This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 31st day of December, 1938, in accordance with request made by the great-aunt - Mrs. [845], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [413], Mrs. [578], Mrs. [585], and Miss [304]. Born December 13, 1938, 815 West 37th St., Apt. 4, Norfolk, Va.

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1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces; giving the conditions which are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth's plane, giving time, place and the name, and that in each life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity, and that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions which may be submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1775].
3. Very well named!
4. There would be some warnings as respecting the physical or material development, especially in the first few months of this entity's experience.
5. Beware of those things that would affect the mucous membranes of the throat and nasal passages. Be sure there is always handy Syrup of Ipecac. Be sure there is sufficient lime for the structural developments for the entity.
6. In giving the interpretations of the records here, as we find these - as are indicated from the records - are chosen with the desire that they may be helpful in the developing of the environs for this entity during the first two cycles of the entity's experience here.
7. For in these periods, especially, there may be taken from that which has been the experience those influences or forces which, applied, may magnify the virtues and minimize the faults; and thus give those activities which develop in the mental and spiritual import of the entity that as to make all about the entity, and the activities of the entity from then on, have a more helpful, a more beautiful experience.
8. In the astrological aspects, we will find these the natural tendencies:
9. One that will be very easy to spoil.
10. One that will be very easy to arouse its ire, or to become wroth at not having its own way.
11. These may be tempered in mercy but in judgment also, that there be more of the activities of self-reliance through its developing periods.
12. And EVER be ready to give an answer as to WHY the entity is to do this or that, and not merely because the commanding one says so! else we will find that the very nature and temperament of the entity will be in such a rebellious force as to cause a great deal of anxiety.
13. Yet if the why, as well as judgment is used and given, we will find a developing from the Venus forces into those tendencies of one where music, and especially verse and writing, will become a part naturally of the entity.
14. Well to develop, then, the imaginative forces; but picturize or visualize for the entity all those influences or forces IN the developing of such in the experience of this entity.
15. Keep colors blue and mauve about the entity ever. NEVER anything very red, nor anything that is very pink or pinkish; but blue, pearl, mauve - these very close about the entity.
16. In stones, - the whiter, the more crystal the better.
17. In Jupiter we find both a benevolent and an adverse force. Hence we will find the entity liking admiration; lacking in judgment oft in respect to same. Thus you will find, rarely will the entity meet a stranger.
18. Too easily may the entity be influenced by those who merely speak or are particularly kind in a manner that is appealing to the entity.
19. Hence precautions - and yet not such as to not cause self-reliance - should be taken in the developing years for the entity.
20. Stringed instruments, - as it passes its sixth or seventh year. Not that of what is called the organ or piano, though these may be the channels through which the approach to same may come for the entity.
21. WELL for this entity to be trained, to be developed for a career; RATHER than that of home life; though the home life AFTER the twenty-third year may be the better for the entity in its abilities as a writer of child stories.
22. In Mercury, Uranus and Mars, - Mars is in adverse. Then be warned as respecting madness, fire AND those things as pertain to explosives of any nature. Beware of these being where the entity may get hold of or be influenced by same.
23. Yet in tempering with these, especially in the natures having to do with ARMED forces, we will find the entity aiding others as respecting same.
24. In Uranus we find the extremes, - and these will begin to be manifested especially in those periods from the two and a half to six years of age; provided, however, those warnings are heeded as have been indicated respecting throat, mucous membranes, nasal passages, the antrum, etc. There are adverse influences in these during the first six months, and again in the two and a half to three years of age.
25. As to the appearances, - here we find indications of the temperaments; as will be a portion of what would be the admonition as well as the warnings to those who care for the developing periods.
26. Before this we find the entity was in and near the land of its present nativity, during those periods known as the Williamsburg or Jamestown-Williamsburg experience, before the American Revolution.
27. There we find the entity was known as Lynne Waggner.
28. In the experience the entity was oft called one that made for such activities among the natives as to cause many of the peoples of the period to wonder as to what was the protecting influence about the entity. Yet many of those things that brought closer friendships during those experiences with the peoples as a whole arose from the activities of the entity during that sojourn.
29. Things then that have to do with the outdoors, with forest, with streams, with those things having to do especially with horticultural nature, will be of special interest to the entity.
30. And the little folk that inhabit many a dell will be a guiding force for the entity, if there is care taken WHEN it is in active influence during its early periods of development out of doors.
31. Plenty of sunshine, then, should ever be the experience for the entity. Not as one wild, no - but as one well-regulated, with a great deal of close communion with nature.
32. Do not be fearful if there are periods when the entity is thought to be lost in wilderness, plain or the like; for it will occur, if there are not great precautions - in the third and fifth year.
33. Before that, then, we find the entity was in the French land, during those periods when there was a great deal of change between the English and the French; during those periods when Chas. the 2nd was in exile there.
34. And the associates and the connections with which the entity was associated were of those groups, those masses that in a manner cared for the experiences of that ruler during those periods.
35. Hence we will find again those experiences in which those of the opposite sex in positions of power will be attracted to the entity, and the entity attracts such in its experience during its early years; especially during those periods from ten to thirteen years of age.
36. These must be precautions, - yet these must be kept in manners in which there may be the ADVANTAGES taken, yet not the LEANING upon such, FOR the greater developments of the entity through the experience.
37. There we find the entity was in the name Undine; and in the experience the entity gained and lost.
38. For those disappointments with the opposite sex, in the present make for periods through which the entity's activities will be influenced by that particular experience in which such disappointments were brought that the little spites and little hates, temper, the likes and dislikes that become violent at times, were manifested then and will become a part of the present experience, without the training, the experiencing through the directing in precept as well as in example as to the manner of controlling such.
39. Then as has been indicated, those in the position of directing or molding, or giving the directing influence and impulse through the early periods of this entity's experience should take warning, - for much depends upon them - as to what would be the general trend of the entity's experience during this sojourn.
40. Before that we find the entity was in the land during that period when the Master walked in the earth, and among those children that were blessed by Him, especially when He taught His disciples humility - on the last journey to Jerusalem.
41. In and about Bethany, - Martha, Mary, Lazarus, and those of that city - these were the acquaintances and the kinspeople of the entity during that sojourn.
42. Young in years, to be sure, through those early experiences; yet a zealot, and one given to good works throughout that sojourn.
43. During the experience the entity was a weaver of cloth, - and hence will always want something new to wear! and bright colors, and those that are fussy about the entity will be a part of the experience.
44. And if these are tempered in manners in which they are to represent or indicate a mood or manner, or activity of the entity, may be used WELL during the formative years for the developing forces and influences. Not that the entity would be bought by these, but that these mean something in its desire, its activities, its NEEDS for the greater MENTAL and SPIRITUAL import.
45. A knowledge then of all those surroundings; being a daughter of Zelot, - Zelot being a nephew of Nicodemus, the one who went to the Master by night.
46. Hence, with the influence in the activities of the rulers during the experience, the entity was acquainted with the activities in the synagogue and the teachings. Hence it will be easy to find an answering chord in the entity's experience for the training in spiritual things through this early period of its development.
47. But GIVE her the reason why, and remember - those who are giving the training - Train one when it is young, and when it is old it will not depart from the Lord!
48. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian, when there were turmoils and strifes, when there were the separations of the peoples through those rebellions arising.
49. There we find the entity was closely allied with the Ibex Rebellion. For the entity was a favorite to the Young King's brother, and caused a great deal of anxiety to those who were in authority politically during that experience.
50. Yet with the return of the Priest, and the establishing then of the Temples of Sacrifice and the Temple Beautiful, we find the entity entering - after the defeat in the Ibex experience - the Temple of Sacrifice; and then later becoming closely allied with those in giving training to those who were preparing for activities in the various centers where there was the distributing of the tenets and lessons during those periods.
51. There we find the sounds of the stringed instruments becoming so close a part of the entity's activity. And if these are begun in the early period, we will find it will become a means and a manner and an expression through which the entity may give much to others through this experience.
52. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, and that to which it may attain, and how:
53. Much will depend upon these early periods of training, and upon the manner of those directions set during the first two cycles. THEN, as to what it may attain, and how, may be given - in a manner as to become constructive in the experience of the entity itself.
54. Direct the entity, then, - do not break its will, but - by precept, by love, by example, by judgment, by mercy, by grace - make the directing influence towards a PURPOSEFUL life, a PURPOSEFUL activity! It plays for a purpose, it is bathed for a purpose, it sleeps for a purpose, it acts in this or that manner BECAUSE such and such is desired as an EXPERIENCE for the entity!
55. Thus we will find that what it may attain, as a writer or author of children's books, is only limited to its OWN desires.
56. Ready for questions.
57. (Q) Describe and interpret her seal.
    (A) A log, or as a stump - a part of a log; across which would be a bouquet, yet one in the shape, - not of a fleur-de-lis, nor yet a crown, but as a portion of both.
    The strength in same is in the beauty of the purpose and in the life of the individual lived.
58. (Q) What part should her great-aunt, [845], take in the training necessary for her best development?
    (A) This must be rather by choice, rather than by direction. But this is part of the environment that brought the entity into the experience! Then do not fail the entity!
59. (Q) Why did [845] have such an urge to name her ... Lynne?
    (A) She can best answer this from within herself, when she reads or sees or is aware of the experiences of the entity in the earth's plane.
60. (Q) Please comment as to her educational susceptibilities, as to be helpful to those in charge.
    (A) These have been commented upon, and are dependent upon the manner in which the directions are taken in not BREAKING but directing the will of the entity. And especially in those things pertaining to music, writing, and CLOTHES! Clothes! She will always have a wardrobe!
61. (Q) Give any past relationships with her present parents, [Mrs. [2501], her mother, had previous Physical readings.] and where?
    (A) These should be drawn from the comparison of same, rather than the indications from here.
62. (Q) Did the atmosphere attempted to be created by those surrounding the birth of this child have any influence on the type of soul that entered this body? [Great-aunt, Mrs. [845], lived with parents during the period.]
    (A) As has been indicated, it DID! MUCH! And thence the responsibility lies upon those who did so!
63. We are through for the present.

    Copy to [845]
    Copy to Ass'n file

REPORTS

1. 10/60 GD's note: When 9 months old little [1775] received first prize in a Children's National Photographic Contest. When she was 11 she was in charge of directing the entire production of a four-act operetta at school, also having a speaking part in it herself. When 18, secretary of her college freshman class [She was sent to college by Mrs. [845] and was the only child in the family who did go to college.], she was one of the five getting the highest number of votes, in a field of 18 nominees from the college, for the prettiest coed candidate for Queen of Homecoming. When 21 she married a medical student; a year later she gave birth to a baby daughter, naming her for her great-aunt, Mrs. [845].
2. 6/10/80 GD's note: Mrs. [1775] came to visit me, asking for her Case Number so she could study her reading in the A.R.E. Library. She was married young and did not finish college. After having three daughters and later becoming divorced she went back to school. I have understood from her Aunt [578] - her mother [2501]'s sister] that she (Mrs. [1775]) has become very successful in her profession. She [1775] promised to come back to see me and I'll try to get all the details about how she has applied her Life Reading.
3. 2/74 See Source Key File #1775 for Solar Chart submitted by Dorothy Moore 6842 Merrille Lane, Dallas, TX 75214, re 1775-1.

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