This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 4th day of July, 1936, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1000], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [1000], and L. B. Cayce. Born November 4, 1888, Sunday evening, New York City, N.Y.

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1. EC: (Going back over years from the present to birth date - "1928 - '27 - '26 - was a change - '25, '24," etc., on back to birth date.)
2. Yes, we have the entity's record here and those relations with the universal forces, the appearances in the earth; those weaknesses, those inclinations, those experiences of that entity now known as or called [1000].
3. In interpreting these, as we find, it is well that the constructive forces in the experience as well as of the sojourns be considered as a whole; and those applications of self as respecting problems, mentally, materially, spiritually, be considered in their proper relationships as one to another.
4. For that which has its inception or ideal from the spiritual already has life in its making or developing. That which is purely of the material already hath made for those influences that must find their OWN inception - in but moth and rust.
5. The astrological aspects or the sojourns in same, we find bringing the greater influences in the present experience from Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus.
6. Hence we find the entity in the outward appearances and applications contacting groups and larger numbers of individuals, for its own mental, for its own spiritual development or enlightenment.
7. We find from the Mercurian forces the seeking for expressions.
8. The Neptune influences we find in things that have to do with water, or have to do with things pertaining to what to some would be mysteries.
9. From Uranus we find the extreme influences, and the entity oft finds itself rising to the heights through the emotional self, whether from material aspects, mental aspects or the spiritual influences; again in the depths of despair, making for disturbing influences in the equilibriums of the physical self as well as in the spiritual emotions. These as we will see have their influences from the very activities of the entity.
10. Hence as is given oft, the entity must keep itself, mentally, physically, BUSY! busy in those things that may bring help or hope in material ways, or in mental, or in spiritual activities.
11. For those things that are constructive in their nature then make for the experiences of these extremes becoming as as a means or as a unified force for the greater beneficent influences in the experience of the entity.
12. Those things that have to do with the dealings of individuals, or with individuals; those things that have to do that act as it were as mysteries; those things that have to do or that deal with the extremes of individual experiences; all of these become a portion of the entity's development, though they cause confusion at times - but the very activity and the holding to an ideal makes for a balance and a coordinating force in the experience of this entity, now known as or called [1000].
13. As to the experiences in the earth, or those that influence the entity in the present, we find:
14. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods when there were the first establishings of those about the isle of Manhattan, or rather an isle in what is now the Sound, close to Manhattan - as is called, or a portion of Connecticut and Long Island.
15. The entity dwelt then in the name of Jessica Bernheim, and was associated with those that were laborers with and helping those that became an established factor - the Astors, in the fur trade.
16. Hence it will be found, as in the activities of the entity, those things pertaining to influences of these in the lives of individuals will become a part of the entity's experience.
17. And while the entity may be said to be one that may know the character, the style, the commanding influences in the experiences of others of skins or furs, those things that have to do with their preparation - as the entity acted in these capacities then - will hold the greater interest. However, if the entity were to seek out all of those associations and connections it would find that some of those that are held as material benefits from those activities belong to what WAS the entity's association at that time; though from the material standpoint would not become a part of the entity in the present.
18. Yet the very activities may be an expression for the entity for bringing into the experience associations and relations that may become of the greatest of interests, materially.
19. Do not allow material benefits, though, to supersede the spiritual and mental attributes for proper relationships. And because the entity as an entity then was not given due consideration is no reason why the entity, KNOWING the law, should not meet and overcome these experiences in the present.
20. The entity gained through the experience, though oppressed oft; and makes for confusions when meeting individuals in activities that become as influences over great undertakings. Yet the entity will find itself in this experience very close to, an associate of and associated with those in positions of power as related to material gains from dealings with the PUBLIC as a whole, and especially in those things that supply bodily needs as foods or bodily adornment as dress.
21. Before that we find the entity lived in the earth during those periods when there was what was called the preparation for the coming of the Prince of Peace.
22. The entity then was among those in the Palestine land associated more particularly with the entity known as or called John the Baptist, or Elias that was for to come, for the announcing of the necessity for the preparations of individuals in their spiritual lives, making through their material associations ways and means and manners for the knowledge of the relationships of man to the Creative Forces in the earth.
23. The entity in those periods was among those who proclaimed those activities, proclaimed those teachings with those in John's own household, John's own undertaking.
24. For the entity then was a sister of that teacher, and a daughter of Elizabeth and Zacharias - in the name Adahr.
25. In the experience the entity gained much; the entity had much confusion, owing to the teachings of the priests and the rejecting of same by the brother and the acceptance of the teachings of the Essenes; making for doubt and confusion in the experiences of the entity.
26. And only in those answers that came to the inner self was there brought an understanding; for through the entity's OWN expression and seeking there came that answer, "Go tell John the things ye have seen and heard; the lame walk, the blind see, the sick are healed, the poor have the gospel preached unto them." THEN there came in the entity's experience the full meaning of the priesthood in Israel, and how that the lowly Nazarene was that fulfilling of that priesthood in His offering of Himself as the lamb that was not to roll back but to take away the sins of the people. Not as an escape but as an atonement in which each soul does find, would find, the lamb standing EVER as that offering in its relationships as an individual to its fellow man.
27. There the entity gained the most; and these influences, these forces that ever bear witness in the experience of the entity, make in the present experience for the greater help, the greater glory in the activities.
28. And when it is considered how that the entity then made for those oppressions owing to the manner of dress of the brother, that in the next experience bore evidence of the attempts of the entity to adjust itself - by dealing with that of which it berated its brother for his dress, it may be seen how that the law carries through.
29. In the present experience then, those influences bear a part.
30. Hence in the dealings with those things that have to do with dress, that have to do with skins, or have to do with furs, there should ever be carried in the background of each association, each activity, that those who use such influences or things may become even as - self AWARE OF that influence of the lamb in the experience of man's sojourn in the earth.
31. Before that we find the entity lived in the earth during those days when there was the returning of the peoples from the land of bondage, from under those activities of the priest that made overtures to the king that they be allowed to return to the Holy City for the rebuilding of the walls and rebuilding of the temple.
32. Hence the entity, with the group under those activities of that priest, made the journey to the Holy City.
33. There the entity in its activity set about those preparations for the hangings of the Holy of Holies, for those wherein the ark was again to be reestablished.
34. Why - why has there been so little considered of how, with the return, there was so little thought expressed as to where was the ark of the covenant, that was to remain ever in the Holy of Holies? It had NOT been destroyed, and was not destroyed, nor removed, until the Prince of Peace came, wherein there was the declaration that "neither in this city nor in this mountain, but in the hearts of men" will there be the meeting in the Holy of Holies.
35. Hence the entity was an attendant in the activities about the temple service itself, and in the preparations of the badger skins, in the preparation of the colorings of same, in the preparations of all of the fine linens, of the hangings about the ark. In these were the entity's activities during that sojourn.
36. Hence we find those things that pertain to service, that pertain to the house of meeting, the house of prayer, bear within the entity's inner self an expression that is hard to give voice to, even in determining its effect upon the body or the mind of the entity.
37. The name then was Belda.
38. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian, during those periods when there was the establishing of the altars for the purification and for the leaving off bodily of those things through sacrifice that separated man more and more for its relationships to the Creative Forces, or where man separated himself from the animal world.
39. Hence that which stands ever in the experience of the entity of purity of body, purity of mind, purity of thought.
40. In the experience the entity attended upon those that presented themselves for those sacrifices that made for the activities which to some would be called surgical, to some would be called as from an office of fire, to some would be called just purifying; putting off the old, putting on the new.
41. The name then was She-putshe, or 'she that putteth men aright.'
42. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, and that to which it may attain, and how:
43. As the entity has been, as the entity's associations show for activities in every influence for the betterment of the relationships of man with the Creative Forces, SPIRITUAL activity becomes as a part of the entity in EVERY relationship.
44. In the material forces, those things that will have to do with furs, skins, pelts, in ANY form or manner; whether in the preparations, in the colorings, in the storing as to preserving, in the renewing, or in their activity in any form for the service of man as an adornment.
45. As the individual first was as the soul that made then for the leaving OFF of same from the BODY, how well should be the activities for the use of same in adornment - but NOT to become those things that take away from an individual its true relationships to man and of man's relationship to the Creative Forces.
46. In these may the entity find great activity, may the entity find associations and influences that offer a field of opportunity for the developments of self - for the material, for the mental, for the spiritual welfare.
47. Ready for questions.
48. (Q) Should I devote my time to the fur-glo preparation which I am working on, and will it be successful?
    (A) This depends, to be sure, upon the manners in which it is presented. Whether it is in the renewing of, in the gatherings of, in the preparations of, in the fur business or some such associations are the fields of activity for the entity.
49. (Q) Which of these would be the best to start in?
    (A) Those of the RENEWING activities, but use rather the dust than the liquid; though the liquid may in the first preparations, in the preparing of same, make same of the greater activity.
50. (Q) Would the fur freshener be as appealing to the public in the liquid as in the form of the dust?
    (A) It's just been given. Use the dust or the salve or ointment, rather than in the liquid; though the liquid will GROW to a portion of the entity's experience in the first preparations of same.
51. (Q) Will the financial condition which suffered by the bad advice of my brother, Jack [...], be righted by him?
    (A) If demanded; not as a command but as the proper relationships for his own self as well as for self; yes.
52. (Q) Will it be through the Washington proposition?
    (A) This doesn't appear to be the end, but it appears to be a MEANS to an end.
53. (Q) When and how have my brother Jack and I been associated in the past, and what is to be worked out now between us?
    (A) The brother made for that which caused such hardships in the temple's activity; and these as understandings for each in their own relationships are to be worked out. Then they were as brother and sister, but one in the temple service, the other joining with those of Sanballat. [See 1000-14, Par. R1.]
54. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. See previous health readings on her condition of Hypochrondriasis, and especially her Mental-Spiritual rdg. 1000-8 on 8/28/30; 1000-10 on 12/16/31, and 1000-13 on 7/04/36 A.M.

REPORTS

1. GD's note: HLC later referred Mrs. [1000] to Mr. [165] for help in marketing her fur freshner. The ass'n was inharmonious, as should have been indicated at once from the reference [1000-14, Par. 53-A] altho it could have offered a wonderful chance to work out some karma.
2. 7/09/36 See Business Rdg. 1000-15 in re the fur freshner.

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