This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mrs. Robert R. M. Emmet, 1 Grace Church St., Rye, New York, this 24th day of November, 1941, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [2620], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [2620]. Born April 20, 1900, in Budapest, Hungary.

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, 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 - " - '34 - changes - '29 - anxieties - '21 - change - '12 - changes again - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the record here of that entity now known as or called [2620].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them, much should be interpreted in the experiences of the entity in this present sojourn; that there may be the better application of the abilities that have been attained by the entity in its application of truth, love, life, understanding, in this present experience.
5. These interpretations we choose, then, with the desire and purpose that this may be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling the entity to better fulfil those purposes for which it entered this present sojourn.
6. It is true for the entity, and for most individual souls manifesting in the earth, that nothing, no meeting comes by chance. These are a design or pattern. These patterns, however, are laid out by the individual entity. For, there are laws. For law is love, love is law. And He hath not willed that any soul should perish, but hath with each temptation, each trial, prepared a way of escape.
7. Thus as the pattern of life, of consciousness, when the individual entity is to make application of that the entity has interpreted in its experience as related to the spiritual, the mental and the material laws, these then become active - the law of love - in the experience of the entity.
8. It is true, then, that there are latent and manifested urges, manifested abilities, manifested virtues, manifested faults, in the experience of each entity. These faults, these virtues may be pointed out, yet the usage, the application of same is of free will - that which is the universal gift to the souls of the children of men; that each entity may know itself to be itself and yet one with the universal cause.
9. Thus the pattern, the book of life is written by the entity in its use of truth, knowledge, wisdom, in its dealings with its fellow man through the material sojourns. Also during the interims between such sojourns there are consciousnesses, or awarenesses. For, the soul is eternal, it lives on, has a consciousness in the awarenesses of that which has been builded.
10. The awarenesses are a pattern of that we call astrological aspects. Not because the entity in a physical consciousness sojourned in any of the planets that are a part of this present solar experience, but each planet is accredited with certain environmental influences that are represented in the characteristics of each individual soul.
11. Thus, as we find in this entity, they give expression in the abilities, which find manifestation in the material body through developments or attunements in the glandular system of the body FOR material expression.
12. Thus upon the skein of time and space is the record of each soul made. In patience, in persistence may such be read.
13. Thus the interpretations chosen here are made with the desire that they be of a helpful influence to this entity.
14. In Venus we find the greater ruling influence; afflicted, as may be astrologically termed, in the Moon. Thus we find, in this entity, one beautiful in purpose, in hopes, in desires; of the universal nature. Oft not understood by those where that of material love life would find expression. For, these naturally attract opposites, and thus is growth ever made in a material expression. For, these are illustrated to the student, to those who would learn, in nature itself. Thus we find the love of mankind, the love of individual prospects. Those that are attracted to the entity are those who NEED the entity for that of, OFT, the sacrifice the entity must make in its own emotions to be of a helpful influence in the experience of the associate.
15. Thus may the world, may individuals find the entity as rather strange, rather distant; and yet the entity giving - giving of self makes ALL influences in the lives of those the entity meets BETTER for having known or been in association with the entity.
16. In Jupiter, both a benevolent and a questioned influence arises. Thus the universality of the entity's activities, of the entity's abilities, of the entity's virtues. These become influences in the mental forces, the mental abilities, yet - through these very Jupiterian and Venus influences - we find that the entity has attained the abilities to mentally and physically aid those who are in need of that to quiet the fears, to make RATIONAL that which arises from fear in the experience of others.
17. Thus the entity is given the ability as a healer, even through the laying on of hands, for those needing such as has been indicated.
18. We find in Uranus the extremes. Thus the changing influence that has been and is a part of the entity's experience. The associations bring such opposition, or such great opposites to that the entity itself attains or gains; thus bringing at times confusions, or wonderments, tears - and yet tears of joy at times. These are a part of the entity's experience in this sojourn.
19. Also there are the interests in the occult, the mystic, and - yea - abilities in creating, by the touch, those vibrations in the bodies to others as to become edifying in spirit, in mental abilities.
20. Thus these are the portions of the entity's experience that should be the greater stressed in the present.
21. As to the appearances or sojourns in the earth, - these we find expressed or manifested in the material body through the senses. Do understand, do interpret the difference between the emotions that arise from the sensory system and those that arise from the GLANDULAR system alone. True, physically these interchange; yet one represents the WHOLE of the development, the other represents the step by step activity by an entity in its activity through the material world.
22. Not all of the sojourns are indicated as needed in the experience of the entity in the present for a helpful influence, but these are chosen that the entity may arouse more and more to those abilities that are a part of the experience of those virtues, as well as those faults. But in self, as in others, MAGNIFY the virtues, magnify the good, minimizing the faults. Not that good and bad do not exist. Each exists relatively in relationships to the awareness of the individual. Be aware of the good, see and hunt for, search out that which is good in each soul; thus magnifying that, the faults become less and less - this especially in associations in thine own household.
23. Before this the entity was in the land of the present sojourn, during the early periods of the settlings in the land now known as Rhode Island - or providence town, in those periods when Roger Williams made for those settlements there.
24. The entity was among the companions of the entity Williams, AS a companion then, in the name Martha Calvert.
25. In the experience the entity gained through its abilities to maintain friendly relationships not only with the natives of that land but the applying of herbs of the land, of the growths of the forest, to beneficial material gains for the peoples through that trying period.
26. Thus the love of nature, the love for peoples, the understanding of conditions. Tolerance the entity gained through that period.
27. The application of tolerance with patience, then, is needed in the present experience. For, as the entity aided then in bringing hope, through dispelling fear as to future activities, so there are the needs in the present for dispelling fear through faith, through the application of the latent and manifested abilities in its experience as it deals with its fellow men.
28. Know, ever, that law as indicated by Him, "Inasmuch as - or in the manner ye treat, ye respond to the least of thy fellow man, the same ye do unto thy Maker." Also as He gave, "In patience become ye aware of thy soul." These keep near to thy consciousness, in thy dealings with those about thee day by day.
29. Before that the entity was in the Holy Land, among the Roman peoples that were in high places during the sojourn of the Master in the earth.
30. And especially was the entity present (as has oft and may oft be a part of the present experience of the entity) during some of those periods when there were the trial, the Crucifixion. And the entity joined with the holy women in those periods when He was seen again, in that period of manifestation.
31. The name then was Amorela, and associated with those that kept guard at the temple. There the entity, at the trial before Pilate, in the throng, saw the face of the Master. The entity heard those words, saw that tenderness with which He felt and experienced His aloneness when deserted by those who had been close to Him. The entity was spoken to by the Master when He gave, "Be not afraid, for me nor for thyself. All is WELL with thee."
32. Thus, when there were those reports of His resurrection, when there were the attempts of the Romans to put aside the questionings of the Jews, the entity sought to know. And these periods brought disturbance to the entity, when it wept much. And this still finds expression in its attempt for vision.
33. KNOW, then, that the healing is ever in Him, and that to Him goes the credit of the abilities as manifest through thy hands, through thy voice, through thy pronouncements. To Him the love, the honor must ever be given.
34. In the experience the entity gained throughout. And do not fail in the present to keep that as was the pronouncement to thee, "Be not afraid. All is well with thee." For, as He hath given, "If ye love me ye will keep my commandments, and my commandments are not grievous, - only that ye love one another." These ye are manifesting. Keep them. Preserve them. Live them. Be them.
35. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods of reconstruction, when there was the choosing of individuals for the purification of activities, not only in the propagation but in the becoming of channels for those souls to manifest - as was taught through that period of activity.
36. The entity was purified in the Temple of Sacrifice, and became a channel that brought to the experience of many that which aided in the distribution of knowledge, of wisdom, as related to the material, the spiritual, the mental world of that period.
37. The name then was Ibd-Exr.
38. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, that to which it may attain, and how:
39. First, study to show thyself approved unto that ideal ye found and sought in Him, in the temple, or in the court at Pilate's condemnation period.
40. Hold to that as ye manifested in those experiences when ye saw Him bless those about Him, after the Resurrection.
41. Know then, in thine inner self, there is no other way.
42. Study to show thyself approved unto that ideal. Call upon Him often. Thus thy abilities to comfort, to encourage those who are weak, and mentally disturbed. And ye shall find rest in the consciousness of a life well used, and will enter into that peace, that joy as He alone can give.
43. Ready for questions.
44. (Q) What steps should I now take to make my life a greater service for humanity?
    (A) Use thy abilities to heal, by the laying on of hands, by giving such suggestions that quiet the fears of those who are fearful and doubtful as to their relationships to the Creative Forces or God; thus bringing mental AND material health and joy to others.
45. (Q) Any advice regarding how to heal by laying on of hands?
    (A) As has been given here, praying with others and letting the vibrations from self pass through or into their bodies. Not taking ON the vibrations, but laying them all on Him. For He IS the healer, He IS life. He overcame death, hell and the grave. He overcame temptation. And in Him is peace, harmony, life. With this accrediting, begin; not by proclaiming - for remember, as He oft gave, "Tell no man." Just be thyself, and thy trust in Him - and these bring the spirit of truth in thy labor of love for Him.
46. (Q) How have I been associated in the past with the follow- ing individuals, and how may I best help them in the present: First, my daughter, [...]?
    (A) In the experience before this the daughter was a friend, that doubted the self then. In the Egyptian experience the daughter was THEN a daughter.
    Thus the relationships we find at present in which the daughter at periods doubts and resents, and yet periods when there is the turning to for counsel.
    Hence the usage or application, - be patient, but instruct in that which is found expressed in the 14th and 17th of St. John.
47. (Q) My husband, Kurt [...]?
    (A) In the Roman experience or activity we find that the associations were as companions then. There needs to be much patience. Not all of the pattern was straightened there. In the present keep the pattern in patience, in love.
    Let not thy heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Him who can keep thee ever in that peace, - not as the world or material things give peace, but peace of spirit, of purpose, of heart.
48. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. 11/17/41 She obtained a Physical Reading.

REPORTS

1. 12/27/41 See her letter under 2620-1 Reports, saying how much her Life Rdg. had helped her.

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