This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 4th day of July, 1930, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [1718], via her husband, Mr. [1717] and Dr. [957].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [1718], Mr. [1717], Mrs. House and Miss Mildred Davis. Born November 12, 1892, Lumberton, N.C.

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1. EC: We have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present entity.
2. Few there be who have written as distinctive cosmic or archaic record as is seen through this entity, as respecting sojourn in the earth's plane; few in number, yet being such as to have changed MANY of the conditions in the affairs of the many.
3. In entering astrologically, we find these would - in this particular individual - mean little; for that BUILDED has been not by main strength and awkwardness, but rather of the definite, purposeful, willful, guiding that as WOULD, does, WILL, bring definite conditions in the life experience of an entity.
4. Much - even BOOKS - might be written as respecting the manner in which desire and will, as manifested, has been the experience OF the entity; yet each sphere and its environmental conditions have their part in the experience OF the entity, and truly may it be said - the entity rules rather the destiny of solar SYSTEMS, than of an individual star.
5. In Venus is seen the love influence, that brings in the experience of the entity friendships and associations that mean even more than the friend. While this does not mean the entity conforms self to the varying conditions; rather that BUILDED is RECOGNIZED IN the experience of those contacting the entity, and if they fit not - to the entity they are as if they DO NOT exist. Not that this would indicate one that is of the nature that does not take into consideration other peoples' ideas, or ideals, nor their desires, nor their own responsibilities - yet the oneness of purpose, the love of the ideal as builded in self, is as in that given, "The meek shall inherit the earth".
6. In the influence in Jupiter, brings those of the expansion of abilities, and of the ability to awaken in others their OWN responsibility, and the purposefulness as must be builded in the activity of individuals as pertaining to their own questions and conditions as arise in THEIR experience. Greater indeed is he who may aid another to find themselves, than he that taketh a city.
7. In those influences builded in the Uranian, and that of Mercury - builds that rather of the UNUSUAL in Uranian influence, for more oft is the extremist found without reason; yet the reasonableness as is manifested, may be manifested by the entity, the entity capable of making same reasonable - not only to self, but in the experience of others. In this combine we find the unusual, and - to many - a very peculiar personality BUILDED in the entity. Not that there are not those who think or feel of the entity as being UNUSUAL, or even peculiar in some respects - yet ever honored is the expression OF the entity, and an expressed idea by the entity is felt in the minds of many, and MOST whom the entity contacts, as if that is what they DESIRED to say but were unable to put INTO words. This often the experience OF the entity, and to SOME this is given as being a psychologist and student, yet this traced, this studied, this classified, is seen to express just that as has been given - as to the purposefulness of the WHOLE, the ONENESS of purpose of the entity.
8. In those conditions as related to the material conditions of earth:
9. Peoples, rather than places - minds, rather than positions, conditions of life in the MENTAL experience - are the things that are weighty on and in the mental body of the entity. The home has ITS place, the music has ITS place, the mental experience - whether mathematical, economical, or chronological to the entity has each ITS place in the affairs and in the experience of each individual. Rather to the individual, then, than to the groups, does the ENTITY appeal. As a leader, great - but not as MASS or mob rule. Rather as the still small voice that is awakened from within, as the entity converses with, reasons with, loves with, those whom the entity CONTACTS; coming then, as this does, from within - rather than REASONED from without; for the influences of a beautiful picture, of a sunset, or of the moon in its glory, each in its own way has its influence - and the entity capable, and with those abilities to point same out to others.
10. In the experiences in the earth's plane, and the influences these have had on the entity in the present, and in the whole experience - for, as given, in an UNUSUAL manner, are they ONE:
11. In the one, then, before this - in the land in which the entity has resided did the entity give much in an UNUSUAL manner to the peoples of that period. In the year 1667 did the entity, in that new land, save the peoples of the settlements in that land now chosen as residence, from the peoples of the land - or of the natives; and in giving self's own life in the saving of others physically was counted to the entity as naught, for truly had the entity learned, that he that giveth his life for a friend is the friend indeed. In the name Mathias. In the present experience the affairs of others in trouble, whether of one nature or another, are ever a QUESTION to the entity - and the abilities to comfort and to counsel with comes from those experiences in that period.
12. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Roman land, when there were the teachings as of Him of Nazareth. The entity then, those that were OFFERED in the arena - and the entity fought, or gave life again in the defense of a principle; leading many, being the guide, the counsellor, the one that gave hope and courage to many to bear even that of death in defense of a principle. In the name Lydias. In that period the entity gained through the whole of the experience, and the lessons as were gained through the experience are as the lamp to the feet and the light in the pathway the entity would lead. The counsel of those that were martyrs, even as the entity - the sages of that period being the friends of the entity, are STILL as the guides in the daily experiences of the entity.
13. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Egyptian. In that period when the divisions arose did the entity suffer most; coming into the temple worship as among those of the dancers that gave expression TO that of rhythm in the temple worship. The entity then in favor both with the priest [Ra-Ta] and king. In the banishment, the entity kept - or remained in the temple, being the go-between between the guard TO the priest and the king, SUFFERED as one that would spy out; yet in purpose, in intent, true to the tenets as were given as to the worshipfulness as SHOULD be expressed in fact, and in act. In the re-establishing of the priest, or in the building up of the school - as the entity's mate in that period, who headed that of the exchequer, did the entity gradually lose the self in the aid RENDERED the mate; gaining in the latter period, losing in the grudges held for a time - yet much of the experiences in the present, much to be accomplished in the present, is in the finishing of that as begun in THAT period, CROWNED with the efforts in the one in the Roman arena, given in again that builded in the defense of the little fort - these are as the stars builded by the entity as may be accomplished in the present experience; for many seek the light, and only in individual way and manner may this be given, by those who - through their own introspective selves - may give a key to that, that the force in Spirit, the force in nature, the forces in earth, the diadems in heaven, are ONE; and in the applications of the abilities of each individual may the talents be multiplied in a manner as is acceptable to the creative forces, as the ENTITY sees, as the entity may give, as the entity may understand, that NECESSARY to be awakened in the lives of others.
14. In the abilities, and that to which the entity may attain in the present:
15. In the aid, in the counsel, in the building up of that as is builded as a purposefulness in self, may the entity gain the greater in the present experience.
16. Ready for questions.
17. (Q) What is my cosmic work? Where can I find and best carry it out?
    (A) As has been given, seek out him whom the entity aided; keep in that way where the influences of those whom the entity contacts may gain an insight into, not only the mysteries of life, but the application of the oneness of purpose for all. In this in the entity's work; in this may the entity succeed the most - and the missionary indeed, does the entity become.
18. (Q) How can I use my talents and influence for the good of others?
    (A) That's BEING used. Keep it up!
19. (Q) Have I any mystic or occult powers? If so, how can I use them for good?
    (A) Just as has been given, the introspection - and that ability to vision, see, read, understand - especially the mysteries of Egypt.
20. That is all the questions regarding this reading. Are there any other questions the entity should ask?
21. Apply this as given; then seek that as is wished to be given, and - using that in hand - much more may be given.
22. We are through with this reading.

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