This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 20th day of August, 1930, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [1729], via Mrs. [57].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born Friday, August 4, 1876, Nashville, Tennessee.

TEXT

1. EC: We have the entity here, and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present entity.
2. In entering the present experience astrologically, we find the entity coming under the influence of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Uranus.
3. In those conditions as personalities, as are builded in the present experience, we find:
4. One of a high mental ability, yet often judged by others as using same in a peculiar manner; often the pacifist to the extent as to become the extremist.
5. One that has builded much IN the present experience, and in the summing up or using of same in the present experience may make for, or retard, self's own development.
6. In many of the applications the entity must apply self as to make will's forces rather in accord with that as is the ideal, rather than projection of self's own interests, in seeing that self's ideals - irrespective of others - are also considered.
7. In those influences as innate and seeking expression, as is seen, the mental in Uranian - as WITH those in Mercurian - brings for these TEMPERAMENTAL conditions as make for those expressions as need to be guarded in their present application.
8. In the influences seen in Jupiter, and those as have been BUILDED in the present experience, while innately these have brought many of the varied groups, and the varied expanse of privileges in many ways and manners, much - as may be seen by an introspection of self - has been altered and changed by the application of self's own will TO conditions, TO opportunities, TO privileges as they have been presented in this experience.
9. One, then, that is able to influence many in and through that as may be given in song, or in the writings, or in the addresses as have been made by the entity in the various experiences, and in the various environs in which the opportunities have presented themselves.
10. That as may be BUILDED from this experience, or this portion of self in the present experience - again there will be found that necessity in self; NOT CLOSING self because others do not AGREE; not stopping in the least in the expression of an ideal, yet know full well from which the source emanates, whether from that that is creative in its all aspects, or whether it emanates from that of the expression of self and self alone. The differentiations in these may be at times hard to draw, yet these the entity will do WELL to study in the application OF the abilities, and of those things that arise in the present experience.
11. In those influences innately and manifestedly in those of the Uranian with those of the Jupiterian, as well as the Venus - too often has the love of self's INTEREST superceded that of service to many, in their varied conditions. On account of the varied effects as have been seen and felt in a different environ, these have made for some hardships in the present experience; yet that as has been builded may make for the more beautiful side of life's experience in the earth plane, and through same may the entity gain an insight into those of the broader experience; for innately, through these same, do we find that the entity is able, through introspection, to gain much that is called of the occult forces; and, applied aright - and differentiation between those of mystic AND occult - may bring to many a better understanding of those experiences as may be had, as have been had, by individuals whom the entity has and may encounter, in enabling them - as individuals - to understand their relationships one with another, as well as that with those of the universality of forces, as is applicable in the lives of individuals through introspection.
12. As to the appearances, and the effect these have upon the present experience of the entity:
13. In the one before this we find in the land of the present nativity, and in and about those peoples that first came as those of the peacemakers in the land; and the entity then among those with whom peace was made, being then of that same family, or of the same stock, with which Penn made the treaty. Then in the name Heni. In this experience the entity gained; gained through service as given to others, as related to the relationships of those peoples as came and of the natives, and THEIR relationships to those who became as companions, as associates, as those who would aid in MANY VARIED conditions and experiences of life. In the present this has presented for the entity much of that as has been as a hardship, in understanding and in the relationships with peoples of the varied races. In this condition may the entity add in keeping that of the one source, does all force emanate - and in the building through the mental application, may the physical blossom as that as is guided, whether by material or spiritual forces.
14. In the one before this we find in that land when there was the rebuilding of the walls in then the Holy City. The entity among those under Nehemiah, who came again into the land to build again the walls about the city. In those of Zephaniah did the entity gain, in the application of self in those of the temple and the temple worships in the rebuilded portions; for the entity then came into the better understanding of those of the laws as were preserved through those peoples in that period. In the present much of those in the occult, much of those in the spiritual forces, finds its expression through the experiences of the entity in that period.
15. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Egyptian land, during the period when there were dissensions in the land, and in the building up of those relationships and understandings as came with the return of the banished priest. The entity then among those of the land that came with those of the priest in the return, gaining in a PORTION of the experience, losing in the aggrandizing of selfish interests with the advancement to those of positions under the king that GUIDED the peoples in that experience. In the name Ei-Le. In this experience the entity finds that, much as relates to those of the relations of individuals one with another brings most of those of questionings to the entity, whether from individuals seeking aid and counsel, or from those who would seek aid in an establishing of such relations.
16. In the abilities of the entity and that to which it may attain in the present:
17. As may be seen, through those of INTROSPECTION - as well as retrospection - may the entity gain most in the present experience. In retrospection, find the variations as have been applied in the life of self in the present, as to whether an ideal as established, or as of selfish motives to establish SELF'S ideal. In introspection, make APPLICATION; for being oft in prayer, oft in communication with the forces as may manifest through the entity, through its relationships in the varied experience, much may be gained - but do not make of same that of a mystery. Rather that as is builded, does the meriting of same - in the application of the laws as pertain to universal forces - become the law in the individual's activity. BE rather the law, than WITHIN the law, or conforming to a law. BE a law. In this the entity may gain most in the present experience. In this may the entity make the life MOST worth while. In this may the entity aid others more, in understanding themselves.
18. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Two copies to Ass'n office

BACKGROUND

1. 8/06/30 [1729]'s letter to EC:
   ..., Pennsylvania
   Cayce Hospital Virginia Beach, Virginia
   Main office.
   With my application for a "Life Reading" I am enclosing my cheque for $50 - $20 for Membership. $15 for Annual dues and $15 to help someone else who needs help from you.
   It will help me if you can arrange an early date for me.
   Very truly, [1729]
2. 8/09/30 EC's letter to [1729]:
   Mrs. [1729] ..., Pennsylvania
   My dear Mrs. [1729]
   We are in receipt of yours of the 6th, addressed to Cayce Hospital.
   Please repeat the information regarding your birthdate, etc., on the enclosed life reading card and return to us. I hope that we may be able to get this reading for you in the near future.
   We certainly appreciate your interest. It is not unusual, but rather significant it seems to me, that the very day we received your application for membership, enclosing an extra membership fee for someone unable to pay for it, we had an application - and made the appointment and the reading - for a local man who was not able to pay for it. If it is possible, I would like for you to be in touch with these people. I understand it will not be in a manner other than just the interest you have in those who are seeking aid for their physical health through these channels. If you would care to drop them a line, I am giving you the name and address of the man's wife, who is doing all she can to follow out the treatment suggested in the reading and get the benefits for him [193].
   We hope that we may be of a great deal of service to you. Trusting that you will find an opportunity to at some time come in and see the work that is being done here, and again thanking you, I am
   Sincerely, [EC:GD]

REPORTS

1. 8/20/30 EC's letter to [1729]:
   Mrs. [1729] ..., Penna.
   Dear Mrs. [1729]
   We are enclosing the information gotten in your life reading. We will be very glad to have your comments on same, and trust that you will let us hear from you.
   Should there be any portion that you would like to ask questions concerning, as to others we have had during the same periods, we will be glad for you to write to the Committee on Life Reading History. They may be able to give you some information that will be of interest.
   Hoping to have been of service, I am
   Sincerely, [EC:GD]

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