This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 13th day of December, 1940, in accordance with request made by the self - Dr. [2067], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

TEXT

1. GC: You will answer the questions regarding this body, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here. Bettered conditions are indicated in many ways, yet there is not the full elimination of the causes or of the pressures produced by the effect of the poisons through the system.
3. We would take more of the general treatments, the hydrotherapy, as we have outlined; at least five to six more of such treatments.
4. Then keep in the general manner those things outlined for the body betterment.
5. Ready for questions.
6. (Q) Since I am still out of work with very limited funds, what cheap foods are most beneficial for my present condition?
   (A) That must be according to the choices of the body itself, in keeping with the outlines indicated. Do not take too much acid-producing foods. These the body should know from experience, as well as the general outline for such; that is, not too much starches or meats, or peculiar combinations, or any foods preserved with acetic acid (or vinegar). Refrain from these. Use rather a fruit and vegetable diet, with meats in moderation.
7. (Q) Are raw vegetables, bread, and canned milk all right for me?
   (A) Alright in their place, but not as a regular diet in the order named. For, the vegetables are better cooked. If there is the desire to preserve all the vitamins and salts of the vegetables, cook them in Patapar Paper.
8. (Q) The shooting pains in arms, legs and hip have practical- ly disappeared with the treatments and resulting sleep. Was the condition possibly neuritic rather than arthritic, and is there danger of return of such?
   (A) There is danger of return, UNLESS there is the eliminating of the pressures as first indicated. They are of the neuritic nature, with arthritic tendencies.
9. (Q) Is there any displacement of bones or nerve pressures in region of left hip that a chiropractor could further correct? Does walking much, even though painful, really harm the hip?
   (A) These pressures can be removed by the making of the adjustments through the hydrotherapy treatments. DO NOT trust this to chiropractic adjustments! Walking will not be so harmful if this is corrected. If not corrected, it is naturally irritating.
10. (Q) Glasses have been changed recently and seem satisfactory, yet much of the time eyes feel stiff and inflamed, possibly due to constant use some 16-17 hours per day. Is there anything further to be done for them?
    (A) Poisons from the system are producing more of this disturbance. Hence the indications to take more of the treatments!
    Be consistent in thy thought and in thy activities for the beneficial effects to the physical being.
11. (Q) Is the so-called offensive perspiration being remedied, or are there further suggestions other than constant bathing, diet, and deodorants?
    (A) It is being remedied by the hydrotherapy treatments. The system MUST be cleansed of the poisons, and there must be the coordinating of the eliminating systems!
12. (Q) What treatment would you recommend for itching scalp, falling hair, or possibly fading or graying hair?
    (A) A massage about once a week for several weeks with Listerine; then skip several weeks, and then do it several weeks again.
13. (Q) Do you consider the preparation "Liquidine" beneficial for me?
    (A) Not so beneficial, - unless it is used in conjunction with other things, and the body in better fix so it may resist some of those tendencies that are left by the use of such.
14. (Q) The ends of my fingers sometimes "die" (become perfectly white and numb). Is this due to low blood pressure, and what can I do to remedy condition?
    (A) Poor circulation. Hence the needs for the stimulation especially to the brachial center when the massages are given, that we may establish better circulation to the whole of the bodily forces.
15. (Q) Do I need artificial support for stomach or intestines if they should again have the sensation of falling out of me?
    (A) If there is a support worn, it would be better for the general condition of the body. There is none better than the use of just a cloth tightly drawn and fastened about the body. This is as good as most of those supports sold at a high price. A piece of sheet, towel or gauze itself, several thicknesses, tightly pulled and fastened about the body. This is better than most of the elastic kind.
16. (Q) Of late I have had mucus in nose and throat. Is this catarrhal?
    (A) This is the breaking up of those congestions. Hence the needs for the treatments indicated!
    Do those things! Be persistent, be consistent; for few have these virtues. These CAN be established in the experience of any. Be consistent in conversation, in promises, in activities. For, these are in keeping with the better physical, mental and - surely - spiritual nature.
17. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    (See extra sheet [which was enclosed] of directions for The Reilly Service.
    He told us when we were in N.Y. that he did not think you had come in for as many treatments as he felt you needed.)

BACKGROUND

1. See 2067-3.

REPORTS

1. 3/31/41 Letter: My very good friend, [307], has suggested several times my getting a Reading to help me solve numerous hard problems too great for me, but I have told her I had no money and understood that type of Reading was not available to me. However, my need is very great, and if the Spiritual Vocation Reading is permitted me at this time I would greatly welcome it. I am enclosing two pages of questions that I need to have answered if possible in order for me to proceed with my life and work. There are things that I need very much to know before I can continue writing the books I was told by former Readings to write.
   I will be in my room at the above address any time you may set, if such location is necessary when you get ready for the Reading, - if such is to be mine. I know that for one of the Readings you did not need to have my exact location.
   This year with me has been a most heart-breaking affair for lack of guidance. I have been kept living from moment to moment in great anxiety always expecting to dash to some work. I have had some wild goose chases which did not amount to anything, and I have not been able to settle down to anything because of lack of knowing what this year was to bring forth. If I could have been told that I would not be regularly employed this year I could have settled down, gotten my material from the ends of the world and set to work and accomplished something. As it has been the year has been one nightmare wondering what is best to do, and how long I would be able to do it if I should start. Why the long punishment - double that I have ever experienced before, - and just for sharing the light and helping people, I do not know. I have turned the evil into as much good as possible, and I am sure there must be some fruit from the long and intense suffering in a tiny dirty dark ill-ventilated room with little food, no clothes, no hope. My health has not been very good, my hip still aches a good deal and my ear and neck seem to be troubling me of late. I suppose when I can find out the reason for some of these things I will improve. Yes, I begin now to see the light and believe I may soon be a person again with at least a dog's chance.
2. 4/07/41 See 2067-6, a Ck. Life Reading.

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