This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 12th day of January, 1931, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [1914], via his niece, Mrs. [379].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [379] and Mrs. [404]. Also L. B. Cayce. Born January 5, 1868, in Maynardsville, Union County, Tennessee.

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1. EC: We have the entity, [1914] and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the entity.
2. From the astrological influence, we find the entity under the influence of Aries with Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Venus, with those influences that have been builded in the present experience, as well as the astrological sojourns of the entity as combined with same.
3. In the influences, we find these, then, as builded and latent personalities in the present:
4. One that may oft be spoken of as using the head, yet with an air of joviality that endears himself to those whom he contacts, yet with a sternness that those who may be influenced - or who come under the entity's surveillance - know he is one that means what he says!
5. One that loves the joke and the lighter sides of life, as WELL as those of the secular and the deeper things of life.
6. Being influenced in Jupiter, WITH Uranus, brings that influence which has existed in the past (and active more then than in the present, save as a mental influence) of seeking into the mysteries of nature, of life, occult influences; and one that often is changed in opinions by what to others would be merely a hunch, or an intuitive influence.
7. One that may be said to change in ideas, seldom in the ideals - for these must prove their worth, both as to mental and to the material application, for the entity to entertain much serious concern as respecting new tenets, or new ideas, or new deals even.
8. One that, to some, has been considered rather sharp of practice in trades or deals with others; yet the entity never takes advantage of the other individual when there is the opportunity or the chance to deal on the proper basis, but when such an one attempts to override the entity - or to take advantage of him, the entity may be said to be practical, and able to take care of self in such surroundings.
9. In the Venus influence, with Jupiter and Uranus, makes for the loving kindness, and the tenderness that may be shown by one of a high, noble influence; influenced by those things that are of the love's influence.
10. The entity may be said to be able to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice, yet able to keep his own counsel as to whether those who do such are acting or sincere in their mindfulness.
11. In the secular or material conditions in life, things as well as people are of interest to the entity - especially those things that have to do with nature's storehouse, woods, metals, and the fabrics that may be made of plants, and such, are of a peculiar influence and interest through those influences that have been had by the entity in the various or varied experiences through the earth's plane.
12. As to karmic influences to be met by the entity, the GREATER is the control of self's power over others - and the air of being in the position of a ruler, or overseer, or governor, or such; in the matter of using power aright that may be attained or gained by the entity, whether of the mental ability, the natural station and position in life, or whether of the physical forces that have to do with the material things.
13. In the personality and individuality that is builded in the entity (the individuality is the motive forces of INNATE desires, while secular forces are the motive more in the personality), then:
14. Woe is he, so far as the entity is concerned, who has that position of a complex - or who has gained or meted an influence as to be in disfavor with the entity.
15. One, then, that makes friendships easily; yet retains those who are sincere, and SINCERITY is that sought most by the entity in others, and that which checks self the most often in self's own application of forces or powers that are within the entity's dispersing.
16. In the appearances, and those influences builded from them - or that are innate in the entity at present:
17. In the one before this we find in the present land, and in that portion of the country in which the entity in the present experience found the entrance. The entity was among those who were of the first settlers in the land, and coming in as a tad, or lad, the entity aided in the developments of the land when it extended into many regions farther to the west. In the name Henry Barnard. In this experience the entity gained and lost, and gained - through the application of self as respecting the associations and the positions that were held by the entity. In the younger days in the experience the entity thought much on those peoples who raided or made life MISERABLE for those who settled in the new land, yet as the entity DEVELOPED - in body and mind - oft was there that contemplation as to whether or not the settlers had the right to push the others from their dwelling places. This is innate and the manifested in expression in the entity at present, respecting those who would lord or who would gain a control by force over another. In this experience also the loss maintained in the aggrandizing of power in self. In the positions attained to in the latter portion, with the entity's moving westward - in the lands now adjoining that in which the entity dwells - the entity gained again, for the name was changed in that land to which the entity went, and he was known then as Underslot. In this period of that experience the entity gained, for having counseled within self the entity remained many days in the land, and was a companion to many of those who attained power, position, wealth, and SOME even fame, in that land.
18. In the one before this we find in that land and experience during which there was the building up - in the now known Roman land - of those who were antagonistic to the new thought that came in from those who became followers of the Nazarene. The entity was then among those who PERSECUTED those who found comfort in the new belief; not as a zealot, but rather forced - through the position or the place held, and the entity often lost through attempting to make those curry favor with self through the real INNATE feelings as respecting such peoples. In the name Undlern. In the experience the entity lost and gained, for with the meeting of some of the opposite sex - with whom the entity became closely associated and attached - there came a change in the entity's thought, through the study and observation of that created in peoples' lives who accepted "Be of good cheer. It is I". In the latter portion, then, the entity suffered in body, in mind, yet gained in the development of that that lives on, and on. In the present experience, those tenets of a FAITH are near and dear to the entity. Not as purely ritualistic, or formulas to be named - but being in that position of tolerant, as it were, the entity finds good in all that is given by many, yet never losing sight of the IDEAL of self.
19. In the one before this we find in that period when there were many divisions in the land now known as the Egyptian - and when there were the divisions in high places through the action of the priest, the turmoils of inter-rebellion, and such. The entity was in that position of being pulled hither, thither and yon; not desiring to curry favor, but rather attempting to find a footing for self that was secure. Being of the natives, yet being put in the position of that one who made of those things that BUILDED materials were made from, or with; being in that position of an aide through these to those in power, in various positions. The entity became very much bemuddled, as it were, during that period; not losing reason, but becoming rather as one who lost from INACTIVITY than one that over did in any direction. In the name Ledalkiia. In this experience the entity may be said to have been rather at a STANDSTILL in the development, either mental or spiritual, yet many were they whom the entity contacted that in the various spheres of activity have been helpful, have been aiding in the entity's OWN development.
20. In the one before those we find in that land now known as the western plain land, or in the HILL - that was then plain. The entity was then in that region known as now the upper portion of Arizona, in those periods when there were the attempts to establish homes, to establish association with the various groups, or heads of homes, of families, of sex; or of those conditions that made for a better security in the land against those who either were as raiders or who came in from other lands. The entity then acted in that capacity of (as today would be termed) high sheriff, or as a judge in the land. Hence law, the things pertaining to law, have ever had an interest for the entity - and the entity in his INNATE self has his opinions which are near right in ALL the lands as respecting relationships of such natures. In this experience the entity gained throughout. In the name Neediio. In the present, the lands, the conditions, the peoples of the period, are as DREAMS or visions of the entity - and from this experience the entity gained that ability to gain much intuitively, or through hunch, or through entering into a silence that makes for a better understanding.
21. In the abilities of the entity in the present, an that to which it may attain, and how:
22. In the MATERIAL things, THESE are BUILDED.
23. In those of the MENTAL and PHYSICAL, be mindful of the high pressure in blood supply - or in the low activity produced by inertia of eliminations. BUILDED in the present, and given an impulse through the various conditions through which the entity has passed through SUBJUGATION of self - or over - indulgence in exaltation or elation of interest manifested.
24. In the material and spiritual developments, will the entity harken to many of the experiences as a young man, and as the years have developed the entity as to intuition, the entity may gain by counsel with self - and with that ability to attract, give those so attracted something that may make THEIR experience more worth while. Ready for questions.
25. (Q) Were the entity and his wife together in a former experience?
    (A) More than once!
26. (Q) Which ones?
    (A) In the one just previous to the present, and in the land now known as Egypt.
27. (Q) Is there any other line of work that would be beneficial to entity or others?
    (A) As has been given, in MATERIAL things well builded. In the mental and spiritual development, being one that gains an easy access to confidences of others. Make their experience worth while, through counsel. We are through.

    Copy to Self
    Two copies to Ass'n office
    Copy to Mrs. [379]

BACKGROUND

1. 11/11/29 His wife wrote regarding a Physical Reading for their grand nephew, [3873].

REPORTS

1. GD's note: It is my understanding that Mr. [1914] was the manufacturer and distributor of a very special kind of floor mop. Perhaps he made other things too, but this particular thing I knew about.

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