This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 8th day of September, 1941, in accordance with request made by the grandmother, Mrs. [1663], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born October 2, 1940, Miami, Florida.

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: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2584].
3. Nickname the entity Franz, as it will be in keeping with the entity and that it will be inclined to call itself when it begins to lisp or think - and there will be seen why.
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, much might be said of the entity's developments through the experiences in the earth and the UNUSUALNESS with which the entity will influence certain conditions in the present land, - if there is the training and development in those directions that are the natural talents of the entity.
5. Hence much might be indicated to those responsible for this entity's present entrance in the earth, in keeping the intents of the entity well balanced in the spiritual, material and mental aspects of its activity.
6. It will be indicated as a natural tend or trend for this entity throughout its experience to ingratiate self with others. It will appear to many as if the entity had unusual abilities in interesting or hypnotizing others, or in calling attention to self, and of being in a place of notice without effort on the part of the entity.
7. In the musical abilities should the entity be trained from the beginning. There is the natural intent and interest towards things of the artistic nature and temperament. There are the abilities to use the voice, as well as the abilities in playing most ANY instrument - if the opportunity is given; especially in the composition, in the natures of composition as well as the playing itself. Symphonies, all forms of musical interludes and the like, should be the trainings to which the entity would be subjected - that it may be given the greater opportunities. And, as soon as he is capable of such, insist upon beginning with the piano - as a playing, as a means of entertaining. And the natural ear for harmony will soon be indicated in the activities of the entity.
8. As to the appearances in the earth, - while these may appear far afield from associations with some members of the immediate family, it will be seen by the paralleling - or comparison - that many of its associates, or parents and associates, were and have been influenced by the activities of the entity in mental and in spiritual ways and manners.
9. Thus there may be seen the material reason as to how and why there is the natural attraction of individuals not merely to the accomplishments of the entity, but to the very activity, the very word to which the entity may give expression; thus ingratiating himself in their hearts, their minds, their lives.
10. Before this the entity was in the Austrian or Hungarian land. There the entity was an unusual individual, in the name Liszt; being a composer as well as a musician. And as its activities through the experience were such as to make for certain characters of music, these in part will be of special interest to the entity in the present. The comparison may be easily seen, to be sure, as to the faults, the failures, as well as the activities in which the entity then throughout the experience rose to its place or position in the musical world.
11. That is why, then, the nickname Franz is suggested; for the entity was Franz Liszt.
12. Before that the entity was in the earth during those periods of the preparation and the accomplishing of the setting up of the music in the temple that was planned by David and completed by Solomon.
13. The entity was an associate then of both David and Solomon, being among the chief musicians for setting the psalms to the order of preparation for the various instruments upon which there would be the music for services in the temples. And the psalms of David as well as the songs of Solomon were a part of the entity's experience, in their preparation, as well as the psalms and the musical activities in which the entity engaged.
14. Then the entity was in the name Apsha. In the experience the entity gained. For there were those attempts ever to keep the activities in the service such that they appealed to the minds of those who would come to worship. Also there were the constant attempts to attain or gain favor with those in authority, and to impress upon them - in the various ways and manners - the needs of their being leaders, as individuals, in the spiritual and mental attributes as well as the material.
15. Here, too, will be the needs for the instructions to the entity through the formative years, by those upon whom the entity is dependent for an environment in which there may be kept the spiritual, the mental and the material experiences well balanced in the activities throughout the developing years.
16. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were those activities in the land to unify a troubled people, as well as those who had become as sojourners or dwellers in the land.
17. The entity was among the peoples from Atlantis, but was born and brought up in the environs of the Egyptian experience.
18. And with the establishings of the activities for correlating the ideas and ideals regarding the preparation of bodies for a material channel, for the service of betterment of the kind or class or manner of worship of the peoples, and the establishing of the physical activities in which individuals were engaged, - the entity was among those who first set the chants of the various peoples to any form of music. This thus made for that establishing in the Temple of Sacrifice of the chants to which much of the activities were given; as well as, in the latter part of the entity's activity, that establishing of the chants that aided in HEALING - and in bringing the mental attributes of those who had determined to become as channels through which there might be the spiritual expression in the Temple Beautiful.
19. Thus we find again the music added to the abilities as a healer, the ability as one to direct.
20. Thus we will find those expressions in VARIED fields pertaining to all of the activities.
21. The name then was Apsa-Elarz.
22. As to the abilities, then:
23. First, to be sure, the developing years have much to do with the choices and the direction the entity may take in giving material expressions of the abilities innate and manifested as the body-mind develops.
24. Music, as it has been well said, is that expression that spans the distance between the sublime and the ridiculous, that which appeals to the physical, the spiritual, the mental emotions of individuals.
25. Then, whatever field of direction the entity may take depends much upon whether those emotions are awakened or aroused for the gratifying of material desires, or whether there is the spanning of that realm between the material and the sublime.
26. These should be kept in that direction, then, in which there may be a completion of that the entity has so oft set in motion in the affairs of men through the experiences or sojourns of the entity in the earth.
27. Then let those about the entity realize not only their opportunities but their responsibilities, as well as their privileges, in directing one who may play such an important part in the establishing of music in America.
28. Ready for questions.
29. (Q) How has the entity been associated in the past with his present mother, [...]?
    (A) In the experience before this, it might be said that the mother was one who dwelt much upon the activities of the entity - though not materially associated.
30. (Q) His father, [...]?
    (A) Associations in the Jerusalem period, as well as in Egypt.
31. (Q) His [paternal] grandfather, [...]?
    (A) In the activities of the experience before this, as well as in Egypt.
32. (Q) His [paternal] grandmother, [1663]?
    (A) In the experiences that are not indicated for the entity here, as well as in the Egyptian.
33. (Q) Is there anything special that any of the above mentioned four individuals could do to help in his development?
    (A) As has been indicated.
34. (Q) What is his seal and its significance?
    (A) This had best be given when there come those activities, or when there are those activities begun by the mental influence of the entity itself.
35. We are through for the present.

    Two copies to Grandmother (one for herself and one for the parents)
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 9/04/41 Grandmother, Mrs. [1663], submitted questions.

REPORTS

1. 9/09/41 Grandmother [1663]'s letter: "God bless you, Mr. Cayce. What a wonderful thing you have done for me! The Reading has just come and I am alone with the baby, my little Franz, and I pray the parents will be willing to abide by this (name). Are you thrilled? I am in tears, of happiness, to have the opportunity to give this child his musical education. Already he has an irresistible charm a smile for all. I have told his mother I firmly believed there was an unusual artistic ability there. I want to get this off in the mail immediately. Next time I have an opportunity to go to the Beach for a weekend, I'll bring his photographs.
   "Thanks, Mr. Cayce, thanks a million times and forgive my enthusiasm. A musician! We all love music in our family and the baby already hears symphonies. His father has a fine collection of records of the best symphonic music and is QUITE musical himself."
2. 10/20/41 EC gave Life Rdg. 2607-1 for a baby boy saying he had been associated in the past with Franz Liszt and should collaborate with him [2584] this time.
3. 9/10/42 [2814] writing about his baby brother: "No use trying to write about the other handsome child (little Franz). He is a winner and I am sure will be sensibly raised by his splendid mother.
   "[2584] has already started with music. He is charming and a beautiful little boy."
4. 9/15/42 See brother's reading 2814-1, Par. 21-A regarding their past associations.
5. See Source File Key #2584 for copy from ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA Vol. 14 1957 edition about Franz Liszt re 2584-1.

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