This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of May, 1926, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [2749] via Mrs. [3934].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Dr. Thos. B. House. Born September 28, 1875, on a farm near New Concord, Ohio.

TEXT

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 the time, the 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.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those influences as are latent and exhibited in the present earth's plane, and the conditions as surround the development in the present earth's plane, with the influence in the present from those appearances as are seen in the earth's plane.
3. In taking the position in the present earth's plane, we find the entity comes under the influence of Mercury, of Jupiter, of the Moon, of Earth, and of the influence in the adverse of Mars and Saturn.
4. In those conditions then as are exhibited in urges, and in the present plane as personalities, we find one very pleasing in many ways and manners to many individuals. To others, apparently peculiar, close fisted, high minded, and at an adverse influence to many domineering or certain minded peoples.
5. One, then, that is courteous, careful, mindful of little detail.
6. One that makes the most of every condition, often to the own individual purposes to the detriment of self.
7. One that will gain, and has gained, most in worldly goods, worldly pleasures, through those earthly conditions and from earth's storehouse, especially those conditions as have to do with the improvement of those elements that go to prepare, make up or develop, earth's storehouse goods. Hence, machinery, or implements and tools always appeal to the individual.
8. In the exercising of will's force in the earth's plane, in the present, we find this may be divided in two and, in a closer analysis, THREE divisions in the life, for there has entered those experiences in the early life in the present earth's plane, again in the, near the, meridian, that has changed the attitude, the vision, and the exercising of will's force for this individual. There is now more of that that keeps the equilibrium, and which may be called the developing period in the present earth plane.
9. As to the urges, the influences, as are latent and as individuality of the entity, much of these are seen from the appearance in the earth's plane, and the influence this bears has been used, sometimes to the detriment, in the earlier portion of the life. There are others yet to be made manifest in the way and manner as to be turned into that way of bringing better influences FROM the life and INTO the life of others.
10. The entity should ever beware of any entanglements that cause or would give the use of firearms as an excuse to be used in the hands of others. The temperament, as is seen, is to resort to force rather (in the latter) of the nominal law; in the earlier rather taking law into own hands, and this, as is seen, comes with undue influence from conditions as allowed to rule, through lack of exercising the prerogative of right, known, felt, by the individual as the correct manner of living.
11. As to those conditions to which the entity may develop, and that to which it may attain, is rather now in that line of the giving of self and self's goods to those who may develop in teachers, ministers, preachers and the like, to MEN, for the man may be called, rightly, a man's man.
12. As to appearances in the earth's plane, and the influence this bears in the present in urges, and those that may be developed to the betterment of the individual:
13. In the one before this we find the entity in the land of this nativity in the present, in that of the soldier in the defense of that as was called the Revolution, see? and then in the name of Chdaihl, and in that of, and among, the youth of the land to rise in the defense, in now known as the Concord, or near Massachusett's Concord, see? and the entity was in the manner of development when the life was cut short in that period. In the present, the urge as is seen is that of the dislike of force unless applied through self's influence. May be made good - may be made bad, as is seen through will's activity.
14. In the one before this we find in the land of what is now known as that of Spain, when the first peoples of the new religions were coming in. The entity then in the peasant fields of that land, and came under the influence of those conditions and, yielding to that influence, became very zealous of the new tenets, bringing much distress to many of those associated and connected with same, and in the end allowing same to bring distressing conditions in the life. Then in the name Juhaniel, and the entity finds in the present that urge of the wonderment of religious influence in the lives of individuals, under various circumstances, and the study of such influences is particularly interesting to the entity; yet ever held afar and rather kept as a mental condition in self than expressing same. Same, were this applied in the present life, and in the use of will's force (as is applied in the individual), might be brought to mean much to individuals, for the entity's study of such conditions in various portions of the races of the religions would be made to mean much, were these expressed.
15. In the one before this we find in the land of the now Indian country, when the divisions were being grouped together as a people as a common defense against the hordes coming in from the Northeast, and from those invasions from the North. The entity then in the name Ijudhl, and the entity gained in this period, for, as the leader in the defense and the grouping of the peoples together in the bettered conditions after eliminating those invading forces, the entity rose to position, yet never exercised that condition to lord over others. In the present the urge is seen that the entity feels as if, were certain conditions within the life, the entity might be a leader; and he might be, even as yet, were he to use the will's force in the correct way and manner, much in the way and manner as has been outlined in various conditions, and as will be seen.
16. In the one before this we find in the days when the peoples of the nations were gathered as one to defend self against the fowls of air and beast of field. The entity among those as would be called an envoy to such gatherings, and came to that gathering in what would NOW - this period - present, be called lighter than air machines, and the entity remained in that dwelling place, for the kingdoms were set within the bounds of that entity's rule, under the name of Duddil, and the entity allowed self's aggrandizement to lose much in the later days, for the attempt to rule, by the special privilege to some and those in friendships to the entity, this brought much consternation in the peoples, and divisions, and divisions, and divisions arose from same. In the urge as is seen, the entity rarely feels very sure of self.
17. Then, in the summing up of this together, as to be used for those developments as may be seen in the earth's plane, that the privilege of the giving of power through knowledge may be distributed to others, through the entity's influence, overcome much of conditions as are to be met by entity for those conditions caused in the earth's plane; for of the earth things are earthy; of the spiritual things are spiritual, and the mind of man must be made One with the Maker to enjoy the blessings of earth or of the spiritual home.
18. Then, keep in that way wherein self may be lost, or may be made One with Him, in service to others, rather than service of self or from others.
19. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. 4/10/26 [2749]'s letter: "...I am anxious to have a Life reading and my friend, Mrs. [3934], has referred me to you, as she has received so much benefit from her relations with you. I was born September 28th, 1875, on a farm near New Concord, Ohio, which is about twelve miles east of Zanesville..."

REPORTS

1. 5/25/26 [2749]'s letter to EC:
   "...I have your Life reading, [2749-1] and while I am not able to get very much out of it, that perhaps is my fault, and I appreciate your effort just the same and am enclosing a little check which I hope will be of some service to you. I had a reading some time ago of my previous earth life, but for some reason they do not seem to agree.
   "I am engaged in healing, and have had quite a little experience, and there is a young man now that has come under my observation for some little time and I wondered if I might get a health reading for him. Or, in other words, I would like to look it over before he sees it in order that there may not be anything in it that would in any way affect him, as he is rather easily affected. He is a very fine chap and I have been very anxious to do something for him.
   "If this is satisfactory, just how would you want me to proceed?..."
2. 5/29/26 EC's letter to [2749]:
   "...Replying to yours of the 25th, I am sorry to know that you haven't been able to make much out of the Reading. I am compelled to say this is the FIRST report we have had of this kind, and I am in hopes, by a little study of same, that you will be able to find something that will be worthwhile; or, if I am on the wrong track entirely, I am sure you, with your knowledge of such phenomena, will be able to assist me in getting straightened out. Of course you understand I don't profess to know anything about this subject even. The Life readings have been a development in the phenomena in the last three years, and perhaps we have given something less than a hundred, but each and every report had been so full of praise that we had been led to believe, by same, that we perhaps were really helping people. For instance, in the morning mail I have a letter from a Scotchman who is a healer and has been the minister of a spiritualist church for the last ten years. [2482] He says: 'To say I am pleased with it (the Reading) is placing it very mildly. In fact it seems hardly possible that you can give such accurate detail without having a personal knowledge of the person's inner life. I have shown it to several, and you can expect to hear from many from this section of the world. These are certainly worthwhile.' But I certainly want to thank you for writing me as you have, for it is well that we be 'jerked up' once in a while, as it were.
   "As regarding the Reading for the young man, we shall certainly be very glad to try to be of assistance. It would be necessary, of course, for him to make the application for this himself, but we would be very glad to send same to you to inspect before he saw it, if he so desires. We are anxious to be of help whenever possible, and certainly have no desire to be of a hindrance in any manner. I certainly trust that you may arrange this and that we can be of service..."

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