This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 5th day of April, 1931, in accordance with request made by Dr. Wm. M. Brown.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Dr. Brown and Hugh Lynn Cayce.

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1. GC: You will have before you the conditions surrounding Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Va., and those connected with same, especially the body and the enquiring mind of Dr. William M. Brown, present in this room and his problems which arise from these various conditions. Please advise and direct him as to the best procedure under the present existing circumstances. You will answer the questions which I will ask you regarding these.
2. EC: Yes, we have those conditions and circumstances as surround the Atlantic University; also those circumstances and conditions and problems as confront Dr. William M. Brown. In MANY ways, many of these we have had; many of the conditions and circumstances as have existed still exist. Some conditions have become more and more acute in the relationships with individuals, as well as relationships in circumstance and environs. There are many problems, as we find, and many that are seemingly unsurmountable under the present conditions and circumstances.
3. First there should be, as we find, on the part of Dr. Brown and those associated with him IN the present conditions and circumstance, as to what is the DESIRE on the part of each so concerned, and as to how far - or in what manner each desire to proceed. Not from the circumstance of what CAN be done, but first knowing what is DESIRED to be done the ways, the means, may be provided for the DOING of that.
4. In the immediate needs, there are many resources that have heretofore been considered rather as unsatisfactory, untrustworthy, and more talk than anything else - yet when faced with a determined group, a determined individual, there will be activities that will surprise even those who have been the most optimistic - that from the local groups as have seen and have expressed some vision as to the continuation of the operations of a school, of a university. Then to this group, those who have been rather dilatory in EXPRESSING the dire needs should be more insistent with that group - the business MEN'S group locally.
5. Then there have been those expressions of individuals, as well as of individual groups in other vicinities, other surroundings, that have apparently - in an UNGAINLY manner - made for many of the disruptions in the existent conditions. Then these may be clarified also in the way and manner as to make for immediate needs for the carrying on in the present situation, will these be approached by those for WHOM such individuals are, in a manner, responsible for the outcome OF the efforts OF those individuals - see?
6. Then, in the more remote circumstance or conditions as confront the body, the enquiring mind, these conditions - as we find - will be much clarified by a DEFINITE, decided stand taken by all those who are interested in the PRESENT conditions, as well as in FUTURE operations. These will CLARIFY much - for when sides, or circumstances are drawn to a head by decided stands, sides are taken. Ready for questions.
7. (Q) Taking all things into consideration, is it best to continue negotiations with the present Board, or to withdraw and to form an entirely new corporation?
   (A) That should be determined in the minds of those MOST interested, for those conditions and those circumstances as SURROUND same will be clarified - as HAS been given - much by a DEFINITE stand being taken - see?
8. (Q) Can a settlement be effected with the present board of trustees?
   (A) By either conforming to their wishes or by making definite demands and going about to ACT in that way and manner!
9. (Q) Who should handle this and how should they proceed?
   (A) First those most interested - the faculty, the student body - should decide WHAT is TO be done, the stand TO be taken - see? Then, when this is done, dependent upon the manner - or that which is chosen as a definite stand, whether as to force an issue or whether to wholly withdraw and seek sources for the carrying on in a more definite way and manner. EITHER will make a drawn line, and will make for sides to be chosen, or taken - see? In either case there may be seen that the LOCAL channel, as WELL as those definite associations, connections as HAVE been made, will be the basis of - and the sources of - IMMEDIATE needs. Who should handle those? Then, that as has been outlined. In the local board, or the local group - these may be handled best by Dr. Brown, but in those of a distance may be best handled by those upon WHOM the dependency HAS been in, from and of, for other individuals, with WHOEVER the body asked for, or demands that a connection be made with other groups - when stands are taken - see?
10. (Q) Please name individuals or groups from whom immediate financial assistance can be obtained and tell us who should approach them?
    (A) As has been given, in the local groups - these may be approached best through Dr. Brown. In those of other groups, they may be approached through those upon whom individuals have been dependent for their associations WITH the institution - see?
11. (Q) What assistance can be expected from Norfolk and vicinity and what type of approach should be made?
    (A) This may be expected most when there is a nucleus for a FUTURE undertaking, rather than in the present - or the above conditions or circumstances - though there are individual groups, especially those of the Women's CLUBS that may be relied upon in a definite manner. These may be approached best THROUGH those knowing the needs of the immediate conditions - see?
12. (Q) Are there any conditions that are arising or may arise that Dr. Brown should be warned of at this time?
    (A) That will depend much upon the STAND, or the circumstances surrounding those definite, decided stands that SHOULD be made by all those interested IN the EXISTENT condition - see? As for warnings, no PARTICULAR body or mental condition - as we find in the PRESENT. These, to be sure, may alter or change.
13. (Q) Outline the approach to individuals in New York for financial support to carry the future program for the university.
    (A) This will depend upon the definite stand made. There are MANY individuals in MANY walks of life, that with a DEFINITE stand taken by any one of a number of individuals who have shown an interest in the conditions or surrounding conditions, when these are definitely made and a stand taken - then these may be approached from DIFFERENT angles. As may be for a definite departmental work, or for definite opening for individual operations, or for a concerted operation from individual groups, foundations, or such - and these approaches will be from whatever STAND is taken - whether associated with portions of old groups or those of an entirely NEW group, see?
14. (Q) What individuals should handle this?
    (A) This dependent upon WHAT is being sought, for each to their individual purpose AND aim - for as each DEPARTMENTAL force is set in its operations, see?
15. (Q) Please give Dr. Brown any advice and guidance that may be of help to him at this time?
    (A) In this connection, much might be said as respecting that as has been given the body - as respecting its association with an undertaking of such a nature, such a type - in the gathering together of individuals, entities, beings, that have labored with each in the various developments of the mental abilities of mankind - and that, would the body show self able, willing, to take hold of same, there WOULD be THE ways, THE means provided for the establishing of, the carrying on of. Be not fainthearted, though the darkness of despair, disappointment in individuals, in groups, makes for that within self as calls for a questioning of purposes, aims, and ideals. Know in what thou HAST believed, and ACT THAT WAY.
16. We are through.

    Copy to Dr. Brown
    Copy to File

REPORTS

1. 6/31 See A.U. BULLETIN Summer Session July 15 - August 25, 1931.
2. 8/31 See Atlantic University Bulletin, Vol. II. No. 1 Catalogue and Announcements 1931-32.
3. 12/29/31 EC's letter to Mr. [779]:
   "...Yes, the school has gotten in bad way. When they finally fell out within their own ranks, it brought on the beginning of the end. I do not know yet just what disposition will be made, whether they will allow the school to go on for the rest of this semester so the students may have credits for their work or not. There's a great deal of jealousy, animosity, and a lot of pure undefiled cussedness - and it's such times as these that all such combined tends to make for very unsatisfactory, very unsavory conditions..."
4. 4/01/32 See EC's dream interpreting reading, 294-136, Par. 16-A, indicating better conditions coming for Dr. William Moseley Brown and family.
5. 4/08/81 GDT to CTC and HBP w/ copy to HLC and RJJ: A.U.'s THE ATLANTIC LOG was founded Nov. 5, 1930.
   1. Volumes and Issues on file in the EDGAR CAYCE FOUNDATION Archives are as follows:
   Vol. I, No. 1 - Nov. 14, 1930 No. 2 - " 21, " [We have one duplicate of No. 3 - Dec. 5, " Numbers 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 13, No. 4 - " 12, " donated a few years ago to No. 5 - " 19, " E.C.F. via HLC by Granger No. 6 - Jan. 9, 1931 Richardson.] No. 7 - " 16, " No. 8 - Feb. 13, " No. 9 - " 20, " No. 10 - Mar. 6, " No. 11 - " 13, " No. 12 - " 27, " No. 13 - Apr. 10, " No. 14 - " 24, " No. 15 - May 8, " No. 16 - " 24, " Vol. II No. 1 - Oct. 3, 1931
   These newspaper-like issues of 4 pp. each are 17-1/2" long by 12" wide, sealed into a hardback cover the same size. They would be difficult to duplicate except perhaps in a newspaper office, and then they'd probably have to take the whole book apart to do so.
   2. In the vault correspondence folder of Atlantic University there is a little 6 X 3-1/2 booklet reprinted verbatim from Norfolk Virginian Pilot of April 13, 1930, entitled ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY - ITS PLAN AND ITS PURPOSE. This could be duplicated, or else looked up in the Virginian Pilot.
   There are maps of the land on which A.U. was to be built (details of these plans - foundations already laid, etc., architectural drawings are mentioned in the above booklet or newspaper article).
   ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BULLETIN (flier) was published monthly [or planned to be] and is on file as follows: Vol. 1, No. 1 - June, 1930, No. 3 - Aug. 1930 (Supplement No. 2), No. 5 - Oct., 1930.
   On 7/05/30 the President and Board of Trustees of A.U. [invited] "you and your friends" to attend the Cornerstone Laying of the New Academic Building of the University at 5:00 P.M. on Sat., July 5, 1930. "The exercises will be in charge of The Grand Lodge of Virginia, A.F. and A.M. Dr. W. H. T. Squires, of Norfolk, Va., will make the principal address."
   On 8/06/30 "The Civic Organizations of Princess Anne County invite you to be present at a Beach Party and Barbecue To Acquaint you With the Plans for the Opening of ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY., Wed. at 2 P.M. NEW OCEAN CASINO, Virginia Beach, Va." [In small letters at bottom] Women's Club of Princess Anne County - Virginia Beach Rotary Club - Town Council of Virginia Beach - Virginia Beach Hotel Association. Please reply R. J. Johnson, Princess Anne, Va."
   12/26/30 A.U. Notice to quit by landlord of Edgewater Johnson Co., Inc., terminating tenancy from mo. to month; quit the premises by 1/03/31 or pay rent now in arrears of $982.
   Jan. 1931 Forward appear newspaper clippings attempting to rally financial support for the Atlantic University. Correspondence, etc.
   Feb. 1931, Vol. I, No. 6 MID-YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, Listing the Administration, Officers of Instruction, Assistant Professors - Ideals - Progress in the Departments - Entrance Requirements - Courses 1930-31 - Extension Division - Extension Courses. Student Enrollment 1930-31 Session. (A soft booklet 6 x 9. We have 3 copies. I think the reason we have any of these is that Hugh Lynn Cayce was on the staff as Librarian.)
   2/06/31 Virginia Beach News NEW COURSES AND PROFESSORS NAMED AT A.U., indicating present status is indefinite, quoting Morton Blumenthal as saying that with the cut in professors' salary Dr. Brown assures him that, with the cut made by creditors, he will at least make ends meet at the present session... "Under these circumstances we are continuing to contribute the $5,000 a month in accordance with our agreement."
   This 3rd of six vault folders is full of newspaper clippings, mostly Va. Beach News, giving activities of A.U. throughout 1931.
   The other three folders have to do with correspondence back and forth between Dr. Brown and A.R.E., his association with Elon College, Elon, N.C. in 1954, etc., his attempts to keep A.U. charter alive though inactive. [Fall & Spring 1953-1954 Bulletin of A.U., Silver Beach, VA. announcing EVENING EXTENSION AND ADULT EDUCATION COURSES. See 6/22/53 Virginian Pilot article, OLD ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY OPENS IN FALL On Eastern Shore.]
   6/16/58 Hugh Lynn received a letter from the Commonwealth of Va. saying that he, Hugh Lynn Cayce, had been appointed the Registered Agent of Atlantic University - a copy had been sent to the Clerk of Circuit Court, Princess Anne Co., Va. [He had already been made a Director.]
   8/14/58 Dr. Brown sent HLC a thesis on ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY - A Short History - Presented to the Faculty of the Department of History, Richmond College - In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Arts by John Richard Scanlon - August 1958. A copy of John R. Scanlon's letter to Dr. Brown saying "I hope that my thesis tells the story of A.U. as you think it should be told." Dr. Brown asked HLC to read and return it with his comments. HLC had me make a copy of it on our old Ozalid machine; it is still readable but I doubt if it will duplicate on our machine since the paper is thin brown onion-skin and the typing not too clear. We should have it retyped while it is still readable (I hope).
   In the 2/19/59 issue of Princess Anne Press [a brief change in name from Virginia Beach News] we have an article by Mary Ellen Carter on ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY "Many A Good Crusade", in which she interviews Dr. Mina Kerr who was Dean of Women at A.U. during its short duration and remained in Virginia Beach. Most of the article is about her, but she says she came to Virginia Beach "for what seemed an opportunity to help establish a new university of liberal outlook for curriculum, international relations among students, methods in teaching and conditions of residence."
   Jan. 1960 HLC received, as Registered Agent, Commonwealth of Va. State Corporation Commission Notice of Assessment of Registration Fee and Franchise Tax for 1960, indicating that Atlantic University was in business "at the old stand" right across Atlantic Ave. from the old site on which the A.U. was to build - address now ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, Hugh Lynn Cayce, R/A, 67th & Atlantic Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA. Nov. 22, 1960 Dr. Brown wrote HLC: "I hope A.R.E. can take over the charter of A.U. I must know definitely before the end of Dec. I know of no other organization except A.R.E. to take it." (In Dec. 1960 Dr. Brown retired to St. Petersburg, Fla.)
   (Etc., Etc., Etc. I will continue this "history - inventory" sometime when I can get to it. It includes the Minutes and Executive Committee Minutes of the early days, for which my cousin Mildred Davis was Acting Secretary.) In the meantime send the newspaper man to me and I'll show him everything we have on the football team.
6. 4/27/82 See 2087-4 Reports dated from 11/14/30.
7. See Source File Key #2087 for the 1985-1986 catalogue for Atlantic University and Ledger-Star articles concerning the re-opening of Atlantic University re 2087-7.
8. 10/01/85 - Nov. 20, 1985 - A.U. announcing Training Program in Massotherapy:
   ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
   TRAINING PROGRAM IN MASSOTHERAPY SCHEDULE
   7-9 P.M.
   DATE SUBJECT INSTRUCTOR
   October 1 Anatomy & Physiology Aaron Rea, M.D.
   October 2 Anatomy & Physiology Aaron Rea, M.D.
   October 9 Massage - Theory Inge Price
   October 16 Massage - Practicum Inge Price
   October 23 Massage - Practicum (continued) Inge Price
   October 30 Massage - Practicum (continued) Inge Price
   November 6 Massage - Practicum (continued) Inge Price
   November 13 Massage - Practicum (continued) Inge Price
   November 16 Massage - Practicum (continued) Inge Price (Sat., 9-3 pm)
   November 20 Hydrotherapy - Theory & Practice Agnes Nicholes, R.N.
   [1/18/90 JT's note: This was the birth of the Harold J. Reilly School of Massotherapy. Enrollment was held in September of 1985. Dr. Reilly, his wife Betty and Gladys Davis Turner visited ..., 1985 in recognition of the School. Dr. Reilly met with Dr. Windsor and myself and stipulated the use of the word "Massotherapy" as being a definitive term for the new healing art form and gave permission to establish the school in his name.]
9. 1/14/86 through 5/01/86 Atlantic University Spring Semester, 1986 Class listing:
   ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
   SPRING SEMESTER, 1986
   REGISTRATION INFORMATION
   IMPORTANT DATES
   Jan. 14 Registration 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Jan. 15 Classes begin Jan. 20 Last day to make schedule changes Mar. 30 - April 6 Spring Break April 24 Classes End April 28 - May 1 Final Examinations
   The following courses will be offered during the spring, 1986, semester:
   RESIDENT
   TS:503 Paradigms of Consciousness M 7-10 Sparrow TS:506 The Inner Life: Dreams & Meditation W 7-10 Reed TS:509 Paradigms of Healing T 7-10 Lidstrom
   INDEPENDENT STUDIES
   TS:501 Introduction to Transpersonal Studies Windsor TS:504 Spiritual Philosophies & The Nature of Man Thurston TS:506 The Inner Life: Dreams & Meditation Reed TS:508 Religious Traditions: East & West Danner
   The Independent Studies Program offers individualized study at a distance from the University. Each enrollee receives course materials and is assigned to a member of the faculty who serves as a mentor.
   Independent Studies students may register at any time in person or by mail. Since their program is individualized, enrollees need not structure their studies within a particular semester.
   All tuition fees must be paid at the time of registration. The University does not have a deferred payment plan. Academic counseling will be available at registration. Assistance with locating adequate housing will also be provided.
   Requests for additional information, or a copy of the current catalogue, should be addressed to:
   Atlantic University P.O. Box 595 Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Phone: 804 - 428-3588

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