This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 5th day of January, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self through mother - [...], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Miss [1522].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Miss [1510] and her sister, Mrs. [1511], also their mother. Born July 15, 1915, in Newport News, Virginia.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1510].
2. These records as we find are rather out of the ordinary. The interpretations of these should bring much into the experience of the entity in the present, if there is the application of those activities necessary for the entity to give expression to that which has been builded - not only in the experiences of the entity in the earthly sojourns but from the astrological aspects.
3. For this entity should become a real influence and power. Be sure this is used CONSTRUCTIVELY in the experience in this sojourn, for not only may fortune and fame be the entity's but the many will be influenced by the choices made by the entity in its activities in this experience.
4. In giving the interpretations then of that as we find has been the record of the entity's thought and purpose upon the skein of time and space, or upon God's book of remembrance - For as Time and Space are manifestations of Divinity in the experience of individuals in material plane, the other - Patience - must be ever an attribute of an entity in making application of self and self's virtues; overcoming faults or correcting this or that in the experience, for then ye may find these will work together for good in the experience.
5. Then, in giving the interpretations, we choose that as may be the more helpful of the experiences in the earth. For what ye are is the result of what ye have been, in applying in thy associations and relations to others the laws of divinity, of truth, of life everlasting.
6. The astrological aspects we find become rather the weakening influences than as the applications have been in the material sojourns. Yet all urges are only the direction in which the entity may take choice, and it is then by choice and by will as to what one does about those things that become as opportunities or experiences in the dealings and associations, and in the activities in this material plane.
7. In the astrological we find Venus as the RULING influence; also Jupiter, and Saturn - and Mars; these becoming influences by that which has been attributed to the various planets, because of the activities of the entity in those ENVIRONS; rather than because the entity was born when Venus or Jupiter or Mars or any of these were in the ascendency or descendency. Because these become a part of the influence by the application!
8. Knowledge is well, but knowledge without the works or without the application is worse than useless.
9. And being forewarned, be forearmed; and know that what thou choosest in every direction must in its SPIRITUAL import be of a CONSTRUCTIVE nature.
10. Then ye will find that indeed as ye sow, so will ye reap.
11. For today is set before thee life and death, good and evil; choose thou.
12. In Venus we find the inclinations towards that of the beautiful, the loving; the INTUITIVE influences, those of a sympathetic nature - yet seeing the beauty and the activities in individuals as well as things.
13. Yet there is the inclination to rely upon others for the help and aid, which becomes a weakening influence. For know, while self should never become wholly sufficient unto self, that ye may accomplish has been accomplished in thine own experience through thine own activities among thy fellow man!
14. Hence ye will find that relying upon the good that arises from the counsel to the Spirit within will direct, rather than the soft words of those though they may be pleasant in thine ears.
15. Not sacrifice always, no. Rather mercy and judgement, that there be kept in the experience the beauty that ye see in nature, in the activities, in the influences.
16. For there are the abilities to depict characterizations in the activities of natures to bring to their individual consciousnesses the good or bad, as may be chosen by those influences that are harbored in the minds of individuals.
17. For Mind IS the Builder, whether material or spiritual - as the mind is both material and spiritual-minded as it were. For it takes hold upon life and death.
18. Hence keep thy mind in those activities in which constructive influences and forces are ever the guiding light in thy choices.
19. In Jupiter we find the influence for the activity to be associated with masses, groups, crowds, nations; rather than a definite direction in individual activity.
20. While the influence may be exerted by self, and is exerted by self - but as has been indicated, the influence will be to the groups and to the masses; yea, even to nations, in their choice of words, in their choice of activities; yea, even in their choice of associations - by that ye may bring to their consciousness in thy dealings with them through thy art, thy activities, thy associations in the material things.
21. Keep the individuals, however, spiritual-minded; not as of rote but because it IS constructive and IS a growth or a growing thing. For ye grow in grace and knowledge and in the understanding as ye apply same in thy associations with others day by day.
22. In Mars we find anger; this making for rather the associations ABOUT the entity. For the natural placidness, even temperament from Venus as we find makes for rather these influences from without.
23. Then be not too quick in thy judgements of others. Put thyself in their place, in thy mind, before ye pass judgements on others.
24. The influences from the activities in that ever-changing force (Saturn) are indicated in the experience, in that there will be many changes and environs of the entity under many circumstances and activities.
25. Yet these may be experienced by thy holding to the love - not of self but rather of the help, the hope that ye may bring to others in thy way of choice of activities in thy dealings with them in every form and manner.
26. As to the appearances of the entity in the earth, these are given because of their pertinent influence in the experience of the entity in the present, and as to that to which the entity may gain or attain in the activities of same:
27. Before this we find the entity was in the French land during those periods in the French court when there were the reign of the Louis's; those activities in which the stage became the outstanding influence or force for those of royalty and near royalty.
28. There we find the entity as a close student with Voltaire - yes, following in those things that were set not only as to music but as to depict the life of groups, of individuals; and as were enacted by the entity then - Duchaine - Madame Duchaine.
29. In the experience the entity gained, for though there were the many hardships physically endured, there was always the love, the exaltation of the activities of the entity as to bring hope - though of a revolutionary nature oft - into the hearts and minds of those peoples of that period.
30. Yet the entity gave of itself as a service, to its fellow man - for the FREEDOM of speech, for the freedom from the wiles of the activities of individuals who considered only the aggrandizement of their own appetites and of their own selfish indulgences.
31. The entity aided then much in bringing to the peoples of the era the thought of self and self's relationship to Creative Forces, or the Divine or God, in their experiences as dealing with one to another.
32. So may the entity bring in such activities in the present, not so much in the dramatic but rather that of the nature to become what may be said to be the colloquialism of groups or places or individuals, or sectors or sections. And these become the parts in which the entity may in the present give of the better self, in such activities.
33. Before that we find the entity was in the Grecian land, when there were the activities in the 'city in the hills and in the plains' or the Arabian and Persian land.
34. The entity was among those of the Grecians that were chosen because of the beauty of body, the beauty in form, and because of the abilities in the activities to represent that which would make for the drawing away from those activities that had been presented by Uhjltd in that land of the Persians and the Arabians.
35. Then the entity came into the Arabian or Persian lands, or 'the city in the hills and the plains,' and there the activities were to draw away the activities of those peoples from the religious thought and cults rather to the beauty for the satisfying of the individual appetites and activities in the experience.
36. Yet with those changes that came about, with the entity entering into the teachings of the leader Uhjltd in those experiences there were brought many changes. And though the entity was termed as one who had become as a renegade to the purposes of its own land, yet the entity in the beauty of its person, in the beauty of its abilities gave to the peoples of many lands that concept of the use of beauty, the use of grace, the use of activities that induced those of other fields of service to become closer associated with the spiritual thoughts.
37. Thus the entity gained and lost, and gained, and grew in those periods to become one that was called in those days the Princess of the Temple in dancing, posing, and in making for those activities in the services there.
38. The name then was Aphade.
39. In the present experience the entity may gain much from those influences, those activities in that particular experience.
40. For, answer ever to the good conscience within that what ye have chosen is for the uplifting, the upbuilding of thy fellow man that ye be associated with day by day; even though it causes thee in thy dealings with others to make for a reverse in those things ye may have purposed to do.
41. Before that we find the entity was in the land now called the Palestine and the Egyptian land, when those peoples of the chosen ones went into Egypt for the gaining of sustenance through those activities that are so oft spoken of by those of the orthodox understanding - and so little understood!
42. The entity then became, through the close associations and activities, a favorite to the pharoah of that period.
43. Hence we will find the abilities of the entity in depicting characters of the orient, those activities especially of the Egyptian influences that will gradually arise again very soon in the theatre, the readings, the activities of those presenting the teachings of those peoples.
44. The entity will fit well, not only from the experiences but those innate thoughts that arise from same.
45. For the entity was active not only in the dance but in the abilities to bring about the closer associations for its own peoples; thus making for influences for SPIRITUAL understanding among the natives in that land.
46. The name then was Shulemahn.
47. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land, when there were those experiences in which the peoples of the Law of One and the Sons of Belial were making for those changes between the peasants and the peoples of the Temple Service and activities.
48. The entity then was among the children of the Law of One, and among those of the Temple; yet made overtures for the consideration of those that were of the lowly or the working or the peasant peoples.
49. Hence we find in the experiences the entity gained. For the thoughts of others surpassed the gratifying of the own self in any form or manner.
50. The name then was Saamam.
51. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
52. That to which it may attain is limited only by self, and that self sets as its ideal.
53. As to the field of service or activity, we find that the fields of the stage or the screen - and those in which the entity may depict to others the tenets, the truths through its activities in such - offer the greater channels for activities; for in the giving ye receive.
54. For that alone ye indeed posses is that ye have given away. For to have life ye must give life; to know good and truth ye must live same. Not because of this or that tenet, but because it is the law.
55. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor evil, cleave to good; and ye will find more and more thine own abilities, thy opportunities opening for that in which not only fame and fortune will be thy experience but much opportunity for bringing good to others - if ye choose to use these in service for truth.
56. Ready for questions.
57. (Q) Do I have the necessary talent to warrant my going on with my preparation for a career as an actress?
    (A) As has been indicated, not only the talent but the real background in the inner self.
    For these bespeak of the channels through which there may be given not ONLY the exaltation of truth but the messages and the application of same.
58. (Q) Should I go to N.Y. now?
    (A) Very soon.
59. (Q) If so, should I go ahead with what I have planned?
    (A) This as we find is the channel, the way, the manner through which there may be gained or attained the abilities in the associations and connections for the carrying on.
60. (Q) In what way am I my greatest enemy, and how may I overcome this?
    (A) As has been indicated; and in overcoming same, know that the full strength lies within thee and THY relationship to the God-Force manifested in the earth.
    Keep the ways open, ever. Know in what ye believe and, most of all, in WHOM ye believe! WHO is the author of thy faith?
61. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

REPORTS

1. 1/05/38 P.M. Her sister, Mrs. [1511], obtained a Physical Rdg.
2. 6/09/38 Mother's letter: "My daughter [1510] has not found a name to her liking. Has Hugh Lynn returned [to N.Y.]? I reached him at a crucial moment and he helped me. I was much impressed with his Christ-like character."
3. 1/25/39 See 1799-1, Par. 50-A--52-A in re Miss [1510]'s past associations with Mr. [1799], advising her to marry Mr. [1799], "though it may not be for keeps."
4. 9/18/39 HLC's ltr. to [1510]:
   Dear [1510]
   I was very glad to learn that you were down in this part of the country again and I hope to see you real soon.
   I have been pretty well tied up all summer and my movements are still rather confining. The situation is this.
   My friend, Tom Sugrue, whom you will remember as the author of "There Is A River", and the boy who I told you was writing a book on my father's life, has been here all summer. About two years ago he had a severe attack of Arthritis. After considerable treatment in hospitals in New York, he came out in pretty bad shape. For about six months now, he has been following suggestions from a reading and has been improving slowly. He is still unable to use his legs and has to be moved from bed to chair to wheel chair. Waiting on him and assisting in giving his treatments, keeps me pretty busy. The difficulty is that I have to be here at specific times each day for I have to get him up and get him back to bed again. Usually in the afternoons I take him for a ride on the board-walk and in the wheel chair and he then sits up until ten or ten-thirty.
   All of this sounds like a pretty hard situation but in many ways I have enjoyed it very much and have been glad of the opportunity to be of some help to him. He is finishing up his own novel and writing some on my father's book. I am trying to get a book published on "The Mysteries of the Mind" finished and off to the publishers before the first of October.
   I am going to try to arrange some way to get over and see you, in the meantime, let me know if there would be any chance of your coming over to Norfolk at any time and I will arrange to come in and see you there. I had a very peculiar dream about you not long ago that I would like to tell you about and there are a great many odds and ends of conversation that we should catch up on. I certainly hope things have been going nicely for you in New York and that you have prospects ahead for some real activity.
   Give my kindest regards to your mother.
   Sincerely, HLC
5. 1/27/43 EC's ltr. to Mr. [437]: "...When you find the opportunity and see Miss [1015] let me know what you think of her. I am anxious because the readings say she can make a go of the stage and screen..."
6. 2/01/43 Mr. [437]'s reply: I sent for Miss [1510] and have placed her in contact with some radio people where I think she will have an opportunity, should she qualify, for gainful employment until such time as we can dig up something for her on the stage. We can always give her an opportunity for anything that we have going, but as you know these are few and far between. I have explained to her that because of your interest in her, that she should feel free to come in here any time she feels like it and we will do all we possibly can to advise with her and help her.
7. 2/17/50 She ordered another copy of Thomas Sugrue's STRANGER IN THE EARTH to give away.
8. 10/52 N.Y. lecture list sent in by Helen Wenzel: "Miss [1510] attends lectures - was in Thursday group in '51."

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