This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 25th day of April, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1580], through Mme. [1554], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born September 21, 1890, 1 P. M., New York City.

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1. EC: (In going back over years from present - "1930 - yes - '29 - '24 - What a CHANGE! - '22 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
2. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now called [1580].
3. It would be well if the entity were to hold rather to the high-blue light than to the gray-blue, as it rises in its experiences and when it meditates.
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, that chosen to be interpreted is that as we find that would give the greater help in the experience of the entity if applied in the present experience.
5. Much may be in reverse to that which has been interpreted, and much may be in keeping with same. For as is seen, the entity has been an adept in more than one experience. And the great variation in its appearances into the earth's plane may account for many of those things that come as confusions when attempted to be put into words of the present day meaning or interpretation of same.
6. The astrological aspects have ever been a part of the entity's study, the entity's development.
7. And a workable knowledge of numerology as well as of symbols should be a study of the entity.
8. But know ever that these are only indications; and that the fountain of truth, the well of righteousness wells up from within; that what is given to others must be of the constructive nature, else it may become a stumblingblock to thee as well as to them that seek thy aid and help.
9. Not that warnings are to be withheld, but know that NO URGE - astrologically, numerologically or symbolically - surpasses the will of the entity in ANY experience!
10. For as given by self, as will be seen, as well as by the sages of old, there is that within self that is creative; and it, that creative force, coordinating, cooperating with the divine without, will make for the choice of that which IS life in the experience of each entity.
11. And when the choice is made, then there may be a vision - astrologically and otherwise - of what the end thereof IS. But each soul is given that birthright of the ABILITY to choose, UNDER any environ, any circumstance, any experience!
12. For that which is materially of a hereditary influence is one thing, and that which is the hereditary influence of the metaphysical and SPIRITUAL entity is another. Also there is a variation in the environmental influences of a material experience and the environmentals of the spiritual aspects, according to or because of the ABILITIES of the mental self, or image, to choose!
13. From the astrological influences we find, then:
14. One very psychic, or with the abilities to turn within, or to call upon those influences from without as WELL as the ability to translate that which may be visioned by the influences of vibrations created by the very activities of elementals in the experience and the association of the entity.
15. Hence - as we would give, as we would interpret for the entity - there is all the greater need for the purposes, the desires, yes the very wishes of the entity, to be kept in that attitude of a CONSTRUCTIVE influence and force; that there may be the greater influence shed by self upon those whom the entity contacts day by day.
16. For there are immutable laws; and these must be met according to the CHOICE and the DOING!
17. For it is MOVEMENT, ACTIVITY that brings anything into being. In itself it may lie latent, but put into motion then desire, then the longings, then the activity becomes as a part of the mental self that finds expression in the material world.
18. For, while the mind is of the creative forces, it is also that of which it partakes or dwells upon; thus shaping itself into that very activity which is so oft visioned in the EXPERIENCE of the entity in the entity in the aura or the vibrations of those the entity may contact.
19. It is not then in closing self away from the great mass of conglomerate influences that brings development, but in self keeping an eye single to SERVICE! and in honor, in glory of the Creative Forces that may manifest through thy every wish, even!
20. As we find from the astrological activities, then: Mercury, the Sun; Venus, Jupiter; with the afflictions of Mars and Saturn.
21. Hence we find the experience and the manifestations in the experience have been when there has been a giving away in self to self-indulgences, or in anger, or in great changes there have come the periods of turmoils.
22. It is then necessary that the entity, above all else, keep harmony within its OWN SELF; that the abilities to serve may be the greater in thy dealings with thy fellow man.
23. As will be, as has been the experience, days and periods, the vibrations from metals and their elements HAVE a great deal of influence upon the entity.
24. Hence as we find, the days close to and upon the thirteenth of October make for the periods when the events, the happenings, the changes, the decisions become as mandatory in the influence of the entity.
25. It will be found that the odors of henna, with tolu and myrrh, create an influence of ease; while the fire opal, the lapis or copper in its ELEMENTAL form, bring great passion, intenseness, the abilities to loose emotions through the very centers of the body for the closer association of the spiritual with the activative influences of the mental self.
26. But the well of truth, yea the fountain of eternal life, wells up from within.
27. For thy body is indeed the temple of the living God, thy God. And until He becomes personal, yet universal in its influence upon all phases of thy consciousness, ye are not aroused to the awareness of thy abilities.
28. It is INDEED a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, yet they that love His coming, they that walk in the cool of the evening, in the shadow of His precepts, shall be awakened to the great truth that love casteth away fear; that love thinketh not of its own, love upbraideth not; it is not puffed up. And in patience with same, wait ye on the Lord.
29. Easily indeed, with the opening of thyself to the vibrations, yea the emanations about thee oft, ye may be tempted by the desires of the flesh; yea of the spirit of untruth.
30. But hold fast, thou, to that light which IS thy assurance of His presence WITH thee!
31. For He hath promised to meet thee in thy own holy of holies.
32. Then again - yea, and again - wait ye on the Lord! For He is just.
33. Then be THOU just to thy fellow man. For with what measure ye mete, for with what manner ye consider the lowliest of His children, is the mien with which ye wait on Him.
34. Keep thy skirts CLEAN from those things that make men - yea, that make the heart - doubt and fear.
35. For the love of righteousness, of truth and mercy and judgement and justice, are the weapons with which ye may put ALL THINGS to flight that would make thee afraid.
36. As to the appearances of the entity in the earth, these as we find are far, far apart; and at times have become in the abilities of the entity - in the judgements of the words of the present, or rules of the present - those things that may grow to be weaknesses.
37. Hence the warning given, and all the more reason that THIS entity, [1580] should hold to the LIGHT that comes within!
38. Before this we find the entity was in the land now known as the British; during those periods when there was the breaking up of the tribes of those peoples in that called the Holy Land.
39. The entity was of the daughters of Zedekiah, and among those who - through the activities of some of the children of Benjamin, Judah and Dan - came to the Isles, and began the establishing of an understanding that the mysteries of the ages that had been handed down to the priests - in the judgement of the records given by the prophets and sages of old - could or might be established in such a form, such manner as to ever present - to the peoples who looked upon same - a reminder of the promises of Divinity to the children of men - even in their weakness!
40. Then the entity was in the name Zeurah, and a prophetess - yea, as one given in the understanding of the influences of the seasons, of the years, of the signs as set in what ye call the zodiac, in what ye call the various phases of man's experience.
41. Hence the entity gained, yet set - as it were - a temptation in the way of others; in that the SYMBOL became to men more than that for which it had stood!
42. Man is three-dimensional in his aspects and study of what he finds within and without, and as to its source and its end - yet of the moment and not the whole. For know as of old: "Know, O ye people, the Lord thy God is One!"
43. Before that we find the entity was in the land now called the Persian and Egyptian; for the entity was among those who went from Persia into Egypt.
44. There again the entity was a soothsayer; one who reckoned by the aspects of the sea - its sand, and the tides, and the sun and the shadows.
45. There the entity partook of those things that were oft in conflict with those that were set up by that entity who was the Priest of the day.
46. Hence there the entity, with some of those counselors, wrought much that caused the banishment of the Priest; during those periods when there were the activities in which the Priest as an entity gave material manifestations in affections which were used by THIS entity, Udarr, as the cause for the bringing about of turmoils, when the real reason was because of the variations in principle of that taught by this entity and that taught by the Priest.
47. Then the entity again was active in setting the signs, the marks upon those places in Ibex, and in those places later known as Heliopolis, that caused many to be led astray; for they bound rather than loosed in truth.
48. For truth indeed sets one free, in that truth is freeing self of that which is the thought of self and letting every move, every activity be not for the creating of EASE alone but unto the glory of Him; unto the glory of that influence and force that brought, and BRINGS everything into manifestation, into being, from out of the nowhere - the manifestation into which it goes as it cycles in its growth into materiality, and its dissolution into that from which it came.
49. So in the present there may be given, yea there is the part and parcel of that in the experience of the entity, the tendency to find fault in or with that which is not pleasing to self's own comfort and ease.
50. Beware that such does not become a stumblingblock to thee in thy abilities, in that which is asked of thee in thy experience through this sojourn.
51. For he that hath much, of him is much required.
52. Keep that as not only a covenant but as that which is an opportunity for thee to each day be a channel of blessing, of hope, to someone. And this is accomplished in just being kind to others without thought of self's material reward.
53. Before that we find the entity was in the Gobi land, yes - one of the great places to which the Five Nations or Five Peoples came.
54. For the entity was one in authority who bade this come and that go, and journeyed to and fro on those activities of the peoples that encompassed the many lands.
55. It was during the experience of the entity that there were the shiftings of those lands into that near unto their present positions in the earth.
56. The entity then was in the name, as would be an interpretation in the present, Ve-vu-vi.
57. In the experience the entity aided, the entity tempted, the entity hoped, the entity helped much in the distributions of the purposes for which there was the preservation of those peoples in their various cults or activities.
58. And innately there arises within the experience of the entity in the present the seeking out of the lessons of old, that were written among the peoples of the varied lands.
59. For the entity taught then (as it should now) that they are one, when kept in accord with Creative Forces.
60. Beauty and strength in body and in purpose are the entity's abilities and experience in the present.
61. But hold fast, thou, to those things that do not divide the peoples' purposes in their dealings with their fellow men!
62. As Life is a continuous experience, so are the activities of an entity a line upon which is written that above or below same that makes for the harmony and peace and understanding, or for turmoil and strife.
63. As to the abilities in the present:
64. To guide others is a part of thy experience. This may be done in counsel, it may be done in writing.
65. Though there may be disturbing forces and influences, the practice of that - as in other things - is accomplished by contact, the doing - the DOING!
66. For while the body, the mind, the soul may be spoken of as three divisions of the one, it is only the conception of their ONENESS - as it relates to the Oneness without - that the strength of thy abilities is aroused to fulfil the purposes for which ye entered this experience.
67. Cleave thou unto Good - which is God. SHOW thyself acceptable in thine OWN conscience. Harken not to the things of the flesh nor to the things of darkness. Hold ye to the light!
68. Ready for questions.
69. (Q) Will my life change within the next few years? Which year?
    (A) There is almost a cycle every thirteenth of October!
70. (Q) For what reason, and what will be my opportunity?
    (A) Greater are the opportunities, as indicated, in thy daily experience. Then lose them not. Hold fast to them always!
71. (Q) Will I continue as I am living (rather in a narrow circle), or will I travel; if so where to, and why?
    (A) There may be the abilities to travel if the desires are made manifest by the purposefulness in thy giving to thy fellow man that thou hast gained and are capable of giving out in ways and means as indicated; not as of the thing itself worshiped but the SPIRIT of that which prompts its manifestation in the experiences of men!
72. (Q) Does it appear that I will be free from my only and present husband, [...] in the near future? [If by death, will it be by accident or disease?] [This part of the question submitted but not asked.]
    (A) This we do not find as a part of the experience UNDER three years. After that it may be. As to the means or causes or purposes, this we do not find indicated in the present; but it should be close to October 13th!
73. (Q) In which previous life or lives have my husband and I been associated?
    (A) In the one closest to the present experience, as well as in the one farthest away - as indicated by those very activities. For ever has the husband been as the servant - as thou servest now!
74. (Q) What was our karma in this present life?
    (A) As just indicated.
75. (Q) Is it to be finished in this life?
    (A) This depends, ever, upon the application of each; or as one to another. "He that would be the greatest among you, he it is that would be the servant of all!"
76. (Q) Can you tell me something of the future of my son, [G...] -
    (A) (Interrupting) We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self through Mme. [1554]
    Copy to Ass'n file
    [Questions submitted which did not get asked: "Future of my daughter [D...] and her future happiness? Will my daughter [B...]'s marriage to [...] be a long and happy one? How best going about curing a trouble which I have in the intestines?"]

BACKGROUND

1. 3/24/38 See friend's Reading 1554-2, Par. 69-A indicating they had been closely associated in a Grecian sojourn.
2. 4/14/38 She submitted questions, saying: "I thought your Reading for Mrs. [1554] was so interesting and very fine."

REPORTS

1. GD's note: Mr. Cayce when going for the records [during 1580-1], remembered that the Keeper of the Records said, "I didn't think this would ever be called for," as he took it out from under the table.
2. 5/10/38 Mrs. [1554]'s letter: "Sometime ago I rec'd Mrs. [1580]'s Reading, also your note asking me to give you my opinion on same. I thought the Life Reading very good but cannot understand why her questions were not answered as long as her children are a part of her and such an important one, questions bringing out much more details."

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