This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 27th day of March, 1937, in accordance with request made by the self - sponsored Associate Membership in the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., by Mr. [1151].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [1151] and Mrs. [1158]. Born May 18, 1876, in West Austin Town, Mahoning County, Ohio.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the records here of those experiences of the entity as an entity in the astrological sojourns and the interpretations in material experiences.
2. In giving that as we find that will be helpful in the activities of the entity in the present, in the application of that as may be gained from the activities through the experiences and sojourns, and through the application of self as to constructive forces:
3. A summary of these - irrespective of what has been done about same in the present experience - may be drawn, and then WHY - from the astrological influences as well as from the sojourns in materiality.
4. For while these are one, those from the astrological are as latent urges and are as the promptings from innate experiences - or that termed as being sensitive to conditions, or supersensitive forces; while those influences from the material sojourns are expressed or manifested the more in mental emotions.
5. Then as both of these have found their expressions in the present experience of the entity, it may be easily determined as to that which has become in the entity's experience as shut away by that the entity may term circumstance, or pure will force.
6. For while all urges arise from one or the other influence in an entity's experience, the will to do - that is the choice ever given as the birthright to each and every soul in its appearance in materiality - is manifested by the entity; as to what it does about and with the opportunities that may be in its path.
7. Then as to whether these are toward a material manifestation of that it has set as its ideal makes for or produces developments or retardments.
8. We find in this entity's experience then both that which has made for the tendency for the entity to shun exploration of its gifts or talents and that which in other manifestations or in other ways is often judged as the desire to show - and becomes very emotional, very expressive. Yet there is always kept that latent activity or hidden force or power as may be manifested by that termed of the entity as personality, but more is there seen in the individuality - which is that latent force within the grasp and power of the entity.
9. In those fields of activity that have to do then with numbers of peoples we see the relationships, as Jupiter becomes its ruling influence or force. Yet oft has the entity been caught as it were between fires of disputations among others; and yet these have made for periods when the entity became less expressive and less manifested in its abilities for activity in its chosen fields of service and fields of activity or expressions in this particular experience.
10. From the astrological aspects, then, we find these that make for the latent urges in those activities of the entity:
11. The influences from Jupiter, when in an adverse influence with Saturn, have made for disputations and misunder- standings; yet ever has the entity been in that position as able or willing to offer a solution to problems.
12. Hence the entity becomes rather as one who may have acted, and yet has refrained from same, as a go-between between disputing factors where problems of policy or problems of activity in relationships that dealt with large groups of peoples were concerned.
13. These are a part of the influences that are innate. Some, as has been indicated, have been manifested; some lie as it were dormant; waiting as it were for the arousing of that influence or force that may prompt the entity to make the more activity in those fields in which it may apply its latent abilities.
14. Those things that arise from Venus we find making rather one sympathetic to friends, and this has at times from the material angle made for conditions that brought about confusions in the minds of others; yet tender-hearted and true, with the abilities to even under stress of friendships judge correctly, or under those relationships where the promptings would be for the emotions.
15. Hence in those capacities as judgments upon not only those of human relationships but those having to do with great numbers of individuals or peoples become a part of that in which the entity will find or does find itself in its activities.
16. As to the appearances in the earth, then, that make for the emotions, and how:
17. Before this we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods when there was not only the expansion of that called the capital idea in the present land but of the embodying those into groups or corporations.
18. Those were the periods of activity in which part of the history of this particular portion of the land was recorded.
19. During those periods the entity was in the position of directing or leading those that would be called or interpreted today as corporations that rule or direct influences or powers in certain fields of industry.
20. The entity then in the name George Buhanan, and that which has grown into being a portion of a great industry in the land was of the inception in the mental forces of the entity during those experiences - and may be found to be a portion of those activities and records, as in and about Cleveland and the kindred associations with portions of those activities in western Pennsylvania.
21. For in oil or steel both were the activities of the entity.
22. In the manifestations from that experience we find those emotions for the larger associations, larger groups of activities being as a portion of the entity's thought, a portion of the entity's trend of mind and purpose.
23. These used for constructive forces may become then in the prevent experience a beneficial development in the soul forces, as well as in the experience of many another.
24. For would that all those who are leaders in industries that make for an influence in the lives of many, KNOW that unless corporations or companies have souls ALSO, that are of a constructive nature, they must eventually come to naught!
25. Those that consider, though, every phase of the relationships and are ever in the position of beneficent activities for those who have labored or do labor in any field of service, are constructive. For the law as He gave is ever active in the experiences of men, "The ox is worthy even of his hire, and muzzle him not when treading out the corn."
26. So in all relationships may the entity in its activities or associations in every field of activity bring for itself and others the constructive forces in the experience.
27. Before this, then, that becomes a greater influence in the activities of the individual in the present, we find the entity was in the Roman experience, when there were those activities under Claudius that brought the spreading of much in many lands.
28. The entity then was in the position of an emissary to that portion of the land now known as a part of the Pyrenees and a portion of the northern coast of Africa.
29. There the entity made those reports that were not in keeping with nor an understanding of those that were in authority in the experience. Hence they brought for the entity conditions in the physical experience that became a period of turmoil. For being rebuked for the forwardness has produced innately those activities where the entity works oft under cover in the present.
30. These may be good or these may be bad, dependent upon the choice of that which is the ideal of the entity.
31. For to gain the whole world and lose the own soul is to become as naught.
32. In the activity there, then, the entity in the latter portion of the sojourn produced better relationships, when there was the same class or activity of formation that brought a better understanding. Then in the northernmost portions, or what has become now as a part of the Welsh land, did the entity make for greater advancement, and gain in its experiences.
33. Hence those things pertaining to its Welsh relationships even of maternal nature to the entity become as a stay, as a help in the present experience; and those that are of that kindred, or of that forte, become as a part of the emotional forces of the entity. Then whether these are chosen as in lines of judgments or activities in fields of service or of commerce, they become as a part of the entity's experience to be met, to be reckoned with in the present sojourn.
34. The name then was Artemius-Lun.
35. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Arabian and the Persian land, during those periods when there were the settlings in the 'city in the hills and the plains.'
36. The entity then joined with those activities that became what would be termed in the present as of a minister, or as one to spread the gospel of good cheer to those who became active in a commercial field and used that place and that surrounding as the center from which same radiated.
37. Hence we find the entity's interests in the present in those things pertaining to evangelizing or propagandizing as being a part of the entity's innate and manifested experience.
38. So the entity's dependence upon same arises from the experiences during those sojourns in that particular land, as Essendren.
39. In the experience the entity gained, for in the services that made for bringing material, physical and mental expressions to individuals of helpfulness, there was created or brought about the influences that may guide or direct the entity in the present - and these then become as choices, and the periods from which most of the activities in the present may receive their greatest import. For a field of activity of that character becomes the entity's experience.
40. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian. Yet the entity in most of its activities was in what would now be called the Indian land; but it was of those tenets and periods where there were the expressions of the divisions of those individuals who were gifted in archaeology - as stonecutters, ministers, doctors, lawyers, in their various fields.
41. Hence the entity had chosen to become and did become as an emissary of the land in the structural portions of those habitations for peoples.
42. Hence certain lines, such as those that move as in one, are as a part of the entity's whole force.
43. Might and power are in the entity's experience. These used for construction are well; these used for self-indulgence bring headaches, heartaches, and soul sadness in the experience of all who use same in this manner.
44. The name then was Apt-Stu-Ste.
45. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
46. All of those fields of service in which the entity has experienced those activities become as a part, or as an opportunity in the experience of the entity in the present.
47. Rather in the field as a propagandist, or as an organizer; for in either of these becomes the field of service in which the entity may find the greater happiness, the greater joy, the greater ability for expression - if these are used in a constructive way and manner.
48. As to how to attain to the best:
49. First KNOW thy ideal, and that it must be founded in spirit and not in materiality; that the expressions in materiality must be ever constructive in the lives and the influences that same has upon those who are affected by such activity.
50. Keep self then in attune and in accord with such constructive forces, and this may bring, does bring, the greater mental, soul and material development.
51. Ready for questions.
52. (Q) Has the entity in other incarnations known the entity now called [1151]? If so, when and in what relationships?
    (A) In those periods especially that have the greater influence on the relationships; when the entity now called [1151] gave to the entity now called [1354] the impetus to change to the Welsh activities and save not only the face but the body and the real soul self.
    Hence the entity will find in their relationships that these are felt as keen influences and forces in their relations.
53. (Q) Can these two entities, through cooperation, bring forth greater National Peace and Harmony now? If so, in what manner, and through what avenues should they proceed?
    (A) As the entity [1151], as we have indicated, has to do with such relationships from the experiences and sojourns in the Roman and in the Palestine period, and [1354] in the Welsh, and both of these are felt to be the greater influences in the affairs of the earth today, their combined effort then may make for greater peace and harmony.
    How? Through the field of propaganda.
    What character, what nature? That which is ever of a constructive nature. For whether it is dealing with those influences that have grown to be powers through their very force of power, or otherwise, unless these are constructive in the manners as indicated, they come to naught.
    Yet such an influence injected into the affairs, the policies of all great institutions of that nature may sow the seed that brings the greater influence for peace and harmony, not only of a national but of an international nature.
54. (Q) Was the entity in a previous incarnation a leader of labor?
    (A) As has been intimated, the entity was that one who FOUNDED that which became as the source from which labor emanated in those experiences in its own land.
55. (Q) Did the entity [1354] learn of Jesus through the entity [1151] during the Roman sojourn?
    (A) This may be intimated from that given as to how and why there was found that source in which, through which the entity now called [1354] made what may be termed the "come back;" or relied upon the strength of Creative Forces as manifested in Jesus, the Christ, rather than in the power of might and main.
    Through him then he gained the first concept of what were and what are today the purposes of that Christ influence in the earth.
56. (Q) Would it be well for [1151] or [1354] to go out for a political position such as Governor of the State?
    (A) Of a state, THE state! Of THE state of Ohio, WELL for [1354]. For [1151] of New York, well.
57. (Q) Do you mean [1354] should go out for Ohio, and [1151] for New York?
    (A) [1354] for Ohio, [1151] for New York.
58. (Q) Is this advisable? to fulfill their highest service?
    (A) Might be advisable for [1354], not the MOST advisable for [1151] for his is a greater and broader mission than a rule of any one; rather the directing of many.
    But localizing in the abilities of [1354] makes for a crystallizing of purpose.
59. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Mr. [1151]
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 11/21/36 See 1151-4, Par. 11-A, 16-A, 17-A in re Mr. [1151]'s associations in business with Mr. [1354].
2. 3/27/37 Mr. [1151] requested a Life Rdg. for Mr. [1354] and was present for it, with his wife, Mrs. [1158].

REPORTS

1. 9/16/38 Mr. [1151] wired cancelling appointments in Virginia Beach with EC, writing: "Our friends Mr. [1354] and his wife were compelled to leave VB for the north this morning and it was to interest them in the Association's work that we were planning to be with you."
2. 11/15/38 Mr. [1354] obtained a Physical Rdg. for his wife, Mrs. [1748], via Mr. [1151].

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