This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 16th day of June, 1940, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [2281], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by her mother-in-law, Mrs. [2280].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [2281]. Born May 8, 1908, in Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.

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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, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from the present - " - '38 - sadness and change - '31 - promise - '29 - '26 - preparations - '24 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2281].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, so many unusual things appear; as the entity sees and feels those influences of the mystical force about the entity. All emblems, all languages of stones or flowers, numbers and astrological aspects appear; and the life pattern becomes beautiful, in the color - for it becomes almost as the tone and voice in its response to the very nature of the entity.
5. The life pattern or seal in itself would be something of beauty to behold.
6. In choosing, though, from the records as we find them here, these are given with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for the entity. But again we are warned - by the keeper of the records - to be mindful of that as would be interpreted for the entity of the records; that this may be again a more helpful force, that the entity may bring not only to its own peoples but to those of many lands - and in many walks of life - the hope that is found in the faith which faileth not, to those who keep His ways.
7. For, each soul comes into experience not merely by chance but that it, the soul, may have the opportunity to be an expression, a manifestation of that force called God, in materiality.
8. For He hath not willed that any soul should perish, but hath given with every temptation, with every trial, that strength, that peace, that harmony which if grasped hold of makes all trials and temptations to be stepping-stones to a greater awakening, a greater awareness to the beauties and joys that await those who love the Lord and His coming.
9. So, with this entity, - though the burdens and the trials have at times become heavy, and though they may become heavy at the suddenness, the unusualness of the character or kind of trial, - let there be no temptation for blame. Judge not that ye be not judged; for with what judgement ye mete to thy fellow men it shall be meted to thee again.
10. Let thy yeas be yea and thy nays be nay, in the Lord. For in Him alone ye live and move and have thy being. While for the time there may be shadows that cause doubt and fear, know that the Lord is in His holy temple; and keep ye quiet, calm within, if ye would hear and know His voice as He speaks with thee.
11. Then, in choosing the interpretations of the records of those things that have their influence or urge, - keep the topaz as a stone about thee always. Its beauty, its purity, its clarity, may bring to thee strength. For this ye have found, and will find oft needed in thy dealings with thy problems, and with thy fellow men.
12. In the astrological aspects we find Venus as both the benevolent and the tragic influence in thy experience. For, in love, in the joy of loving, in the passion both innate and manifested, there have been and are the emotions of the body, - as well as in the sorrows, the dreads that have arisen and do arise from same. Yet know, even as He has given, in thy Father's house are many promises of the mansions that ye shall know and shall enjoy in welldoing. For, if there is not good in thy activities, in thy living and in thy experiences, know that sin comes before thee; but thou shalt choose as to which way ye shall take.
13. Hence music, art, beauty, color - as in nature, as in the depicting of same - do we find the patterns and colors in thine own consciousnesses; whether taking that form as to music for the emotions of the body or for the attuning of the soul to the divine within.
14. And as these arise to bring the movements of the body to give expression of same, the very JOY of living may be thine, if its beauty is accredited to the God of love, the God of faith, the God of hope, and not to emotions alone.
15. Hence as ye come into His presence, through the attunement of self, let that joy and harmony which is the motivative force of all such in experience become a living thing. For, life and its promises, and its opportunities, are before thee; and much may ye accomplish for thy Lord, thy God, in this experience.
16. WHO, then, is thy God? Ask that within thyself, and obtain the answer by and through that ye have set - and do set - as thy ideal. And know as to whether that ideal is able to keep His promises to thee, or whether they are of the earth-earthy and fade as do the shadows of life itself.
17. For, know that only that which is hope-giving, that is joy-producing, that is a continuous experience of thy inner self, is of the eternal. And as ye manifest same in thy dealings with others, though ye may not have understood, though ye may not comprehend, some time - in His way, in His manner - it will be revealed to thee.
18. For, thy body is indeed the temple of the living God, and there He has promised to meet thee. And as ye meditate, as ye pray within thy inner self, ask and ye shall receive; knock and ye shall not be empty but supplied with that love, that harmony which is the promise of Him who has given, "If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will come and abide with thee." And if ye find the Lord is with thee, who can be against thee?
19. In Saturn we find the sudden changes that have appeared, and do appear, in the experience of the entity. For, as has been the experience, not only in the joys of living but in the companionships that have been thine through this experience, there have come suddenly - and apparently without warning - changes and separations.
20. These are a part of thy experience. Then, how necessary to be stable in Him, that thy hand slippeth not from the hold upon the Lord, and that thy feet are kept sure upon the rock and the promise of TRUTH and understanding.
21. Then, these are as warnings:
22. Depart not from the faith thou findest in Him, and may it be renewed as the spirit ever is within thee. For the spirit is the life. The life is the purpose, the desire. Make them sure in Him.
23. In Neptune we find the interest in those things of a mystical nature, those things that are of art and of water, those things that take hold upon conditions which partake of that which does not seem to be material.
24. Thus at times others may find the entity and its expressions as being insecure; or as ghosts or dreams of things to be that are not there; yet to the entity these are the basis of ALL that is. For, that which appeareth not is more sure, to those who love the Lord and His ways and His coming, than those things which partake of the earth as earthly things.
25. Hence these are not to be condemned, but rather cherished, - in that they take hold upon self in such a way that ye KNOW in Whom ye have believed, and that He is able to keep that which has been and is promised unto thee day by day.
26. As to the activities without respect to the sojourns in the earth's plane, then, - as indicated from the astrological urges and aspects, - these are beautiful, and these should be better understood. Search for them and ye shall find them. For, as ye have so oft played a part in the changing world that has come about in the sojourns through the earth's plane, so may ye find thy activities in the present sojourn among peoples and conditions in which is there coming about a changing world.
27. Thus, be ever as a messenger, as an entity or individual that makes known the ways of the LORD! not as one that would be long-faced, or that would separate self from others so much. For, be even as He, who was known among those of every estate, dining with those who dined, weeping with those who wept; among the poor to cherish them, among the rich to give that as needed for their activities among their fellow men.
28. So may ye in thy mission, and in thy journey among thy fellow men, meet, know, have a part in this great, changing world in the present.
29. As to the appearances of the entity in the earth, we find:
30. Before this the entity was in the land of the present sojourn, during those early periods of reconstruction after the American Revolution.
31. The entity was close to those in authority, and in companionship with those who formed the laws in that land; in the name then of Matilda Pinckney, of the Carolina land, but sojourning then in the Capitol of the land during those formation periods, journeying to all portions of the land; giving that activity to those with whom the entity came in contact as to the needs for the expressions of individuals personally for the formation of the groups in the various activities and conditions of state.
32. Hence the entity in the present is ever interested in the political affairs of every land in which it journeys, in every experience that brings about changes in the activities of the land. These are as a part of the entity's opportunities, then, in making known that which is the way of man with man, - as in coordinating same with God's laws and God's purposes; and as the expression arose, many, many millions for defence but not one penny for that which would bring discouraging forces into the experiences of any. [GD's note: The phrase "Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute" originated with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) [See 2281-1, Par. R1]. Could [2281] have been related to him during incarnation as Matilda Pinckney?]
33. Before that the entity was in the French land, during those periods known as the Holy Wars.
34. The entity then was among those who chose to go to war, for the entity then was in the opposite sex and chose - as did many - to make the surety in the relationships with the companion in its activity and experience.
35. Thus in the present the entity is meeting itself, in that it chose rather to make such a hardship upon its companion that it brought material separations in the experience; and in that activity the entity learned much that will be met in the present. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is death, disillusionment, separation. That ye have learned, - that ye must apply in thy present experience.
36. Before that the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those ages when there were those of the Inca land journeying to the lands of the entity's present nativity.
37. There the entity found the activities in associations with the sacredness of the Inca and its teachings; its considerations of man in all of the relationships with man's material and mental endeavors; and yet the place of all the metals, the foods, the activities that are a portion of man's evolution in the appreciation of the gifts from the Creative Forces.
38. For, the entity then was among the priestesses of the Incas, - in the name Telequal. In the experience the entity gained, for it was as a messenger of love to the peoples in the many stages and developments of the peoples of that land.
39. Hence in the present the entity bears to its own people a station, a relationship to those of many lands, to people of many climes, as to be a helpful influence in the affairs of many.
40. Thus again we find the opportunities that become a part of the entity's experience. Thus may the entity find in its activities in this material plane that in acting in the capacity of the representative of many peoples, and the needs of many peoples in the various lands and their relationships with others, the entity may meet not only the needs of many in this changing world but may stand as an emblem of that which is good and holy, that partakes of the Creative Influences which are a part of the experience of those who love the ways of the Lord.
41. Then, as an emissary of a land, or of many varied lands, the entity may find an outlet for its activities, - in that close akin to the diplomatic activities and relationships of lands one to another.
42. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there were the preparations of individuals for activities as emissaries to other lands.
43. The entity then was among those prepared through the Temple of Sacrifice, then the Temple Beautiful, for the activities in what would now be called the Persian land.
44. There the entity then acted in the capacity of an emissary for truth; not merely as a missionary, but as a teacher, a minister, as one giving training in those things in which every soul met might be made a little more hopeful, looking towards the Creative Forces - as ye did through that sojourn.
45. The name then was Heszep-Ki.
46. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, - these may be limited only by the ideal or the purpose the entity sets for self.
47. Through its relationships to peoples of many lands the entity will find its outlet for the greater abilities, the greater activities. In same may come the greatest joy, - materially, spiritually and physically.
48. Love ye the Lord and wait ye on him continuously.
49. Ready for questions.
50. (Q) For my future life, would it be better for me to remain in the United States or go back home to the Argentine?
    (A) As we find, the better will be for the entity to be more as the traveler than remaining in any one individual land. For the immediate, remain in the United States; but make connections as a representative of the Spanish land, the Portuguese, the French, the English, the United States, and all lands where the freedom, - yea, the beauty, the love of the Lord, - may be a part of the experience of all those who choose to know His ways!
51. (Q) Would it be better for me to marry again or not?
    (A) This as we find may become a part of the experience, especially if the experience is enjoined in those directions and activities as we have indicated; but this will be in two years, - not before that time.
52. (Q) If so, would the man who is in my life now be the right one?
    (A) As we find, there will be a change - if those activities as indicated are chosen. As we find, the greater, the better, the more worth while life may be had by FIRST endeavoring to do the missionary or emissary work for the many lands that need thee in the present.
53. (Q) Is it going to be necessary for me to continue the support of my sister [...] or is it indicated that she will marry or become independent?
    (A) It is indicated that she will marry within the next nine months.
54. (Q) To what should I dedicate my life, as a successful occupation?
    (A) As indicated, - the representative in the capacities outlined, for the many needs of a troubled world in the present.
55. (Q) Is it indicated that I will be well off financially, or continue as I am now?
    (A) Well off financially; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. The silver and the gold and the cattle on a thousand hills are His. If ye would serve Him, these may be thine - even as they were when ye served thine own peoples so well in thine own land; as ye did even when thy life was prolonged by the cutting short of certain influences in thy experience in France.
56. (Q) Regarding my physical condition, is it indicated as to whether or not I have the fallen womb as a doctor told me? If so, is it necessary for an operation and should it be done soon, or may I wait a few years?
    (A) That depends a great deal upon the activity. As we find, it is not necessary for an operation, but rather a placement by local treatments, - and not curetting or such an operative measure.
57. (Q) Would it be possible for me to have a normal child, without endangering my life and the child's?
    (A) Not until a placement is brought about. Then it may be possible. Keep the faith in those things, and following those directions indicated, - especially as to thy life's work.
    Keep thy faith in a living God, and create it more often in the minds and the hearts of those ye meet.
58. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    (See extra sheet of Physical directions [which was enclosed] for an Osteopathic physician, who may make the placement indicated.)

REPORTS

1. Encyclopedia excerpt on Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, re 2281-1, Par. 32:
   PINCKNEY, CHARLES COTESWORTH (1746-1825), American statesman, was born in Charleston, S.C. on Feb. 25, 1746, the son of Charles Pinckney (d. 1758), a prominent figure in colonial times, by his second wife, the celebrated girl planter, Eliza Lucas. When a child he was sent to England, like his brother Thomas after him, to be educated. Both of them were at Westminster and Oxford and were called to the bar, and for a time they studied in France at the Royal Military college at Caen. Returning to America in 1769, C. C. Pinckney began the practice of law at Charleston. He was a member of the first South Carolina provincial congress in 1775, served as colonel in the South Carolina militia in 1776-77, was chosen president of the South Carolina senate in 1779, took part in the Georgia expedition and the attack on Savannah in the same year, was captured at the fall of Charleston in 1780 and kept in confinement until 1782. He was an influential member of the constitutional convention of 1787, advocating the counting of all slaves as a basis of representation and opposing the abolition of the slave-trade. He opposed as "impracticable" the election of representatives by popular vote, and and also opposed the payment of senators, who, he thought, should be men of wealth. Subsequently Pinckney bore a prominent part in securing the ratification of the Federal constitution in the South Carolina convention of 1788. In 1796 he succeeded James Monroe as minister to France. The Directory refused to receive him, and he retired to Holland, but in the next year, Elbridge Gerry and John Marshall having been appointed to act with him, he again repaired to Paris, where he is said to have made the famous reply to a veiled demand for a "loan" (in reality for a gift), "Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute," - another version is, "No, not a sixpence." The mission accomplished nothing, and Pinckney and Marshall left France in disgust, Gerry (q.v.) remaining. When the correspondence of the commissioners was sent to the United States Congress the letters "X", "Y" and "Z", were inserted in place of the names of the French agents with whom the commission treated - hence the "X Y Z Correspondence," famous in American history. In 1800 he was the Federalist candidate for vice president, and in 1804 and again in 1808 for president, receiving 14 electoral votes in the former and 47 in the latter year. From 1805 until his death, on Aug. 16, 1825, he was president general of the Society of the Cincinnati.

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