This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 24th day of March, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self - Madame [1554], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Miss [1477].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mme. [1554]. Born January 24, 1891, in Guvisy, near Paris, France.

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1. EC: (Going back over years from present - " - '35 - Yes - '33 - what changes! - '32 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
2. Yes - we are given the records here of that entity now known as or called Mme. [1554].
3. In giving the interpretations as we may find, many are the experiences of the entity that will be of interest in its study, in its application of those tenets or truths that have been gained by the entity in its developments in this experience.
4. Much might be given as to the manner, as to the WHYS of many of the interpretations that are taken from the records of this entity here.
5. For as is seen, there has been much attained or gained by the entity in the present experience.
6. And that which may be materially accomplished in the present will depend upon the applications of that which is in the abilities of the entity from its activities and its sojourns in the material planes.
7. For in its dealings with its fellow men, in its various spheres of activity, many are being touched who have been associated with the entity in its experiences through the sojourns in the earth.
8. And there comes much from the sojourns during the interims between the earthly incarnations that becomes a part of the expressions in urges to the entity in its relationships with masses, as well as with the individuals.
9. In the astrological aspects, and in the urges that arise - that come under that phase of experience as may be termed karmic, or the result of what the entity did about what it held as its ideal during the experience, we find:
10. There are ideal relationships between ideals and that activity in what ye term sincerity of purpose. Hence karmic forces or influences are produced.
11. But these may be met. These may become stepping-stones or stumblingblocks, according to what one may do about one's ideals in the present.
12. Then that there become confusions in the experience of the entity may not be amiss; but it becomes more and more necessary that a study of self be made as in its relationships to activities having to do with the affairs of individuals relating to material as well as mental and spiritual things.
13. But no urge, no karmic force even surpasses the WILL of the entity in any given experience or choice to be made!
14. For Life IS continuous, and is Infinite!
15. Then, the retardment or advancement of each soul - as this entity - depends upon how well it comprehends or applies its understanding.
16. But it IS a cycle, and continuously is an entity meeting itself.
17. In the astrological we find Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury - almost in the order named - becoming the ruling influences; not because of the position of the planets, or of any phase of the astrological aspects, but because of the sojourns of the entity in those environs during those periods of intermission from materiality as known in the earth's plane.
18. Hence we find - as in Jupiter - the ennobling influences, wherein - irrespective of the desires of the body (physical) - the activities become rather of a UNIVERSAL influence upon ANY whom the entity may meet.
19. Then, knowing - or realizing such is the urge, such IS that karmic force, or that builded, it BEHOOVES the entity - for its own development - to know before it speaks, to BE before it asks others to speak, to BECOME a part of that it would induce others to be interested in.
20. That is the nature of a benevolence from the astrological aspect.
21. As in Venus with Saturn we find great changes, and a great deal of beauty, a great deal of love as material aspects; friendships as a growing experience. Too oft there comes the inclination to forget the sources of that which has brought the changes that may make for the beauties.
22. But balanced with Jupiter as with the Mercurian forces, the entity should stand - should be - IS well balanced in its judgements. But know in WHOM as well as in what ye believe; knowing then the source from which all information, activity and the end thereof, emanates.
23. These become then as the innate or the dream forces within the experience of this entity, Mme. [1554].
24. As to the appearances in the earth, here we find quite a variation as to their aspects and their influences. These become as environmentals, or what may be termed from the mental as the emotional influences.
25. Hence these have been varied, and may vary in their effect according to that the mental self holds as its ideal. For Mind, both spiritual and mental, is the Builder. That we think, that we become. That ye dwell upon in the mental aspects grows in its importance or place in the experience of whatever nature, whether from the purely material gains, the material pleasures, the material aspects of the experience or whether in the mental or the spiritual forces.
26. Then, before this (that bears upon the experience of the entity in the present) we find the entity was in the land of its nativity; during those periods when there were the gatherings of many of the peoples of the land as well as of other lands for what has been termed - as of a historical period - the Crusades.
27. Many of those of the land were left in their own environs while the companions or friends journeyed for a cause which had been proclaimed.
28. These brought experiences for the entity that were both good and bad. For the aversions to those conditions as arise in the experience of being forgotten, being neglected, become those experiences in the present that are hardest to meet.
29. Or when there is that activity in which the apparent action of the self as in relationships to others is unappreciated for its phase of good or phase of material gain, there comes a hurt, there comes a disappointment that becomes so a part of self as to bring up most of those things pertaining to what is theological, theosophical and real.
30. And these become then periods in which the entity finds itself oft having to turn again to that which has been given; know in Whom as well as in what ye have believed.
31. The entity during the experience gained and lost. For its activities while given into a teaching service as related to music, also became a part of what became very commercial in its nature as related to activities for the production of foods, of those things that would bring material comforts.
32. Hence we find in the experiences of the entity in the present oft those periods when such influences become a part of the THOUGHT, or a part of the self as related to those who are engaged in the varied types of service in a material world in this present experience.
33. The name then was Scharda Chevelieu.
34. In the application of self from that experience we may find those things that bring many of the periods of wonderment between decisions within its activities in the present, as to whether these must be in the direction of the mental self, the mental attributes of individuals as related to their abilities in given fields of service, or whether those attributes in relation to the creative things for conveniences within the experiences of others should be the activity of self.
35. Hold rather to that which is of the mental and spiritual development. For the greater gains, the greater number of individuals with whom the entity may be closely associated may in one manner or another come from that experience or sojourn.
36. Before that (becoming a part of the entity's experience) we find the entity was in the Grecian activities during those periods when individuals made the greater study as related to material and mental and spiritual thought.
37. It was when individuals were as followers of Plato, as pertaining to those tenets and teachings.
38. The entity then, though young in years during its activities in those environs, became - when there became the abilities for the application in its associations with others - as a leader in the school of thought pertaining to the CLOSER relationship between material gains and BODY benefits.
39. These then became the activities during that sojourn. For as there was the study of the arts, as pertaining to sculpture and as to that which would depict the SOURCES of help and aid to the individual, the entity joined with those - as indicated - to supply material forces for the activities in a material world.
40. In the experience the entity gained. For as its application became more and more a part of the experiences of others, and those who had been and were a part of the schools of Socrates and those through those periods, we find that then the teachings of Cistus became the greater teachings in the land.
41. From the application of the entity as the man during that sojourn, we find in the present experience the abilities to sway others not only by its reasoning, not only by its abilities to make practical applications of mental and spiritual laws but to make them practical in the everyday life.
42. These should be dwelt upon, these should be held to - in the present sojourn and present experience.
43. Before that we find the entity was in the land now called the Indian, when those peoples of the hill country and those of the valley were overcome by those who came down from the Mongoloid land; during that period when Saneid was a teacher in the land.
44. The entity then was a princess of the land, and became a teacher, a model for others in their dealings with their fellow man.
45. And a saying of that period was as law and order to the entity, which is just as true in the present experience: AS YE WOULD HAVE THY NEIGHBOR DO, THAT DO THYSELF! Not a confusion, but that which brought harmony in that land during a troubled period, a troubled people. For this was the basis of the teachings of many who became teachers in the land later, as well as during that experience.
46. The entity's activities there brought a great peace to the land, for as there were the applications of those tenets as embodied in the relationships of individuals as one to another, these brought not only periods of the looking out for the neighbor but the better thought of self.
47. The name then was Vistua.
48. As to the experience then which brought the greater development for the entity, we find it was when there became the union of the entity with one of the sons from the Mongoloid or Gobi land.
49. For as the sons of the Temple of Gold came to know their relationships, one was chosen as the companion of the entity during the experience.
50. The entity in the present has known - but not closely associated, yet, with - that entity.
51. Before that we find the entity was in the Egyptian land, as known in the present, during those periods when the peoples from the Atlantean land (or the Poseidan and Atlantean land) came with the destructive forces into the Egyptian; and brought the tenets of the Law of One, the abilities to use the influences of nature for the activities in relationships to men for conveniences.
52. The entity then, of the daughters of the Law of One, came with Ajax, came with those who became as the leaders in establishing with the Priest of the Egyptian land those activities in which the individuals were fitted for special service owing to their individual faculties and developments for individual service.
53. There the entity was as a head of the departments of what ye would call education, and the activities for the various services in the land; and the giving of the tenets to others.
54. The entity headed the movements in these directions.
55. Hence those that were as heads of departments of commerce in EVERY land became, and do become in the present, of interest to the entity; not only because of their abilities and that place which they fill in the affairs of nations and peoples but what has made them so!
56. The name then was Azura.
57. As to the abilities of the entity in the present from those experiences in the Atlantean as well as in the Egyptian, the Carpathian and the Pyrenees activities, during its sojourn in the Egyptian land, we find:
58. There come the abilities for the directing of activities of EVERY nature that proclaim or pertain to the commercial, the financial activities of the groups in varied nations - and their relationships as one to another.
59. Then, as to the abilities of the entity in the present as may be gathered from those activities through its sojourns in the material plane:
60. We find there are the abilities wherein there may be kept the better contact with those in authority in the many lands, whether of a commercial, a financial or a spiritual nature; that there may be kept harmonious experiences between those who are in authority in the varied lands. In these SHOULD be, WILL be the greater service the entity may give in the present, and the channels through which it may gain the greater developments in the present experience.
61. Much more might be given, but - Ready for questions.
62. (Q) Is it likely that the three predictions regarding my future will work out as Elenor Holle said?
    (A) The entity is in the present year at a place of turning in its activity. If it is chosen that the work is to be with those who are heads of departments, whether as related to the commercial, the material, the financial OR even the political, then that phase will work out.
    When the other experiences are considered that are predicted to come, in its relationships with individuals of a certain group or class - this within the next three years; yes, within the next year should come about.
    As to the other, not so well - because these become as an offspring of the activities in relationships to the other two.
63. (Q) Is a big change in store for me this year as predicted? If so, what?
    (A) As indicated, it is at the turning point.
    As to whether it is to be in regard to the dealings the entity has in its affairs of state and nation, as well as in the keeping of the closer relationships with those in authority, depends upon the entity's choice and its application. Yes - the great change will come in the present year; if there are the activities in the directions of keeping those intact.
64. (Q) Does it appear that I will be free from my present husband in the near future? If so, by divorce or death?
    (A) Death in April of thirty-nine ('39).
65. (Q) In what previous incarnations have we been associated, and how, that brought about our present marriage?
    (A) In the experience just previous to this; a companion then; and this brought the urge for the helping as well as those differences that have later arisen.
66. (Q) Has the karmic debt between us been paid during our 19 years of marriage?
    (A) Been paid - and more.
67. (Q) Is it indicated that he will meet with an accident?
    (A) An accident.
68. (Q) Why does he drink so much - what in the past has produced such karma?
    (A) This would have to be approached from his OWN relationships. As we find as related to the individual here seeking, these activities arise from a sojourn in that known as the Armenian land when he was a soldier from France.
69. (Q) In what previous incarnations have I been associated with [1580], and what was the relationship? [4/25/38 Her friend, Mrs. [1580], obtained her Life Rdg. - See 1580-1.]
    (A) As we find in the Grecian experience were there the closer relationships; and they are things that bring about the reasoning and the beauty - and those things whereunto the attraction would be if the self at present were a man.
70. (Q) In case of war, would it be best for me to return to Europe immediately and take service there, or to stay quietly in America?
    (A) Greater good, greater union may be held by the activities of the entity to those in authority in many nations, by remaining quiet, and an ACTIVE quiet service.
71. (Q) Any other advice for the entity at this time?
    (A) As indicated, much might be given.
    Study well those phases of its experience and developments, and what it purposes to do with those it meets day by day. For every soul ye touch, even in passing, is influenced for good or bad in its experience!
72. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. See 1554-1.

REPORTS

1. Remarks following 1554-2: Perfectly remarkable! Had all periods written down in which she felt she had lived, and they were all covered; except she felt she had been in French period during Louis 15th - because of experiences. Knows she was in Crusade period, has had feeling of it every time passing thru little town in France which was a center for the sect during the Crusades.
   "Astrology says my husband cannot possibly live beyond April 1939."
2. 3/25/38 See 1554-3, a continuation of her Life Reading by questions.

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