This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of January, 1936, in accordance with request made by the mother - Mrs. [...], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by her sister, Mrs. [1073].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the body here (What a body!), [1104].
2. Now, as we find, the disturbing conditions in this body, from a normal physical standpoint, are of such natures that - if there is ANY change wrought - it will require time, patience and persistence on the part of those MAKING such applications.
3. For if these conditions had been changed or altered during those periods of the early developments in the structural portion of the body, there might have been a preventing of much of the reversal that has been brought about by the improper activities of the glands as related to the developments in the structural forces; in the coordination also of the mental AND the physical body.
4. These conditions, as we find, from the material standpoint, came from the improper reactions or care FOR the body during those periods first of gestation - and then during those periods when there was the first giving to the body of its activities for the functioning of the organs as related to its assimilation. And then the arising of temperatures made for the adhering of lymph tissue, owing to elemental conditions in those portions of the body - detrimental influences - during those periods of its first developments.
5. Hence we find that the functionings of the glands in the adrenals, and those relationships of the pineal to the gestations in the sexual forces in the system, have become all engorged - or are abnormal in the body; rather than becoming gradually centered to those activities through the base portion - or through the medulla oblongata - to the cerebrospinal system where the sympathetic and cerebrospinal systems coordinate with their activity to the cerebellum and the central portion of the frontal portion of the brain forces themselves.
6. Hence all of these conditions, all of these structural forces, must be taken into consideration - if there would be offered those things that would be of help for the body.
7. And, as we find, these would necessitate - in about every six to eight months - that a CHANGE be made in the form or the MANNER of the application - of those electrical forces; or the ELEMENTAL forces, or the elementary forces, that supply to the system itself the necessary impulses and influences for creating constructive influence for a structural body, as well as for a coordination between the nervous systems of the body and their activities.
8. Begin, then, first, with this:
9. Use the Radio-Active Appliance each day for at least forty-five to sixty minutes. While there will be little or no effect felt, there will gradually - from such applications - come a change in the activities of the system.
10. Make the cycle of the body in these manners: Once to the right wrist and left ankle. The next day to the left wrist and right ankle. Then the next day begin over again, but make the attachment first to the ankle, THEN to the wrist. Then the next day the first attachment would be to the opposite ankle and the other to the opposite wrist. Then the next day when it's attached, go to the right wrist and left ankle; then the left wrist and right ankle. Then make the first attachment to the ankle again, etc.
11. Keep the anodes or small plates clean. Make positive contact.
12. And after each of the treatments give the body a GENERAL massage of the OILS, with these combinations:
13. Equal parts of Olive Oil, Castor Oil, and (cut same with) Petroleum Oil or Coal Oil, see? These, as we find, would not be rubbed hard, but along the spine and across the structural portions of the body; as along the spine across the ribs, across the pelvic bone, across the sternum or the bone just below the ribs, you see, and all portions; so that there may be just the absorption of these. Massage these each time for five to ten minutes.
14. And then in six months, we would give those changes necessary.
15. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Mrs. [1073] - Special Delivery
    Copy to Ass'n file (GD's note to mother: See letter [which was enclosed] to Health Home Remedies Co., also article explaining theory of appliance.)

BACKGROUND

1. 1/13/36 Aunt [1073]'s wire: "Visiting sister in ... please give reading for her daughter, [1104], born in ..., N.Y. 4/21/27, living at ..."

REPORTS

1. 4/22/36 Mother requested a Physical Rdg. for her other two sisters, Miss [1178] and Mrs. [1185], saying: "In regard to results of my experience with my daughter, the battery was received about five weeks ago and has been in daily operation since. It is, of course, early to tell as to the results, but hope to be able to report favorably in the near future."
2. 5/04/36 EC's letter making appointments for her sisters: "I know it is too soon for you to feel able to tell a great deal about your daughter's condition, but do you find that the use of the Appliance has quieted her in any way? Do you see any change in the general mien of the individual? In a few cases similar, these are the first things that have been noted; a little difference in the excitability of the body, or the ability for the body to control itself a little better, and a gradual change in the mien. Of course, it is going to require time - but it will be worth it if she can be brought to a nearer normal condition."
3. GD's note: There is a notation in the folder that [1104] was a Mongolian [Down's Syndrome] case. Perhaps this information was given on the phone to Mr. Cayce, because there is no indication of it in the correspondence. Perhaps she was just mentally retarded and the "Mongolian" [Down's Syndrome] notation was just a guess by someone trying to index the reading.
4. 5/16/36 Mother's letter: "With reference to my daughter, [1104], have noted recently that there appears to be evidence of less excitability of the body, with the following result: For the past nine days, with one exception, she slept thru the night and was dry on awakening. This condition occurred only on rare occasions heretofore. As a rule she disturbed me at least once during the night and each time arose wet. Will be glad to advise you of any additional changes."
5. 11/13/36 Mother requested a Physical Rdg. saying: "[1104] goes to a special class in school and is not at home until after four o'clock."
6. 12/11/36 Mother submitted questions: "Anything I could do to cure [1104] from bed-wetting? Would like to have her lose some weight, which I do not think comes from eating. What can we do to remedy this? Shall I continue the battery treatments?"
7. 12/15/36 See 1104-2.

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