This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 4th day of August, 1942, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [2796], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. David E. Kahn. Born October 29, 1904, in New York City.

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 - " - '38 - strenuous periods - '34 - expectancies - '29 - anticipations - '18 - an illness - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2796].
4. In giving an interpretation of the records as we find here for this entity, these we choose from a very interesting record - a beautiful one in many places - with the desire and purpose that this may be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling this entity to better fulfil those purposes for which it entered this present sojourn.
5. As to those urges latent and manifested, - while the entity finds itself constituted of body, mind and soul, life itself is eternal. Thus through varied experiences and activities, there remain conditions to be met - with that which is eternal (thus the soul-entity).
6. In giving the interpretations, then, the activities are given in the same manner in which life itself must be lived; minimizing then the faults - in others and in self; magnifying the virtues that are a portion of the entity.
7. These manifest themselves through the dreams, the visions, the aches, the pains oft deep within self; not of physical but of that portion of the mind (that is the builder, ever) that takes on and takes hold of that which is eternal.
8. Thus we give them as manifestations or expressions through what may be termed astrological aspects (for the want of a better term). For, to be absent from the body is to be present with that ye have worshiped as thy God.
9. What is thy God, then? Is it self, fame, fortune? or is it that which is of the creative influence that is of the universal consciousness ye call God, Jehovah, Father?
10. These are determined within the experience of the individual, as may be well seen or manifested in the experience of this entity.
11. Thus we find in Mercury the high mental abilities. It is an entity, then, well balanced as to judgments and abilities, - as a teacher, as an instructor. Yet what has been the purpose in same? Has it been knowledge to give self power, or knowledge that it may be applied to the glory of the Creative Force and to the honor of the purposes set in self? The answer is to be determined in self. For, as given in days of old, "Today there is set before thee good and evil, life and death - choose thou."
12. Also in Venus we find the beauty - not only in body but in thought. Yet those tendencies, those weaknesses, are inclined to make the entity become self-conscious, and to belittle self as to its abilities, to become less active and demonstrative than it might - for the good of its own self, - as will be seen, - in meeting some of those problems that have been a part of the experience in the earth.
13. In Jupiter we find the universal consciousness, and yet this afflicted with the manner in which the entity - in the influences from the Mercurian angle - applied same in its relationships to others. Thus there is brought into the experience that which has required and does require patience. Know, as has been given, in the application of patience ye become aware of your souls. For, as is expressed in the three-dimensional analysis of body, mind and soul, so in time, in space, in patience ye become aware of the relationship to the Godhead, - AS the Father, the Mediator or Son, and the Holy Spirit. While these are active, then, let thy yeas be yea and thy nays be nay. For it is here a little, there a little, line upon line, precept upon precept, that patience is needed to be manifested in the experience of the entity - to gain the benevolent influences that may be a portion of the experience from Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. For, these depend upon that ye set as thy ideal.
14. What IS thy ideal? Is it wholly set in material things? Is it at an at-onement with that which is of a spiritual nature? Or is it of such a nature that the mental is more often the judge - and this not at all times wisely? Judge ye, but let that mind be in thee that he of old gave, "Others may do as they may, but as for me and my HEART, my house, I will serve the living God."
15. Know that He is God of the living, NOT of the dead. For the dead are put away, death passeth away, but life, light and immortality is for those who seek to know His face and to do His will. What is His will? "Study to show thyself approved unto God, to do good, to eschew evil," this is the whole duty of man.
16. And the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. When ye do that in thy daily dealings with others as ye would that men should do to you, even so ye do to the God ye worship.
17. If ye take advantage of others because of their lack of understanding and call it "good business," ye are cheating thyself, not thy neighbor; not other than thy God. And he that attempts to cheat God indeed cheats himself.
18. As to the appearances in the earth, these have been quite varied. Thus there appears oft in the tumult of the heart's desire those things hard to be understood.
19. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, in the name then Matilda Fielding. There the entity took advantage of a situation, that brought turmoil to a mother. And though the entity rose to a place in the hearts and minds of many, - man looketh on the outward appearance, God looketh on the heart. He purgeth every one, but does not tempt one beyond that one is able to bear; thus may it be divided in those periods of remonstrance. For, ever the promise has been, "Though ye be afar off, if ye call I will hear, and will answer speedily."
20. In the experience the entity lost, and gained; gained in the abilities as a teacher, as an instructor, - and yet with that latent expectancy ever of being caught up, by the using of another for self's own purpose.
21. Hence in the present there are the needs for the application of self in instruction, but in patience - that healing may indeed come into the experiences of those ye meet day by day.
22. Ye may never justify thyself, but DO glorify thy God; that He may remember those things no more - and they will be blotted out of thy book of life.
23. Before that the entity was in the Holy Land, or the Promised Land; as the children of Judah gathered to proclaim their confidence, their faith in David the King, who worshiped God in a manner such that it was given, "a man after mine own heart." Not that he failed not, but not guilty of the same offence twice, and gave credit ever to God - not to self; the GLORY to God, the weakness acknowledged in self, but the glory to Him.
24. There we find the entity was a handmaiden to Bathsheba, in those periods when she became the companion to David - under those periods of disturbance when there was the forgetting of self and Uriah was slain; when, as Nathan declared, "Thou art the man."
25. The entity then was that assistant or companion to the body guard of David, in the name Shelah. The entity gained from those experiences; LEARNED much from the sorrows of Bathsheba, as well as of David.
26. And in the present through the abilities to help others, who find great sorrow in their lives from incidents, accidents, or even from premeditated efforts to take advantage of situations, the entity may counsel with those of her own sex as well as those of the young, in preparing them for meeting the vicissitudes in life's highway.
27. In the experience the entity gained through the greater part of the sojourn. Well may the tenets of the 1st, the 24th and the 90th Psalm become as a part of the entity's meditation, in seeking for that at-onement with that ONLY which brings peace in self and in the experience or associations with others, - as of an at-onement with that Creative Force or God.
28. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there were those preparations being made for the journeying from the land.
29. There the entity was in the household of Levi, and a recorder - as would be termed today, or a helper - to Moses and Aaron; but the companion - or the daughter of - Hur.
30. In the experience the entity became acquainted with much that had to do with the ways, means and manners of controlling groups, and those who find fault with the interpreters of the law as well as those who interpreted the attempts of the Creative Force to bring the consciousness into the lives of individuals of His purpose with man.
31. There the entity became something of a politician, as would be termed today, as well as an instructor in the ways of those who would keep their own household intact.
32. Then the entity was in the name Shebeth, and the entity gained much that may be applied in the present in that of teaching, or in analyzing individuals or individual problems. Apply these abilities in the spirit of creative energies, not as for self nor for the gratifying of some appetite of body or of mind-mental.
33. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land when there were those turmoils and strifes, when there were those rebuildings after the reconciliation between the King and the Priest and the peoples from Atlantis, and those who rebelled in the King's own household.
34. The entity then was among those occupied in the Temple of Sacrifice by the Priest; coming into association with the Priest from those lands to which the Priest had been banished.
35. Thus the entity became a helpmeet for the Priest through those periods of activity. Thus may the entity find in the present those activities in which it may aid others to find themselves, by finding their relationship to the Creative Forces or God.
36. The name then was Shebeolither.
37. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, - that to which it may attain, and how:
38. In the relying upon His promise, "Call and I will hear," apply self in those abilities as the instructor, as the teacher, as the counselor to the young, to those disturbed, those unaware of the pitfalls, those disturbed by disappointments. And in the aiding of others do ye find thyself.
39. For, if ye would have life, give it. If ye would have peace, give it. If ye would have friends, show thyself friendly. For THIS is the law of the Lord, and it is not past finding out - to those who seek same. For, as He hath given, "Seek and ye shall find, call on the Lord and He will hear."
40. Ready for questions.
41. (Q) When, where and how have I been formerly associated with my little daughter, [2436].
    (A) In the experience before this. Ye took advantage of her then. Ye must meet it in the present.
42. (Q) What so-called karmic tie-up caused me to have her born blind?
    (A) That the glory of the Father might be made manifest in thee and in [2436].
43. (Q) How can I best understand this condition and meet it?
    (A) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed, rightly stressing those things that are necessary. Do not feel sorry for self, but rather give glory to God for giving thee the opportunity to meet thyself and to see His love, His forgiveness, manifested in the earth.
44. (Q) When, where and how have I been formerly associated with my husband, [...]?
    (A) In Egypt, as in association with Hur; as in the Promised land in the activities there. Not very good friends in the one, - very close in the days of David.
45. (Q) What are we meeting together in this life?
    (A) Thy own selves; that ye put selfish purposes before God's law.
46. (Q) Should I go back to my college studies again?
    (A) By all means.
47. (Q) If so, what shall I specialize in?
    (A) Child training!
48. (Q) What can I do to make my life a happier one?
    (A) As has been said over and over, and as ye know, the law of the Lord is perfect and it converteth the soul. In patience ye find same, and in love ye apply it. And His peace is thy reward.
49. We are through for the present.

    Two copies to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 7/29/42 She submitted questions. Previous Physical readings had been secured for her baby girl, [2436], born blind.

REPORTS

1. 8/04/42 GD's note: Mr. Kahn happened to be here the day your Rdg. was set, and we thought you wouldn't mind if he listened to it. He is very anxious to discuss the Rdg. with you. I'm sending an extra copy of the Rdg., as you may want to let others have it who go over your Rdg. with you, instead of giving them the original. We all had tears in our eyes when the Rdg. was finished - I do wish you could have heard it. There are two people in particular whom I'd like to have you meet, with whom - according to your Life Rdgs. - you have been closely associated in the past. One is: Mrs. [2771] - whose husband is a dentist at ..., N.Y.C. Drop her a note and make an appointment to meet in the city sometimes. The other [Mrs. [480]] lives in Detroit, and perhaps we can manage that later. Hope we can discuss this soon. GD.
2. 2/12/43 She obtained Physical Rdg. 2796-2.

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