This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 26th day of September, 1942, in accordance with request made by the self Mrs. [2823], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [2390].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [2823], [2390] and [2175]. Born December 10, 1909, in Los Angeles, Calif.

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1. GC: You will give the relations 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 - " - '41 - yes, some changes in thought and environ - '24 - changes and expectancies, with anxieties - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we are given the record here of that entity now known as or called [2823].
4. In giving an interpretation of the records here, these we find unusual - in many ways. And from the record we attempt to choose that as may be of the greater help or benefit, and to present it in such a way that it may be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling the entity to better fulfill the purposes for which the entity entered this present sojourn.
5. Not that this may be as a contradiction to the thoughts of the entity, - but these are the premises from which these interpretations are chosen from the records:
6. Each entity is a part of the universal whole. All knowledge, all understanding that has been a part of the entity's consciousness, then, is a part of the entity's experience.
7. Thus the unfoldment in the present is merely becoming aware of that experience through which the entity, either in body or in mind, - has passed in a consciousness.
8. Hence there are two phases, or two means of expression from which urges arise in the experience of the entity. There is the form of consciousness attained when absent from the body, whether in normal sleep or in that sleep called death (in the earth plane). Then there is the consciousness to the soul entity.
9. For, the entity finds itself body-physical, body-mind, body-soul. The body-soul is a citizen of that realm we call heaven, as much as the body-physical is a citizen of the land we call home.
10. These are the forms or the premises, then, through which influences arise.
11. Then there are the sojourns in other realms of the solar system which represent certain attributes. Not that ye maintain a physical earth-body in Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus or Saturn; but there is an awareness or a consciousness in those realms when absent from the body, and the response to the position those planets occupy in this solar system.
12. Not that the sun that is the center of this solar system is all there is. For the entity has attained to that realm even of Arcturus, or that center from which there may be the entrance into other realms of consciousness. And the entity has chosen in itself to return to the earth for a definite mission.
13. Thus ye oft find in thy experiences that places, peoples, things and conditions are a part of self as if ye were in the consciousness of same.
14. For, as is a part of the entity's experience, a light - as the sun - gives off rays that respond to those elements seen and unseen in the earth.
15. Thus the heat, the radial activity is given off in the earth, and brings a universal consciousness to what is called nature. Yet that nature is a part of thine own personal experience.
16. So, all of those realms, - as in Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, - have their realms of consciousness also. As to how great the influence is depends upon the individual, for none surpass the will of the individual entity - the birthright of each soul. For, the soul is that child of the universal consciousness ye call God, and is made aware of same by the application of laws pertaining to same in the own self.
17. Thus the knowledge, the understanding, the interpretation of life, lies within thine own self, as ye apply same in thy activity.
18. Just as ye find in the physical realm an activity within self that, coordinated with thy mate, may create a channel for a being within self with a physical, a mental and a soul body.
19. Thus as ye take hold of the thought of God, of the Christ Consciousness, of the Way, it may be just as active and just as pregnant with life itself as may a body within thine own body.
20. These should be thy studies. For, having attained in the physical realm as well as in the mental consciousness the awareness of these, ye may set about to find that application of self in the relationships to thy companions.
21. For, as the Teacher of teachers has given, he that is the greatest in the earth is he that ministers the most to others.
22. Great indeed are they that build in the consciousness of each soul they meet, - greater than they that build a city, or that make some deed called great in the eyes of material-minded individuals.
23. In the astrological influences, then, that find activities in thine own consciousness of mind, - we find:
24. Mercury, - high-minded; a thinker; deep.
25. Venus, - love in nature, love of nature, - an appreciation of the beautiful. These are the manners in which these approach the entity, rather than a physical consciousness. The beauty is rather of the universal nature.
26. In Jupiter we find the abilities of the entity to maintain or impress its comprehension or understanding upon the universal consciousness, or thus the associations of the entity are in the realm of the Jupiterian or the universal consciousness.
27. We find in Saturn the influences that to many, and oft to self, become stumblingstones or blockings of ways in which all the beautiful thoughts, all the good intentions come tumbling because of material or social hindrances. These should be used as steppingstones. For in patience ye become aware of thy own soul, and thy own abilities. Think not that He in the flesh found not stumbling in the mind and in the experience of each of those He chose, even as His representatives in the earth.
28. As each of the twelve Apostles represented major centers or regions or realms through which consciousness became aware in the body of the earth itself, so did He find - as in thine own self ye find - those twelve stumblingstones, those twelve things that oft not only disgust but disappoint thee - as to the reaction and way people and things react. These are the price of flesh, of material consciousness, and are only passing. Know deep within self that these, too, must pass away, but the beauty, the love, the hope, the faith remains ever.
29. The influences from Uranus bring the extremes, or the periods when ye are very hopeful and periods when ye feel very pessimistic. At other periods the optimism is quite enlightening and quite given to create courage in the minds of others. And thy pessimism may be just as depressing. Keep that in mind!
30. As to the appearances in the earth, - these find lodgment or manners of expression in the ways in which the physical consciousness responds to things, to people, to conditions.
31. For, as the entity finds in self, often those that are to others just "things" have as much life or beauty, or even personality - and more, than some individuals who have so submerged their consciousness into materiality as to have lost most of their beauty of the spiritual grace.
32. Know, though, that His mercy is sufficient, and He is not a respecter of persons but of purposes.
33. Then consider oft what are thy purposes.
34. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, but rather in the land of the present sojourn - in those early days of activities in Virginia, Carolina and Maryland. These were the areas in which the entity was active, in a consciousness of the needs of the young to be acquainted with the possibilities and probabilities of their own land.
35. While the entity found little encouragement at times as to its purposes, the entity went about - as a voice in the wilderness - bringing the message of the needs of the young to know of the vegetation, of the trees, of the soil, of the birds, of the animals of their own native land.
36. This, to many in those periods, was as foolishness; yet it was the beginning of those things that - of the entity's kinsmen - brought a knowledge of ornithology that has not yet been surpassed in this land.
37. The name then was Martha Ingesoll. While materially there were hardships in the experience, mentally and spiritually there was glory to the entity throughout its sojourn - for the entity brought hope in the minds of many in that experience.
38. In the present from same, then, there is the love of nature, the love of the outdoors; and yet the entity feels as if it is necessary to check self from allowing itself to consider same so much, - for it is beautiful but not materially practicable in the present, even; though it may be made so even yet in the experience of the entity.
39. Before that the entity was in the English land, during those periods when there were the activities that dealt with much of the early American land, - when there were the reports being brought back and forth, when there were the considerations of those who sought a land where there might be freedom of speech as well as of worship, - when there were the disputations between Church and State, and when there was licentiousness in most of the lands, as in England and France as well as in the Roman land and the empires of the eastern world - among the rulers.
40. The entity raised its voice as one desirous of making it possible for groups to embark to the new land, and yet - itself - never attained to its own experience in same. However, the entity kept an account of the reports from many, and those who returned from the Carolinas, from Georgia, and the Oglethorpes, were a portion of the entity's companions through those experiences; as well as those who had been companions with Raleigh and others.
41. These brought to the experience of the entity that of writing, and of compilation.
42. Hence the abilities of the entity in the present to write, or to compile facts and the data pertaining to any activity of groups, or of individuals, pertaining to vocational guidance in the varied activities. For, such were a part of the entity's experience then and are applicable in the experience today.
43. The name then was Marchiee Sadlin.
44. Before that the entity was in the Promised Land, especially in those periods of the early church in Laodicea; for the founders and teachers there were a part of the entity's experience, as well as the disputations that arose between Paul and Lucius, and the associates there.
45. The entity then was a sister, or the elder sister of Lucius the head of the church there during a part of those experiences. This brought about periods of turmoils for the entity. Yet with the stand taken by a part of that same group or family, there came the greater experiences for all.
46. There the entity was the home builder, the weaver, or one who taught the young - or groups - to weave and to make for such activities in the home, and in the church.
47. Then in the name Lucia, or Lucy (as would be called in the present), the entity gained; though there were hardships of great numbers in the entity's own family, for there were eleven children in that experience.
48. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there were those turmoils and trials, when there was the returning of the Priest.
49. The entity was in the midst of these, as the companion of the builder of the pyramids, and as a director in same; or of that especial pyramid that was built not as a tomb but as a house of those who were dedicated to a special service. This was rather the house, or the way in which those who were edified were to receive their benediction, not only from the priests of the period but from the powers on high, - as represented not only in the chambers but through the manners in which the history or the events of the times were put there. The entity then was a student of same.
50. Thus we find that all prophecy, all forms of those that would prophesy or make or leave or portend experiences, are of special interest to the entity; as these were a part of the entity's activity, - as a student rather than as an active force, - through that experience.
51. The entity was acquainted with all those in various forms of authority, - which brought satisfaction in a manner, or rather the ability of the entity to become the greater student through that experience.
52. The entity was acquainted and associated with the Priest, as well as those banished with the Priest; also the activities with the King as well as those in authority from the Atlantean land.
53. In Atlantis the entity learned the most, but in Egypt was the greater period of activity - in the compiling of data. And portions of that as may yet be uncovered in the pyramids will be found to have been put there by the entity, - It-Ao.
54. Before that the entity was in the land of the present nativity, in the early periods when there were the breaking ups of other lands; when portions of the now great Southwest were the upper lands.
55. There the entity was one interpreting to the peoples the way of life beyond material experience, or as a teacher of the way of the Law of One, - in the name then Eaou.
56. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, - that to which it may attain, and how:
57. Who would attempt to tell the rose how to blush, or the violet how to be beautiful?
58. Study to show thyself approved unto thy ideal. Keep thyself unspotted from the world.
59. Ready for questions.
60. (Q) What has been the source of the driving force that I have had since December, 1941?
    (A) The awakening to the abilities within self, as has been indicated, - and this was the period as outlined also.
61. (Q) How can I use this power to further my development?
    (A) By applying self, and being - May it always be said to thyself, "I was not unmindful of the voice within, or of the vision of that I must do." Keep the light of the Law of One, as ye taught in those early lands; as ye applied in Egypt in correlating the efforts of those in authority; as ye kept in accord in the troublesome periods in Laodicea. These preserve in thy Lord, the Christ.
62. (Q) Is my job in ... best for my development at this time?
    (A) During the present conditions, yes. A little later you will find it unfolding into other things.
63. (Q) In view of the unsettled condition in the ... office at this time, how do I best fit into the picture?
    (A) Keep that as thou hast, and these will work to those things that are to the unfoldment for better things.
64. (Q) Please explain why I feel that I am a stranger to my father and mother, and always felt so close to my grandmother.
    (A) These would be better interpreted in paralleling the lives and the experiences. This may oft happen. For, as indicated, ye came for a definite purpose. Each soul (and ye especially) has a definite job to do. But ye alone may find and do that job!
    Then do with thy might what thy hands find to do day by day, being not unmindful that though it may appear to be the more menial job, in same ye may find thine own soul shining through!
65. (Q) There are times when I have flashes of things that come to pass in the future. What causes this?
    (A) Read what has been indicated as to the interest the entity has in all things pertaining to prognostication, - but don't turn prognosticator on self! Watch others! Know He has promised, "To him that is faithful I will bring to mind ALL things since the foundation of the world."
    These are a part of thy experience, but keep them in their proper relationship one to another. Ye are what ye are because of what ye have been. So is everyone else!
66. (Q) What have been my past associations with: My son, [2869]?
    (A) In the experiences in Laodicea ye disputed with him. Ye worked very close together in Egypt, for he was then thy companion.
67. (Q) My husband, [5163]?
    (A) In the English land as well as in the experience just before this ye were closely associated, - not in the same relationships, but in the same household in each of these.
68. (Q) My former husband, [...]?
    (A) In the Laodicea activities he was the counselor with those against thy brother there; while in Egypt ye held a closer relationship to the activities as they have been in the present.
69. (Q) [2390]?
    (A) Sister in the Laodicea experience; also very closely associated in Egypt. [3/20/43 See 2390-7, Par. 30-A re associations with [2823] in Egypt.]
70. (Q) [2175]?
    (A) Closely associated in the Egyptian activities, as well as in the experience before this.
71. (Q) [1523]?
    (A) In Laodicea and Egypt.
72. (Q) Mr. Cayce?
    (A) Parallel these with those activities.
73. We are through for the present.

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REPORTS

1. 6/05/43 She obtained a Physical Rdg., - see 2823-2.
2. 11/20/43 See 2390-9, Par. 24-A re associations with [2823] in early America.
3. 1/08/44 She obtained a Check Life Reading on her Egyptian incarnation. [See 2823-3 with subsequent Reports.]

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