This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Halcyon Hotel, Miami, Florida, this 10th day of February, 1927, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [2671].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [2671] and Mr. [287]. Born November 30, 1871, Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the Universal Forces as are latent, and as have been and are exhibited in the present entity.
2. In taking the position in the earth's plane, we find there are some exceptional conditions as respecting same; the entity then coming through these conditions under the influences of conditions that have brought in the life some exceptional circumstances and conditions out of the ordinary to be met by the individual, and for which it became and does become necessary for the entity to exercise will's power, rather than often times listening to counsel from others - and, as we have seen, and as we do see and will see, the entity often listens to counsel, but decisions are made by self and in self's own secret chambers; for much has been builded in the present earthly experience through the exercising of will's forces.
3. Those influences, then, that have to do through the planetary conditions in the present plane:
4. The entity comes under the influence first of Uranus, Neptune - then Jupiter, and Venus, and of beneficent conditions in Saturn, yet those contrary-wise conditions with the square of this planet to that of some beneficent influences often bring conditions that are exceptional and hard at times to deal with, as we shall see in the present experiences, as well as those as have been experienced by the entity in the earth's plane.
5. One, then, as we find, that finds there are often conditions when every condition in life appears to be just on the verge of success, when from unexpected sources in nature, and in acts of individuals, conditions seem turned topsy-turvy, as it were. Again we find the entity within itself experiences these same conditions as from within - that is, the entity feels in self the ennobled influence and desire to do good; yet often those same actions are spoken evil of, and as a designing individual - yet when such occurs there are periods of reaction; then the entity, through application of will, is often able to FORGET IT entirely, as it were, going on and living the own life, without respect to the actions of others.
6. In the influence in Jupiter and in Venus, we find one wherein home life and loving influences have and do play an important part in the life of the entity, or to express conditions in another manner - the entity may be LOVED into doing ANYTHING for ANYONE - not DRIVEN by any force. In the influence, then, we find the home, the love, plays that part wherein the entity is often kept balanced in self's own estimation, and in self's abilities to accomplish when other or adverse influences in other individuals would at times wreck the abilities.
7. In the influence of that as seen in Jupiter, this the high and ennobling influence, and when the square of the planets Jupiter and Uranus are in ascendency, the higher points, the more successful points - either in love, in finance, in position - have been in ascendency in the present experience or life of the entity. With the SQUARE of Saturn in these same conditions brought adverse conditions, as has been seen, and as will occur again in the life. Beware often of May, in every year in the life - in contracts, trades, or in making conditions that are to be lasting; preferably make such in December, or in March, see?
8. In the elements as enter in with Jupiter and Uranus, we find in the year nineteen twenty-eight (1928) there will come those conditions wherein the entity will be put to the test of its endeavors, as it were, in this present experience in the earth's plane. This will occur near the ides of the year - fifteenth (15th) of March - when all of the astral influences are at an adverse condition to this entity's PRESENT experience. But keep in that way knowing, no one is tempted beyond that it is able to bear.
9. In these influences again we find the greater prosperity in the earth plane will occur in that of nineteen thirty-two (1932), see? when great - great - volumes of monies, and of positions, will be under the influence and direction of the entity. Use same well!
10. In the general conditions - irrespective of the will's forces as have been implied and applied in the present life of the entity - we find one generous of nature to a fault; yet, as given, at times this is considered as designing, by those who would speak evil of well-doing.
11. One of the religious tendencies in every walk of life, and considerate to a fault of the tenets of others.
12. One that gives self to the aid of those in every walk of life. Especially does the entity ever favor the "under dog."
13. In the appearances, we find there are many urges seen in the entity's present experience from the past experiences, or that builded within the spiritual entity from which the material acts when the body is acting from within.
14. In the one before this we find the entity among those who first settled in the country now known as Connecticut, and the entity among those who came as to escape the religious persecution in the northern portion of the country in which the peoples resided. The body gained in part and lost in part. In the attempt to give succor, aid, and help to those in the new country, the entity gained. In attempting to give those in the country to which it returned, the entity lost, in attempting to force the issue, and lost the life in the attempt to aid those for whom the entity came for aid. Then in the name John Peters. In the urge as is seen from this - that of ever being mindful of those who would express the desire to worship from the dictates of their own conscience. This is in the present entity almost as a fault.
15. In the one before this we find in that period when persecutions were in the Roman land. The entity among those who were of the persecuted peoples, and - though not afraid for self - went to the lands to supply foods for those who would give their lives for the peoples to whom they offered relief through their teaching. Hence there is seen in the urges, the love of the land and of the fruits of the soil - especially that as supplies food for the man body, and the love of those who are persecuted, and the desire to help same, without reward or without heralding that such is being done. In the name Bwoid.
16. In the one before this we find in that land where the peoples were in constant rebellion against the rule, now known as the Persian. The entity then in that capacity as the (or what would be termed in the present day) banker of Media, and the entity gained in that period, for the entity not only served the ruler, but served the people, in keeping the mind - or keeping the condition of the people ever present in the mind of the ruler, and in this service brought to self much of the satisfaction as is found in same; and in excavations yet to be made there will be found that those stores, those records caused to be made by Artial, will be found in the land of the Medes and Persians. In the urge as is seen from this - the ability to know the usage of individual endeavor of those outside, and a judge of human nature as manifested in individual lives.
17. In the one before this we find the contrarywise experience of the entity, in the land now known as the Indian country. The entity then among those who would persecute those that came down from the hill country for the fruits of the valleys. The entity being the leader, then, of the raiders that would take not only the spoils, but the bodies, and put in servitude those that fell into the hands of Abioduol, and the entity lost through this experience, through that of persecuting the fellow man, and in the urge as is seen - there riles from within as of something awakened that needs to be submerged, as almost a hatred for one who would persecute another, and often the entity finds self boiling, as it were, to seek not only the personal vengeance, but to submit or subdue such conditions.
18. In the one before this we find the entity in that period that was the changing of the conditions in the histories of the religious and the philosophical, or the war between the priest and the king, in the land known as the Egyptian. In this second rule, or in this rule wherein those conditions occurred, we find the entity then among those that were in defense of the priest who was banished, and with those of the body guard to that priest, and taking on the cause of the exile, and among those who labored with hands to give to the strength of the followers of those in exile. Gaining in this period, yet much of that as was seen in the following was of the persecution. In the urges as seen - the abilities to give - give - in an instinted [unstinted?] way - to those deserving.
19. In the abilities, then, of the entity in the present plane, there is seen that much is to be accomplished by the entity in the present experience, by the experiences of the entity from within. Much of the world's goods, much of the world's woes, much of the consternation and troubles, are in this present plane; much of the abilities to rule, much of the position of power. In the application of same is seen, to gain for self that best from within, is to apply same in service to others; for man - in the mundane sphere of earthly experience - is the helpmeet of that Creative Energy that would manifest in man the ability of man to be One WITH that Energy, in the use and application of that gained in this earthly experience. Applying self, then, in those forces as go to make up the spiritual indwelling; for in this is the hope.
20. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. See 2671-1 through 2671-3.

REPORTS

1. His wife, [4498], and two daughters, [4500] and [4501], obtained readings.
2. 2/12/27 EC's letter to HLC: "We got Mr. [2671]'s Life Rdg., also and, as he expressed it, "I know exactly why [943] and I are willing to fight for you today."
3. 3/09/27 See EC's letter under [1274] series.
4. 3/12/27 EC's letter to Mr. [195] regarding Mr. [2671] and Mr. [943]:
   "I'm sure - if you have read them very closely you will see the character of both men in their Life Reading, as both men seemed to be more impressed with the information gotten in the Life Reading than anything else - for, as they said, they were able to see themselves, and naturally felt they could make a personal application, both as to traits they were conscious of and to urges they had not always been able to explain - and Miss [4501] said her father had learned his so he could say it backwards - that she knew he had never had anything that he had studied as close and as religiously as he had that reading. But as to what will be the outcome of all this, I realize that only time and the reaction as certainly takes place will tell..."
5. 3/30/27, 4/09/27, 4/19/27, 4/28/27 Correspondence between Mr. [2671] and EC is recorded under [1274] series in re Florida buried treasure.
6. 5/25/27 See 2671-5, a Dream interpretation reading.

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