This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 9th day of June, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1472], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [1472], and Hugh Lynn Cayce.

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the entity [1472] - born May 5, 1880, at Bowling Green, Virginia. She seeks information concerning her sojourn when she was a Carpathian, or Persian Princess, covering her biographical life; her activities in Egypt during that period, her work and associations throughout that experience from her entrance to her departure. You will also give the developing or retarding associations and influences of that incarnation which bear on the present life, and how they may be best used in the present experience for the entity's highest development and service. You will then answer the questions she will submit, as I ask them, concerning her present life and association.
2. EC: Yes - the book is opened here.
3. In giving the interpretation of the records as we find them in respect this entity, [1472], it is well that something of the environ of the experience there be given, as well as the why of the sojourn in Egypt, the activities there, as well as the character of the associations and the purposes in the developments that were attempted or carried on there.
4. This then naturally includes something of the biographical experience of the entity.
5. Those who had risen in power through the Persian or Carpathian experience, to which this entity came or returned as one to be put into power or position as related to the affairs not only of the political (as would be termed today) but economic life of the land, were oft reminded of that accomplishment of those who had gone out from that land into the then known or called Egyptian land, and the activities there.
6. Then as there grew in the consciousness of the entity the need for the preparation for the office or place or position, there was the desire for the learning, for the knowledge, for the understanding.
7. And as there arose those periods when there was the invitation (as it might be called in the present) for those of EVERY land to become acquainted with the activities of the King, the Priest, and those from the Atlantean land of that day, we find that the entity entered into the activities there at an age when as would be called in the present - it was just reaching maturity, THEN at thirty and three.
8. The activities were begun, as we have indicated oft, first in the Temple of Sacrifice, wherein there was the putting away of hindrances in the experience of individuals that hindered in their physical as well as mental and spiritual development, owing to those appendages of one nature or another that, during the experience or period, took on the form of representation in other kingdoms, - or feathers, hair, or tails, or portions of the vegetable kingdom, all were portions that found material expression in BODIES of individuals in those periods.
9. There the entity was free of such, and hence became one that indicated a position to be attained, - not only in the environ of the land itself but in the Atlantean land as well as for the sojourners there, - as the Princess of the Persian or Aryan land.
10. There was the seeking of the entity then to prepare self for the better associations or activities among its own peoples, with the establishing of that termed - or signified in the very meaning of the Temple Beautiful, - where those who were cleansed from that which was the besetting sin in their physical as well as their mental make-up became associated in the group known as the Temple Beautiful.
11. That was a combination of efforts of those of that land, with those from the entity's land, as well as from some in the Atlantean experience. Thus the various stations were established as to the form, the manner in which there was to be the preparation of individuals or groups for a DEFINITE service, - whether as to motherhood, fatherhood, teachers, artisans, the artist, the legislator, the physician or the healer, or the instructors in all the various forms.
12. All of such activities or preparations came under the supervision then of the services in the Temple Beautiful, as each passed through that development which - as we have indicated - might be termed as a training, an education, a preparation for the individual activities in the various services to the fellow man.
13. There we find the entity was among those not only giving but gaining. For, as is the eternal law, as ye give ye gain in understanding.
14. And when understanding and knowledge is disseminated not for individual or for personal gain, it becomes as the UNIVERSAL law of recompense or of penance, or of faith, or of hope; signifying, as it does in the experience of the individual through that particular period, the manner in which the activities in the various groups would give or disseminate not only the tenets but the truths as applied to the peoples of the period.
15. In the activities with this entity, as has been indicated, we find there were those from MANY varied lands who also undertook to gain through those periods of development there, in the Egyptian land, - under the supervision of Ra-Ta as well as Araaraart and Ax-Tell and the activities of the Atlanteans and those from Said, from Mu, from the land of the golden hills, and all of those that became a part of such undertakings.
16. There we find that disturbances arose through this entity's activities, owing to the attempts of some to make for displacements because of the independent influence. Hence we find that these have brought what we call in the present resentments. These are those phases of the entity's OWN INDIVIDUALITY in the present that are to be met, - the lack of resentment, the lack of holding grudges or urges that arise from influences where there is not personal or even individual harmonious influences.
17. The entity remained in its position, however, or maintained its activities in the Temple Beautiful, even through some disturbances, until there began the exodus of those who were to become emissaries and teachers and ministers in the varied lands to which they were to go as a part of their experience gaining and losing, as has been indicated. The entity lost in those activities as indicated, gained in the abilities to become more and more selfless and active for the greater numbers rather than in its influence upon the individual activities.
18. But there again we find there were influences that made for a turmoil for the entity, as there was the call for the more definite and closer activity from the Carpathian lands, - because of the pushing in of those from the land of Said into the eastern portions of the Persian land, who brought greater disturbances to the entity - until there were those activitie in which aid came through a helpmate who aided in carrying forward the greater development, - which arose from that land to which the entity and its offspring and those periods of activity brought the albo, or the first of the pure white race in the Carpathian land.
19. This activity was put as it were into action in other lands as a part of one movement, as one over and above the others.
20. And this is a tendency, - not a fault but a tendency in the experience of the entity that must be a part of its experience in a greater development in the present sojourn. Because of position or power, no lording, no thought, - yet the feeling of not a greater blessedness, but a greater expression OF the divine direction through same!
21. The entity remained in that way of activity through the experience until, in the terms as would be called in years, some four hundred and fifty and four years (454).
22. There we find the entity, then, made for those activities in the Carpathian land in which there was the greater development for the class, the distinction, by the ability of the individual in its relationships to other lands.
23. As to that which is a part of the entity's present experience, then, from the sojourn in the Egyptian, the Persian and Carpathian lands:
24. There are the abilities to aid those who are seeking for that as a life's activity through the use of their abilities, of their qualifications, of their virtues, and the lessening of the manifestation of their vices in the present or immediate activity of such individuals.
25. These are, then, innate; and give expression to themselves by the awakening within them, as within self, of the abilities to attune with the Creative Forces that are the birthright of each and every individual that seeks to know His face.
26. Also we find the abilities that arise as urges, rather than vices or weaknesses, other than as indicated, - or that are seen oft as shadows, in periods of disappointments or confusion.
27. Keep those things, then, that are - as then - pure white, pure truth, pure hope, pure faith, pure good; being those things that excel in EVERY service, EVERY activity, every association.
28. Ready for questions.
29. (Q) Considering the various obstructions to my work for ... created continuously by [...] Secretary, and [...] Vice President, advise me as to just how I can best handle this situation so as to be effective and render the best service in these surroundings and conditions.
    (A) Because of those very activities as we have indicated, that arose as a part of the experience, those activities through that sojourn should be applicable in this, - as through that period when ye so well accomplished much not only for thine own land, thine own people, but for so many others.
    Hold to that which is pure, in every form, in every phase, and it will melt the obstacles away before thee as ye apply same; leaving off resentments; knowing they are only seeking to express self, manifest self. But keeping God and His purpose ever foremost, these hindrances and disturbances will lessen more and more.
30. (Q) What have been my past associations with [...] [Secty.] that affect our present relations, and how may I now meet his petty jealousies, hostility, antagonism and interferences?
    (A) Through that same experience when they were the leaders from the land of Said. Meet them as has just been indicated.
31. (Q) Are there past associations with [...] [Vice-Pres.] that would help explain our present association, and help me work with him more effectively?
    (A) These as we find are in various forms and manners, but not in that particular experience, - rather those that came later, through the experience of self as well as [...] in the Palestine sojourn.
    Then those tenets, those applicable experiences applied in the activities of each of these in the present will make for the appealing, - through the tenets of that Palestine period.
32. (Q) Considering the radio program which I have discussed with former Governor Alfred E. Smith, and presented to Lawton Campbell of Ruthrauff & Ryan: should I take further steps regarding it now? If so, advise what they should be - or should I let this rest until Fall?
    (A) We should take further steps, but not until Fall, - as these are in a period where the activities will depend upon outside influences, and developments as will be within the next two or three months. Then these can be, or may be carried on to a real fruition.
33. (Q) What type of developments are meant there?
    (A) These are outside influences that have to do with the economic conditions not only of the environs of the whole combination, but of the land itself.
34. (Q) What have been my past associations with Richard Alexander [authority on Jacob Boehme's teachings], and what is our present purpose to each other?
    (A) This is partially new, this is partially very old. The association here began with the activities in the early portion of the Persian or Carpathian experience, and was a part of the EARLY experience and not renewed with the return to power in that experience.
    Hence it will and does in the present hold WONDERMENTS for each, that will develop with the application of each in its relations to principles of that particular period.
35. (Q) Please explain just what my relationship was with each of the following entities during the period when I was in Egypt; analyze the urges in the present from that period, and what may I do for our mutual development now: First, [1602].
    (A) These were of a close association during a portion of the Egyptian activities, but approached from a very different purpose or angle. For, for the entity's this was a universal while for the other rather an individual development; and these remain AS principles within the urge towards each in the present. Understanding these, keep out any underlying force of resentment in EITHER direction. [See 1472-12, 37-A.]
36. (Q) [1564]?
    (A) These were very thin associations, or acquaintances - and not liked by either.
37. (Q) What have been my past associations with [1581], analyze the urges from such associations, and tell me what I may do for our mutual development now.
    (A) These have been very close and very helpful, both through the Egyptian and in those experiences following the activities among those of its own land and its own people. These may be materially aided by aiding the entity, [1581], to find himself in his imaginative forces.
38. (Q) What is the main purpose of my present incarnation and am I fulfilling it?
    (A) No one may answer such but self. For as to thine own purpose this may be only given from the angle of what thy activities were in various experiences, as have just been referred to - as to what groups and individuals attempted.
    As to what an INDIVIDUAL is fulfilling, - only self can answer. For remember, ye are free-willed even before the Father.
39. (Q) What progress have I made in the conquest of self during the past year?
    (A) About ninety-four percent progress. Turn the angle to a level and walk ahead.
40. (Q) What should be my real work in the world of today?
    (A) Assisting others in finding their place.
41. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    [Questions submitted but not asked:
    41. (Q) Is Jacob Boehme, who was born in Germany in 1575, in any way directing my life and work here and now?
    42. (Q) Why am I afraid of the dark and being shut up in places?
    43. (Q) Did I live in Persia in the days of Zend, and what was my connection with him?
    44. (Q) Have you any instructions to give me which would assist me to more successful human relationships and greater service to my fellowman?]

BACKGROUND

1. See 1472-6.

REPORTS

1. 6/15/39 She referred Mr. [1908] for a Physical Rdg. See 1908-1, Par. 46-A regarding their past associations, especially in Palestine.
2. 6/18/39 See personal message in 8th Annual Congress reading 262-121, Par. 17-A.
3. 7/26/39 [1472]'s ltr. to EC:
   "Edgar, will you do something for me? Will you see if you can get some clear impression of the cause of my torturing dreams at night? For years I have dreamed steadily of people being tortured. USUALLY THEY ARE CHILDREN. As an example I dreamed one night of a little boy who had been kidnapped. His abductors starved him until he ate his own toes. In my dreams I saw him eating them, and screaming with pain while he did it, while a brute of a man who had kidnapped him stood by laughing. Again this week I dreamed of a baby being beaten by a man, who took out a knife and sliced off the child's thumb. When I awaken from such dreams I can't get them out of my mind. Any further sleep is impossible, and for days they haunt me so I dread going to sleep for fear I will have another such.
   "In my 'Life' or 'Palestine' Reading [1472-1 or 1472-3] I ASKED about these nightmares, [1472-2, Par. 31-A] and was told it was poor coordination of my spiritual and physical elements and that as this was corrected I would be relieved of the suffering through which I go on account of it.
   "Somehow I can't believe this is a full explanation, for the dreams nearly always are about children. I think it is because of my great love for children.
   "I am telling you about this because you get such clear concepts that I just thought something helpful might come to you psychically about this. I believe half my fatigue due to these constant dreams. I have thought of going to a psychoanalyst, but this would mean YEARS of their probing, with questionable results, and an enormous expense, so I hope to somehow solve the problem without them.
   "My love to you always."
4. 7/28/39 See EC's reply under her Palestine Ck. Life Reading, 1472-3 Reports.
5. 9/02/39 She obtained a Ck. Life reading on her early American incarnation - See 1472-11.

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