This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 9th day of February, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [1531], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Miss [1517].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Noah Miller. Born October 6, 1893, in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

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1. EC: (In going back over years from present - " - '31 - changes in the activities, environs, - '24 - yes - '23 - an unpleasantness - " etc., on back to birth date.)
2. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1531].
3. In giving the interpretations of the records here, these are chosen that in the application of those influences that are the ideals of the entity there may be assistance in bringing the greater comprehension, the greater inner experience for the entity.
4. For while urges arise, as from the sojourns or astrological aspects, as well as from the experiences or sojourns in the earth, these are merely inclinations; and do not necessarily mean the forced issues upon the individual choice or activity.
5. Oft, if it will be comprehended, these are urges, chastenings; that the will of the Father, the Creative Force may be made manifest in the experience of the entity.
6. From the astrological aspects we find Mercury with Jupiter the ruling influences for beneficent urges.
7. Hence on of high mental ability; a good business person from any activity, especially in those relationships with individuals or groups. And the activities in these relationships as a business may become the greater means for material gains or successes.
8. Also from Venus with Saturn we find periods indicated when adverse or contradictory conditions arise; wherein experiences are had or have been had when individuals especially of the opposite sex have been at times most disappointing to the entity in their relationships as one with another - whether from the material or the business associations.
9. Hence it behooves the entity to make applications of knowledge, as in the Mercurian as well as from the Venus and Saturn influence, such that these do not become stumblingblocks; or to make the greater applications of "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
10. This then makes for an influence of doing all things with all good things with all good conscience but not JUSTIFYING self by trying to get even. For one is constantly meeting one's self; and as ye sow, so must ye reap. And that ye hate oft ye become in thy own experience as one with another.
11. Also the influences arise from the Venus forces for strong friendships; friendships and ties becoming even stronger than the blood relationships; as well as changes that arise from the way or manner of thought or experience through UNSEEN helps that arise, unseen friends.
12. Hence the interests in those things of the mystic and the occult arise from a passing influence.
13. Know, rather, that the unseen influences in the experience of every soul are greater than those that are seen.
14. Hence these are not to be passed over lightly; neither are they to be allowed to become as individual experiences the key to the whole situation.
15. For the experiences may be the lessons, as well as encouraging experiences that the promises that are within thine inner self may be assured of thy oneness with the Creative Forces that supply all of the influences that become constructive in the experience.
16. But ye being the co-creator with these forces, make with thy will and thy application of thy ideals the choices that bring about in the fruit of thy activities the good or bad deeds - or good and bad influences or manifestations.
17. These then are the judgements of individuals. For there is little within thyself that is bad, but according to its RELATIVE relationships to that which is thy ideal.
18. Ask of self, then, "What is my ideal?"
19. If it is founded in spirituality, if it is founded in those influences and forces that are constructive, then hold fast to same. Know in WHOM ye have believed, know WHO is the Author of thy belief of thy thought, and that He is able to keep that ye may commit unto Him against ANY experience that may arise in thy activities through any sphere of experience; whether within the mental self, the physical self, the spiritual self.
20. For thy body is the temple of thy soul, and as the soul is spirit so may the spirit of constructive forces meet thee there.
21. Then present thy body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Him who is the author and the finisher of thy faith.
22. As to the appearances in the earth, these we find not great in number that influence the entity in the present experience or sojourn, but these are very different - or under different environs.
23. For in the one before this we find the entity was in a household of authority, in those environs when very tall hats and very long veils were worn by the ladies of the court.
24. And the individuals about the entity of the other sex were in mail, in armor, with spears and swords and much that had to do with things that made for the manner of defense and manner of war during those experiences.
25. Then the entity was known as Princess Louise, of the English court; and thus during the experience the entity was deceived by, or lost faith, lost confidence in those of its associates that were thus attired in armor with helmets, spears and the axes of war.
26. Hence these things are abhorrent in the experience of the entity; those things that are sharp or cutting tools become rather as experiences to be dreaded, to be shunned.
27. And those things pertaining to a loving of peace arise as a portion of the entity's desire. Yet oft there is much turmoil and much dissension among those with whom the entity has been associated, even in this experience. Yet these are but as gentle reminders that they that would know peace must find it first within their own hearts, and be at peace with that which is creative, that is constructive in the affairs and the experiences of men - if they would find and bring peace in their associations and their contacts with individuals.
28. From the experience, though, the entity finds in the material plane the abilities, the judgements pertaining to clothing, attire, and those things having to do with styles - as a stylist; especially of the household wares and for conveniences - as for the boudoir or the home environs and the home activities.
29. All of these become a part of the entity's experience, and yet a dread of all of them remains as it were a portion of the background.
30. The entity gained and lost through the experience.
31. But dislike not those who are in authority, or those who would bind or those who would loosen. For no power has been attained in the material world by an individual or a group save it has been found expedient in the manner in which the Lord thy God would keep that He has given, that He hath not willed that any soul should perish but hath with every temptation, every trial, prepared a way, a means of escape.
32. Hold fast, then, to thy enthusiasm for constructive forces, by thy dealings with thy fellow man. For, "Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these, my children, ye did it unto me," are the words of thy Lord - not of any man!
33. For keeping the faith is just being one that shows in the experiences with the follow man the things that become the fruits of the spirit; the fruits of the spirit of truth - gentleness, kindness, patience, long-suffering. For these bring their fruits into the hearts and the souls of men. Not that of satisfaction so much as contentment and peace, leaving with the Spirit of Truth the results that are to be accomplished.
34. Before that we find the entity was in what is now called the Holy Land, during those periods that followed when there had been the Crucifixion.
35. And the entity was among the children of those that were called of the household of faith.
36. For as the entity was closely associated with those in what would be termed the household of Peter, we find many of the younger ones - as Mark, Silas, John - were closely associated with the entity, as Salone, in the Jerusalem experiences.
37. And though those were periods of turmoil, periods of wonderment, periods of bodily suffering in many ways and manners, they brought for the entity soul-developments that make for the crying needs within the experience of the entity in the present experiences; wherein there are the desires to help not only the less fortunate but to make for ways and means in which those who have erred or wandered may find the way home.
38. Hence as a worker in welfare or as a nurse, or in any fields that pertain to what is today termed a missionary activity, bearing with same the commercial experiences also, the entity may find fields of service and activity in the present.
39. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian, when there was the establishing especially of the Temple Beautiful - and those it served in same.
40. The entity then was among those upon what in that experience were called the stations to which those were carried for instructions in the varied activities.
41. There the entity's experience was in that pertaining to the manner of dress in varied lands, or under the varied circumstances.
42. And it may be said that the entity was among the first of those that offered for the peoples of that period the ways and manners of dress that were gradually handed down in the various experiences; that one type of dress was used during the service in the household, while another in social calls, and still another when there was to be the service or the activity in the house or the station of worship.
43. Thus those very experiences arose in the lives and activities of individuals during that period that may be said to have been begun by this entity in that sojourn, as As-Ah-arun.
44. In that experience the entity gained and lost and gained. In the activities in the present from these we will find many of those influences pertaining to the abilities in many directions; as a model, as the fixing of styles, as the activities related to the various activities in the home, or those pertaining to the decorative forces may be a portion of the entity's experience if so chosen by the entity.
45. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
46. First, know thy ideal - and that ye would attempt to accomplish. What are thy desires as pertaining to self, thy fellow man, thy relationships to the Creative Forces.
47. Then present thyself holy and acceptable, and that with all good conscience; running with faith and hope and charity to all that race the keeping of which is a blessing in His sight.
48. And ye will find hope and faith thy OWN experience, and the peace, the understanding that is promised to Him - not as the world knoweth peace; not as the world knoweth peace, but as He alone may give.
49. Ready for questions.
50. (Q) I desire to find a more satisfactory business life and a more contented personal one.
    (A) Even in those fields then of the decoration, or in those fields of activity where there is more of the outlet of self for the greater expression in bringing creative forces in the experiences of others, will be lent a channel through which greater contentment may come.
51. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. 1/27/38 "My desire is to find a more satisfactory business life and a more contented personal one. I hope you may be able to suggest to me something in which I might become very much interested and be successful."

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