened to you since the book came out...M.Y.!!... I don't even let myself think about it...wanted to rush right down there after publication and be in on everything... I'm so anxious to hear all the tales and about the people and letters and everything... sounds like another book...
   "The reading was very encouraging and I and the masseuse are happy...it hurts something awful at times, but we are getting that head up and the back is giving way, with loud shouts of protest.
   "Well, we seem headed for NY after all. It's not in my hands and I am trying to take the advice of the reading to trust in HIM - I will have to, because there is nothing else I can do. I've sent the reading on to [903], who will have to get the apartment and put in the furniture if it's to be done... meanwhile I am swimming, walking, studying, and doing my best to keep the faith..."
2. 8/23/43 "My health is expanding, but it is trying, and I want to ask about some specific things - my right leg, instead of my left (the short one) is stretching out, and that throws me more off balance. Also the right foot is coming more alive and is terribly sore to step on. I've been investigating shoe ideas and think perhaps the Pittsburgh Orthopedic Company might help, but the reading might say wait for the changes in three or six months. I want to ask whether to send them measurements now or wait. Also if I am to go to N.Y. I want to know what I can do - if I will have access to a pool - to protect myself from the chlorine in the water: as to eyes and sinuses.
   "Better get a Check [Physical] with me because however harassed and weak our bodies are, without them we cannot communicate with people here anymore, and it is obvious that we both have much to say before we get the blessed surcease of death."
3. 9/28/43 He submitted questions for a Ck. Physical, the following which did not get asked:
   1. In the affairs of the entities whose bodies have just been examined, Edgar Cayce and [849], these to wish to know the extent to which they have dissipated the adverse karma incurred during their Egyptian existences, and what problems arising from it remains still to be met.
   They desire to know this because of their work together and their mutual desire to aid in bringing about the new age of enlightenment and prophecy. 2. What work can they best carry on together now, in their separated states?
   3. What word should they look forward to doing when they can be together?
   4. What pitfalls await each in the near future, and what special prayers and meditations will help them to triumph over them?
   5. Was the karma of [849]'s illness contracted in the Egyptian period? If not, when?
   6. What is the great lesson he must learn from it?
   7. What is the great karmic lesson of Edgar Cayce's life, as represented by the trials he has had?
   8. Is he meeting that karma in a way that will bring victory?
   9. Will the age of enlightenment and prophecy begin with the end of this war?
4. 10/02/43 See 849-73.

Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation