This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of June, 1940, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [2283], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Dr. [2017]'s father.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [2283]. Born December 14, 1904, in Bastrop, Texas.

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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; answering the questions she has submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from the present - " - '37 - anxieties for the body - '30 - changes and alterations in the manners and in the associations - '28 - '21 - hopeful - '19 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2283].
4. These are rather unusual records in some ways. The entity is of the Atlanteans who will, or may, make of this an exceptional experience or within self feel defeat; depending, of course, as in the experiences in the sojourn there, upon what is the ideal and the manner in which self lives up to same in its associations with others.
5. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, these are chosen from same with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for the entity, in its understanding its purpose for being in this sojourn, and as to what such an experience means, - even though many things have not been pleasant, - and what opportunities come with the privileges of a sojourn in a material activity.
6. For, all is of the Spirit spiritual, but the life urge is God, the Creative Force; and the activities are accorded to the individual entity as its birthright.
7. Thus, the varied experiences in astrological sojourns or in the material environs and surroundings as incarnate individuals, are as periods of lessons, in which an entity uses that in hand. And, that to which the entity attains is governed according to the use of the opportunities presented.
8. The astrological aspects for the entity would only be partially as urges. For, no aspect, - either of a material or mental environment, - surpasses the will of an individual entity.
9. Thus we find, as in this experience, the entity has NOT altogether followed the activities in which there would be the ruling forces, or the urges made manifest from astrological aspects; yet Venus is at times as a ruling force.
10. Hence latent and manifested abilities are a part of the entity's experience.
11. The abilities in the writing field are especially those in which the entity may find an outlet, if those things are manifested that are kept as the ideals and purposes; not only as an outlet for the abilities but a purposefulness.
12. For, remember ever, man looks on the outward appearance, God looks on the heart.
13. The heart, of course, here referred to, is not the physical organ but the purpose, the desire that is to be attained. Then, the judgement depends upon WHY an individual does this or that.
14. There are the abilities in writing or in lecturing, or in any of those phases in which the temperament of the artist or of the individual is weighed. These should be the fields in which the entity would give the expression to others; that in same may come the new hope, new purposes, new desires, to be at an at-onement with Creative Forces.
15. These are the what Venus brings into the experience, as well as the variation in which the ugliest associations or activities are also a part of the entity's experience.
16. For, here - in these forces - extremes have been and are a portion of the experience. Know that only in Him, who is the way and the truth and the light, do extremes meet. For, though He was the Son, He learned obedience through the things which He suffered. So, those who seek to know and to be at-one in purpose, in desire, find in such extremes a better understanding of WHY such experiences are brought into material activity.
17. In Jupiter we find expressions of that in which the masses are a part of the experience; that is, many must be the peoples and the masses that will have to do with the relations and activities of the entity in this material sojourn; though the approach to these will be individual.
18. From Saturn we find the sudden changes in environment, in purposes, in activities; apparently without cause; and yet, as will be seen from the entity's sojourns in the earth plane, these have been and are a part of the emotional life as well.
19. As to the sojourns in the earth:
20. From the astrological experiences that have been given it is indicated that these have been quite varied. Thus we find the entity of an emotional nature mentally; a very severe critic at times, yet very patient at others.
21. Patience has become, must become, the greatest virtue in this experience. For, remember, even as He gave, in patience ye become aware of your soul.
22. Know that ye ARE a soul, and do not merely attain to one; for the spiritual activity is of the Creative Force and thus is eternal.
23. As to what the will does with and about the opportunities depends upon the choice in the material activities in regard to the problems.
24. For, as He has given, "Inasmuch as ye do it unto the least of these, my little ones, ye do it unto me." Thus, in thy dealings and activities with thy fellow men, ye indeed show the concept of thy God.
25. Who is thy God? What is thy ideal?
26. Study to show thyself approved unto God, the ideal.
27. Where, when, how may ye find Him?
28. As thy spirit is that which beareth witness with His Spirit, then as ye meditate ye find same within thine own conscience. For thy body, thy mind, thy soul are one, even as the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost - the three-dimensional activity in a three-dimensional world.
29. Thus as ye deal with others in a causation world, ye bring into the daily experience causation activities, or the knowledge of the expressions of the Father, the Son, the Spirit, in thy relationship to Creative Forces - by the manner in which ye deal with thy fellow men.
30. Before this the entity was in portions of the lands now known as Alabama and Louisiana, during those periods when those from the French land were settling there, from the revolutions which had taken place in France.
31. The entity was among those born in that new land, among those peoples who had hoped to find new undertakings in the new environs, in the new endeavors.
32. The entity grew in those activities near what is now Mobile, Alabama; and when there were the activities which brought about the returning of many to their native land, the entity remained there - because of its associations and activities in that new land. This for a time brought a great deal of disturbance into the experience of the entity, yet produced the desire to search for knowledge, to apply self physically and mentally in those activities such that there would be the giving out, the meting out to others of those things that would bring occupation of the body as well as of the mind; that many of those things which had produced doubts and fears might be eradicated from the mind.
33. Yet some of those experiences and activities, in contacts, are being met in this present sojourn, - especially in its relationships to individuals.
34. In the activity the entity gained, when there was the losing of self for the enlightenment and encouragement of those who were less fortunate, or less prepared to meet the exercises of the material environs through the period.
35. The name then was Marcel Hodernerdoff. From that sojourn we find in the present the entity should keep that purpose which prompted the entity to be active in helping others, in hope, in purpose, to make their corner, their activity, better because of their sojourn.
36. Before that the entity was in the Promised Land, during those periods when the Master walked in the earth.
37. The entity was among those peoples of Bethsaida with whom the Lord walked and talked and worked. The entity became a companion of those known as the keepers of the faith, and aided especially the teacher who helped Paul in his ministrations - Barnabas.
38. Hence the entity was closely associated with the activities, teachings and writings of many of those things which were a part of the early experiences of the peoples in that period of activity.
39. The entity was beautiful in body, in mind; the entity wrought much disturbance among some of those early activities in the church in Antioch. Yet, as an associate and a companion of Barnabas, with the persecutions which came with Paul, the entity aided in all of the activities of the early church; the entity losing its life only in those periods when carried to Rome as an example for those of that era and period.
40. Then name then was Marcia. In the present the entity may gain its concepts, its hopes, its activities, from the teachings of that period.
41. Study, then, the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of St. John, with all of that which thou helped to write, in those activities that brought to those people much that is not given in other portions, even of the New or the Old Testament; as: "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen - by it, through it, were the worlds brought into being." Also, "yet we have a high priest after the order of Melchizedek." For, the entity then bore the marks as the children made, as the followers of Melchizedek, the priest, as manifested in Him, who gave, "In my father's house are many mansions; if it were not so I would have told you."
42. These and such have been and are the things which the entity may "bring home" to others, as it did to all those whom it met.
43. Hence in the present, - in the writing, in the ministering, in the teaching with others, - stress these as being the basis of that which moves others. For, indeed in Him we live and move and have our being. So may the beauty of that gained through those experiences become a part of thy activity in the present.
44. Before that the entity was in the Persian and Arabian land, in those periods when the teacher in the 'city in the hills and the plains' was being sought because of the activities for many, in many lands.
45. The entity was among those peoples of the Indian land who heard of that teacher through the messengers and teachers who had witnessed the spiritual healings and mental interpretations being given by that teacher in the 'city in the hills and the plains.'
46. Hence the entity journeyed there to become a student, and remained to aid in ministering to those of many tongues, many nations, many lands.
47. In the present we find that things pertaining to spiritual healing, mental interpretations of the mysteries of individuals' activities are a part of the study of the entity, - from the association there with that teacher Uhjltd.
48. Thus in the present as the entity writes, as the entity teaches, as the entity directs those activities of the others, let it be such as to make others more and more aware of those influences that bring about the change in the material, the mental and spiritual aspects; that they may be brought closer and closer to that union which was manifested through that sojourn, - as Helene.
49. Before that the entity was in the Atlantean land, in those periods when there were the rebellions by the children of Belial; but the entity was of the children of the Law of One.
50. When there were the preparations for leaving because of the upheavals and the influences that were to bring about the complete destruction, the entity was among those who journeyed first to what is now a part of Spain; later to the Egyptian land, during that period when there were the reactions from the return of the Priest and the Temple Worship.
51. The entity aided the Priest in bringing about a correlation of the activities. Thus in the Temple Beautiful did the entity bring about the interpretations of the Law of One.
52. Hence the abilities as a healer, as well as the abilities to write and to minister to others, are a part of the entity's experience.
53. The name then was Ameele.
54. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
55. Find first what is thy ideal. Is it bound up in Him, even as in those ministerings in Antioch, in Rome and in Laodicea and other lands? or is it such that ye are confused with those things that partake of others' activities?
56. Study to show thyself approved unto the God within. For, thy body is indeed the temple of the living God.
57. Write; and nourish, and cherish, those that put their faith, their hope, their trust in Him.
58. Keep condemnation from thy heart and mind. Let thy light so shine that others may be constrained to glorify Him.
59. Ready for questions.
60. (Q) For what type of work am I best fitted, for mental and spiritual development? or what specific type of writing, or along what line?
    (A) As indicated, that which enables individuals to see both the good and the bad, and yet as to how individuals' lives are affected by their manner of dealings with their fellow men.
    All metaphysical subjects should be dealt with, in just such examples as illustrated in the faith chapter.
61. (Q) What line of study should I follow for mental and spiritual development?
    (A) Those chapters in John as indicated, and all of that ye aided to write - Hebrews! Not only know this by heart, as it were, but know its purpose, its import. For this is the BASIS of man's relationship to God!
62. (Q) For what purpose have I spent the past year in Virginia, and has it been accomplished?
    (A) That there might be a greater understanding of relationships that the spirit of those who settled there has upon the nation as a whole. Just as thy activities through the associations of self in the portion of thy present native land just previous to the present sojourn, - for ye have been and are meeting those things which were attempted to be accomplished. Much more has been accomplished in the present.
    Keep the faith.
63. We are through for the present.

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