This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Zentgraf home, 400 St. Paul's Ave., Staten Island, N.Y., this 4th day of December, 1937, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1492], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [1493] who was recommended by Mrs. [1290].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [1492]. Born December 17, 1875, in Allessandria, North Italy.

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1. EC: (In going back over years from present - "1926 - Yes, changes about the entity - '25 - '24 - '17 - Yes, periods of anxiety for the entity in many directions - '16 - '88 and '87 - a change - " etc., on back to birth date.) (Then, in undertone, "More than one change here!")
2. We have the records here of that entity known as [1492] now called [1492].
3. In giving the interpretations of the records we find many conditions both as to the application of the entity in the present and as to the sojourns in the earth, as well as the astrological aspects, must be taken into consideration.
4. From the purely astrological aspects we find the innate urges, or activities arising from the spiritual application of truths or tenets in the experience of the entity.
5. These have been altered much in the present experience, yet remain as innate influences.
6. Thus we find from the material or the earthly sojourns the entity becomes emotional, especially when these coordinate with the innate feelings or expressions.
7. The entity INNATELY, then, is spiritual-minded, and yet nature in itself and in its activity becomes rather the means or manifestations to the entity of those expressions from the spiritual influences.
8. While the activities in individual life naturally are a means, or are the greater means of expression, the entity finds oft within self the beauty and the closeness of spiritual forces in the beauty of nature; as in the blush of the rose, as in the blooming of the geranium, as in those influences that arise from such things that become so much a part of God's expression to man.
9. Hence the entity's innate manifestations through such influences arise not so much from what may be called just the love of nature, as the manner in which its beauties and its loveliness are expressed and respond to that innately within the entity's own self.
10. In the astrological aspects we find Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus becoming a portion.
11. Hence we find as a ruling force that of love, beauty, and the relationships as may be in close friendships, becoming a portion of the entity's own self.
12. However, the very nature and innate activities create those forces in which there are the inclinations for the entity - in the reverse from love, beauty, nature - to hold little resentments, to become rather of the nature wherein the entity may say in self, "Yes, I can forgive but I cannot forget!" These must be overcome more and more.
13. For "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" is the law; not merely of sacrifice, not merely of recompense but of grace and mercy - which are so sought for by the entity in the assurances of that "As ye would be forgiven, so must ye forgive;" for "As ye do it unto the least of thy brethren, ye do it unto thy Maker" is the spiritual law.
14. And these become then those influences and forces that must be manifested through the very emotions as well as the innate forces as arise from the astrological aspects from the Venus sojourn.
15. Also we find in Mercury the high mental abilities of the entity; the abilities to disseminate; the abilities to give to others a way or manner of expression or of manifesting that as may be the guiding influence in thine own experience.
16. In Jupiter may be seen the abilities of the entity, in its application of the better self from within, to become the leaven as may leaven the disputes, the disturbances, the griefs that may arise in the experiences of the friends; and there is the inclination for others to oft appeal to the entity for acting in the capacity of the peacemaker.
17. These are then the influences which become in a manner such as to appear to be one against another. For the inclinations from Venus and the abilities from Jupiter and Mercury become somewhat conflicting. Yet these should not become, nor do they produce - when leavened in spiritual understanding, disputations; but those influences upon which peace and harmony and hope may be builded.
18. The Uranian forces have made and do make periods of extremes in the activity of the entity during this sojourn, from those in which the entity may arise to the heights of hope, the heights of an understanding, and yet often find self in the slough of despair in those periods when the wonderments make for the questioning - through the very activities about the entity - as to whether all this is worth the price that apparently must be paid for peace and harmony and understanding.
19. Yet as the entity finds itself more and more abiding in those influences which are a part of the entity's experience and sojourns through the earth, it will find that the whole law is as He gave, who is the Prince of Peace, who is the Savior, who is the Way - yea, the Bread of Life; yea, the very water of Life - "to love the Father-God with all thy heart, thy mind, thy body; and thy neighbor as thyself."
20. If these become then the manifested activities of the entity in its experiences and associations and relations with the fellow man, they will come to mean that upon which the entity may rely for that necessity in the experience of encouragement; that necessary in the experience of each soul for the answering to the longings that arise within itself from experience unto experience.
21. As to the applications then that arise from the sojourns influencing the entity in the present, we find these a part of the entity's experiences:
22. Before this the entity lived in the earth during those periods when there were the beginnings of the emigrations from other lands to the land of the entity's present sojournings.
23. The entity then was among those from the Spanish land that settled in and about what is now known as Florida, or about Augustine - or St. Augustine.
24. There the entity became active in the affairs and conditions of the land during that experience. There the entity also made for activities that brought the establishings of a faith, an activity, among the natives of the land; as well as the encouragements to those that were far, far from their native home, their friends and their surroundings.
25. The name then we find was Garcia Laxeneau.
26. In the experience the entity gained throughout that portion of the activity, in which there were the encouragments for the peoples, and the activities in which there were the establishings of the home; the beautifying of same as to make for the individual's and the entity's activities in bringing beauty from nature to the very activities of those that were ill in body, disturbed in mind and at war or wonderment in the spiritual relationships.
27. Hence we will find in the present that things having to do with home building, things having to do with the beautifying of same, things having to do with the ministering to those who are in distress or disturbed in any manner, become innately and manifestedly at times the expressions and experiences of the entity in the present.
28. Before that we find the entity's activities were among those in authority in the lands of the entity's present nativity.
29. It was during the periods of Constantine, when there was the turning from worldly thought to the activities that made for rather the uniting of State and Church; the activities that had to do with those when those in authority made overtures to those in authority in relationships with the congregational activities.
30. The entity then was of that household. Hence it was in those positions, as it were, to understand what was wrought within the minds and activities of those that were in the position as king, ruler, or in authority, to bring to those peoples in low estate, peoples in their various activities and walks of life, greater hope for those promptings of consciousness that were the activities of the individuals during those experiences.
31. The name then was Elizabeth, and of the household of Constantine; though not the daughter, yet within the ruler's own household and in the activities of same.
32. Hence in the present we will find those influences that go to make up relationships between employer and employee, and those that have to do with the moral and the social life of individuals become innate and manifested influences in the experiences of this entity.
33. There are the abilities of the entity, then, as may be termed from commercial or worldly experience, to become a good business person; arising from those experiences.
34. Yet innately and manifestedly those horticultural interests are ever a portion of the entity's innate and manifested activities.
35. Before that we find the entity was in the land of promise, during those periods when the Master walked in the earth.
36. When there were the activities following the Crucifixion, the entity was among those who came into the city and joined with the Apostles and the disciples in caring for those from other lands.
37. And the entity then grew in grace; yea, in good favor with those that were given to the ministering to those peoples that had joined themselves and given of their worldly possessions for the care OF the followers of the faithful for a cause.
38. There the entity gained through the experiences, lost through the attempts to make for rather personal association to rise to authority; gained again through the teachings that made for the greater HARMONIOUS experiences among those of many tongues, among those of many climes that had become then of a ONE desire and purpose.
39. Hence the entity in the present experience finds itself in those positions where it may become the peacemaker in many a disturbing factor or faction that may arise in the associations of the entity.
40. Hence the necessities for the entity in the present to know not only in what it has believed and does believe, but in WHOM! Who is the author of thy faith? Who is the author of thy confidences? If they are bound in the activity of Him ye sought to serve during those experiences, ye may know they are of an influence that is constructive, and will bring that peace as He gave, "Not as the world gives peace, but as my Father may give thee peace in thine heart."
41. Then the entity was in the name Ruthen.
42. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian, during those periods when turmoils and strifes arose, through activities of the King and banishment of the Priest.
43. When there were the reestablishings of the Priest in the land, the entity became more and more active in the associations in the Temple of Sacrifice.
44. Hence we will find in the present those inclinations to gather tenets and teachings of various characters or nature; from here and there, from the various impulses and imports of individuals; and there are the attempts to correlate these and to relate them to the self's abilities of application in the present experience.
45. These then make for the greater necessities of that warning which has been indicated to the entity, for knowing in WHOM as well as in what ye believe; and as to whether thy ideal of a life socially, mentally, materially, spiritually, is bound in that which is creative in its nature and of the spirit of truth of the Son - that made Himself the Savior, the lawgiver, the director of this world! Through the things which He suffered He became the Way, the Truth, the Light.
46. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
47. As thou hast gained through thy experiences in the earthly sojourns, by the administering to the needs of others ye may indeed learn that as He gave in the last hours, "He that would be the greatest among you, let him be the servant of all."
48. These then may be the manners and the channels through which the greater soul experience may come in the activities of the entity in the present, that ye give of thyself in the activities that will bring hope and help and understanding to those ye meet day by day.
49. For not in knowledge, not in power alone, but in the still small voice that may speak within may the entity find the directions that will bring the greater peace and happiness and joy in this sojourn.
50. Ready for questions.
51. (Q) Shall I sell my lace business? If so, when?
    (A) This becomes a part of the material activities, and yet through these very activities may the entity find the means, the manner of manifesting that meting out to others.
    And as we find, it would not be the most advisable to sell. For if the opportunities through the associations that have been made in this, thy activity, are used, there may come greater joy and harmony.
    WE would not give it best to be sold, not for many, many days; yea, many months - perhaps years yet. For this is a place of opportunity, of giving to others a means, yea a reason for their hope.
    Not for some time yet would we consider selling same.
52. (Q) What would you advise doing with it?
    (A) Use it as a means or an opportunity to express that love, that giving to others of that which adds to them in their associations and activities a means or a manner through which expression may be made; for not merely self-adornment but rather that as an outlet or an expression of faith and hope in the more spiritual things.
    Use it in that way and manner and we will find even greater and greater does the whole activity mean to thee!
53. (Q) Have you any advice regarding the business in any way?
    (A) In that manner as has been indicated, if it is used as an opportunity for bringing to the lives of others a means or a source of hope, well.
    Let this ever be thy prayer in thy deeper meditations; and these will not only aid thee in thy material associations but rather thy mental and spiritual self also:
    "FATHER! MAKER AND CREATOR OF ALL THAT IS! THY HANDMAID OFFERS SELF AS A CHANNEL, AS A MEANS OF BLESSINGS TO OTHERS, THROUGH THY DIRECTING FORCE AND POWER."
    Then live just that.
54. We are through for the present. [See 1492-1, Par. R1.]

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REPORTS

1. 12/04/37 GD's note: Immediately after the reading [1492-1] she remarked that she knew she had been in Spain; the territory there was so familiar to her. She also had travelled in other places mentioned; all fits very beautifully.
2. 6/18/38 Card: "Please cancel my name from your files as I am going abroad for an indefinite time. Am sailing on Sat. and will not return for a long time, so please do not send any more mail as it will be lost."

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