This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of May, 1931, in accordance with request made by self - Dr. [2120], via Miss [350].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Dr. [2120]. Born September 25, 1878, in Saville, Pa.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the body and those relations - as the entity in the present - as are latent and exhibited in the personalities in the present experience.
2. In entering in the present we find astrological influences rather as terminology, than as other than relative in the relationships to the present personality as builded.
3. In these we find the astrological aspects as from sojourn, or the influence of same in Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, and in these respects many are the changes and alterations as have been builded in the present experience, [2120].
4. In those influences through Mercurian, we find that tendency - and as applied in the present - builded in a wide and varied mental experience in the present.
5. In Jupiter, making for those accentuations in ennobling influences of the entity, and the wide or broad vision of the entity as respecting varied aspects in human experience as regarding developments, ESPECIALLY, of the MENTAL being or world of an entity.
6. In Uranian, those that make for accentuations in PERIODS - as it were - of the influences, whether IN the mental, in Mercurian, or IN the vision or the expansion; that is, these PRESENT themselves as PERIODS of developments, of seeking, of expansion. Then, rather as of RESTS or of a digesting of that as HAS BEEN experienced by the entity; yet making, with all, an interest in the occult influences in human experience, making for a broadness of the vision in those directions as deal WITH occult - rather than with the mystic influences. While mysticism from the MENTAL world is of interest, yet the entity remains - as it were - from WITHOUT the vale of such experiences, other than MENTAL one.
7. In the influences as have builded in the entity in the present experience through the application of will as respecting that that has influenced from without, or from within, these have BUILDED THEIR portion, as it were, in the present development of the entity. In this we find as these:
8. One given in abilities to meet or cope with those influences of any nature or condition within its experience, weighing - as it were - the environs of same with that as has been builded by mass or by class environs.
9. One that, in the contact with individual, group or mass mind, wields an influence THROUGH those sources or channels as is indicated IN the Mercurian and Jupiterian influences, especially, in the individual lives. Those, then, who are under such influences are drawn closer, as it were, to the entity in the development or activities in the present experience.
10. One gifted in being able to give to others a VISION of that which, applied in THEIR OWN experience, enables the individual to grasp many of the PHASES of life's experience that become helpful when so applied; or also that ability to so unsettle those that already wonder as to make same at times BECOME stumbling blocks to the unstable.
11. One gifted in the abilities to influence by precept, as well as example.
12. One that VISIONS the gradual growth in the minds of developing bodies, as well as developing minds. Then tended, in the various and varied experiences, as one that may lead MANY another in a knowledge and understanding of phases of experience; for all life, to the entity, leads to ONE source.
13. In the appearances and their effect upon the present experience, these - as given - are the OUTSTANDING or the greater variations in the entity's development:
14. In the one, then, before this, during that period in that now called England, when the persecutions arose on account of the variations in religious thought or trend. The entity then was among those in the land who advocated and who induced many to LEAVE the land for religious freedom. Then in the name Alden, and the entity was among those who came to a different land for experiences; gaining most through this experience in the manner and way in which entity, by example and by precept, guided or led those in LEAVING and in BUILDING in a new land. In the present there is that innate, as has ever shown itself, in seeking the new way or manner to present old truths or lessons and to make same applicable to the experience of the individual in the now.
15. In the one, then, before this we find in that land now called the Persian, and during those periods when there were the breaking up of the powers by that one who had risen to be in power for the control of the exchange, or in Croesus' day. The entity was then among those who acted in the capacity of the teachers of the younger generations, and in this service did the entity give much to the peoples. While suffering through the overruning of the land in the establishing of those tenets as were made by the leader who overran the land, the entity established then the schools about that place NOW near what is Shushtar, Persia - or Arabia. In this experience much was gained by the entity as respecting the relationships of individuals to the CONTINUITY of forces, or that of the CREATIVE life. This came from those teachings in that period. The interests evinced in the present in such experience comes, as we find, from THIS experience. In the name Ileaieth.
16. In the one before this we find in that period when there were divisions in the land now known as the Egyptian, and during that period of the establishing of the school of the learning from which much of the lore of the WORLD was taken in that period when those tenets were first given that were later given by Him who trod in the land, and later in Galilee. The entity was then that supervisor of that department given to the training of her own sex in that land, especially to those that served in the temple - as well as those who ministered to the needs of individuals, whether in the training of the young or in ministering to those sick in body or mind. The entity gained throughout this experience, for the experience was as one of service in the whole of the period; though changing oft in the SURROUNDINGS, the entity held to that of an IDEAL throughout that experience. In the present, the abilities to train the young, to counsel with the old and the new generations of thought, to gain an insight into the needs of the growing - whether physically ill or mentally deficient. These are the IDEALS of the body.
17. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Uranian (?), lying in that portion in India where the peoples from the hills or mountains and the peoples from the valleys came from the Mongoloid - and the mixed of those coming from the Caucasian; these, and those to which the entity then joined self, made for that which later became those peoples who still dwell in the holy mount. Then in the name Merle. In the present there is innate and manifested in the present those tenets of ritual that may not be wholly stamped from the entity, and a holding to that necessary of setting self aside for a DEFINITE service.
18. In the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain:
19. May it keep, may it develop that attained, that gained; keeping in the manner of the constant and EVER development to that knowledge OF the creative forces as may be awakened IN the lives of individuals the entity contacts in every phase of human experience. Ready for questions.
20. (Q) What is my cosmic work and in what channels can I best do it?
    (A) As outlined, that of an awakening in individuals their hold upon the creative forces of the universe.
21. (Q) What is the present stage of my spiritual unfoldment? What particular lessons of life has my entity yet to learn, and what means should I use to further spiritual development?
    (A) As has been given, may it hold that it, the entity, has set and has held as its ideal. The unfoldment of the spiritual awakening of the inner self's understanding comes as each truth, as the truth IS applied in the EXPERIENCE OF the entity, the knowledge, the contentment, the understanding, the awakening, IS a portion of self. Keep that as has been set and that will be builded in the present experience.
22. (Q) What in me has such strong relation to particular colors?
    (A) From the influences of the variations as seen in those experiences, especially in now known Egyptian influence, then in the Ur- as given - these made for that PARTICULAR activity in the lives of a portion of those ESPECIALLY given to be servants - and services - in the temples of that period. These colors, as we find, are especially those that tend towards those of the opal, or the topaz, and IN these - these; for the entity MADE same those of the scarabs that later became sacred to those peoples.
23. (Q) Why have I always found rest and strength in wide travel?
    (A) From the visions as have been gathered from the varied experiences of the entity throughout all of those entering into the earth's experience. As is seen, as these are visioned from those given in the one for an ideal, a broad expanse, and unknown in that period of the wastes of water or lands; in the other is found that experience when in the vast expanse of lands in sands, in seas, the entity among those who ministered in the various fields of that period, in the MINISTERING in the varied manners and over a wide expanse. Aid, help, has always come IN the expanse. Hence the ease, the vision, the rest, the knowledge, the UNDERSTANDING that comes with the broader vision.
24. (Q) Should I remain in ... University next year? and if so, how can I best serve women students, men students, Dr. [204] and faculty?
    (A) As we find, while these offer a period as of trial; yet through these channels may the entity give to individuals, groups, an understanding that may aid not only those individuals and groups, but self, to a broader application of that as has been builded. As has been outlined, then, in precept AND ensample, by the broad visions IN those channels that have awakened from within the abilities of each soul to know its maker, its companion, its understanding, in this AWAKENING may the entity, may the body-consciousness, may the soul itself, find THAT that gives that contentment that is made from SPIRITUAL awakening, and in that association with those in this field may the entity find a contentment that has not YET been experienced.
25. (Q) Is there a field of service or definite organization in which I could do a greater cosmic work than in ... University and, if so, what?
    (A) As has been outlined, this offers the field - or the OPPORTUNITY for the greater contentment to self, and while under stress or strain - not how MANY, but how WELL the awakening comes.
26. (Q) How can I give my best service to the university in public relationships and outside contacts?
    (A) Here a little, there a little, as the awakening for those interests in the various fields of endeavor are STRESSED in the university in the varied characterizations, in that homogeneous mass as presents itself in the minds of those seeking that anew. Little by little in the public contacts, little by little may the entity aid in GIVING an awakening to many.
27. (Q) Give in detail my part in helping my niece, Mrs. [...] back to health and strength.
    (A) Only as self may assist in keeping the COUNSEL as of those TO whom this entrusted, may the entity or body aid most - see?
28. (Q) Have you other counsel or direction of any kind for me?
    (A) Rather would those take counsel from that ideal as is set by THIS entity. Keep inviolate that as has been purposed in thine heart, knowing - as each is builded by the activities of the mental - the awakening of the spiritual comes to those that self contacts. We are through.

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REPORTS

1. 7/25/63 GD's note: Dr. [2120] has remained actively interested in and helpful toward the A.R.E. work to this date.
2. 11/03/70 She died at the age of 92. Her mind was alert and active to the end, although she became almost blind and incapacitated physically the last year.
3. 3/29/83 Dr. [2120]'s grand nephew's wife visited E.C.F. and obtained for her husband a copy of Dr. [2120]'s Life Reading.

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