This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 30th day of January, 1931, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [1909]; via Mrs. [2708].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [1909], Dr. [4470] and wife, Hugh Lynn and L. B. Cayce. Born April 25, 1897, in Hamburg, Germany.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, now known as [1909], and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and exhibited in the individuality and manifested in the personality of the entity.
2. In entering astrologically, we would find the astrological aspects varying considerably from that which has been and is being builded in the present entity. These, then, astrologically, are latent, and are being partially developed or altered in the present experience.
3. In entering astrologically, we find the influences in Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, and Uranus. In that as builded, varying - in that, with the aspects and sojourns of the entity, with the influences in the earth, the application of the will has altered even the outlook upon the EXPERIENCES of life, its purpose, intents, and the applications of these in and through the present experience of the entity.
4. Astrologically, however, we would find as these:
5. One ennobling in purpose (this NOT altered), broad of vision - and with the broadness of vision there has been builded rather that which has made for the consideration of the other fellow's idea, or ideal, as in relation to their OWN individual development.
6. In Mercury comes those influences in the mental plane, and the application of knowledge that may be applied from material standpoints, as well as from the economic influence of a spiritual life in same.
7. In Venus, the love influence - that will alter or change the present experience, dependent upon the applications of it as related to others.
8. In the influences that are seen in that extraordinary influence of the entity, through the experience in that that makes for very good or very bad in an entity's application (Uranus) - these also bring those influences that have become manifestations in the life, and these builded in the present may bring the greater developing influence in the present experience. These are for the mystic or occult forces, that are innate and manifested through the entity's experience in the present. The associations of these in the earth's experience, as well as planetary influences, make for THESE as personalities - that have been applied by the entity as respecting these conditions in the present:
9. One, then, of an ability to easily resent any slight to self, to self's interest, and especially to those whom the entity holds in high esteem. Also those abilities to VISION - even such resentment - in the light of the manner in which the other group, individual, or mass, may have viewed their aspects or visions of conditions, places, or such.
10. One also capable of being efficient in whatever attempted, for - to the entity - that worth doing is worth doing well.
11. In those conditions that make for the visions of conditions to be builded, these make also for the SPIRITUALITY of the entity, and the entity must - for satisfaction, contentment, for development in self - know from experience that that builded, whether in the material body, the mental body, the soul, is judged by that criterion held by entity as an ideal in man's experience. Hence more often will the entity's activities in the physical be judged by the relationships that are given as respecting spiritual interests.
12. In the appearances of entity, and the influences these have upon the present experience - for, as given, the study of these, and the variations to which the entity visions them in the present, WILL alter, does alter, the entity's development in the present experience:
13. In the one, then, before this we find in that land now known as of the present indwelling, and about that country or place known as Salem, when there were the persecutions of those who visioned through their inner selves experiences for themselves and others - known as the witchcraft days. The entity was an aide to that stooldipper who sought to renounce, or have individuals renounce, those findings of individuals during the period. The entity lost AND gained through this experience, in the name Alden. Through this experience the entity finds in the present a leaning towards the study of the various forms of manifestations of those who may be termed as those of familiar spirits, or those various forms of associations of ideas - whether builded from the imaginative forces or whether builded in the experience of the entity. Also from the entity's application through the latter portion of that experience is seen the experiences that have been held or had by the entity in the present, when the guardian angel stooped down to quell those fears that arose in the entity's self, as also when in the garden - the entity followed in the ways that gave for an insight of those forces from within which could be attuned to that from without and establish a relationship one with another.
14. In the one before this we find in that period when there was the return of the children from the land of bondage in Persia did the entity gain an insight from those peoples who would return to build the Holy City. The entity was among those who returned, and was a builder on the wall. Over the south gate did the entity labor the most, in the name then Zerubbld. In this experience the entity GAINED throughout, for - from the beginning of the training for those offices of the services in the temples - the entity reasoned with, aided, Zerubbabel, as also Xerxes, in the releasing and gathering together of those EARTHLY things that would enable the re-establishing of the worship in the Holy City. The entity in the present finds that service in a house of worship is as a sacred thing to all peoples, though there has come in the present experience those signs of desecration by others, companions, and by those who would break the will of peoples; yet these have been held sacred in the entity's inner self - and, as has been given, these will be judged as to the entity's development in the present.
15. In the one before this we find in that land now known as the Egyptian, and during that period when troublesome times arose through the banishment of the priest who led the peoples in a wayward, yet a certain, manner. The entity in the latter portion of the priest's sojourn became the interpreter for the priest, and was represented as a representative of the priest during the UPBUILDING in this period - gaining throughout this experience. The entity finds in the present that delving into lands that are new, fields that have only been taken in in portion, and such conditions or such relations; and ever the turmoils in the entity's present experience, whether in the home, in the land, among friends or among foes; as a leader, as an interpreter, as an emissary, for not only those in high positions, places or powers, but more often in doing so the entity becomes as a representative, an agent, for the creative forces that enable men, peoples, groups, classes, to gain a better insight as to the purpose of whatever condition is confronting them during that experience. In the name then El-Ard. In this present experience, this portion of the entity's sojourn may be made - through the study, the application, of the tenets gained in that experience - for the greater development in the present; for, as the entity applies in self, more and more will there come those innate expressions from the self, the real self, as to the purposes of life, and the application of individuals as to purposefulness that is set. Hence the entity in the present should become one as a teacher of those things that may be gained from the correlations of man's association with the divine influence that is abroad in a material world. Not necessarily as a MINISTER, as may be termed in the present - for to the entity this would hedge about the abilities of self, also lessen the strength of those who would labor in a field for the uplift of man. These, then, would be rather in those of fertile fields, but in those that partake more of those tenets that were given in Ar-Aar-Aart's reign.
16. In the one before this we find in that land now known as the Peruvian, during the period when the Ohums were being besieged by the people from the Poseidian land through the upheavals that had been caused to the east, also to the north. The entity was then in the rule, and was overthrown by him who submerged the people through the aggrandizing of selfish interests. The entity GAINED through the first portion of the experience, losing through - being under pressure, suffering in body and mind - losing patience, and losing faith in peoples; the entity held grudges, the entity wavered in the tenets that would be given to his own, and lost in such. In the present we find innately there often comes the shadow that brings a falter, and a doubt. These are easily put aside when the entity looks up from the experiences from within, for oft - throughout the whole of the entity's earth's sojourn - has the entity been saved, as it were, as a special emissary for a purpose. So, in the present - and in the application of self's abilities in the present - think not, because thou HAST been saved, that there is not work nor labor to be performed; but keep close to those that bring for the continuity of life, in that the oneness of purpose in the earth may be made manifest in the teachings, that self may live, self may give; in all the places the entity finds then a word, an act, be true to that held from within - and the day will come when many will be guided to THE light through the efforts of THIS entity.
17. Ready for questions.
18. (Q) Is there any definition to the psychic power that gives the name of Lou?
    (A) This thine own self, in the varied conditions that were meted by self - especially in the Salem land. These come oft as warnings. Keep CLOSE to those that are of a building or constructive nature, and guard self well as these enter in through the various phases of self's development. See?
19. (Q) Should he keep up in development of forces?
    (A) Should keep in the development of forces. Call more oft on that self from within, for God is not a respecter of persons, as man sees, but everywhere - at every time - calls on all to repent. Give self in that manner, knowing that the body is the temple of the living God, and to present self as a LIVING sacrifice is but a REASONABLE service. Be ready at all times to answer for the faith that is held within, knowing that - as that is committed unto Him - He is able to KEEP that committed against any condition that may arise in self. Avoid the APPEARANCES of evil. Speak not unkindly of ANY man, knowing he is a portion of the same as thine self. God is not willing that ANY should perish, but man's own will makes him one with or turns his face from Him. Keep thine OWN power within thine own hands, and do not ever attempt to tell GOD HOW to do a thing - for His power is sufficient, even in thee!
20. We are through.

    Two copies to Self
    Two copies to Ass'n office

BACKGROUND

1. 10/05/30 He referred Mr. [5591] for a Physical Reading.

REPORTS

1. 2/05/31 He obtained a Physical Reading. See 1909-2.
2. 6/03/31 He obtained a Check Life Reading. See 1909-3.

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