This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 1st day of June, 1937, in accordance with request made by the daughter - Mrs. [338], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born March 17, 1863 or '64 - in Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elm Hill Hosp.,

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the entity, the records of same here.
2. Though the span has been taut, though the will has been strong, though the time seems to have rolled back, we find that - unless there are other complications arising - the entity should see very close to, if not into, the spring of '38 (thirty-eight); even with the debilities, the weaknesses that are apparent.
3. For, as may be seen, the strong purposes, the inclinations to do whatever it does to the finish, to be interested in the detail, to see each activity that bears upon the urges from within to the beginnings of fruition, are portions of the entity's inner self.
4. If the entity passes the meridian (or the 21st), there should be a longer span than has been anticipated.
5. In giving then that which may be helpful for the entity, or those who may gain from the associations or the studies of that which has been the experience of this entity, we find:
6. The reading and interpreting of the records must be approached from a little different angle, in this particular experience.
7. For the entity (as all) is constantly meeting self. That which has had to do with detailed work - as accounting, bookkeeping or the like - has been innate, and partially manifested, in the experiences in the present.
8. Those inclinations for physical adornment, physical expression, have the more oft been - according to the judgment of some - the undoings of the entity's application in the present sojourn.
9. Then, those things that pertain to the application of knowledge, and rather the weakness of flesh, than the purpose of the heart.
10. And remember, God looketh on the heart while man looketh on the outward appearances.
11. As to the experiences in the earth:
12. Much of that which is a matter of record as to the entity's activity in the experience before this is manifested in a different circumstance in the present experience. The likes and dislikes for individuals' activity; those particulars that have to do with the minutest detail - as of certain names, conditions that pertain to royalty, position, and conditions that pertain to freedom of speech, freedom of church, freedom of physical activity.
13. Then the entity was in the name, as called, James V of England (Scotland); and those experiences have been recorded - both pro and con. Thus there is little need of the interpreting of same, in the light of that which has just been indicated.
14. The entity gained and lost, and gained - as it has in the present. But who is to gainsay that which was and is instilled into the hearts and minds of those with whom the entity has been associated in mental understanding?
15. As to the experience before that, we find the entity was in the earth during the period when the Master walked in the earth.
16. Then the entity was among the elders, or of the Sanhedrin; in the name Artemas - a doubter, a questioner; oft in the capacity as one who would seek to give the interpretation to the rulers, to those in authority, as to the activities among the multitudes.
17. Hence a doubter during those periods of His material manifestation, yet with those experiences following not only the Crucifixion but the Resurrection Morn, and that as related to the entity by Joseph of Arimathaea and by Nicodemus, the entity became among the staunch defenders of the Apostles, the disciples, during the days of persecution. And not until there was the demise of the entity in that experience was there any great amount of physical persecution to the first church.
18. As to the application in this experience - the entity has been a stickler for details; also the experiences of those who had experiences and visions, experiences in those activities that made for the closer associations with the unseen to many, have been and are a part of the whole experience of this entity.
19. Before that we find the entity was in the 'city in the hills and the plains.'
20. The entity was among the Persians who had been of the teaching class; and a descendant of the entity in the experience - or from that experience - became among the Wise Men. [GD's note: Previously, son's rdg. 256-1 said he was one of the Wise Men.]
21. In the activity the entity became closely associated with not only the commercial life between the Persians and those in the 'city in the hills and the plains,' but became as the keeper of the counsel, or as an advisor to the King who was in power during that experience - or among those of that household called the "House of Gold."
22. Then the entity brought about a close association with the teacher in the 'city in the hills' and helped in distributing that which became - as indicated - a portion of the foundations for the teacher who later arose in that land.
23. In the experience the entity gained; for the study of details, the study of human nature, the study of that which brought the power of rulership later in the experience, were a portion of the entity's development through that period.
24. The name then was Schar-Chestah.
25. Before that we find the entity was in the land now called the Egyptian, during those experiences when there were turmoils and strifes through rebellions owing to those who caused the banishment of the Priest.
26. The entity then was among the Counselors to the King, and was the one - with only one other - in favor of changing the conditions and retaining the Priest in power; but was overruled by the many.
27. Hence the entity then, for many days - or during the period of the Priest's exile - was rather in a state of non-activity; though in authority as to what would today be called the building or architectural activity, or the spreading of that activity as would make for home, city, and ordinance as pertaining to same.
28. The name then was Aa-ha-dal.
29. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land, during those periods when there were the first of the rebellions that brought the misapplication of the knowledge; or the forces that might have been used constructively but were used in destructive activities.
30. The entity then joined with the sons of Belial that brought about destructive forces in the attempts to destroy the animal life that in other lands overran same.
31. They were successful in the material, but destructive in the mental and spiritual experiences of the entity - then Ar-mas-ktd.
32. In the present, then:
33. Let that as is set keep the place in the heart. For Life is continuous, and only changes in its phases and in its application, owing to the state of consciousness or that produced by change in the vibratory rate of experience or existence.
34. For, put thy trust in Him who is able to keep that committed unto Him against any experience that may arise in the activities of a soul, of an entity; and He hath not willed that any shall be lost, but hath prepared a way of escape to all who call on Him.
35. HOLD FAST, then, to the faith in Him who is life and light; for He alone can give immortality; He alone has kept and keeps the Book of Remembrance.
36. Blessed is His name!
37. And blessed be they that call on the Lord while He may be found.
38. We are through.

    Copy to daughter Mrs. [338]
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 5/29/37 Daughter Mrs. [338]'s letter:
   My father [1378] has been in the hospital, critically ill, since the week before Easter. He has a bad heart condition, a blood clot in the heart, and has come through pneumonia and a shock since entering the hospital. The doctors can't understand how he lives. I have been home most of the time and have done all I could for him, but there is little that anyone can do now. There is, and always has been, a deep bond of sympathy and understanding between us. When I was a child he used to talk to me of reincarnation and the like, and in those days it was not much thought of, or discussed. He had a brilliant mind and college education, but liquor got the best years of his life, until recent years. But I can only pity him, because I know he had a good kind heart, and there is a reason for everything.
   I have wanted to have a life reading for him, but suppose it is too late.

REPORTS

1. 6/13/37 Daughter Mrs. [338]:
   Dear Mr. Cayce,
   Many thanks for your letter. I was called home Thursday 3rd on account of my father's condition, and received the reading as I left the house. How happy I was to receive it, and read it on the way to Boston. Father passed on at two o'clock Saturday morning June 5th, so we just got the reading in the nick of time. He suffered so before he went that I am happy in the belief that he has found rest. Words cannot tell you how thankful I am for that reading, I don't think that anything in this life has made me more happy.
   I hope to be able to talk to you about it some time, because I can't quite express what I mean in this letter. Sufficient to say that his reading has spared me deep sorrow. All praise be to the Eternal God, and may He grant you happiness and peace.
2. GD's note: It is an interesting coincidence that the only daughter of James V was named Mary, and Mr. [1378]'s daughter was also named Mary. [See Source File Key #1378 for excerpt from Encyclopedia Britannica on James V re 1378-1.]

Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation