This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 23rd day of March, 1936, in accordance with request made by the self - Dr. [1135], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mr. [257].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Dr. [1135] and Hugh Lynn Cayce. Born September 9, 1900, in Irvington, New York.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the records here, that are associated with the entity now known as or called [1135].
2. In entering the present experience, from these we would find there are definite purposes or desires on the part of the entity for those accomplishments of that which will be seen indicated in the sojourns through the earth's plane.
3. Then, these make for definite purposes, definite lines of endeavor or activity in the present experience.
4. As for those that become as astrological influences, from the sojourns of the entity in those environs about the earth, we find these from the astrological viewpoint alone would be little in accord with that which is purposed or indicated in the activities of the entity in making manifest those purposes in the earth's plane in the present.
5. For while the entity's sojourns before THIS entrance into the earth's plane are indicated in ONE environ, the activities of the entity are - as we find - from these:
6. The influences from Jupiter are indicated in that activity which would deal with large groups of peoples in many varied spheres of activity. While the relationships would be individual, the effects or the activities that are in keeping WITH the purpose have to do with groups or masses rather than with things; but rather conditions in the experiences of many.
7. From Mercury we find the mental expression, and an analytical nature in its relationships with the mental influences and forces dealing with the activity in such relationships.
8. The Venus and Uranian influences make for the exceptional relationships in the activities that deal with the MATERIAL relationships of individuals; and in same the entity becomes as an extremist in some of its ideas.
9. As to the relationships these bear, then, with that which will be, should be, or may be the activity of the entity in the present experience or sojourn, we find:
10. One whose activities will be with individual action or relation, yet the effects will be upon the many, or the masses, or groups, those dealing with mental forces rather than the material relationships. Those in the material relationships become rather of the EXCEPTIONAL nature, or rather those that will be AT TIMES apparently at variance one to another.
11. As to the appearances in the earth, and those that have their influences in the activities of the entity in the present, we find:
12. Before this the entity was in those lands of the present nativity or sojourn, during the period just following what is known as the American Revolution.
13. The entity's activities were among the soldiery, and the soldiery of the British or the English activity - acting in the American land in what would be termed the Intelligence Service. Not as a spy was the entity, but rather among those who mapped and laid out the plans for the campaigns by Howe, Clinton, and those in charge of those portions of the service in that particular portion of the land.
14. However, the entity REMAINED in the American soil AFTER those activities. Not as one dead, but as one alive in the very services of making for the cooperations then BETWEEN the peoples of the entity's native land and those of the land of adoption.
15. Then in the name Warren, the entity gained through the experiences of those relationships established.
16. Yet from same in the present we find those definite INNATE urges as respecting varied trends of thought, either of a political nature or of that termed a patriotic influence of the country or peoples to which an individual or a group may be of service in a broader sense.
17. Hence in the present we will find the diplomatic relationships, the exchange of ideas and plans of the various nations or groups or leaders in such a relationship becoming of an INTEREST to the entity in the dealings with ITS OWN relationships to others.
18. Before that, then, we find the entity was active in those periods of the Crusades, when the peoples especially of the English land led those who - as it were - took upon themselves those defenses of an idea, rather than of the deeper ideal.
19. The entity then was as a soldier, or among those who made the journeys to that now known as the Holy Land; and among those who became quite different in their aspect or view of the Mohammedan religion, or the followers of that faith, when there had been those periods of the activities among those peoples in showing THEIR (what ye term in the present as) brotherly love rather than the destructive forces.
20. Aside: What a variation this is to the Moslem or Islam expression in the present!
21. In that experience we find the entity gained and lost; gained in purposes as set in self, but lost in that self was led rather than being in the attitude or position of purposefulness in self for an ideal.
22. Hence we find in the present those variations from that termed the moral or the religious or the philosophical standpoint, in the basis of the entity's activities as to the findings of those relationships. Yet the study of that which prompts each individual, as well as that which makes for its activity upon groups or masses, becomes of special interest in the activities of the entity in the present.
23. The name then was Belduen.
24. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Arabian or the Persian, during those periods when there were those activities in the 'city in the hills and the plains.'
25. The entity then was among the Persian peoples who were under the activities of those upon whom the leader of the nomads made war, and was in the capacity then as the keeper of those things that made for the classifying of the activities of those ABOUT the court or the rule.
26. And when there became those activities in the 'city of the hills and plains' to such an extent that they influenced the activities of many lands, the entity then joined in those activities to DETERMINE from what basis they arose.
27. Hence the entity became among the leaders in the 'city in the hills and plains.'
28. There we find the entity gained and lost. Lost when the activities were turned into those fields of self-indulgence, self-aggrandizement; yet the abilities of the entity in the reckonings through the stars, the movements of the earth during those experiences, are STILL a portion of those records in the PERSIANS' experiences of that period.
29. Then, in the name Iradell, the entity was a close associate of Edress [?] [Edssi?].
30. Before that we find the period which makes for the greater activities in the present experience.
31. It was during the egress of those peoples from the Atlantean land (now known) who settled and became active in the Egyptian land.
32. There [in Egypt] the entity made for the greater progress in its development from the mental or soul experiences, in that particular period. For with the return of the Priest, with the gatherings of the various understandings or teachings, the entity then made a study of such; and classified and interpreted same for the many, so that APPLICATION of same might be made in the experiences of those in the Egyptian land as well as in the Indian, the Mongoloid or Mongolian or Gobi, the Carpathian, and the Og, and those lands across the seas in those experiences.
33. Then the entity, in the name Ax-Tenuel, was a close friend of [487] Ax-Tell - that made for those developments in the chemical and electrical appliances in the experience.
34. The ENTITY, in its activities then, applied self in such a manner as to make for those growths that have been indicated in the various fields of service to which the application was made of man's relationship to man, man's relationship to the Creative Forces in those experiences.
35. Hence the schools, the varied arts, the varied temples of activity, the various influences arose from the service as led by the individual in applying those tenets of Ra-Ta and the leaders from Sin (?) and from On (?).
36. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, and that to which it may attain, and how:
37. As may be indicated from the activities of the entity throughout those periods of sojourn in the earth, when there is the material application of those influences or forces that arise from the mental and spiritual influence in an entity's activity, first KNOW in what thou believest; making sure that it (that thou believest) is founded in that which responds to that something from within that is creative in itself.
38. Then, making same practical in the experience of thyself, thy neighbor, press on to the mark that is set by self and in thy ideal.
39. For the way is open; the time is well.
40. Ready for questions.
41. (Q) To what specific field of endeavor should I devote my efforts for the greatest possible development during this life?
    (A) As indicated, in that which makes for the greatest advancement in man establishing his relationship with his fellow man and with the Creative Forces that work in and through man; even as the entity did as the activities are shown in the Egyptian experience.
42. (Q) Would you advise that I continue my work relative to music?
    (A) As an example of the unison and rhythm of life, yes. As that which may supply oft that which bridges space or time, well.
43. (Q) What do you advise regarding my work in writing fiction?
    (A) If this is based upon the FINDINGS in the mental and spiritual, well - for THESE would make for an awakening to the many.
44. (Q) What has been my relation or relations with my wife [1136] in past incarnations and just how can I develop this relationship in the present to mean the most for us both?
    (A) In two experiences, as we find, there have been the relationships. Once at variance, as in the period just previous - when the greater disturbances arose ever between the activities respecting the promptings of those for whom the entity acted as the agent, or as an intelligent. The other period of relationships was in the Persian and the Arabian experience; when they were joined in an activity that made for BOTH developing spiritually.
    Hence in the applying in the present, let each know that from the spirit of truth - that is present in each - may come the promptings that will bind each in a union of service for that for which each stands in the material world. [GD's note: We later learned that he had divorced Mrs. [1136] and married someone else.]
45. (Q) What would be the best approach for me in studying the psychic work of Edgar Cayce?
    (A) We have ONLY those in relationships to others. We wouldn't approach it from here.
46. (Q) What specifically would be indicated for my best work in the present?
    (A) The relationships of individuals to individuals, and the relationships of individuals to the Creative Forces. Or, that which may be termed as the study of the SOULS of men.
47. We are through.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

REPORTS

1. 3/26/36 See 1135-2, a Ck. Life Reading, and 3/27/36 a Ck. Life 1135-3.
2. 3/28/36 He obtained a Physical Reading for Mrs. [1136].
3. 4/07/36 He obtained a Physical Reading for child [1139].
4. 4/09/36 He obtained a Mental-Spiritual - See 1135-4.
5. 5/06/36 He obtained another Mental-Spiritual - See 1135-5.
6. 5/25/36 He obtained a Life Reading for his son by a former marriage - See 1177-1.
7. 11/11/36 He obtained another Mental-Spiritual - See 1135-6.
8. 11/19/36 He obtained a Mental-Spiritual regarding a novel he was writing - See 1135-7.
9. 8/11/52 Letter to HLC from Dr. [1135]'s third ex-wife:
   Dear Mr. Cayce:
   Certainly, I am a long time getting around to thank you for your prompt reply in February and your invitation to the conference in Hollywood. I had just started the above working studio and it is a one man show so I could not get away. I am most sorry because I heard it was wonderful.
   I am enclosing the check for the tithe of my Divinely inspired occupation for this month and may the Law of Reciprocal Blessing prosper both the gift and the giver.
   Your enclosed pamphlets were most interesting and helpful and as I progress farther along the unfolding path of Truth I become more completely convinced that [1135] and I failed to solve our problem together and it was for me to be brought to my knees to find the answer and ultimately to help him. For all his great knowledge he does not have this key to life. For that reason I should like very much a copy of his life reading. I am certain he would have no objection.
   I plan to donate copies of "There Is A River" and "Many Mansions" to our library here. I think that they are the pleasantest and most convincing proof of the Truth of Being available to the uninitiated.
   Sincerely,
   re: Life reading of Dr. [1135]
   [$25.00 Active membership. Rest to Foundation.]
10. 8/25/52 Letter: "The Life Reading was tremendously interesting and knowing Dr. [1135] as well as I do it explains much that he accomplished so easily during the war with no previous training in this incarnation. Self-indulgence is still his downfall and it is such a pity that with that knowledge given him he has not made use of it. Most of us, however, have to be brought to our knees the hard way. The wife mentioned was not I."
11. 10/07/52 "The Life Reading has meant so much to me too. It corroborated my feeling that I have always known the real man who came nearest to expressing himself during our marriage and now I cannot be tripped by this false personality. I stumbled into a bit of information in my reading the other day that you may not know. During the Persian experience he was a close associate of Esdras and I quote from this book: 'According to tradition, all the writings of the Bible were destroyed but they were restored by Esdras who remembered in his heart and rewrote them.'"
12. 8/24/54 CASE HISTORY OF DR. [1135], by his third ex-wife:
    The country was still staggered and reeling by the precipitous blow of Pearl Harbor and true to his type Dr. [1135], a psychologist, decided that he had to do something about it immediately. He had been too young to get into the shooting part of World War I, having just come under the age wire at the tail end. He was put into a Private's uniform and shipped to a farm to raise vegetables which he loathed. This time, he was too old for active duty and being a specialist in the field of Public Opinion, he dashed off to Washington to see if he could be of use in this field.
    After a number of interviews, none of which offered an immediate opening he came home discouraged. It was not long before he had a new idea. He loved boats and water. Living on navigable water and having the means with which to indulge himself, he had had several varieties of sailboats. There was a desperate need in the Coast guard, and as he put it, having had no fun in the last war he would make amends in this one via the Coast Guard.
    He passed the Navy I.Q. test with the score of 175, was slated to be a Lieutenant Commander and came home to learn navigation. (note "yet the abilities of the entity in the reckonings through the stars...are still a portion of these records in the Persian experiences of that period." 1135-1.
    Destiny, however, had a different role for him to play. He was urgently called back to Washington. Minds had been made up that an Opinion Expert was needed and he was persuaded to go. Within a few months he was switched to O.W.I Domestic Intelligence Service, working closely with O.S.S., and then to O.W.I. Overseas. He finished the war in charge of a technical school, training men to drop behind enemy lines right on the spot where he had "mapped and laid out the plans for the campaigns by Howe, Clinton, and those in charge of those portions of the service in that particular portion of the land." 1135-1
    Of intense interest to those who find the answers to many of the "why's of life in the theory of rebirth; and to those still wondering, is the fact that although Dr. [1135] spent a week with Mr. Cayce and sat in on many, many "readings" in 1936 and was heard to say that "he didn't know what he had, but he knew that he was no fake", his own reading, and those of others that were obtained at that time, have been dropped completely from his mind. He has been out of touch with the Association for years.
13. 9/21/56 Dr. [1135] signed and returned a membership blank, a gift membership to him in A.R.E. by his third ex-wife.
14. 5/08/58 She told us that last year Dr. [1135] had married again for the fifth time. Her marriage had lasted 10 years, longer than any of the rest. In the latter years of their marriage he insisted on much drinking and that she drink with him, so that even now it is still quite a problem for her. She mentioned a terrific sex drive which she became a part of during her marriage to him. She questioned him about having only one marriage mentioned when he was written up in Who's Who, and he said that too many marriages would not look so good in that setting.
15. 1/22/63 HLC rec'd a letter from her saying that Dr. [1135] died in his sleep 4:05 A.M., 1/04/63; had suffered two strokes and was blind, etc.
16. 3/10/64 She also died very suddenly. She had spoken of the terrific pull which she felt from him, as if he had hypnotized her. Perhaps they are working out their karma on the other side, or else planning how they will return to earth and do it. GD.

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