This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of April, 1927, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [2687].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [2687] and Wife. Born November 2, 1892, Chattanooga, Tenn.

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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 time, 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 that to which it may attain, and how. You will also answer the questions regarding same that I may ask you.
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 entering the earth's plane, we find the entity comes under the influence of Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Neptune.
4. In that relation, then, other than that as is created by will's influence in the life, we find one naturally or the trend of mind toward those things as pertain to the mental development of individuals - as to those things that have to do with the mental rather than those that have to do with the material, yet, as is seen, with the influence in Mars there are those conditions that enter that cause distress to the entity, in the way of indecisions that have to do with people and things that are not minded of the same channel as the entity.
5. Again we find that the entity is aware of the influence in the lives of individuals that rule, rather than by force, and natural for the entity to be diplomatic rather than tactful, though these two conditions are often misconstrued in the entity's actions.
6. In the influence in Uranus and Neptune there are seen many conditions that arise in the entity's affairs that are as of some chance or of uncertain origin, yet well would the entity study these phases, for there is no such condition as chance; for the contacts and the conditions that have to do with the varying elements in individual application of the experience of life is as that merited or sown.
7. As respecting those conditions in the life in which will's influence, thus far, has been the ruling factor, either in whole or in part, often the body or entity is called abrupt in action, without taking thought, yet the entity is often misconstrued in purpose in such actions, for more often it is the super thought of individual application of the mental than of the material conditions that arise. This is as the illustration in the entity, for these should be made in will's force - that which would increase the entity's abilities and possibilities in the entity's own development:
8. When the entity meets an individual, use not the individual, but rather allow self to be the channel through which the entity may be benefited by the individual, as well as individual benefited by entity, see?
9. In those channels, then, the entity finds that in the application in self, this lies in the direction of salesmanship in those things that have to do with the creative forces of earth's storehouse; that is, such as wood, metal, and ores and precious stones - for, as we shall see, through which and how such influences are seen in the life.
10. Beware of those elements that have to do with those conditions that bring riots or riling in the association, for the entity makes enemies, and does not go out of the way to make friends - yet is a friend indeed when found, and makes self friendly. This not well, for there will never be one that has friends to lose. Rather make than lose, and in the application of self in these directions the entity finds that this one of the hardest conditions to understand in self - likes and dislikes as found by self, and those attracted or drawn from, as it were, by others.
11. In the appearances, we find:
12. In the one before this the entity in that plane when the changes were being made in now the Roman rule, and the entity among those who served as the representative of the peoples in that land from the Promise or Holy Land. Then in the name Isiael. The entity then seen as the representative of the peoples, and the lawyer in that way and manner that gave the better communication with the peoples in the land. The entity gained and lost through that experience. Gained in the service given to others. Lost in applying too much of same in the direction of the aggrandizement of self's own personal ends. In the urge as is seen in the present, is that innate understanding of elements as pertain to law and the application of same, either as evasive or as collective in its application. The entity would have made a very good lawyer, yet to best own purpose in development well that same was not applied, except as in service to others.
13. In the one before this we find in the rebuilding in the Holy City. The entity then among those who restored the inner trappings and workings in the temple there. The entity then one well versed in the applied arts pertaining to wood and the use or application of same in building, and in the end the servant to those who waited in and near the holy place. Hence of the tribes of Levi. In the name then Ithiaod. The entity gained in this period and this experience, and in the urge is seen that of the love of the law as pertaining to man's relation with the higher being, yet keeping self somewhat aloof from personal application. Again the desire to see the better furnishings, trappings, as it were, for the household, and in this direction will the entity make the greater success, and in these should the entity use and apply its efforts and purposes in the present plane.
14. In the one before this we find in that period when the peoples were carried into bondage in the land now known as Egypt. The entity then among those in the youth carried to this land. Then not in bondage. Rather as the servants of the Most High, and as brethren of the peoples preserved for the enlightenment of the world. The entity then in the name Haiel, and again in the tribe Levi, and the entity gained in this experience, being among those who were taught in the manner of applying the metals and woods of the day into those materials for man's own use.
15. In the abilities, then, of the entity in the present period, we find those lie in those channels through which the entity may give to others those lessons, or those of the better application of the goods as intrusted to individuals, towards making the home the happier, or more presentable, or the more lovely, or the home wherein the greater blessings may come - through those channels of applying the lessons gained in the inner self as pertaining to those materials made from wood, iron, or precious stones.
16. As to the greater development in self, this will be found in applying those laws as pertain to the better understanding of the truths in the Creative Energy as pertaining to life, and the application of life, in this material plane.
17. Ready for questions.
18. (Q) In regard to the seriousness of the spot in the individual's eye at the present time -
    (A) (EC: The body - physical - material - here - yes) Not serious. Only needs those applications of the antiseptics occasionally, that the excretions as are thrown off through eliminations give no internal infection, or irritation produced from same, see? Mild solution Boracic Acid, following the application of evenings, occasionally, of scraped irish Potato placed over same. Only the old - not that grown in the same year, see? Then bathe same off, when this is removed, with Boracic Acid solution. Inflammation in such manner will be removed from the optic surrounding, and the excretions will be harmless towards producing any reinfection, or producing astringent conditions within the tissue itself proper.
19. (Q) What is the reason of the dissatisfaction of living in Norfolk?
    (A) This is of the own self making. Study many of those conditions wherein there has been given as to how the entity, personally, makes and un-makes those associations that may be beneficial or helpful, and in applying self to the correction of these this may be made worth while and beneficial to the entity in the present surroundings, for these may be made good. See? for in the application of self there is seen that the greater assistance in the surrounding is to make self, not satisfied, but content, working ever on toward that greater glory as is set in the ability to serve.
20. (Q) What is the cause of slight stomach disorder?
    (A) (EC: Body physical - body physical - We don't get those here)
    Now, we find in the application of conditions in the material plane and life of the entity, as pertains to the physical surroundings of the body, in the conditions through which the entity has labored and does labor (physical), there is found that the body works, labors, at a high nerve tension, and in the exertion of physical and material body the high nerve tension produces not only an intestinal (rather than stomach) disorder, but the nervousness is as of the re-vibration of the high nerve tension. Take self rather in hand. Forces not the issue within self's own mental application, for the entity is as of the high mental abilities - ABOVE the ordinary - an while never consider self as the ORDINARY, but do not overtax the mental extraordinary - for the physical is such that such strain reacts in the physical body.
21. We are through for the present.

REPORTS

1. 5/04/27 He referred Mr. [3845] for a Physical Rdg.
2. 7/15/27 He referred Mrs. [4587] for a Physical Rdg.
3. 8/03/38 Mr. [257]'s letter: "...Was in Chicago 2 weeks...talked about you to several people - one from Norfolk - [2687], I believe."
4. 7/28/69 Brother's death notice did NOT list [2687] as a survivor.

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