This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 12th day of December, 1941, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [1783], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

TEXT

1. GC: You will give the physical condition of this body at the present time, with suggestions for further corrective measures; answering the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body, [1783]; this we have had before.
3. As we find, there are changes in the general physical forces of the body. Some of these, it may be said, are towards betterment; others have become aggravated. Thus the periods of disturbances that arise in the body at times.
4. These, then, are conditions as we find them with this body, [1783] we are speaking of:
5. The blood supply, while insufficient in quantity, in quality is somewhat improved, and there is a better stabilization in its circulation, save at times when there are those aggravating conditions causing the headaches, - partially from eyes, partially from the toxic conditions existing in the body.
6. Then we find the circulation would show incoordination, or cold spots, cold sensations over portions of the body during such times.
7. While the corrections indicated at the time were made, there are some now needed in the cervical area and through other portions of the body. Because of the position, or the activities of the body, there is a tenderness especially in the 2nd and the 6th cervical centers.
8. These, then, become contributory causes to the general nervous condition.
9. That there has been some upsetting in the digestive forces is also indicated, and from those old tendencies for acidity there is brought about a greater distress on the hypogastric and pneumogastric nerves.
10. These bring about that type of headache that comes at times to the top of head, at others through the eyes and temples.
11. Then, as we find, these would be the administrations in the present:
12. Conditions as related to the glandular force are somewhat bettered.
13. We would have at least once or twice more the colonic irrigation, with the accompanying massages to make for better superficial circulation. These we would do, and have them about ten days apart.
14. Then we would have at least two or three of the adjustments osteopathically, with special reference to the subluxations throughout the cervical area; particularly in the 6th, 7th and in the 1st and 3rd. The conditions in the lumbar also need attention, especially in the area of the coccyx and the lower sacral. Portions of the ileac plexus also need some attention.
15. Then the diets:
16. We would keep more to those types of diet that have been indicated; liver, kidney and such things are very good, if these can be taken by the body. They supply elements in a manner that may be assimilated, that are not indicated in many other forms of diet.
17. A great deal of vegetables, of course, raw as well as cooked, should be a part of the diet.
18. We would take both A and D as combined in One-A-Day tablets. Also we would take ADIRON, which adds to that, and in a way that is easily assimilated. Take these at the same time and during some meal, preferably one of morning or noon, rather than at night.
19. Do these and we should bring bettered conditions for this body, [1783].
20. Ready for questions.
21. (Q) Is there any need for different glasses?
    (A) As we find, these should be tested after at least the second osteopathic adjustment is made. These will aid, as we find.
22. (Q) Am I eating more meat than, I should?
    (A) Read just what has been indicated. There have been some periods when these have upset. Thus the attention to those things indicated, as to the character of meats as well as quantities.
23. We are through with this reading.

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BACKGROUND

1. See 1783-2.

REPORTS

1. 12/12/41 EC's letter to [1783]:
   Dear Miss [1783]:
   Am in hopes you find the information of interest, and that the application of the suggestions given bring you the help desired. Have had some most remarkable reports recently, and am very grateful to the powers that be for same. Just hope as helpful influence comes to you.
   Know we will be glad to hear from you, and to try and help any where and way we can.
   Sincerely [signed] Edgar Cayce
2. 1/29/42 [1783]'s letter to EC:
   Dear Mr. Cayce:
   I see it is almost the end of the month and the deadline for responding to your letter of sometime ago [1/08/42 in re joining EC in daily prayer - see under 2678-1 Background] so I hasten to let you know that I feel very sympathetic with your aims and will be glad to cooperate with you in setting aside a few minutes each day for meditation. Also I want to thank you for your reading which I am sure will eventually prove helpful, although it is still too soon to see results.
   With all good wishes for the continued success of your work, I am
   Very sincerely yours, [1783]
3. 5/10/50 [1783]'s letter to GD:
   ..., Calif.
   Dear Gladys Davis:
   You will, of course, not remember me, but I was one of many who had the pleasure of meeting you at the ... once upon a time, (I met and talked with Mr. Cayce when he was there, too) and I have heard a great deal about you from Mr. [2091] with whom I have worked for many years, - so, in a way I "know" you!
   I know, too, that you must be a very busy person, indeed, and I should not be taking your time if I were not in quite a serious jam. Perhaps the Cayce Foundation can help me out a bit, so I am turning to the one person down there with whom I have any connection.
   About six weeks ago I was invited out here by my aunt to enjoy the sunshine (it has "fogged" most of the time, however) and no sooner had I arrived than she was hit by the most terrific pain in the back of her neck and head, jaws, etc. It has continued almost uninterruptedly and is so unbearable that she must take empirin tablets (at first every 8 hours but now every 3 and they are no longer very effective) day and night. This keeps her stomach upset as she, being an old-fashioned doctor's wife, never took medicines and is not used to them.
   The doctors here admit they can do nothing, although they have finally recommended a kind of osteopathy in which the spine is gently stretched and made more flexible. She has had 7 or 8 treatments of an hour each three times a week but notices no improvement as yet. Besides all this, she has lost one eye from hemorrhages in the retina and the other is fast failing. OTHERWISE! she is just fine! But she really isn't old in the usual sense, always being interested in things, driving her own car, taking trips, etc. This sudden confinement and pain has brought on a major depression. I ought to be getting back home to ... but I hate to leave her in such a condition with no hope of any kind.
   I thought that in your files you might have a cure that would fit this particular brand of arthritis and I am sure my aunt would try it with all the energy she has left if you would let me know what it is. She has written to every person she knows who has in any way been helped to find out what helped, but all the "cures" were only partial and all very different. Arthritis, it seems, has many forms. The heart condition does not worry her and she rather hopes it will carry her off so that she will not have years of this pain, but it does seem better as she has taken good care of herself since she had her first attack five years ago and had to spend three months in the hospital.
   Now that I have treated you like a doctor and bored you no end, I hope you will forgive me! You see, I am in quite a fix, and if I am ever to get hone, I must have help! I hope you are well and can "take it"! Please give my greetings to Mrs. Davis [Louie Irene Davis] who visited us last summer, if she remembers me. And please, too, accept my very great appreciation of anything you can do for my aunt.
   Sincerely, [1783]
4. 5/12/50 GD's letter to [1783]:
   Miss [1783] ..., Calif.
   Dear [1783]: Indeed I do remember you - and most pleasantly!
   I'm enclosing our Abstract* of 59 Arthritis cases and wish to emphasize particularly the Epsom Salts Packs, Peanut Oil massage, Osteopathy, and colonic irrigations. Also enclosed is an issue of The Searchlight carrying some extracts on the eyes which may be of interest.
   I do hope that some of these suggestions may be of benefit for your aunt, and that you may soon be able to return to ... - where I know your heart is.
   Mrs. Davis asks to be remembered to you. We hope that you will be able to pay us a visit in Virginia Beach some day and get firsthand information on what we're trying to accomplish.
   Please let me know if I can be of service.
   Sincerely, [signed] D. Gladys Davis
   * [12/10/47 Abstract of 59 cases from the Edgar Cayce records, prepared by Henry George III, D.O., and reviewed in his lecture printed in the 10/47 A.R.E. Bulletin, entitled THE ASSOCIATION'S HEALTH SERVICE.]
5. 5/20/50 [1783] letter to GD:
   ..., Cal.
   Dear Gladys Davis:
   You are a peach to have responded so quickly to my SOS! I have copied out the remedies that seemed to apply and can only hope my aunt will do something about them. In the meantime, however, she went to a neurosurgeon who said it wasn't the arthritis that caused her pain, but neuritis! She has been taking codeine ever since, and although it nauseates her the next morning, it gives her a good night's rest and carries her through most of the day at present. He assured her that it was caused by a virus and this would be played out within a couple of months, so she is very hopeful and not inclined to exert herself to diet or go to any trouble otherwise. Perhaps I should not have bothered you to send help! However, if she slips back and the codeine becomes ineffective I think she will have to take some other means of cure.
   I am packed up and about to leave for Carmel for a couple of weeks, with the possibility of returning here before I go back to New York, if necessary. However, something may happen to keep me here after all. There are sometimes heart attacks, and I am prepared for anything. Please accept the enclosed small contribution for the work there as a token of thanks and appreciation. More power to you all! I hope we shall meet again before too long, at ... if not at Virginia Beach.
   Yours sincerely, [1783]
6. 12/30/72 Letter from B. B. in Illinois in reply to questionnaire on benefits of membership:
   "Gentlemen: After reading your circulating file on breast tumors. I completely changed my diet from fried foods, meats, carbohydrates and sweets to nuts, fruits, vegetables, poultry and fish. Until the diet change I had to use a high enema once or twice a week for over a year to keep eliminations open. I have not had an enema in over a month now.
   "Breakfast is now a boiled egg and orange juice. Once in a while milk and whole wheat cereal. Lunch is a tossed salad without dressing, a jello salad and coffee. Cashews, peanuts, almonds and raisins, dried apricots are used between meals to munch on. Supper is tuna fish, canned fruit, uncooked greens such as endive, escarole, watercress and several leaves of turnip greens. Turnip greens seem to be an excellent laxative for me.
   "Also I have been using cocoa butter from breast to and over shoulder blades. It has helped remove some of the smarting sensation in the breasts..."

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