This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mrs. Robert R. M. Emmet, 1 Grace Church St., Rye, New York, this 26th day of November, 1941, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [2624], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [2174].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Miss [2624]. Born January 8, 1900, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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: Yes, we are given the records here of that entity now called [2624].
3. In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them, much may be given as to the purposes and intents of this individual entity. An experience in the present of sacrifice, and yet one of love and beauty that is above that ordinarily experienced in the lives of those who may come in contact with this entity day by day.
4. Then, in choosing those records, those interpretations as we find them, it is done with the desire that this may be a helpful experience for this entity; enabling it to better understand, to better interpret much of the experiences in the present, and to better fulfil that purpose for which it entered this material experience.
5. That in the experience of each entity is purposeful, and not by chance. For, the Giver of all good and perfect gifts has not willed that any soul should perish, nor that any soul should see corruption, or to be sorrowful or in tears in the material experience. These are the results of individual application of tenets or truths that are set as ideals by an entity.
6. For, the experience of consciousness or awareness in the material plane should be an awakening to the fact that the Giver of life, God, is aware of the individual entity; and the awareness is to bless the entity if the entity will but keep those ideals that are set in Him, who is the way, the truth and the light.
7. Thus, as promised by Him in His word recorded by the beloved, let not thy heart be troubled nor let it be afraid; ye believe in God, believe also in Him who is able to bring that peace as He promised, that "If ye love me ye will keep my commandments, and I will come and abide with thee, and will guide in ALL things," - whereunto there may be brought the greater peace, the greater harmony in any material experience.
8. As to the urges latent and manifested, - many are evinced, as the abilities also of this entity to bring consternation or to bring peace and harmony in those about the entity; abilities in the activities not merely of the material but of the mental and spiritual nature.
9. For, as the individual entity THINKETH in the heart, so does the activity bring about those vibrations, those activities that bring helpful OR retarding influences in the experiences of those the entity may come in contact with daily.
10. For, no individual entity liveth to itself. No individual entity may pass any way without changing, altering the course.
11. These interpretations, then, are that there may be those consciousnesses of that activity as brings this harmony.
12. Magnify then the virtues of all, minimize the faults. "Judge not if ye would not be judged" is not merely a saying or a tenet, but a principle, a law that is eternal; just as is good, as is God, as is the soul of each individual entity.
13. As to urges astrologically, - we find Venus in a double aspect; changes, as combined with Saturn.
14. The activities in Uranus bring the extremes, and yet patience, yet turmoil. These are the characteristics or the influences in which the entity finds itself at times in turmoil as to choices that may be made. These, as should be interpreted, - no influence or urge surpasses the will of the individual entity, the birthright given of the Father that each entity may make the choice, may know itself to be itself and yet one with the Father.
15. As to sojourns in the earth, - these, for this entity, have been quite varied. For, in the household of those in authority, in authority itself, we find the entity making for those activities as brought good, as brought misinterpretations, as brought periods of wonderment in the activities of those about the entity.
16. Before this the entity was in the land of the present sojourn, among those who came to the land as companions of those who had settled in the land.
17. The entity was a companion to one of the householders, one of those that rose in authority in the house that RULED those of the land, - portions of now known Virginia, as it spread to that area which included Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, - all of these were a part of that area over which the entity knew authority.
18. First the entity was in the name Bessie Walldrop, then it was in association with one Dulcey - in the early settlings in that land.
19. In the experience the entity gained, for its counsels with not only those who came to the new land for the activities in the land, but with those as to the establishing of homes, the better preparations for education, the abilities of each household to become sustained by its OWN activities.
20. For, the entity was among those who first established in the new land the abilities for the activity in the loom, in the preparations of cloth needed in the home; and the entity experienced much in the activities among those of varied groups.
21. Thus in the present the abilities as a seamstress, for any activity in home, the directing and planning for activities of groups, are a part of the entity's experience.
22. Before that the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods when there were turmoils in the land - because of those divisions among the Scotch, the Welsh and the English. It was when there were those determinations that there should be the representation by the activities as brought about eventually the upsetting of the land, when there was the beheading of the king and the activities that placed the common people in authority.
23. The entity was among those of her people who brought calmness out of chaos, and yet not appreciated in that activity. Thus later the entity was sent to the French land, which the entity abhorred!
24. The name then was Adolpheus. In the experience the entity inwardly, spiritually, mentally gained; also gained that ability to hate - so that even in the present, any individual against whom the entity would hold a grudge or malice is indeed unfortunate.
25. Yet how the entity overcame in those experiences in the new land! Where there were those appreciations, where there were those abilities of each to measure according to the dictates of the own conscience, as well as the activities in which there might be the equal rights to all!
26. Freedom, then, is the desire innate of the entity, to pursue its way of activity. Blessed indeed then may the entity make of this in the present that as may be the guiding influence in the lives of those with whom the entity comes in contact, - not by might, not by power, but by that still small voice within; knowing that as ye would measure, that measure may ye expect to be measured to thee again. For, the law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.
27. Before that the entity was in the Promised Land, during those periods when the Master walked in the earth, during those activities in which many came to know Him in His personal activity.
28. For, the entity then was closely associated and identified with Martha, in the city of Bethany. There the entity was as a helper, as a sister - not in the flesh, but in activity. Thus, through those conditions that arose from the associations, when this became a place for His footsteps, the entity was acquainted with Him. And there the entity learned PATIENCE. There the entity learned the manner in which the spirit of truth, as expressed in the seeds of virtue, of understanding, of acquaintanceship with brotherly love and kindness, may bring into the experience of others those things that make for harmony in the life.
29. When there were those periods of mourning for the death of the brother of Martha, the entity was among those that mourned.
30. When there were those preparations for the entertaining, after the resurrection of Lazarus, the entity aided there. And indeed in such preparations, few may be found who may equal the abilities, the virtues of the entity in those directions!
31. And remember, as He gave, "He that would be the greatest among you will minister to all." These are basic truths, then. Apply them in thy life.
32. The name then was Susanna, and the entity was among those of the holy women when there were the days of persecution. And there may be read much of the activities of the entity during those periods of trial.
33. Hold fast, then, to those principles as thy ideals, and apply thyself, thy abilities, in those fields where thy hands find work to do.
34. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there were those peoples brought into the land, or who came for those protections from the upheavals in Atlantis.
35. The entity was among those of the Atlanteans first born in the Egyptian land. Thus the entity saw those periods of recapitulations, the readjusting of the land for the activities of the keepers of the Law of One as combined with the Priest, the King, and the turmoils as had arisen though the banishment.
36. The entity was among those who aided in establishing the choice of vocations for individuals. For, the entity - being purified by the fires of its own nature, through those activities in the land - aided in establishing better relationships for the homes throughout that land.
37. The name then was As-san-ath.
38. Before that, in those periods when there were the activities in the land such that there had come those determinations for the bringing about of the destruction of the wickedness of the world, - the entity was among those that were saved.
39. For the entity then was the companion of Shem, that first brought the activities to Noah in that experience.
40. Thus in the present experience, though separated in activities from those of its own people, the entity has brought life, health and peace to others. So may the entity in the present, through its present activities, bring those influences that will make for the regeneration of those things and turmoils that are in the earth today.
41. The name then was Shelobothe.
42. Then, as to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
43. First, analyze thine own self as to thy purposes, as to thy hopes, as to thy desires, - mentally, spiritually, materially.
44. Then study to show thyself approved unto that ideal; not afraid, as He hath given thee; rightly dividing the words of truth, keeping self unspotted from the world.
45. In thy abilities, - make those activities among GROUPS that seek to know the ways of life; as one that would direct, in counsel, in activity among such groups.
46. Ready for questions.
47. (Q) Where does my duty lie, at home with my people or here in America?
    (A) Here in America ye have aforetime found a home, ye have found that in the lives of individuals who have STRENGTHENED this land. Thy greater purpose, then, lies in America.
48. (Q) What can I do to gain self confidence?
    (A) Look to Him, and apply in thy daily life that ye learned and may learn there, that ye may rediscover in thyself; that serving Him where thou art is the greater glory, the greater blessing of all.
49. (Q) Can I do anything to help my father?
    (A) Only in those counsels and in those aids thou hast administered and dost administer. These we would keep.
50. (Q) Why have I always felt one apart from my family - brother and sisters?
    (A) Because ye were once cast out by some of those.
51. (Q) I need a broader field than just my present work, to satisfy my need for service. Where does it lie?
    (A) These are fields developing before thee. Be patient. For, in groups as an instructor, as a director of activities in the establishings of homes, and the principles of brotherly love in same, - no broader, no greater field of activity may be the opportunity of ANY individual.
52. (Q) What have been my former connections with the following? First, [2174]?
    (A) In the Egyptian experience, an offspring of that entity now known as [2174].
53. (Q) [2464]?
    (A) In the activities in the Roman land, and in the Egyptian service there were close associations.
54. (Q) Barton [...]?
    (A) The companion in the American experience.
55. (Q) My mother, who has passed on?
    (A) In the Persian land, during the experience in the ark, and closely associated in the experiences and activities in the Scottish land.
56. (Q) My grandmother, who has passed on?
    (A) In the Egyptian land.
    Keep thy purpose which has prompted thee oft. In thy abilities, hold fast to those principles ye gained in Bethany.
57. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Mrs. [2174]
    Copy to Ass'n file

REPORTS

1. GD's note: She remarked that she was much overcome by the reading - she felt it explained so much she had never been able to understand. She knew it was true about patience, for she had experienced the exercising of patience many times. Also when Mrs. [2174] first mentioned to her the idea of having small homes on her farm in N.H., she KNEW her activity should be there, and that she had been with Mrs. [2174] in previous lives.

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