This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 6th day of April, 1936, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [1138], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [623].

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

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [1138].
2. Now, as we find, while there may be aid or help brought to this body, unless there is a great deal of patience and persistence we find that the applications will mean only some relief, some ease for the physical and mental reactions through the body.
3. This is a condition where there was the breaking up of the tendons, the muscular forces, the shattering of nerve centers and plexus along the cervical and dorsal area, as well as those injuries to the head. And we find that if these had been cared for properly, conditions might have been better.
4. However, we must take conditions not as we would like them but as we find them.
5. So, to meet those conditions that we find may be aided in the present:
6. As indicated, while we find there is the ability for locomotion and activity of the body at times in the present, this is very much impaired by the inability for making for coordinations, or in the body doing that it purposes in its mind to do.
7. For where injuries along the cervical and dorsal region have made for ligaments and tendons to become switched somewhat in their connections, and where impulses in ganglia along the cerebrospinal system have been so jammed or in others so spread over an area, these impulses that were as voluntary become INVOLUNTARY, and the involuntary become voluntary. This is indicated by the manner in which at cycles of change there is an alteration in the vision and the contractions to the muscles of the face and the head. And at such times there are those impending fears that arise in the mental reactions for the body, and the whole of the locomotion - especially to the arms, and at times to the limbs - becomes distracted through these periods of reaction. Then these will apparently clear themselves by those fillings or buildings up that have become as feelers from the nerve centers, springing or spreading out into the system. And more and more after each of these experiences or periods there has been and there becomes less ability of the body in its NOMINAL reaction to carry on. Very little at a time, yet - as has been shown in the experiences of the body - there has been a gradual growth.
8. So, in making the applications of those things that may be helpful for the body, these in their beginnings must of necessity be very slow; possibly for the first six months, nine months; yet retarding those tendencies of the contraction, breaking off - as it were - those tendencies for the tendons and muscular forces and ligaments to become impaired, bringing them back more to activity, bringing periods when - while there may be severeness for a few days, yet - if these are adhered to and carried forward - we might save the eyesight in its entirety; that is, to see as HAS been and IS a reaction in the ORDINARY sense, or during those periods of the better reaction.
9. And gradually we may make for a better ability for locomotion, the use of self, care of self; and a better mental outlook may be increased, as we find.
10. Then, in the present, we would first begin with these. Then, after a period when we have found there is a better use of the upper portion of the body, and there are periods when there is clearer reaction through the mental coordination with the impulses of the physical and mental or imaginative system, or the sympathetic and cerebrospinal systems are better in coordination (which should require some sixty to ninety to a hundred and twenty days), we would change somewhat the applications for the body.
11. First we would make a compound to be used for massaging, in this manner:
12. To 6 ounces of Russian White Oil, or Usoline, or Nujol, as the oil base, add - in the order named:

    Oil of Wintergreen.............1 ounce,
Oil of Cedar Wood..............1 ounce,
Oil of Pine Needles..........1/4 ounce,
Kerosene or Coal Oil...........1 ounce,
Compound Tincture of Benzoin...1 ounce,
Oil of Sassafras.............1/2 ounce.

    To be sure, these will tend to separate, but before using shake together and pour a small quantity in an open container - just what will be absorbed by the body. Massage this into the base of the spine (that is, the base of the head), at the edge of the head, but AWAY FROM the head towards the central portion of the back. In the neck, the shoulders, extending all the way down to the end of the spine, but the greater portion around the base of the head, through the cervical area - or from there down to arms and across shoulders. Do this each day. Massage gently in a rotary motion, but gradually get a little deeper as the soreness or the tenderness comes and goes.
13. We would also use the Radio-Active Appliance as an EQUALIZER for the extremities of the body in the impulse and in the circulation. This would be attached to the body preferably as the body rests in the day, in the afternoon, or just before retiring, or both - a period of an hour to an hour and a half. Keep the anodes very clean. Make the applications to the body AFTER the change in the temperature, or fifteen to twenty minutes after the Appliance has been put in the ice solution, see? Sprinkle a little salt in the solution. But do not allow same to come over the top of Appliance, the water or the ice OR the salt.
14. Do this for the period as indicated - ninety or a hundred and twenty days.
15. And then we will change these vibrations through those effective conditions which will have taken place. For, as we find, we may add a greater stimulation to retain the vision and to make for better coordination.
16. In the matter of the diet and activity, these we would keep just so we have the regular eliminations; not too much of meats but rather a vegetable diet that makes for the whole physical and mental activity being coordinative - or an alkalin diet.
17. We will change these things in ninety to a hundred and twenty days.
18. Ready for questions.
19. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Wife
    Copy to Ass'n file
    (See letter [which was enclosed] with directions to H.H.R. Co., for the type Appliance suggested; also article explaining theory of such an Appliance.
    See Alkalin-Reacting Diet list [which was enclosed].)

BACKGROUND

1. 5/23/36 Friend Mrs. [623]'s letter: "He fell down an elevator shaft onto his face some years ago. He broke his nose and other bones of his face and was not expected to live. Since then he has developed some kind of spell, beginning with his left eye - it goes shut - he loses control of his face, his throat, his hearing, his seeing, his arms and legs and his mind to some extent. He gets very weak but has no pain at all. When they give him up to die he gets better, almost well, until another time.
   "His eyes are both closed most of the time now, so it is in its beginning stage. He has been to Mayo's and lots of places. A year ago his wife received a letter from Mayo's asking if he was still living, that it was an odd case and they wanted to keep track of it.
   "We do so much want to help him."

REPORTS

1. 5/20/36 Wife's letter: "We have faithfully followed all the instructions given us at that time. Mr. [1138] has shown no improvement up to date, in fact he seems to be growing more helpless each day. We are very anxious about him, also we do have a great deal of confidence in your ability to help him. Would you suggest a check reading - perhaps there are additional instructions you would like to give us."
2. 5/22/36 EC's letter: "Although as indicated the suggestions in the first reading have not as yet been followed for ninety to a hundred and twenty days, we will be glad to check up on Mr. [1138]'s condition through another reading and see if everything is being done properly - or, as you say, if anything may be added at this time."
3. 5/29/36 See 1138-2.

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