This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of June, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1938], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born June 7, 1861, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

TEXT

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 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 she has submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from present - " - '36 - '35 - '34 - years of anxiety - '33 - '30 - satisfaction - '29 - '23 - different periods - '22 - '84 - yes, unusual year - '83 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here (far spent) of that entity now known as or called [1938].
4. In giving the interpretations of these records, - these are being chosen with the desire that the experience may be a helpful one in every way.
5. There may be those considerations of the virtues, the vices; that, applying the rules and regulations as should be the part of everyone's experience, there may come to the entity an appreciation and a realization of the purposes for which each soul enters a material experience.
6. God hath not willed that any soul should perish; hence He has given and does constantly give the opportunity for each soul's manifestation through the material plane, that there may come the greater activities in the affairs of each soul or entity to become more aware, and to apply self in that which is the justification by faith through the manner that has been shown for each individual for his or her own consideration, as to what will or will not be done respecting same.
7. Hence we find, as for the experiences of this entity in the material sojourn as well as the sojourn without the material plane, - the urges remain as latent activities to be applied in such a way and manner as to be a light or guide unto the many in thy dealings with thy fellow man.
8. In the astrological aspects for this entity we find a great deal of misconception in the minds of many, yet to the entity these may be comprehended if there is the application of self in those manners in which the seeking of the soul may come to know and search for that which is the creative influence in the experiences from day to day.
9. The urges latent, but without respect to what the application has been or may be, are and may be a great part of that through which the entity may gain, and find in the gaining greater contentment, a greater channel for activity.
10. Music and musical talents are a natural part of the entity; the ability for the appreciation of same, and especially that of the pastoral nature, - yet that deals with or tells its own story in the very air of same.
11. In the effect of the planetary forces we find Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn as the ruling forces. Hence the musical influence, as well as the love and the love of companionship, love of associations with others that have or manifest a helpful air; as well as those abilities within self to experience the variations as indicated through the Jupiterian forces of the working force about or of many individuals.
12. Thus we find also changes that have and do become a part of the experience.
13. "Seek and ye shall find" may be said to many, and yet much more to this entity than to the many. For the appearances as well as the urges from the astrological sojourn bear the relationships one to another as do the dimes to the monetary unit or dollars.
14. Not that the entity is inclined to become jealous of those because of their association or position, yet there is a constant searching within self for those influences that will bring all of those activities that have been indicated to the consciousness of the entity.
15. These while having failed often, we find that they will become more and more a part of the entity in its daily experience.
16. As to the appearances of the entity in the earth's plane, - these are not all given, but these that have a particular influence in the present because of their influence being oft seen by the indomitable will of the entity to succeed in whatever it undertakes; not by might nor by power but by every word that proceedeth - should be as a part of that which is held constantly before self.
17. The appearances indicate much of those variations that have been a part of the experience, as well as the variation of abilities in which the entity may accomplish or carry forward in such a manner as not to become stalemated or in such a position that the appearances - at least - are not so variegated to the ideas or manners of others.
18. Before this, then, we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods when there was the reconstruction from the activities of what is called at times the American Revolution, or American rebellion.
19. Yet we find the entity was among those of that period in which there were the considerations of accomplishments and activities of individuals that would enable or fit them for a social as well as an economic service within the experiences of those about the entity.
20. There again we find the entity was much in that position of an understanding pertaining to the study and application of a musical nature or trend.
21. Then in the name Marguerite Street, the entity gained, the entity lost. The entity gained in application in which there was the use of those means for raising the hopes, the desires and purposes to the beautiful associations and surroundings and environs, - not only for self but making same aware in the experiences of others. When those were turned into those channels for self-indulgence or self-aggrandizement, they were brought not only disturbing forces eventually but the necessity of meeting self in those activities in its associations with others in the present.
22. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Promised land, during those periods when there was much expectancy, much preparation on the part of those who were looking forward to the redeeming of the peoples from not only the bondage of the Roman rule but the misconception and misapplication of the laws of individuals or peoples who professed to be in the way of the chosen people.
23. The entity was among those who were the musicians in the temple where Anna and Simeon saw the consecration of the one Lord, the one Master.
24. Then the entity was a harpist, or what would be called a harp today.
25. Hence all manner of stringed instruments are of interest, and especially that character or nature of music that depicts the activities of individuals through those various periods in that particular activity, - or that as may be a part of the experience of individuals in the present; not only that which is of the pictorial and pastoral nature but descriptive in its nature.
26. And to encourage, and to bring into the consciousness of the young, and those of all ages whom the entity may meet and with whom the entity may have an influence, an appreciation of such, - is the greater service in which the entity may expend itself.
27. For this is the manner - MUSIC - in which distances may be spanned, in which all realms of thought may find a greater outlet of expression, and in which the heart may be raised to a comprehension of the relationships. For, as is oft expressed, the angels seeing [sing], - and the music of the spheres, as in color and relationship, - this becomes the means or manner that is universal in its activity upon the minds and souls of men.
28. The name then was Sathamantha. In the experience the entity gained throughout.
29. Hence in the present periods the greater need for manifesting and expressing that as may bring the greater influence for good in the experience of this entity.
30. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as the Mongoloid land, during those periods of activities when there were the attempts of the many nations, or peoples of many lands, to correlate the influences that prompted greater brotherly relationships in the experience of man, - or that as may be said to be the paralleling of the experience in Egypt, in India, in Carpathia, in parts of On and Og, or the periods in the Himalayas, the Yucatan, the Andes and the Pyrenees. For there were the periods then when there was the attempt for PEACE to be wrought in the experience of man.
31. The entity was in the City of Gold, and among those who were high in the affairs and activities of the sun worshipers of gold, - a princess, and thus making for influences in which there was the establishing of what was to be the manner of conduct of peoples of certain rank or station.
32. Hence we find the innate forces in which there is the love of the family tree, the relationships of the genealogy of groups or individuals, innate within the experience.
33. This is well, - but remember, God looketh not on the outward appearance but rather upon the heart and the purpose and desire of each soul.
34. And He hath not willed that any should perish, but has set that manner of overcoming within thine own hands, - if ye do good it is well; if ye do evil, sin lieth at thy door - or if ye think more highly of thyself than ye ought to think.
35. The experience brought disturbance, - for such activities were in opposition to many of those tenets of the peoples from Atlantis as well as Egypt and the East Indian land, - for those were impelling forces that brought the periods of the first disintegration in that land.
36. The name then was Ms-Sma.
37. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
38. As indicated, in those fields or activities in the present in which encouragement may be given to those who would make song or verse, and in the giving of counsel and the impelling influences for the magnifying of the rhythm, of the nature that is pictorial yet descriptive of the various forces and emotions of men, - these are the activities and channels for service.
39. Study then to show thyself approved unto thy Maker, a workman not ashamed, but keeping thyself in such a way and manner that thy conscience is kept aware of the union of purpose with Him whom ye sought in the Palestine hills.
40. Ready for questions.
41. (Q) In what capacity did I serve in former lives to develop an intense interest in scientific investigation and work?
    (A) As indicated, in those periods when so many of the peoples and activities of the land sought to know through whom, where and whence would come the spiritual forces as were manifest in Bethlehem of Judea.
42. (Q) In what manner did I meet my present husband, [...], in past lives, and in what capacity was he serving?
    (A) In the experience before this, the association was close - as one of the same family.
    Through the activities in the Mongoloid land, there were rather the friendships and the forming of social relationships and activities.
43. (Q) Are any of my children or my grandchildren, children of former experiences?
    (A) These may be best indicated by the paralleling of their own experiences through the sojourns in the earth.
44. (Q) Was my Palestine experience in the land of the Nativity at the time of Jesus the Christ?
    (A) Just as indicated, - and the entity was at the period when the consecration of the child was made, - viewed same, and later understood much with the Holy Women.
45. (Q) Have I progressed much in my present lifetime?
    (A) Who is to say, or to be the judge? Only as has been indicated, let not thine own conscience smite thee. And keep that awareness of the closer walk with Him.
46. (Q) In what way, in former lives, did I contact [1152]?
    (A) In the Palestine experience.
47. (Q) What activities should I emphasize during my present experience?
    (A) As indicated, the aid and help through encouraging in every manner the form and character of information as given, - or the MUSIC of the nature indicated.
48. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. 6/21/39 Questions:
   Send to Mr. Cayce
   Edgar Cayce Arctic Crescent Virginia Beach, Va.
   NAME: [1938] MAIDEN NAME: [...] DATE OF BIRTH: 7 day, 6th month, 1861 year PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, N.Y. PRESENT ADDRESS: Brooklyn, N.Y.
   INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. [1152], Brooklyn, N.Y.:
   LIFE READING QUESTIONS
   1. In what capacity did I serve in former lives to develop an intense interest in scientific investigation and work? 2. What part did music play in my former lives? 3. Will you tell me about my lives, if any of them had been lived in the following civilizations on Earth: China, Egypt, Persia, India, Greece, and the Atlantean and Lemurian continents. 4. In what manner did I meet my present husband Mr. [...], in past lives, and in what capacity was he serving? 5. Are any of my children or my grandchildren, children of former experiences? 6. Was I in the land of the Nativity at the time of Jesus the Christ? 7. Have I progressed much in my present lifetime? 8. What activities should I emphasize during my present experience? 9. In what way, in former lives, did I contact [1152]?
   "I do not expect to be away this summer. I am content here. Mr. [...] [my husband] is blind. So my work is here at home."
2. 6/26/39 She obtained her Physical Rdg. - See 1938-1.

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