This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of July, 1926, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [2457].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [2457], Dr. and Mrs. T. B. House, Hugh Lynn Cayce; also Mrs. [2457]'s two daughters. Born June 30, 1891, in Montgomery, Alabama.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the Universe and Universal Forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present earth's plane.
2. In taking the position in the earth's plane, we find one coming under the influence of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Venus and Mars, with adverse influences with the Moon and Sun. Hence we have many contradictory conditions as are exhibited in the life and the influence of the entity in the present earth's plane.
3. One that is often misunderstood by others.
4. One that finds many contrary-wise conditions as respecting affairs concerning the heart, concerning money, concerning relations in many various phases of the endeavors that are to the entity the soul of life.
5. One that brings much joy, much happiness, in the lives of many.
6. One that also brings much worry to many.
7. One that finds the hands ever ready to assist in many ways as pertains to the benevolent influences in the earth's storehouse, whether of goods, of chattels, or of affection.
8. One that finds much joy in the religious life, yet even in this often misconstrued in motive and in purpose by others, for those influences come through Moon, and through the Sun's influence makes it very crosswise in appearance to others.
9. One that will find that in the thirtieth (30th) year comes the greater pleasure in earthly ways and manners. One that will find again these pleasures in the forty-ninth (49th) and fiftieth (50th) year in the present earth's plane.
10. One that finds Mondays and Fridays the better days for the entity in the various affairs, whether of business, social, or of religious nature.
11. One that finds many urges latent within self that have not as yet found full expression.
12. One that will find that there will yet come the fulfillment of many desires as pertaining to earth's storehouse of earth's goods. Be careful, though, how they are used.
13. One that will find that the closer adherence to those tenets that have oft been in the life's existences in the earth's plane the greater to rest and to depend upon, rather than those conditions that are of the earth earthy.
14. One that has many qualities that are exacting in others and not so exacting of self. This, as is seen, often brings to the entity consternation, both through the action of others and of word spoken concerning same.
15. In the appearances, which have been many, we see many various urges as are manifested and as are latent.
16. In the one before this we find in the days of Richelieu. The entity then one close to that ruler in his pomp, in his glory (of the earthly nature), and in the exalted position held. The entity then gained in that period. Then under the name Sister Elcerene. In the urge as is seen, when the entity in that position of any ritualistic service very dignified, and little care for same when not in actual happenings. A position also as regarding the religious service, innate, that has never been explained within self, for in this is as seen: There comes to the entity in the present existence a glory, a halo, an exhuming, as it were, of a personality from everyone who gives of self in service to the Master.
17. In the one before this we find in the days when the first establishing of the Church in Rome. The entity among those who administered to Paul, the Apostle, and this entity has ever held the highest reverence within the present earth's plane for the words, the teachings, of this apostle. Then the entity gained and lost, for in the persecution that followed the burning and the sacking of those quarters held by those followers of the teacher, the entity submitted to the questions of those who would persecute to gain life for companions, and in this lost both self's sustenance and life, and lost in purpose. In the urge as is seen - the love of the teaching, and the dislike of any conversation concerning persecution for the Master's sake. In the name then of Lystra. The entity then wrought with the needle, and loves in the present plane any needle work.
18. In the one before this we find in the days when the persecution of the peoples who came in from the isles of the sea. The entity among those so persecuted, in that land now called Crete, and the entity then in the name Spiara. The days in the earth's plane then little in years, yet much is seen in the urge in the present day from same. The love of children, the desire to give counsel, and the manner of speech comes as this innate desire to express that experience in the earth's plane. The entity gained in that period.
19. In the one before this we find in the days when the Promise Land was being over-run by the Chaldeans. The entity then carried captive into the Syrian land, and gained in that land through the counsel given to many in that foreign land, and the entity then in the name Habaka, and the urge as is seen - the love of travel, yet the desire to "be home to roost" as it were. In that same urge, in the latent desire, is to see the Promised Land again - ever been latent since the first experience of such in the present plane, as in others. This may be accomplished in the present plane.
20. In the one before this we find in the land of the Bedouins, when the division was between those groups who brought submission then to the land now called Persia. The entity then among those who were taken captive by the leader of those persecutions, and carried to the camps of those invaders, and much abused there. The urge as is seen - ever the fear of strikes, of mobs, of any gatherings where fierceness or any disorder, at home or abroad. This the latent condition. In the active urge is seen the desire for the grace of those that the entity contacted in that day, contacting same in the present day. In the name Myra.
21. In the one before this in that land now known as the Egyptian land, when the divisions were in the Church, or the law and the lawgiver, or the Priest and the King. The entity then in the name Ississos, and was among those worshiped by many of the peoples before the general change by the Priest's laws, and accepted by the King and called to be set in among those who submitted to the change in the worshipfulness of the peoples. Then set, as would be termed in the present day, as the confessor of the maidens of the land, gaining throughout the period, for the entity gave much, required much, suffered much, both in mental and in body.
22. As to the abilities of the entity:
23. In all these there is seen that the gain was in service to others, yet NOT in serving others in their stead, for these conditions brought the destructive forces. Then serve rather Him, the Giver of all good and perfect gifts, for in Him is light, and through Him is perfect understanding; bringing then the greater lessons of service in self and service for others, and drawing others nigh unto Him. Make self safe in those tenets as were given by him whom the entity followed close in the temples of the Christian peoples in Rome, for in that as has been given, "Though I become as naught, save in Him is life, and the light shineth unto the dark places, for though I have the tongues of angels and have not love, I am nothing." For the love of the Master, serve Him, and in service to others serve Him.
24. We are through.

REPORTS

1. 12/23/26 EC's letter to Mrs. [464], whom he had previously advised to correspond with Mrs. [2457] for encouragement:
   "I assure you Mrs. [2457] is known as the mainstay and comforter, and helper, for many, many, people - in all walks and all stations of life, and I don't think as yet that I was in error in suggesting that she be the one that you write to."
2. 4/07/28 Mrs. [2457] and her husband obtained a joint business rdg., 2457-3.
3. 4/02/30 She obtained her second Physical Rdg., 2457-4.
4. 7/19/32 See 538-32, Par. 24-A indicating that [2457] became the servant of [538] in the Persian-Grecian incarnation.
5. 5/10/33 Her friend, Mrs. [310], wrote: "Poor, dear [2457] has her hands brim full, but goes along in her [2457] fashion, just making the best of all, accepting what she can not prevent or remedy.
   "She is purely an inspiration to me. Her mother is still with her [since [2457]'s younger sister [5684] was taken to the asylum], except for the few hours in her own home each day. Her dandy baby boy [305] is getting his 8th tooth and is a bit cross naturally, but grows fast. Her 17 yr. old daughter [259] looks fine, and plans on graduating from Camp this time.
   "Her husband [3657] is purely trying himself [with drinking], or so I would feel, I fear, if the potion were mine instead of [2457]'s, but she says very little to me of it all."
   [GD's note: In later years Mrs. [2457] indicated that her husband, Mr. [3657], was not so worried about finances and consequently did not drink as much, so their life together was more companionable.]
6. 7/22/46 She reported on her daughter [259]'s Life Rdg., saying: "I know my Life Rdg. is being fulfilled in 'service to others'."
7. 3/29/49 She wrote HLC: "Thanks for the note. In a different way, you are as busy as your Dad was when on the earth plane...The last birthday I like to remember was June 1944 - the last day I was at Va. Beach - tinged with joy and the sadness of parting - on the way back (on the train) in meditation and memories. Did make one Congress. So many people don't understand...Hugh Lynn, we may be peculiar to many, but I am glad to be peculiar, in what I believe and try to practise."
8. 9/04/60 Her husband [3657] died suddenly, in his sleep.
9. 3/06/66 She died in her sleep, while visiting her daughter [259].

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