This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of September, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Dr. [2002], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by various members of the Association, - first by Mrs. [578].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [2002]. Born February 20, 1911, in Baltimore, Maryland.

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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 he submits, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from present - " - '35 - yes, changes - '30 - determinations - '24 - reconstructions in self - '22 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2002].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, these - as indicated - are chosen with the desire and purpose that this should be a helpful experience for the entity in making the application of those influences as arrest or forward the development of the purposes for which each soul enters a material experience.
5. For this entity, we find much might be said as respecting the varied appearances of the entity in the earth plane. While these are not so numerous as some, they have been quite varied; and even though the entity was an Atlantean, some of the sojourns in the earth plane as well as in the astrological aspects have tempered the urges from the Atlantean activities. Hence the entity is not as radical an individual entity in the present as some, yet with those influences and abilities that may make for the entity in this experience a decided advancement in the spiritual aspects or a failure.
6. And the entity is one that may in its activities go to the heights in its abilities in chosen directions or may become as one that is as a blot upon the better forces as manifest about the entity.
7. Hence as we find, in the astrological aspects Uranus is rather the ruling influence; with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn as a part of the extremes in the Uranian influence.
8. Being just in the Piscean influence gives what may be called the urge, from the spiritual angle, to be one thoughtful of and interested in spiritual things; never quite taking hold upon such to the extent to be called an extremist, yet in most of the influences in the urges in other directions becoming at times very extreme in the activities and the spoken manner as respecting same.
9. Those influences of the astrological nature, then, have their deep, innate influence. These are not they as arise from the emotions of the sensory forces or system; for these are they that come more from material urges - as appearances in the earth; but rather those of the dreams, the visions, or the forces or influences that appear as from nowhere, but are as hidden urges that are aroused by the sudden influences as come about in the experience with others in their activities also.
10. Uranian forces, - the extreme.
11. The entity would become, then, very high in its ideals; and may be considered oft by others as not being as ethical nor as considerate as it should be.
12. One that may be in a very high state of elation as to the purposes or influences which have become a part of the experience, or become very morose and low-spirited, - and yet, as tempered with those influences in Venus, of a high MORAL force; the love of the beautiful, - and these oft temper the extremes.
13. Thus at times, even when adjusting itself, the entity may be considered by others as thinking more highly of self than it ought to think, or becoming rather one that would be termed - in common parlance - as "high hatting" others, or becoming too self-sufficient.
14. These, then, are both faults and virtues; dependent upon that which is the motivative force in the experience of the entity during such periods of activity.
15. The Venus force makes for that of tender-heartedness also, - except when in the EXTREME with the Uranian.
16. From the Mercurian force there is the high mental reasoning. As combined with the other influences, the entity may often reason itself out of its own convictions, - and this again becomes both a virtue and a vice.
17. Again there must be, in THESE directions, the entity's choosing within self as to what is the ideal.
18. Ideals are not merely, then, idealistic fancies, but that influence or force which is ever of a constructive nature in its relationships to choices of individuals. Hence it - an ideal - is not that as to what OTHERS would do to the entity, but what the entity would do towards others!
19. And these are spiritual, mental and material; and they each have their phase of expression in the experiences of an individual.
20. Choose rather that, then, which is of a spiritual import. For these are applicable in all phases of an experience; thus apply to the spiritual, mental and material experiences of an individual.
21. Study then thine own self, in relationship to that thou dost set as thine ideal. Know in WHOM as well as in what ye believe. When ye say, when ye give expression as to a belief or a conviction, know WHO is the author of same and as to whether that author has in his own experience made same practical in a material world, - and if it is constructive.
22. As to the appearances that have played and do play such an important role in the experiences of this entity, - these we find have been quite varied in their phases of expression.
23. Before this we find the entity was in the lands near to the environs of the present sojourn, during the early periods, or following the settlings and the determinings of the land.
24. There we find the entity was one known to many, as Ralph Hutcheson; known in the latter portion of the experience as "Old Hutch."
25. The entity has found in the present sojourn that oft those whom the entity has contacted are inclined to give a nickname, or to give expression to some phase of the entity's thought or activity by an unusual expression or nomen to the activity.
26. For the entity throughout that experience was not as one that might be said to have OUTWARDLY expressed a great deal, yet INFLUENCED those the entity contacted day by day; changed the thought of young and old by the very manner of expression; becoming full acquainted with the ways of the peoples of that experience and period, - especially the red man and his associations with nature, and those influences used for activities in dealing with the various affairs in the experiences of man.
27. The entity was not as a medicine man, - not as one that dealt in omens alone, but as one that gathered the sayings of those peoples, of their various activities that brought into the experience of others - by the very associations of activities or ideas - the promptings of what would happen, what WOULD come about.
28. The entity went through the periods of the Revolution without being a part of same, save as one that formed opinions for others; making for much of that which brought the greater stamina to many of those who were in authority; and accomplishing much that may be of value to the entity in recalling to self those influences and forces as happened through that particular sojourn.
29. There ARE influences, then, that are not merely those of cause and effect, materially; but produce same by their very relative force and influence in the lives of others.
30. Before that we find the entity was in the Promised Land, and in that particular vicinity of Caesarea, where there were those activities by the early workers in the church that was established in Jerusalem.
31. The entity was among those who became particularly interested in the activities of the disciples and Apostles when Peter strengthened the church in Caesarea; especially being present when the rebuking of Simon brought such a change in that individual's activity as well as in the entity, - then known as Cipio.
32. Coming under those influences, with the studies as had been attained through the Egyptian as well as the East Indian legends, the entity made of himself that which became known as the physician in those experiences, but NOT in the dosing so much as in the applications of the external nature for the relief of disorders and disturbances to which man was especially heir to through that period of activity.
33. Disease has changed little, - their names, their classifications, much!
34. In the experience the entity gained, the entity lost. A great opportunity for the embracing of the real source of truth and knowledge and understanding was partially passed by. Do not in the present sojourn make such an error again.
35. Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as or called the Arabian and Persian, in those periods when there were those changes wrought by the activities of the teacher in the "city in the hills and the plains."
36. The entity was among those of the Persians who were in authority, and with the healings as came about in that land, the entity became attracted or drawn to those activities, - and yet the commercial rule, the commercial activities also drew the entity into the actions in those directions.
37. Only with the changes wrought by the entering of the Grecians were the decisions made by the entity. Then we find greater were the scope of activities of the entity under the directions of Uhjltd, the teacher in that experience.
38. The name then was Em-en-on.
39. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land, when there were those activities that changed the dwellings of the peoples there.
40. The entity was among the younger of those peoples of the Law of One who came into the Egyptian land, and with the united efforts of the Atlanteans and the Egyptians, with the developing of those periods that were the very foundations of that which IS the hospitalization in the present, and the activities as recorded as portions of that ye call medical actions, - these were portions of the entity's activities.
41. Raised through the purification, the classification in that experience, the entity became a power throughout that part of the sojourn in that land. The entity became an authority upon the temperaments and the tenets that would be the more effective in the experiences of individuals.
42. Thus, as ye would call in the present, the entity was more of a psychoanalyst, as would be called today; aiding in the determining factors to which individuals and various groups would be set for their studies for the greater advancement of the individual and the abilities of same.
43. And these are well for the entity to apply in its own present environs and surroundings.
44. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, and that to which it may attain, and how:
45. First, as indicated, know thine own ideal, and as to what, as to where ye wish or desire or hope to attain in relationships to others. Not as a lord over others, but as a co-worker with the divine within to bring the greater realization to the material and the aiding of those to find themselves, spiritually, mentally, materially.
46. In these fields of service, as ministering to the needs as the entity oft has done, may the greater service, the greater joy, the greater harmony come into the experience of the entity in the present.
47. But DO NOT leave the spirituality out of same!
48. Ready for questions.
49. (Q) Is my present profession of osteopathy the best for me to follow?
    (A) There might be given quite a dissertation upon osteopathy, - its possibilities and its faults, as well as its virtues.
    Much of this has already been indicated, and as has been indicated in the experiences of the entity through the sojourns in the material plane, this expression offers the greater channels, then, for the material, the mental and the spiritual opportunities for the entity.
    Hold to that, then, of the practice of osteopathy in this experience, - to gain the more physically, mentally and spiritually.
50. (Q) Should I specialize in any particular branch of osteopathy?
    (A) As has been indicated also, the GENERAL field here will offer the greater outlet for service; while the specialization might be made to be more for a financial gain. But to allow such to be the motivative force, when there is the opportunity for self as well as others, - do not specialize too severely!
51. (Q) What would be best for me to do regarding the late Dr. Bright's practice? [S. H. Bright, D.O.]
    (A) This is an opportunity to bid for same in every manner. Here ye have an ideal, in a social manner, to live up to. But it is that which would be needed, - yea, is needed in self - now.
52. (Q) Then you would advise me to consider this?
    (A) Advise? With all thy might and strength!
53. (Q) Should I marry? If so, when? or at what age?
    (A) When there is that association found, where there is the better or the perfect understanding, marry. Do not do so for convenience nor for that of what may be said; but do so on a fifty-fifty proposition.
    Within the next two years, at least. [12/42 Dr. [2002] got married.]
54. (Q) Any other advice at this time?
    (A) As has been indicated, much might be said upon the various appearances, and as to the influence they bear upon the present. But analyze this that has been given. See it in thy daily life. USE it to thine upbuilding and to the benefit of thy fellow man.
    Remember, these are immutable laws: If ye would gain friends, be friendly. If ye would have love, show thyself lovely. If ye would have power and might, be the servant of all. As ye do it to the least of thy brethren, ye do to thy Maker.
55. We are through for the present.

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REPORTS

1. See subsequent readings 12/22/41, 1/10/42, 2/11/42 (2002-2-3-4) re. securing commission in Navy during War.
2. 6/61 GD's note: Dr. [2002] is still an osteopathic general practitioner, as the reading advised, and a good one.

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