This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of December, 1935, in accordance with request made by Mrs. [489], Active Research Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Hugh Lynn Cayce. Born January 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the universe and the universal forces; that are recorded here, of the entity's activities in the earth and those environs about same, and are very interesting and at times - as would be termed - very spectacular have been the experiences in the earth.
2. In giving, then, that as we find may be helpful from these experiences of the entity in the present, we find:
3. There are astrological urges latent that become manifested through the application of the will of the entity.
4. Well that those influences, that are so easily misunderstood and misconstrued by man in his seeking for knowledge and wisdom, be understood. Knowledge without wisdom often is dangerous, even in man's material - and more in his spiritual and mental - life.
5. As to urges that are latent from astrological sojourns, we find that these come to the entity at times as hunches, as intuitions, as latent desires.
6. But the urges from the experiences in the earth are the more often aroused by that which is of the senses, or that which arises from desire as produced by environ or the scene of those forces that reach the inner expression through emotions in the sense of sensory forces.
7. The astrological urges, then, we find as these:
8. In Venus we find those natural tendencies that arise from affability, from the ability to sense feelings of others and to so apply self in its relationships to others as to become affable and capable of being of help or of arousing the influences that arise from sensuous forces in the experiences of individuals at any given time. Yet these have, as it were, a PECULIAR influence in the entity as to the ability for friendships, that the entity may choose from any or every walk of life. Hence this urge is that as may be controlled by other influences that arise from earthly sojourns as environmental forces in the experience also. There is the ability to hold friends when desired. The ability to make friendships of every nature or character is as a latent urge, and is manifested by the very activity of the deeper mental force of the entity itself - or the individual itself.
9. And it will through the application of same make for that which is so oft desirable in the home life. And yet the urge that arises from the Mercurian influence will make for the continued desire of putting self or being in spectacular positions, that may war one with another in the latent forces. However, the Venus influence may overrule - if the entity quiets those influences that arise from Mercurian's mental force and gives self, as it were, in the material manifestations of that as may come in the love forces in the experience of marital relations, or the filial relationships in the experiences that arise in the affairs of the entity.
10. The Jupiterian forces we find making for the expanse or breadth of vision, and the associations with large numbers or groups. Yet those urges that arise from Venus with the Mercurian make for rather such an experience becoming more and more individualized, though the great expanse will be that of its contact with great numbers of individuals.
11. These, as we find, are the astrological aspects, and make for those forces that may become good or bad - dependent upon whether these urges are allowed to become to fruition as expressions of the divinity in self, and of arousing the same in the affairs and relationships of others, for the help, the hope, the kindness that may arise, or upon whether they are for self-indulgence or self-aggrandizements.
12. Then, keep these as thine inner purposes, inner desires: Let the expressions be rather of that which is creative in itself. "Not for self-glorification, but that God - as may manifest through my dealings with my fellow man - may be glorified in that thought, that experience, that such dealings may bring to my fellow man."
13. As to the experiences in the earth and those that we find become as ruling forces in the expressions and manifestations of the entity, now known as or called [1081], we find:
14. Before this we find the entity was in those lands of the present sojourn, when there were the settlings of the Dutch peoples in the land - during those periods when the forces were guided or steered by Peter Stuyvesant, or that one to whom the groups and the masses looked for counsel.
15. The entity then, in the name Belle Rouslener, was associated with the Stuyvesants or those in authority. This made for periods when the entity was looked to by many for what might be the expectations of the activities of those groups headed by the ruler, or the mayor, or the one in authority in his dealings with others upon subjects that had to do not only with the entertainments but with the relationships respecting the holding of lands, and those dealings as to the relationships of the religious thoughts with the exercises or activities of the young.
16. Through the experience the entity gained and lost. In the latter portion of the sojourn in the isles of Manhattan then, the entity was in companionship with one in authority - one that rose to be as an elder, or as an alderman, or as a keeper of peace in the land.
17. Hence we will find in the present experience that those in authority, or those acquainted with law, or those acquainted with things that deal with a portion of law as related to those activities in the dealings of individuals in any mercantile exchange as of foreign stores or foreign relationships, become - as it were - of the greater interest.
18. And the entity in its activities was in associations with those that in the PRESENT would act in the capacity of those in the consulate or in the representative service in other lands, or in the own land coming from foreign lands.
19. These would be associations or fields of activity in which the entity might gain the greater expanse of vision and the greater field of service and activity to bring to self a satisfying of longings that are innate in the experience, from astrological as well as earthly sojourns.
20. Before that we find the entity was in what is now known as or called the Holy Land, during those periods when there were the questionings as to the soldiery from the Roman rule, when there were the questionings of the teacher John.
21. The entity then was in the capacity of being among those who furnished entertainment, as a danseuse for Herod. And the entity was in close associations then with those under that individual's activity, and with those not only of Pilate's court but of the Roman associations; also with those that furnished the emperor's activities in the changes that were wrought.
22. Those experiences brought spectacular activities in the experience of the entity; though losing oft in the experiences, because of self-indulgences, self's gratifications.
23. With those periods when there was the harkening to those that joined in what was afterward termed in the records as the triumphal entry of the man of Galilee, a change came into the experience of the entity. And joining with many of those that were numbered among the holy women, the entity's activities then brought forth a service to many of many lands.
24. For as there were gathered those from all the lands for the periods of that particular feast when the entity became OVERCOME, as it were, by the bodily abuses in many directions during the period, the HEALING that was accomplished not only by the words spoken but by the look, by the touch of the Holy One, brought joy and glory and understanding and knowledge and WISDOM to the experience of the entity.
25. Then, as Beatrice, who helped in the preparations of the linens about the head of the Master when entombed by Josephus [Greek-Latin form of Joseph] [Joseph of Arimathaea] and the friends, the entity gained; for it gave of self, it brought aid and help.
26. And from those deeper feelings, those deeper senses of purpose that arose during that experience, there come many things in the present having to do with the adornment of the body, the adornments of the head. And there are abilities in such directions whereby the entity may not only make the coiffure for the hair but may be as a designer of headdress, as one that may in such fields of activity show the INDIVIDUALITY of the person for whom such may be made.
27. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian, during those periods when there were those coming from the Atlantean land. It was when there were the attempts of and the making for the correlations of the activities, of the teachings, for those in the experience in that sojourn.
28. The entity then, in the name Ameleeme, had much to do with the changes as to the variations from the periods when the headdress had been bedecked with feathers by many. This was among those things changed when the portions of the body were cleansed. The entity aided in such activities to the peoples in the Temple Beautiful; not only as to the making of the musk or the anointed oils but the preparations of the bodies.
29. Hence those things in the present that pertain to the cosmetics, that may beautify or adorn the body, become as a portion of the entity's experience.
30. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
31. As indicated, hold fast to those urges for the establishing of home, of friendships, that may deal with those things as may be for beneficent effect upon the body, the mind of individuals and groups. In these may the entity attain the greater forte, or force, wherein there may come the greater satisfaction.
32. Yet hold fast to that thou hast heard in thine inner self, that "As ye do it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye do it unto me."
33. Know, then, with what measure ye mete to thy fellow man it will be measured to thee again.
34. Ready for questions.
35. (Q) What steps would it be best for me to take in the future for my mother's benefit?
    (A) As indicated in the suggestion to consider well those activities of self that may bring the greater home activity, for these may also make the preparations for the greater care for the mother.
36. (Q) Is Jack Dexter to be a permanent association in my life?
    (A) As we find, this becomes rather a matter of choice within self - as to whether this association shall be the main or a passing experience.
37. (Q) At what age would it be wise for me to marry, and whom?
    (A) Twenty-eight or twenty-nine (28 or 29) should be the period. As to whom: One that may be associated either with law or with kindred associations, as has been indicated.
38. We are through for the present.

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    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 12/14/35 Mrs. [489] enclosed application for a Life Rdg. for Miss [1081], saying: "I have an idea I can have a couple of readings for people who cannot afford them. This girl so lovely and sweet it would be a great help to."

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