This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the David E. Kahn home, 20 Woods Lane, Scarsdale, N.Y., this 6th day of November, 1937, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1472], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mr. [1151] and Mrs. [1158].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [1472]. Born May 5, 1880, in Bowling Green, Virginia.

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1. (In going back over years from present - " - '85 - rather as a cross - '84, '83 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
2. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1472].
3. In giving the interpretations of these, we find these are those that may be helpful in the experience of the entity through the present sojourn.
4. These are beautiful in many of the experiences, yet the more turmoil may appear to be present in this present sojourn.
5. For the entity has come a long way, and oft grows weary with the burdens not only that become a part of self's experience but that apparently are unburdened and yet burdened upon the entity, in its dealings with those about self.
6. Remember, though, that these ARE but that which is a part of the experience; for those whom He loveth, those He holdeth dear in their dealings with the fellow man.
7. For He hath indeed given His angels charge concerning thee, and He will bear thee up - if ye will faint not but hold to that purpose whereunto thou hast purposed in thy tabernacle in the present.
8. For know that His temple in thee is HOLY; and thy body-mind is indeed the temple of the living God.
9. Thus may ye find oft that upon the horns of the altar many of the burdens may be laid aside, and that the sweet incense of faith and hope and prudence and PATIENCE will arise to bring the consciousness and the awakening of the glories that may be thine.
10. In giving, for this entity, the interpretations of the records made - upon time and space from God's book of remembrance - we find life, as a whole, is a continuous thing; emanating from power, energy, God-Consciousness, ever.
11. And as it must ever be, so has it ever been; so that only a small vista or vision may be taken here and there, from the experiences of the entity in those environs of an astrological nature (as ye term).
12. Or the experiences of the visitation of the soul-entity, as it were, during those periods when absent from the material, three-dimensional matter, become as in the accord with that which has been accredited by the students - yea, by the seers of old to those astrological aspects.
13. That is, the influences or environs to the entity in those consciousnesses that are given as a portion of the experience, from such sojourns, are as signs or symbols or emblems in the experience of the entity in the present.
14. For as the entity experiences, it is ever the NOW and what the entity or soul may do ABOUT the consciousness or awareness that makes for those influences which are to be.
15. Hence such influences that are accredited much to the astrological aspects become a portion of the entity, not because of the position at the time of birth but because of the entity's sojourn there. Or, rather, because the All-Wise, All-Creative Force has given into the keeping of the souls that they journey as it were from experience or awareness or consciousness to consciousness, that they - as a portion of the whole - may become aware of same.
16. And as the injunction has been from the beginning, subdue ye the influences from without, that ye may be a fit companion, that you may be one with that Creative Force or Energy ye worship as thy Maker, thy God, thy Brother - yea, that within which ye live, ye move, ye have your being!
17. Then as we find, as the consciousness is aware of the individual now, and knows itself to be itself - these are the purposes.
18. Then only as an individual gives itself in service does it become aware. For as the divine love has manifested, does become manifested, that alone ye have given away do ye possess. That ALONE is the manner in which the growth, the awareness, the consciousness grows to be.
19. For until the experiences are thine, thy awareness cannot be complete.
20. As to the astrological aspects, we find these become as innate or mental - or dream, or visions, or cries, or voices as it were from within.
21. But the influences that arise from the few appearances in the material sojourns or consciousness (that have an effect in the present) are to create or bring about or affect the emotions.
22. Hence as there are those contacts with individual entities - for this entity is struggling even as they - there comes with the awareness of their thought-expression in material consciousness the emotions, the awareness of their struggles having been as parallel, or at cross purposes here or there.
23. Yet having left as it were upon the skein of time and space that consciousness that only in the patience of the divine love may that hope, that helpfulness be made complete - as ye lean upon the arm of thy Brother, thy Friend, ye may be borne to the very presence of divinity itself.
24. In the astrological aspects then we find these as a part of this entity's experience; that Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Uranus, Neptune all become a portion of the entity's innate activity.
25. Hence these come into material manifestation by the application of, or doing something about, the urge produced by that activity that is latent yet is so subtle, yet so definite as to produce that which brings movement to the experience of self.
26. Thus it becomes a portion of its activity in the material sojourn.
27. Venus and Jupiter bring sympathy, love, beauty; and those abilities to depict same into material activity such that it becomes a portion of the longings and the hopes of the many.
28. For as thoughts are things, and as their currents run into the experience of individuals, they shape lives and activities so that they become miracles or crimes in the experiences of others as they mete them in their associations with their fellow men.
29. For as ye do it unto the least of these, thy brethren, ye do it unto thy Maker.
30. Hence these make for those activities in the experience of this entity's soul in which the masses, as well as classes and groups, are to be, will be, influenced.
31. Hence is there little wonder that oft there is the second thought - yea, the counsel with the inner self - as to whether that written, that spoken, that printed, that said in thy dealings with others becomes as a wonderment or is constructive or destructive?
32. But more and more may the thoughts expressed and given out by the entity bring constructive activity in the lives of others, as the self gains that open consciousness that He has given His angels charge lest ye dash thy foot against a stone.
33. Hence know that He is in His holy temple, and that all the earth must hear, must know. For every knee must bow to that love divine, as ye are capable of meting and measuring through such activities in thy experience and thy relationships with thy fellow men.
34. In Mars we find those fits of anger, resentment, selfishness here and there; those impure motives creating those struggles, those entanglements, those angers. Yet these as they arise upon thy horizon of activity in thy relationships may oft keep from view the visions of that glory prepared for those who love the Lord.
35. Yet know that truth and light, as may be aroused or made alive from the assurances of His walks with thee, will dissipate those fogs, those mists, as ye apply love in thy dealings with every character of circumstance in thy experience with others.
36. Then these will matter little; for the Lord's ways are not past finding out, yet ye must oft learn to wait upon the Lord, and not become overanxious - in thy anxiety that "they, too" taste of the goodness that may be found in the divine love.
37. In Uranus, as well as in Neptune, we find the water - yea, the elementals; the fire and water - oft interfering? no, cleansing rather. For as hath been given, all must be tried so as by fire. All must be purified.
38. Yet in the beauty of life springing anew in the water of life itself, ye find in the mysteries - yea, the occult and the spiritual forces - influences that make for EXTREMES in the lives of many.
39. Yet as He walked the path to Gethsemane, [Jesus] as He struggled alone with His own Cross; so ye - as ye struggle HAVE the assurance that His presence abideth; and they that become overzealous or overanxious may find that the stepping-stones that may be in thy experience become stumbling-stones.
40. But keep ye the faith in not the Cross as sacrifice but the Cross as the WAY, the LIGHT, the LIFE!
41. For without the Cross there is not the Crown!
42. As to the appearances in the earth, all may not be visioned from this particular experience or sojourn. For as ye apply thyself in thy daily experiences in bringing those bonds here, those activities in the sojourns of others, ye bring the NEW visions and vistas of thy sojourns materially as well as in the astrological spheres about this thine own concept of the universe. But:
43. Before this we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods of the settlings in the early portions of the land.
44. It was when there were those being brought into the land for companions, helpmeets to those of the land.
45. The entity was among those brought hither from the English land, and become in the household of that family which later grew to be in authority, in power, in that Virginian land; or in the household of that family whose name has been changed to what is now called Byrd - then Bayonne [?].
46. In the experience, as Clementine, the entity's activities were in the assurance of the freedom of actions for the bringing not only of conveniences into the home but into the activities of the neighboring groups roundabout.
47. And these have left upon the consciousness of the entity such emotions that oft it finds itself bound by convention, bound by that which prevents the full expression.
48. Yet know in the awareness that ye will find more and more that the TRUTH indeed sets one FREE. NOT to convention, of the material policies or activities, but in SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH!
49. For God looks upon the purposes, the ideals of the heart, and not upon that which men call convention.
50. Before that we find the entity was in the Palestine land, during those days when the Master walked in the earth; and when there were the peoples about those activities of not only the birth but His sojourns before and after the return from Egypt - those whom Judy blessed, that labored in the preserving of the records of HIS activities as the Child; the activities of the Wise Men, the Essenes and the groups to which Judy had been the prophetess, the healer, the writer, the recorder - for all of these groups.
51. And though questioned or scoffed by the Roman rulers and the tax gatherers, and especially those that made for the levying or the providing for those activities for the taxation, the entity gained throughout.
52. Though the heart and body was often weary from the toils of the day, and the very imprudence - yea, the very selfishness of others for the aggrandizing of their bodies rather than their souls or minds seeking development, the entity grew in grace, in knowledge, in understanding.
53. And in the present those abilities arise from its desire, from its hopes to put into the word of the DAY, the experience of the day, in all phases of human experience, LESSONS - yea, symbols, yea tenets - that will drive as it were HOME, in those periods when the soul takes thought and counsel with itself, as to whence the experiences of the day are leading - as to whether they are leading to those activities that are the fruits of the spirit of truth and life, or to those that make for selfishness, and the aggrandizement of material appetites without thought of those things that are creative and only make the pure growths within the experience of others.
54. Hence whether it be in jest, in stories, in song or poem, or whether in skits that may show the home life, the lover - yea, the weary traveler yea the high-minded, and they that think better of themselves then they ought to think - THESE abilities are there. Use them. For He, even as then, will bless thee with His presence in same. And what greater assurance can there be in the experience of any soul than to know that He - yea, the Son of Mary - yea, the Son of the Father, the Maker of heaven and earth, the Giver of all good gifts - will be thy right hand, yea thy heart, thy mind, thy eye, thy heart itself - if ye will hold fast to Him!
55. Before that we find the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were the gatherings of those from the turmoils, from the banishments, and those from the Atlantean land.
56. The entity then was among those from the lands that were later called the Parthenian lands, or what ye know as the Persian land from which the conquerors then of Egypt had come.
57. As a Princess from that land the entity came to study the mysteries for the service it might give to those of her own land, the Carpathians or as has been given, the entity was among the FIRST of the pure white from that land to seek from the Priest and those activities in the Temple Beautiful for the purifying of self that she, too, might give to her own not only the tenets but the practical application of that which would bring home in the material experience an ASSURANCE in the separations from the body.
58. Thus in the abilities of the entity from that experience, as well as those gained throughout those activities, we find in the present: Just meting out day by day those visions, that ye have gained here, that ye have seen in thy experiences, thy sojourns, ye will find that HE the keeper, HE the Creator, will give the increase necessary for the activities in every sphere of thy experience.
59. For keeping inviolate that thou knowest gives assurance not only in self but in the promises that He will bear thee UP!
60. If there is kept that purpose in self, there is little need for a return; save as one that may lead the way to those that are still in darkness. [See 1/20/38 report from her in re this incarnation.]
61. As to the practical application, then:
62. In the writing, in the song; in the meting it out in the conversation day by day. For YE can only be the sower. GOD giveth the increase!
63. Faint not at well-doing.
64. Ready for questions.
65. (Q) How can I extend the borders of my consciousness to include fourth dimensional knowledge and achieve greater spiritual illumination?
    (A) These illuminations, the greater visions, only come by the communion with the true life and light from within.
    For as thy body is the temple of thy OWN self, so is the kingdom of heaven within, even as He gave. And if ye will but open the door of thy consciousness and let Him come in, He will sup with thee and give thee that thou may USE day by day.
66. (Q) Where, when and what was my relationship to the entity now known as [1470], in any past incarnation, and what does he mean to my present life pattern?
    (A) In the Palestine period the self was as Judy, the entity [1470] was as the Roman that made light much, and later came to seek.
    And thus in authority in self doth he find that those activities in the present will become much in the same way and manner. For not as one dependent upon the other, but one as bolstering as it were the purposes that may be held aright.
67. (Q) Where, when and what was my past relationship to the entity now known as [1151], and what is the purpose of my present association with him?
    (A) In the same land.
    Here we find quite a variation in the activity. For as the entity that walked in the way to Emmaus FOUND that those records of those activities became part and parcel of the experience, so is that bond of sympathy found in the associations that awakens the urge for a HELPFULNESS WITHOUT QUESTION as one to another.
68. (Q) Is radio the field in which I can best use my spiritual enlightenment and writing ability for the greatest service to the world?
    (A) Radio is a means of expression; writing is a means of confirmation and is longer LASTING.
69. (Q) Why do I get so little love, consideration and appreciation from those to whom I pour out the most service and devotion?
    (A) Study that which has been given thee relative to such, and ye will see that it is patience ye must learn, that ye must add to those virtues that have made thee ever the burden bearer for the many throughout those periods when the awakenings were coming.
    Faint not because of thy loneliness, for who can be alone with His love, His promises abiding with thee!
    These may make for a blooming into activity in thy experience, and WILL, if ye will give expression more and more to those promises that are thy very own.
    For He, as He hath promised, may bring to thy remembrance ALL things - from the foundations of the earth. Know the Lord is nigh; and that those who keep watch, who keep faith WITH thee, are even as those of old - when there are the hundreds, yea the thousands that have never bended the knee to Baal, but as thee - only need that light, that assurance that He IS the guiding light!
70. (Q) How can I help my daughter, the entity now known as [...]?
    (A) Be not overanxious. Ever be ready rather to give an answer for the faith that lieth within. Not as argumentive, but as that which has been, which is, which ever will be the assurance to thee of the faith, the love that conquers all.
71. (Q) Who and where is my real mate?
    (A) This may best be found by considering that as was the experience in those activities during the Palestine period, yea those full activities of the entity AS Judy in that period with the Essenes. Study even that little which has been preserved of same. Ye will find him studying same also!
72. (Q) Can you tell me anything of the activity and development of my son, the entity known in this life as [...] who died at the age of 13?
    (A) As has been given thee, let Him, the Way, the Life, reveal this to thee in thine OWN meditation. He is near at hand.
    If thine eyes will be opened, if thy purposes will be set in the service, in the patience of love, He may reveal - as given - ALL things to thee.
    Let thy deeper meditation be, in thine own way, but as these thoughts:
    LORD, MY LORD, MY GOD! THY HANDMAID SEEKS LIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING! OPEN TO MY MIND, MY HEART, MY PURPOSE, THAT WHICH I MAY USE IN MY DAILY SERVICE, MY DAILY CONTACTS, THAT WILL BE MORE AND MORE EXPRESSIVE OF THY LOVE TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN.
73. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 11/04/37 She referred Mr. [1470] for a Life Rdg.

REPORTS

1. 11/09/37 [1472]'s ltr. to EC: "I have received my 'Reading' and want to express my appreciation of the special delivery stamps which insured my having it when I got home last night.
   "Since studying it I am all the more appreciative of your generous offer to go through it with me Saturday when I come for my physical reading. While I have no difficulty in understanding its many amazing statements I find myself unable to correlate some of them, and consequently evaluate them in terms of my present life and service. I am sure you will be able to help me with this when we go over it together.
   "Since you said it would not matter if I did not pay the entire amount of my physical reading when having same, I have the idea I would also greatly like another 'life reading' concentrated on my Palestine incarnation and answering questions which have inevitably arisen in my mind, and which are so vital to me, since having my present account of three incarnations. However, it may be a selfish thought which prompts me to thus consider taking time which you may want to give some one who has had none. However we will talk about it when I see you Saturday, and IF you DO have the time to spare, and IT SEEMS TO YOU ADVISABLE, I may have a check reading on the life business before you leave.
   "I had dinner last night with my friend [1468]. If I seemed surprised when you told me she had been out for a rdg. it was merely because it was through me she knew about you, and decided to have the rdg. and I thought it strange she had not mentioned the appt. She said last night she didn't do so because she wanted to surprise me with it after it was done. She also told me that she was going out to talk it through with you today.
   "[4170] seems all befuddled over his reading. The phraseology and manner of presentation confuse him. I suggested he call you and ask to talk it over with your son. Mr. [...] has set his feet on the Lighted Path. Having done so he is in a position, as Program Manager of one of the leading broadcasting systems in the world, to become a great power IF HE MOVES FORWARD. Because he is so desperately pressed for time he is inclined to neglect the spiritual food which he needs for his advancement. Hence my hope that he can somehow arrange to get light on his rdg. before you leave.
   "I suggested to a very dear friend - [1479] - that she have a rdg., and she tells me she has arranged it for the 17th. I am sure you will find her interesting as she is an inveterate student and Truth seeker.
   "I will either take the 12:32 train or the 1:07 Saturday. The former is the one I took last Sat. The latter arrives at Scarsdale at 1:45.
   "Sincerely and gratefully yours..."
2. 11/13/37 See 1472-2, a Physical Rdg.
3. 11/18/37 See 1472-3, on Palestine incarnation.
4. See subsequent Physical and Life Readings.
5. 1/20/38 Mrs. [1472] sent Edgar Cayce a book by Thomas Troward entitled Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning (The Edinburgh Lecture Series), copyright 1913 by T. Troward, Robert McBride & Co., N.Y., 10th printing Feb. 1936, saying:
   "This book is sent to Edgar Cayce by "Judy" [1472] in the conviction it will shed some of that same Light on his path he shed on hers ten thousand years ago as "Ra Ta" in Egypt's Temple Beautiful, and again in this year of our Lord, by connecting the threads of the past with those of the present." [10/21/76 GD's note: I don't think Edgar Cayce ever read this - just put it on the shelf. The A.R.E. Library returned it to me for the A.R.E. Archives and I have filed it in the vault under "CAYCE FAMILY BOOKS AND PAPERS".

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