This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 21st day of August, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [1983], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Hugh Lynn Cayce.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [1983], Hugh Lynn Cayce and Edgar Evans Cayce. Born January 22, 1918, in Johnstown, Penna.

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 which may be submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over the years from present - " - '36 - yes, changes came [His father died] - '35 - '34 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1983].
4. Rather an unusual record; one fraught with many changes, many variations in the aspects of the human relationships through the material experiences; yet one with the opportunities and the abilities and possibilities of making again for itself an experience in which many will call the entity many names, - many characters represented, - but much good may be accomplished.
5. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, these are chosen with the desire, the purpose to be of a helpful experience for the entity.
6. While the virtues and the vices both may be given, these show the inclinations and tendencies; and thus the reason for correcting these in the experience, that the soul may find that purpose for which it comes into a material manifestation.
7. For these approaches, to be sure, are form the spiritual angle. For as each soul enters the material experience it has the opportunity, with the Creative Forces, to give a greater manifestation in the life, in the principles, in the application of self to others to BETTER the environs, the world, for the entity having lived in same.
8. And thus as an entity passes through an experience, these are the purposes, - to magnify the glory of the living God.
9. In the astrological aspects we find these become only latent urges, manifested through the dreams or visions or the longings of the entity; while the aspects presented through the sojourns in the material plane are as urges through the emotions of the entity.
10. One that thinks highly, then, of itself; not more highly than one ought to think, - but live in thine own experience, thine own relationships with others, in the same manner as ye desire others to live with thee. Be as honest with others as ye desire others to be honest with thee.
11. The inclinations for boasting become as a hindrance, for often this tends to bring exaggeration in the experience and expression of the entity; and this causes those conditions about the entity to become strained at times, or misunderstood.
12. These as we find arise from the activities of the entity in Venus as well as the relations in same with Saturn, that have brought many changes in the experience.
13. The musical temperaments and tendencies are a part of the experience of the entity from those same activities in those environs.
14. Also in Neptune, as combined with the activities in Venus and Jupiter, we find the relationships to the athlete, and the inclinations or tendencies in these directions as combined with material sojourns, - as will be indicated that bring such urges, and yet keep the entity from those activities in same owing to changes that have come or may arise in the experience.
15. The physical activities from the astrological aspects would tend to that of a journalistic influence in the life. This, as we find, SHOULD be that phase of the experience that should be magnified, and thus bring into the experience the opportunities for the outlet of the emotions - which may be expressed by the training and the activities in same, that would give the entity the possibilities for an outlet of the abilities and influences that have been a portion of the entity's experience.
16. These as we find are latent urges that need to be built up in the material experience, and those inclinations expunged that have brought detrimental or destructive influences.
17. As to the sojourns in the earth, - these as we find are not of the great numbers that influence the entity in the immediate; and these may arise more in the twenty-seventh year of the entity's experience in this sojourn, for then it should be in those positions not as a reporter but as a representative of syndicates that make arrangements for news activities in many and varies lands, - as well as the influence being expressed in writing, especially of those things pertaining to strange or unusual experiences, or those pertaining to the activities in foreign lands or those about which little is known as to their activities, or the natives, or the influence that activities in far away places play upon civilization.
18. And little has even yet been written about such, though the influence of the savage, - yea, even the headsman, - upon educational institutions is so far-reaching that it may be said to be a factor in much of that attempted to be taught in the present.
19. The entity from the material sojourns should be able to bring such to the attention even of the scientist and the learned, and especially those who are of the philosophical intent or purpose, or those who would weigh that influence known to exist, - that all nature, all mankind, all expressions in materiality are manifestations of a higher force or influence called God.
20. Then, as to the sojourns in the material plane:
21. Before this we find the one playing in the next year or two years a definite influence in the experience.
22. For we find the entity was in the land of its present nativity (not sojourn, but nativity), during those experiences when there were the settlings of the land, in the preparation for the divisions into states or provinces or territories for their joining with the then young country; especially in those places about portions of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, where the activities of the entity - Sydney Tison (?).
23. The entity then was in close association and activity with the paternal father in THIS material plane, but in the very opposite directions; for the father was then the son of the entity Sydney Tison.
24. In the experience the entity gained in its abilities to act as the interpreter for many of the natives of the land, as well as in the abilities to report the activities and purposes in the land to a central government.
25. This was a portion of the entity's experience then. Hence LAW should be a portion of the entity's study, - not as a practise, but as that relating to the abilities of the entity as a reporter or a writer, or a journalist, to make the activities more understandable or to be comprehended by those to whom the entity would make reports of same.
26. Hence in the present experience we find the preparation of the entity for its life's work should be through those associations or intents or studies or schools that would the best adapt the entity for journalism or writing, or reporting; and such as would enable the entity to prepare itself for the ability as a sports writer, as well as a reporter of expeditions into strange or unknown or little known lands for the express purpose of those influences as we have indicated.
27. Set the self in that direction, if the BEST would be attained in this experience. But keep the mind, the body CLEAN, - and with that purpose as has been indicated, that this is an OPPORTUNITY for self to give the greater glory to the Creative Forces by the influence of the entity upon others, because of the sincerity in which an activity of whatever nature is undertaken or reported.
28. Before that we find the entity was in the English and French land, during those experiences known as the Crusades; when there were the combinations of the English and the French for the defense in a Holy War.
29. Hence we find those influences as prompted the entity in those activities, as Phalezea, to become as a leader of many of those from the French as well as English land, have prompted the entity to join close with those of that purpose, that activity in its religious purpose in the present day.
30. Be FAITHFUL, then, to that ideal; for it is the basis upon which ALL activities of man in the material plane are founded, in this the occidental world.
31. In that sojourn the entity oft acted rather in the ways and manners in which disturbances arose, after they had reached portions of the Grecian and the Thesalonican land adjoining then the land for which defense was being brought about.
32. And thus the entity made for disturbing forces such that in the present the entity finds those inclinations oft to exaggerate its own prowess, or own abilities.
33. Be humble, be kind, be gentle. Learn that lesson as was a portion of that experience, and which needs to be a portion of the experience today - If ye would have friends, show thyself friendly; if ye would have others be patient and kind with thee, manifest that in thy daily life. These need to be a part of thy experience. For, remember, the law changeth or altereth not; whatsoever a man soweth, that must he reap.
34. Be kind, be gentle, be patient. For he that waiteth on the Lord in patience, in sincerity, in honesty, shall not be lacking in principle nor in opportunity, - either in the material things or in the peace that brings the more perfect understanding.
35. Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Arabian or Persian land, when there were those experiences in the 'city in the hills and the plains.'
36. The entity was among those native peoples of the land, and joined with those who made for the second rebellion against Uhjltd, the leader or teacher in that experience.
37. And yet with those activities which brought about the showing forth of the purposes and intents of the teacher, the leader, there came into the experience of the entity the abilities to act as one entrusted with the power to be the interpreter, the reporter of the activities of those who journeyed through the land from Indo-China as well as from the East Indian to the Egyptian land, as well as to the land of the Chinese - as now known, or the Mongoloid land.
38. Hence the entity rose to one of power; though in the beginning the experience was one of rebellion, he learned obedience through the things which he suffered in body.
39. Thus in the purposes of the entity in the present there is the innate feeling of being able to maintain a strength or virility through the ability of physical prowess, as to maintain a position, an understanding. These arise not from a just cause, for it is "not by power nor by might but by my word, saith the Lord of hosts."
40. Learn, then, that thy physical prowess and thy physical abilities, in whatever may be thy intent and purpose, are only lent thee of the Lord. Treat them so!
41. The name then was Esdresiah; being of the leader's mother's family.
42. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land, during those periods when there was the exodus to other lands.
43. The entity entered into the Egyptian land with Ajax, as well as those peoples of that land who later became a part of the municipal as well as the religious activities, with a combination of the efforts of the Priest of that period as well as the King.
44. With the reestablishing of the Priest as that part of the physical mental and spiritual development of the land, and the attempts to unite the efforts of the many lands, the entity became a part of that influence; especially in its abilities for activities in keeping the records of the various groups who were entrusted with the dispensing not only of knowledge but of moneys or the wherewithal for the carrying on of the various undertakings in the land.
45. Thus the entity grew to be one in power, and one acquainted with the affairs of many lands.
46. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, - prepare self in those directions as we have indicated, and carry on.
47. How?
48. First, the preparation. Then, the organization of self in body, in mind, in purpose, in ideals; and follow same, keeping in view that there is a purposefulness in EVERYTHING you do!
49. Let thy watchword be: TRUTH for His sake, - who IS the way, the truth, the light. Without Him there is no help, there is naught but failure. For He IS the way, the truth, the light.
50. Ready for questions.
51. (Q) Should I persist in my efforts to obtain a college education?
    (A) Especially in that of journalism.
52. (Q) In order of importance, which three colleges would be best for me?
    (A) As we find, Washington and Lee would be PREFERABLE to any.
53. (Q) Would an athletic scholarship or a job be better to pay expenses at school?
    (A) You might do both; for it is possible, in such an undertaking there, for that to furnish part of the activities in an education.
54. (Q) What college courses would be of special help in preparing me for my vocation?
    (A) English and Journalism.
55. (Q) If Washington and Lee is impossible, what would be the next best school suggested?
    (A) Just GO to Washington and Lee!
56. (Q) What and where have been my past associations, and what are the present urges, in relation to the following individuals: 1. [341]?
    (A) In the Egyptian as well as in the Crusade experiences.
57. (Q) [487]?
    (A) In Egypt.
58. (Q) [2030]?
    (A) Parallel same, and there it may be seen [10/28/39 See 2030-1, Par. 84-A saying they were associated in Palestine and Rome].
59. (Q) Billy [...]?
    (A) In the Persian.
60. (Q) Benny [...]?
    (A) In the Thessalonican activities; for the entity [...] was then a part of the experience in that, his native land.
61. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 7/05/33 See 341-40, Par. 11-A advice in re [1983] on Boy Scout trip to Chicago and Yellowstone.

REPORTS

1. 9/15/39 HLC's letter to Dean Gillam:
   Virginia Beach, Virginia
   Dear Dean Gillam,
   I am writing you with reference to [1983] who is trying to arrange his finances to attend Washington and Lee. I have known [1983] for about seven years. For four years, he was active in my Scout troop. Several years ago, his father died and since that time [1983] has had a pretty hard time.
   His determination to attend college in the face of rather imposing obstacles, is most commendable. I know that he has been able to secure only part-time work during the winter months and that he has worked hard each summer. His mother, who is the only close member of his family, is not in a position to give him any assistance.
   He certainly deserves assistance and I hope that it will be possible in some way for the University to make it possible for him to attend. I feel confident that he will make the most of his opportunity.
   Yours very truly, Hugh Lynn Cayce
   Dean Frank Gillam Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia
2. 7/29/40 HLC's letter to [1983]:
   Dear [1983]
   We are going through the files endeavoring to bring our case histories up to date, and shall appreciate a report from you on your Life Reading. The answers to the following questions will give us the information desired:
   Just what points in the Reading interested you most? In what specific details did the Reading analyze your characteristics and temperament accurately? What helpful suggestions did it contain?
   I'd like for you to know about the Expansion Program described in the enclosed leaflet. We are beginning immediately on the building which is a part of this program, and hope to have the indexing work well under way by early fall. We want every individual who has had experience with this work, who feels it is worth passing on to others, to have an opportunity to assist in making this program a success. You know that I understand your position, so don't worry about this, but it is something that may mean a great deal eventually to a great many people; and for sentimental reasons, you may wish to take part in even a small way at this time.
   We haven't seen very much of you this summer. I hope things are going along nicely with you, and that you're getting properly crammed with knowledge.
   Regards
   Sincerely, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Manager
3. 8/04/40 He visited A.R.E. and HLC jotted down the following:
   Aug. 4th 1940
   GENERALLY CORRECT INTERESTS - HL CAYCE
   '36 - '35 - yes, very decided mental changes. (girl).
   Astrological aspects:
   "One that thinks highly - " - O.K.
   "Inclination for boasting " - don't feel entirely correct. (Possible to some extent.). As applied to women perhaps. - ? (Yes, AFTER thinking about) Lately called stuck up.
   Musical temperament - correct.
   Athletic tendencies - correct.
   Incarnations:
   Physical power - etc. - (Persian.). - Correct attitude described.
   What points in the reading interested you most?
   Idea of boasting seemed puzzling. - Definite choice of school. - Specific type of work. -
   What helpful suggestions does the reading contain?
   Type of work. - specific direction. Choice of school. - course of study. Faults in character. -
   Selection of Washington & Lee was made as result of reading. First year proved to be hard but successful. - many breaks. Reading almost entirely responsible for getting set on a course which is being pursued.
   Aug 4th 1940.
   One year in Washington & Lee University. Summer school - French & English. -
   Following reading carefully. -
4. 9/28/41 Miss [2594] obtained Life Reading via Mr. [1983]'s recommendation. See 2594-1, Par. 58-A indicating she was his companion in the reconstruction period, and that in the English land he was one she disliked, distrusted.
5. 1/08/42 See EC's letter to members asking them to set aside a few minutes each day for seeking divine guidance [See under 2678-1 Background].
6. 2/02/42 [1983]'s letter to EC:
   Lexington, Virginia,
   My dear Mr. Cayce,
   It was my intention to answer your letter before this, but I have been following the proposed plan which you suggested. The extra prayer for guidance I have included with my regular evening prayers. Prior to you letter I had formed a habit of asking for world peace along with the evening prayers. Your proposal is indeed an excellent idea.
   The past week-end I made a short visit to the beach to see my draft board. Fortunately, I was able to see Hugh Lynn for a few minutes. I mentioned your letter and that I had been following the plan. He thought it best to tell you what action I had taken by mail rather than in person.
   My stay at the beach was too short, but I had to come back to school. Otherwise, I would have called on you and your wife. I sincerely hope that you both are well and that the Association's work is going ahead in spite of the adversity of war.
   Good health and happiness to you and your family,
   Yours truly, [1983]
7. 5/27/42 [1983]'s wire to EC:
   EDGAR CAYCE= ARCTIC CIRCLE V= GRADUATED CUM LAUDE THIS EVENING HAVE JUST PASSED THREE MOST FRUITFUL YEARS OF MY LIFE MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO YOU AND HUGH LYNN FOR EVERYTHING=
   [1983]
8. 8/08/42 [1983]'s letter to HLC:
   ..., N.J.
   Dear Hugh Lynn
   Spending a few days with my mother and relatives - all are well and mother sends her best regards to all of you. My papers came through this morning and I'm due for an appointment with my Uncle on the 13th (as expected).
   Spent a day with the Mrs. [2594] and her two girls in ... All are well and lovely. [2594] was with me an hour or so before I caught the train. She is a mighty sweet gal - I'm like Tom [Tom Sugrue] show me a skirt and I can find something nice in them. If the gals give me much more trouble I'll be devoted to a full time job of giving solace to American females.
   In all seriousness [2594] is o.k., but I doubt that it will work out. However, I asked her about your Dad's new book. I know she wants one, but I don't believe that the association has sent her a notice. If the book has what I think it will have it will do her a lot of good - or anyone else that reads it.
   As soon as the navy gets me settled in one spot, I'll drop a line to you and we can work out some system on this telepathy idea that will satisfactory to both - that is as far as time goes. You can let me know about the details and the thoughts to be transmitted. I'm seriously interested in this and hope that we can do some good work on it.
   Fitz [Fitzgerald Flournoy, English professor at W & L] dropped me a line not long ago and says that he will be dropping down to Florida on the Silver Meteor to see Tom. The visit should do them both a lot of good. If Tom stays in Florida this winter, I probably will catch up with him. I certainly hope so.
   Don't forget to give my regards to Sally and your father and mother. Tell everyone hello for me - and I'll be writing again when settled.
   Bye now,
   Your pal, [1983] P.S. Enclosed find an interesting item -
9. 8/14/42 [1983]'s letter to HLC:
   Anacostia, D.C.
   Dear Hugh Lynn,
   "Admiral Perry we are here" - that is fifty strong of us in my class and me. We came in yesterday. All eyes. All ears.
   Today we marched for the first time. I can't make my mind up if this is the army or the Navy but food is chow and the toilet is the head. The first floor is A Deck; the second B Deck. All you hear is a bunchy of screwy names for plain old barracks.
   In our group are two W & L men and in the group ahead of us are two more - so the old alma mater is well represented.
   All of the fellows in our group are o.k. and we have a great bunch. So far I like the Navy but there is plenty of work brewing. Up at 5, in bed at 9.45. Classes from 8.30 until 4.30 with a night class for good measure. We clean the quarters and march between the classes - a full day all the way.
   With it all, I like it - Frankly I believe my choice is the best. The Navy treats its fliers mighty nice - in fact the best of everything comes their way. For the little risk involved, it is worth it. You really receive much more than in the other branches and on top of that you have a higher type of fellow to associate with.
   As for the telepathy - let me know your ideas and plans. The best time seems to be at 10 P.M. Lights go out (9.45) and the barracks are usually quiet by that time (10 P.M.).
   Let's hope we do something successful in this work -
   Write when you have the time and we will work according to your schedule -
   Regards to all - your mother and father and Sally - not to mention yourself -
   Your pal, [1983]
10. 8/17/42 HLC's letter to [1983]:
    Anacostia, D.C.
    Dear [1983] Thanks for both your recent letters. You are a most satisfactory person to correspond with for I find that you cover time and space very neatly. Perhaps this is some of the journalistic training or even older urges. Your motto might well be the same as that of the New York Times.
    I know our friend, Tom, is enjoying having Fitz with him for a couple of weeks. I wish I could be there myself to sit in on some of their sessions. The last word that I had from Tom indicated that he was able to stand up on his crutches, but hadn't so far gotten very far along in taking any steps. All this seems pretty slow to anyone looking on, but I know what it must seem to him.
    I am glad you like the Navy set-up. I think you have been wise in your choice and you know we all wish you the best of luck.
    I am glad you are interested in telepathy. It will give us an opportunity to try several ideas which I have had about this subject for some time. Here is a schedule which I suggest for a beginning. We can change it later as we get further along. Let's set ten o'clock on Tuesday and Wednesday of each week. Let's have the experiment cover the period between 10 o'clock and ten minutes after ten. In the beginning this ten minutes may seem to be a pretty long time. But as we are able to make any progress the time will pass quickly.
    Now on Tuesday night of each week, I will try sending to you and on Wednesday night of each week you try sending to me. Thus on Tuesday you will act as the receiving station and on Wednesday as the sending station.
    I suggest that the first five minutes from ten o'clock to five minutes after ten be used to eliminate so far as possible everything from your mind, so that by five minutes after ten your mind is clear either for receiving or sending.
    There are a good many outlets for quieting the mind and attempting to blank it. After a little experimentation you will find the method that best suits you. It will possibly be; more difficult at times for you to stay awake than anything else. It is important that as far as you are able to keep a detailed record of your experiences during these ten minutes. By letting me know just what your physical, mental and emotional reactions are, I can best help you in adjusting yourself to the experiments. I have never found any two people who had exactly the same reactions in trying such experiments. Try the following and let me know how you react. Beginning at ten o'clock, relax your body as completely as possible. Many people find that this can be done by thinking of each part of the body separately and by mentally giving this section of the body a suggestion for relaxation. Then, consciously relax the muscles in that part of the body. For example, begin with the feet, legs, hips, chest, arms, etc. Make up your own divisions according to the muscles that happen to be sorest for the day (incidentally, this may prove helpful to you in relaxing).
    For a while you may find that the body does not take these suggestions readily, but after a few attempts, you will find it much easier. Now following this period of relaxation, and it may be necessary for you to go over the body several times as suggested, you may find that the slightest noise in the barrack will become magnified. Do not try to dismiss or ignore such noises. Rather let them blend in with each other. In other words just don't think about them. There is a difference here in ignoring and not thinking about them. By ignoring them you deny them, which will make them more conspicuous in your mind. There should be no deliberate attempt to dismiss them. That is what I am getting at. Just let them blend in together.
    Now you will find that thoughts for the day will race through your mind. Don't try to dismiss them. Let them run, but fix your mind and thoughts on me. That is, think about our efforts at communication. It may be easier for you to think of me by name or by visualization either of me or the room, my office, here at Virginia Beach.
    All of this is to take place in the first five minutes. You probably won't be able to get it all in the first few times. As time goes by it will be easier, so that by five minutes after ten you are relaxed and fairly well focussed. I shall be doing the same thing during that five minutes, and personally, I am going to try to visualize your face, rather than using your name.
    Now on Tuesday night from 10:05 to 10:10 you will attempt to receive. This means that you will endeavor to keep thinking of me and then jot down the first thoughts that come to you during that five minute period.
    I will try to send you first, a color; second, a physical picture or an object; and third, a physical picture or an animal. For the first few times, I suggest that you attempt the same sending and in the same order.
    In sending, I have found that it is wise to attempt to visualize in detail the picture you desire to transmit. Try to see this picture in a spot directly between and a little above the level of the eyes, that is, in the middle of your forehead. Complete the picture three times and dismiss it. Thus, you will have nine complete pictures in the five minute period. This may rush you a little bit in the beginning, but with practice it will not be difficult. Let us try this for the first few times. Now there will be no need of recording anything except what you receive and the details of your physical, mental and emotional experiences in attempting to get started. I suggest you get a few postal cards. If it is possible to write in the dark, fine. If not, write it and drop it in the mail the first thing the following morning.
    With a little practice you may be able to write in the dark and thus save yourself time and bother. It would include simply a color, if you got any impression at all, an object by name and an animal by name. If you get nothing, simply write nothing on the card and send it along. I well do the same. These cards are the most important records of the experiment, for they will bear the stamped date, being handled through the post office. Naturally, it will be necessary for us to keep a record under the dates which you are sending of the three pictures you intend sending. A little later on, if we begin to get any hits on this, it will be necessary for us both to have witnesses for the terms to be sent, in order for us to have a valid experiment.
    Write any questions which may occur to you.
    Our first date is for August 25th and 26th.
    Regards from all.
    Sincerely, Hugh Lynn Cayce
    Hello -
    In counting up a few weeks ago, I discovered that almost one hundred boys who were at one time members of Troop 60 are now scattered all over the world, many of them in some branch of the service.
    It occurred to me that you might enjoy getting a news letter that would pick up some of the old threads. So here is a plan in which, I hope, we can count on your cooperation. If each one of you to whom this is addressed will write a letter, making it as newsy and as personal as you can, I will agree to mimeograph all of these letters that come in, clip them together and send them all back to you. Thus, you will receive copies of all the letters that are written. Naturally, you are going to have to be careful in many instances that the censors don't mark out most of your letter. But all the boys will be interested in your branch of the service, what you are doing, whether you are married or not, where you are living, which ones of the other fellows you have seen lately, and in anything else that is personal and that ties you to Virginia Beach. You may know where some of the boys are whose addresses I do not have. Send those along too. I will be able to get many of them through their families who are here at Virginia Beach, but some will have moved away and we will have lost contact.
    I will try to include a few news items of local interest.
    These letters will be mimeographed and mailed Oct. 1, so get yours in promptly, giving it plenty of time to reach me before that date.
    Best wishes
    Sincerely, HLC
11. 9/13/42 [1983]'s letter to HLC:
    U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION ANACOSTIA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
    Dear Hugh Lynn,
    "Duration" [1983] just notched his gun - first month over today. This first business reminds me - how is the bouncing baby coming along? The arrival should be anticipated in the near future, shouldn't it? Don't forget to wean him on Ballentine's Ale - the social beverage for good society.
    It would be nice to have a "bout" and a talk with you. I always enjoyed both to the utmost. They go well together.
    The Navy has me doing "The Jumpin' Jive" or something like that. It begins to look that we will have to give up on the telepathy business since it is hard to schedule a time. Some nights I have guard duty, then we have air raids and fire drills and so it goes. I really am interested and if the arrangements can be made later on we should have another try. The first results were discouraging, but everything I do is that way. The main thing is the "last lap" - if you come through in that everything is o.k. I really believe we can do some good work when we have the time.
    Give my best regards and love to all, [1983]
    P.S. Send Edgar my best & let me have his address when you write.
12. 10/19/42 HLC's letter to [1983]:
    My dear [1983] Thanks very much for your congratulatory telegram and letter of October 13.
    For the past couple of weeks I have just been hitting the high spots. Sally came home Saturday from the hospital after being there ten days. Both she and the baby got along just fine. The house is quite a different place and I am having a time getting myself adjusted to a completely new routine. We have a practical nurse for a couple of weeks and believe me, I certainly appreciate what the pioneers must have gone through in rearing families. With all modern conveniences and a lot of help, I still have a time.
    Charles Thomas Taylor Cayce sends his regards and says he would like to take a ride with you as soon as you learn how to fly one of those things safely. He is quite an active boy already and has a fine pair of lungs.
    I certainly hope we do have a chance of seeing you before you check out for Texas.
    The last word from Tom indicates that he is continuing to improve and he has planned to spend sometime with Fitz in Lexington this fall. Sounds pretty good if he can stand the climate. I am certain the mental stimulation would be wonderful for him.
    I think Edgar Evans has moved since I sent you his address. His new one is noted on the bottom of this letter.
    You remember Frank Wells I am sure. U.S.S. Quincy was shot from under him here not long ago. He came out all right. Remember what a time he had learning to swim?
    Regards from all and best wishes,
    Sincerely, Hugh Lynn Cayce
13. 7/13/43 [1983]'s letter to EC:
    UNITED STATES NAVY NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
    My dear Mr. Cayce,
    The Navy has finally sent me south to the Banana River Air Station and I shall be here for several weeks. At the end of that time our combat team will be sent out from Norfolk.
    So far I have been unable to see Tom. He is about 150 miles across state from me but hope to get to see him at the earliest opportunity. I'm very glad that you can continue your splendid work even though Hugh Lynn is not there to help you. I know that he has devoted a great deal of time to the work and that his heart, like yours, is in it.
    Please send him and Edgar my address and I shall answer their correspondence immediately.
    My best regards to you and your family and your fellow workers -
    Sincerely, [1983]
14. 10/29/43 [1983]'s letter to EC:
    My dear Mr. Cayce -
    Your letter and Ecken's arrived on the same day - so it was quite a "Cayce day." It was a real pleasure to hear from you both.
    The news of Hugh Lynn going overseas was not good at all. I had hoped that he would have a chance to go through officer's training which would have delayed his departure considerably. This war, however, is not easy on any of us - but on you and your wife I feel it is quite a burden. Both Hugh Lynn and Ecken leaving must make the household as different as night and day. But providence has given you your work, that keeps you more than busy, and they both will be back again before you know it. I would like to have Hugh Lynn's address and if you learn of his location I would like that to for I may be near him some day. The censor doesn't work coming this way so you needn't worry.
    I hear from Tom occasionally and his decision to remain in Florida is certainly wise. I hope he has his fight won by the time we win this one - then we can all unite again for a grand celebration.
    My best regards to you and all -
    Best wishes for "the work" - Sincerely [1983]
15. 11/05/43 EC's letter to [1983]:
    Ens. [1983] c/o C.O., Fleet P.O., N.Y., N.Y.
    Dear [1983]
    Thanks a lot for yours of the 29th. We just had word from Ecken and Hugh Lynn. Hugh Lynn is seeming to have quite a time. He has been changed two or three times since overseas, and I think he has another new address right now. It is 3 Detachment of 36 Special Ser. Co., APO 511, N.Y.C.
    If you should care to write him I know he would be glad to hear from you. He is really having quite an experience. Both of the boys are in places, where according to the information given them, they were possibly, in their last appearance, and doubtless will have the opportunity to prove for themselves the validity of the fact. Interesting! Whether it is true or not, it is interesting! Also had a letter from Tom. All seems to be so far so good. I have been a little bit disturbed about Tom, and I hope everything is going to turn out alright. He has been given the job of writing the story of Col. Starling. He is a friend of ours, in fact, came from the same small town I did. He is the only man to have been in the White House thirty years. (Unless maybe President Roosevelt is trying to keep up with him!)
    I certainly am keeping busy, but I am taking a little time off for a rest, and intend to leave for N.Y. tonight. I will speak at Steinway Hall the night of the ninth, and also at a few luncheons while there.
    Thanks a lot for writing, and take care of yourself. Let us hear from you again,
    Sincerely, Edgar Cayce [EC/vc]
16. 2/02/45 (Friday) [1983]'s letter to GC:
    UNITED STATES NAVAL AIR STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
    My dear Mrs. Cayce -
    I wish to extend my sympathy to you and to all the members of your family. The news of your husband's sudden death was a shock to me for I had just recently heard of his return to Virginia Beach.
    I'm sure that all of us who knew Mr. Cayce, and who were given his helping hand, share with you and the family the sorrow of his passing.
    May God grant us the early peace that he desired and may his work continue into the future to help future generations.
    Sincerely, [1983]
17. 12/17/45 Xmas Card indicted the now had a wife, would be officially out of the service on 1/04/46.
18. 4/19/46 Gina Cerminara's letter to [1983]:
    [1983] ..., Va.
    Dear Mr. [1983]
    In August of 1939 Edgar Cayce gave you a life reading which advised you very definitely to go into journalism. I am at present conducting an intensive research project on the Cayce life readings with a view to presenting the evidence for their validity in book form to the general public. As you will undoubtedly recognize, it is an important project inasmuch as the concept of reincarnation is a new one to most people in this hemisphere, and the data in the Cayce files quite unique.
    However our files are incomplete because in so many instances we have no follow-up on what the individual did about his reading, and no report from the individual on its accuracy as far as character analysis is concerned. And so I am writing you with the request that you be so kind as to supply us with this information about your own case.
    Of course I understand that you attended Washington and Lee on the strength of the reading, graduating cum laude after only 3 years. However I am interested now in knowing whether or not you have actually followed the profession of journalism since your graduation, and if so, have you found it to be congenial and satisfactory?
    Naturally any information you give us will be kept in strictest confidence, and is requested only for the sake of research into the validity and significance of the readings.
    I will be deeply appreciative of your prompt attention to this matter, and to any further comment or information you might care to give in this connection.
    Sincerely yours, [signed] Gina Cerminara Editor, Bulletin
19. 4/24/46 [1983]'s letter to Gina Cerminara:
    For Your Information: (as Editor, Bulletin)
    My dear Gina,
    Many, many things have happened since the day that Dr. Cayce gave me my life reading - I didn't realize that it was as far back as August 1939 until your letter reached me.
    I have been a lifelong friend of both Hugh Lynn and Ecken and my life reading was for the most part the work of Hugh Lynn. It was a good reading for I felt that it covered everything that meant so much and so well. The hammer hit the nail on the head more than once and as I look back on it the readings as a whole was a definite success.
    Washington and Lee for my college education was insisted upon by Dr. Cayce - no other institution was mentioned even though we asked for the possibility of another college. W and L was not easy - but it was not too hard either - congenial surroundings, good professors and a fine group of students made the work easier. So much so that I finished my four years of work in three years by taking a summer school session at Norfolk Division. Although not an outstanding student my grade average came to B plus or A minus for all of my work - one C in my freshman year was the lowest grade.
    Then mental mixup of four years in the Naval service as a pilot is still with me. That was four years of irregularity with everyday a different one. Civilian life is a blessing and the regularity that goes with it is also but it is like changing from black to white.
    Since my return I worked for the ... Newspapers on the copy desk - as a proof reader I did fairly well. But it was rather dull and the income was more than poor for a single man. Being married I had my problems when the weekly insult slapped me in the face.
    Dr. Cayce suggested sports writing - this seemed most natural as I have always like all sports. But that department on the paper was filled and I had no chance for it or for regular reporting which would give me a chance to build a background as far as a style goes.
    An excellent opportunity in the florist business has had me busy in this field for the past six weeks. Mainly for financial reasons. I thought that I might have time to write on the side. However the work appears to be very confining and if I stay with it I shall have to give up any thought of writing for a long while. I haven't definitely decided to stay with it.
    Many decisions will have to be made before the end of summer but I want most to get used to being back in a world where ice cream and movies are more than a dream and where all the finer things are a reality.
    Until that time thinking is an impossibility.
    So far for the record you might say that the reading has carried me as far as the education and that the war carried me away from the reading. It was unforeseen of course. I am wondering today if Dr. Cayce were alive to give me a follow up reading if he would still suggest the writing field and if so if he would still select the same manner of starting?
    Somehow I feel that the war may have toppled Lady Karma to such an extent that something else may be best - perhaps another door may be open. And perhaps I am just imagining things - in particular a door marked 'escape'.
    If you can gather anything from this hodge podge for the records you are welcome to it but I doubt that I have been much help.
    I have been planning to see Hugh Lynn for the past five months and something happens to detain me. Some weekend I shall make it and go over all these things with him as a friend which he has always been. Perhaps I can be of more assistance to you then - I hope so.
    Please pass my best along to all of the staff -
    Tell the Scoutmaster that one of his western tour boys said hello,
    Sincerely, [1983]
20. 4/27/46 Gina Cerminara's letter to [1983]:
    Dear [1983]
    Your very pleasant letter arrived and I appreciate the promptness with which you replied.
    The war has naturally interrupted your life pattern. But judging from your remarkable record in college, I would be willing to wager a sizable sum that you will still fulfill the promise of the reading. The best way to learn how to write is - not to write; provided, of course, that while you are doing other things there is always, in the back of your mind, the urge to put things down on paper. And so the florist business or any other kind of business may serve as a rounding out of your background and a deepening of your perspective.
    Hugh Lynn was delighted to hear from you and will be most happy to see you when you come to the Beach.
    Keep us informed about what you finally do, will you? Hugh Lynn will always have a personal interest, of course, and for the sake of the research it will always be valuable to know how things turn out. If you should return to the writing field within the next year or so, for example, drop us a line to that effect! Best of luck to you, and many thanks for your kind cooperation.
    Sincerely yours, [signed] Gina Cerminara

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