This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 3rd day of April, 1926, in accordance with request made by Mr. [341].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [341]. Born April 26, 1903, Sea Cliff, Long Island, N.Y.

TEXT

1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the Universe, and the Universal Forces, giving the conditions that are as personalities, latent and exhibited, in the present life. Also the former appearances in the earth's plane, giving the time, the place, and the name, and that in that life which built or retarded the development for the entity, giving the abilities of the present entity and to that which it may attain, and how.
2. 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.
3. In taking the position, we find the entity comes under the influences of Ara [Aries], and of Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus, and with the adverse influence of Venus and of Mars. In the influences then, as are latent and exhibited in the present earth's plane, irrespective of will and will's forces applied, for we often find there are many combative natures, apparently, at work in the mind of the entity, and the influences apparently at an at-variance to each other, or we find the entity often, and more often than otherwise, reserves the right in self to be opposed to that it may think to-day, to-morrow. In the conditions then, as are seen, are as these:
4. One that has been often in the earth's plane; hence has many influences and urges that are in exceeding strength of the physical being.
5. One given to the highest ideals, and the attaining of same through MENTAL equipment first. One that has little patience with the ones who neglect this phase of mental development, yet one who has the kind word for one of every position or station in life, yet one that does not often pity one of low estate or degree, yet there is little of the caste nature within the individual's make-up, for the worthiness and the abilities of an individual count first and foremost in the mental forces of the entity.
6. One, then, slow to wrath, yet when mad - awful, awful, mad! One that can control self in this respect to a great degree, yet when reaches the breaking point gets all mad at once, and draws, as it were, within self until an equilibrium, or until self has reasoned the conditions out again - then goes on as if it had never happened.
7. In this respect, then, we find there are many contrary-wise conditions, apparently, in the make-up of the entity.
8. One that love has little to do within the life in an expressive way and manner; rather love by reason and by aptitude than by sentiment, yet there is much of sentiment, much of affection, in the nature of the individual, and the personality of the entity often is combative with same. In the deeper sense, however, this we find is the basis of much of the ennobling influences in the life.
9. One that SHOULD, however, steer clear of firearms, electricity, and of explosives of every nature, especially when in temper, or when allowing self to become OVER excited in any manner (though the entity does not find self afraid of ANYTHING, see?).
10. In the urges, as we will see, many are existent and latent from within. Many have found some expression. Many are known or felt, yet have NOT, with the experience in the PRESENT plane, found manner or way of - speaking up and expressing itself, as it were.
11. In the appearances, then:
12. We find in the one before this in the land when the people first came in as the settlers in the country now known as New York. The entity then among those of the first born in this new land, in the name then of Dean, and the entity lives in that plane only to the young life, or young childhood - to the age of eighteen, and the entity then was taken in the massacre of those peoples by the invaders. The entity developed much, yet the innate feeling or urge from this is the athletic nature in many respects; love of woods, field, flowers, birds, yet the innate dread of some foe lurking within same.
13. In the one before this we find in the English rule, when the peoples came in from the Norse country, and the entity then a Norse maiden, in the name Djhrldte, and the entity then brought much consternation to many of the young men of the day, especially in and among those of the ecclesiastical nature, for many were the suitors, and many took the hood, or the recluse life, from the rejection of those smiles of the entity, and the entity body developed and retarded, for little judgement was used in the wiles of the sex of the entity in that day, and the entity finds, in that inner urge, that desire to be very sure of self in ANY respect a regarding such relations at the present sojourn, and little of such nature enters into the personality, yet is deep-seated and latent in the entity's being, yet with the feeling that the real or right condition will present itself through the action of mentality, rather than sentiment.
14. In the one before this we find in the Grecian country, when the peoples were being taught the attention of the mental forces from within, and the entity under the influence then of the great teacher, Socrates, for this was the greatest development in the earth's plane for this entity, and the sojourn then, while in physical brought many hardships, yet the development of the ENTITY, as the ENTITY, greater than in any of the others, and remains the most inmost of the entity in reason, whether of mental, moral or religious BEING, for these are as PRINCIPLES to the entity, without regard of creed, sex, age, position, place, class, or what not; for the conditions are as BEINGS, rather than of as tenets, and the entity then in the name Araiel, and IN the household of the one who taught, as the servant, and another urge as is seen - the condition of the woman speaking first, the entity feels they (women) should listen and reason, rather than nag.
15. In the one before this we find in the plain of the country when the Master came in the world; or this comes before,¹ we find, see - this is in between this; the entity in that of the rule of the Herodians in that day, only remaining in the earth's plane a few days, for among those destroyed in the edict for destruction of the young.
16. Then, the one before this, we find in the return from the captivity in the land to the Promised Land. The entity then in that of the one that was the aide to the one leading the peoples, for the entity then the wife to Nehemiah, and the entity then lost in that appearance, for the desires were to the land and not to the service. This AGAIN we find is felt in the inner self in the present, that these are the rule - that the head of the house should rule, yet the assistant, or the mate, should have their [her] word.
17. In the one before THIS we find that the entity was among those in the Peruvian country, when the Aymaras [?] were in charge of the rule as pertaining to religious rites, and the entity the was the Priestess to the High Aymara [?], in the name of Ultjdhimpds. The entity then gained much, yet there were those conditions that were ever as burdens to the entity. The urge now, as is seen in the entity from this, is love of music, of art, of art treasures of every thing pertaining, especially, to braided or beaded works. For the entity was in that position as of the GIVER of these to all peoples.
18. In the one before this we find in the Egyptian forces, when the division came as regarding the religious rule, and the entity in that of the chief favorite to the king that caused the banishment of the priest, yet the entity in that day chose the banishment with the priest, for this brought the division in that of the ones that were in the Temple service, and the entity then in two names, as were changed in those two conditions in the life, (for this experience or plane one of the most changeful in the earth's planes) for with the raising to the position of chiefest among the favorites, and the assistant in the high Temple service as set up by the priest of the day - then in the name Isus and changed when banished, by the taking the side with the priest, to Osos, and with the return to the position in the later days raised to that position of the wife to the king, and the mother of the heir to the throne, who builded most of those tombs that are being shown to-day. In the urges there is seen - symbols mean much to the entity; why - not known, for its innate and from within. Little courtesies mean much, more even than those of great deeds.
19. As to that which the entity may attain, and how:
20. As is seen through the urges, through the conditions as have been presented, through the experiences of the entity in the earth plane being varied, being in that way and manner of taking on many positions, conditions, and under various circumstances, being arrayed in various offices; this, as we see, gives then the greater MENTAL stability to the entity. This, then, may be applied in art, in writing, or in music. The greater will be found in the home, and in teaching others to observe the principles as are innate within the entity, as to being right for right's sake, rather than as a tenet; for the greater lesson the entity should gain in the present earth's plane - that the application of self and self's interest should be for OTHERS, and others' advancement, as well as for self, and that the reflections of the inner self are the experiences of the soul, for to the Giver these are the accountable things in present life and hereafter.
21. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. 3/10/26 EC's letter to Miss [2486]:
   Dear Miss [2486]:-
   I want to thank you and assure you of my appreciation of your so kindly attempting to make this sketch for me, that has been a dream with me for a long time, and then to find it so wonderfully executed, even in a way that I don't think to my own mind could be better improved upon, is certainly most gratifying. [EC's life seal of well, 3 palm trees - see under 4905-53, Par. R3, cover to EC booklet re his life and work.]
   We have all heard [341] speak so often of you. Naturally, we feel very much interested, and I am in hopes that I may have the opportunity to know you personally.
   Thanking you, and trusting that I may have the opportunity to show you my appreciation of your kindness, I am
   Sincerely, Edgar Cayce
2. Mr. [341] stated that Miss [2486] was a most unusual, talented young lady; she had delved into many things and was good at all of them. Currently she was taking a business course to round out her education. He brought her to see EC and EC offered to give her a Life Reading in appreciation for the sketch of his life seal.

REPORTS

1. 5/10/26 Article by Miss [2486]:
   INTO THE UNKNOWN
   In conversation with a friend of mine, some weeks ago, he told me of the most remarkable experience that he had had with one who is sometimes called a psychist. The things he told me about this person giving him information regarding his characteristics, former appearances in the earth plane, and of INFLUENCES or URGES that had to do, or to bear, on the present life, seemed so uncanny; yet I felt that my friend was not lacking in the "upper story", but were not these vague tales he was telling me?
   Having read and studied of various forms and manifestations of such phenomena, and feeling that I wouldn't be so easily fooled, I determined to see what was in this. Upon entering the abode of this unassuming man, I was met by a very pleasant but unimposing individual. I made known to him my wishes and desires, from what I had heard. he only asked me where I was born, when I was born, and the name given me at birth, and this is what he handed me. I saw it taken down in shorthand, as he gave it, and heard it. As I read same, I recognize it as just the words I heard. Now, have I fooled myself, or is it not true that "Truth is stranger than fiction"? for I feel within that everything I have been told is true, and I thank my friend for having brought me in touch with what appears to me to be such a wonderful phenomena, and a source of help to many seeking to know themselves; for this is an actual experience, and NOT fiction.
2. 11/29/26 Mr. [341]'s letter: "[2486] is still working in some law office and doing very well. Has already had a raise."

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