This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 28th day of May, 1940, in accordance with request made by the self - through her husband, Mr. [...], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [1602].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born May 23, 1911, in Drushkovka, Russia.

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, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from the present " - '36 - yes - changes - '35 - '25 - other changes - '22 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. We have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2251].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, these are chosen with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for the entity.
5. The entity comes under almost the true cusps, and yet more of Gemini than the other astrological aspects.
6. Thus we find a most interesting experience of an entity, from the psychological and physiological viewpoint, as well as the metaphysical and material.
7. Hence the entity is oft considered as a very unusual individual, by those who may meet the entity for the first time; at times capable of being, and so impressed or moved as to become, an exceptional conversationalist, - yet quite moody, and at times the same individuals meeting the individual upon next acquaintance find the entity apparently rather a recluse, or rather dull.
8. This, from the combination of astrological and physiological aspects, indicates quite a nervous temperament, - from the physical angle; and there should be some measures taken for greater and more strength and vitality.
9. Take plenty of foods that carry the combinations of Vitamins B-1, as well as A and G.
10. As to metaphysical aspects, - we find indicated from appearances that the entity is not only a Uranian but an Atlantean as well.
11. Hence we find an entity that may in its extremes, and if becoming necessary, rise to heights of activity as to excel, - as in writing, in recitation or reading; or it may become as one nil, by the very depressions which may arise from physical anxiety or physical depressions or repressions.
12. The entity is an extremist, then, in many ways and manners; yet capable, and with talents that find expression in many fields or phases of human experience.
13. In the metaphysical, and the analyzing of self from the very impulses that arise, - do not be over extravagant in body, in mind, in purse; else there may come those reactions that would become as disturbing influences, and distressing in the experience.
14. Oft has the entity found, and oft will it find, very accentuating and extenuating influences in the experience. Great extremes have been the circumstances in every phase of human and physical relationships; and many more may be expected!
15. Then, ground self in stableness of a spiritual import. Know that no individual entity or soul enters by chance, but for a purposefulness, - causation world exists, and causes and effects are ever existent.
16. Know, then, from whence ye came and whither ye would go.
17. Know that the experiences in the earth, as well as in the interims between earthly sojourns, are because of individual activity, desire and purpose.
18. Hence, know thy spiritual beliefs, thy mental tenets, thy physical purposes; and let ALL be prompted by the desire to magnify that ye would worship.
19. Know that the gratifying of self, and of self-indulgences, ONLY separates the entity from its Maker.
20. And the purpose of each experience of a soul in material manifestation is to renew the righteous spirit within, that it may walk and talk with its Maker; that it may abide in the presence of its Maker.
21. Then, inasmuch as ye do it - or WHAT ye do - day by day in thy relationships with and in thy thought of thy fellow men, so ye are sowing the seeds of that which ye must reap in the spiritual aspect of thy consciousness. Or, as ye do it unto the least of thy brethren, so ye do unto thy God.
22. Study, then, to show self approved unto God, a workman not ashamed, but diligent; every striving to so live in the presence of others that which is to the glory and the praise of thy Maker.
23. As to the appearances in the earth, - these, as may be indicated from the latent and manifested urges, have many been quite varied as to relationships, aspects and activities.
24. Before this the entity was in the land of the present sojourn, when there were those entertainments that followed the activities of the Revolutionary period; or during the reconstruction period when there were entertainers, barnstormers, who would bring entertainment to the minds and experiences of others.
25. The entity was a reader, or an interpreter of verse and of song.
26. Hence in the present all things of a theatrical or of an entertainment nature have a peculiar urge for the entity; and the entity in the present is a very good judge of such, whether it be in the classical, semi-classical, or the purely slapstick or the semi-comic.
27. This offers also a channel or an outlet; or as a teacher or an instructor to those who would prepare themselves to express their talents or abilities for such a career, - though in the present the entity would find these much better applied as in private, rather than as public, - or as an outlet of public opinion would be very well.
28. In that experience we find the entity gained in its activities physically, mentally, and in the latter portion spiritually.
29. Hence the entity, irrespective of its intent or purpose, is at times called by others a bit dramatic.
30. The name then was Martha Leeds. From that sojourn we find in the present the abilities as the conversationalist, and yet as a good listener, - but these vary so much at times as to confuse others.
31. Think not, oft, of what others say, just so thine own conscience does not condemn thee. For ye are prone to pass judgement upon others. Remember, with what measure ye mete it will be measured to you again.
32. Before that the entity was in the Roman land, when there was the subduing of the land of which the entity is now a native, and the opening of the Roman activities in that called the Promised Land, or Palestine land, and northern portions of the Egyptian land.
33. The entity was among those who were chosen as companions of those who were leaders or rulers, or the soldiery who were with those changes that came in the early period of the Roman emperor's raise to places of authority.
34. Hence we find the entity was among those who were questioned by some in social positions, those who were judged by those in social power in the foreign lands; and yet the entity was able to give, and quite capable of giving, its personal commands that brought many of low estate into favor, and that belittled or debased those who thought more highly of themselves than they should have thought.
35. The entity passed judgement, quickly upon many, and favored at times those who were of the Way, or who were the followers of the Nazarene. Not always were the entity's judgments as to how beautiful the individual spoke, but rather as to the impelling force, as to whether there was consistency in the life and that material or word expression of the individual, - whether the men, the women or the children who came under the entity's notice.
36. Then the entity was in the Beatrix, the wife or companion of a Roman judge. There the entity lost and gained; gained in that there was more and more a leaning to that which was of the spiritual import, though the entity oft desired signs or materializations, or manifestations of the various arts - as were called by some, but which were the RESULT of the spiritual life of many during those periods and experiences.
37. Hence the entity finds in things and conditions pertaining to the mysteries of students of old a great interest, or of men who took the cloth, or proclaimed themselves as leaders or teachers of various groups or sects.
38. In the present such things have quite a confusing effect upon the entity, and yet the entity is very prone to judge any such manifestation or experience by the "feeling" latent and manifested within self, because of the material experiences of the entity in such during those periods of its own activity in the earth.
39. Before that he entity was in the Egyptian land, as now called, during those periods when there were the reconstruction activities with the return of the Priest, and the actions of the Atlanteans who became the cause for the recall of the Priest.
40. Though the entity in the experience was of the Natives of the land, it became the companion of an Atlantean, - one who caused a great deal of anxiety among the King's Counselors as well as the Priest and the native Atlanteans who sought, in the latter part of the reconstruction period, to unify the activities under the direction of the Priest.
41. The entity then was sometimes the trouble maker, sometimes the appeaser.
42. Thus we find these confusing influences, and yet very definite abilities, - if the entity sets itself a purpose, as to activities that would relate to the judging or reviewing of plays, books or the like; for the entity is one capable of pointing out the good and the bad phases, as they reflect in the experience of the populace.
43. The name then was Thep-Os-Los.
44. Before that the entity was in the Atlantean and, as indicated, during those periods when there were those activities in which the first destructive influences by and through the sons of Belial brought the application of spiritual things for material indulgences and activities, as in the relationships of things as beings in the creations that were of spirit.
45. The entity wavered oft during the experience, but saw much destructive forces.
46. The name then was As-ee-an.
47. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then:
48. Many fields, many manners of activity appear.
49. Hold fast to that which ye determine is thy ideal. Know that it must be founded not merely on what ye would have others be, but on what is the IDEAL way for thee to treat, to be, towards others.
50. For, only the spiritual is everlasting.
51. In the fields of activity indicated ye may find the outlets for thy virtues as well as thy vices; but study to show self approved unto God.
52. Ready for questions.
53. (Q) Who is my guiding spirit?
    (A) As indicated, this falters or fails or wavers oft. It SHOULD be the hope ever within, that may spring anew as it were day by day.
    If ye seek individual guides, - these we would not give as that best to be entertained.
    If He, thy Maker, chooses to give thee the spirit of thyself, THEN growth eternal may indeed be thine.
    If thou art - or any entity or soul - wavered merely by those who would also grow, how CAN ye ever be free? Think on this.
54. (Q) To what ultimate purpose has my life been directed?
    (A) That ye may show self approved unto thy Maker!
    Then, use thy opportunities, - not as privileges of abuse, but opportunities for service. For "He that is the greatest among you is servant of all" said He who IS the way, the truth, the light to all men.
55. (Q) Are there any specific changes which should be made mentally or spiritually to accomplish these purposes?
    (A) These can only be exercised or found in thine own self. For, hath it not been written? "I will write my laws, my purposes, upon the hearts and minds of men."
    And thus does the shadow of His precepts, yea the answer, come to the within, to each soul, as to whether thy spirit beareth witness with His Spirit that ye are indeed His!
56. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. Previous Physical Rdg. had been secured for baby daughter, [2178].

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