This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 28th day of November, 1942, in accordance with request made by the self - [2861], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mr. [257].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [2861]. Born November 25, 1904, near Kiev, Russia.

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1. GC: You will give the relationship 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 locating place of birth - " - Lot of activity in it now!" Then, in going back over years from present - " - '43 - '42 - '41 - '38 - changes for the entity; some good, some not so well - '26 - yes, change of activity - " - etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2861].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, these we choose from same, with the desire and purpose that this information may be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling the entity to better fulfil those purposes for which it entered this present sojourn.
5. For, each soul is aware of the mindfulness of the Creative Force - or God - in the consciousness of the soul's opportunity in material experience of giving expression of that which may be to the glory of the Father-God.
6. As these records are interpreted, then, that ideal, that purpose shall be the basis upon which these interpretations are drawn.
7. We would, as should each individual entity, magnify the virtues, minimize the faults. For, without the mercy of that Creative Force, or God, man in his struggle would become lost indeed.
8. But man finds himself as he manifests that given by the lawgiver of old (of whom the entity was aware), "Today there is set before thee good and evil, life and death; choose thou;" also those pronouncements which that chosen leader following Moses gave to thyself, yea to thine own, "Let others do as they may, but as for me and my house, we will serve a living God."
9. As to the urges manifested in the experience of this entity, - astrologically, or rather from sojourns termed astrological, - we find that Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn become a part of the latent and manifested abilities. These indicate in the present entity the manner in which the entity thinks, the entity reasons.
10. In Mercury we find the high mental ability; those tendencies to analyze problems from the three-dimensional viewpoint, or the cause and the effect.
11. Thus the entity in its activities as a director in a group or organization may be called a good judge of human nature.
12. Thus in Jupiter the activities will have to do with masses. Though its distribution of service may be individual, it will have its reaction in groups.
13. The entity is thus a good leader, a good executive.
14. In Venus we find the sympathetic nature, the tenderheartedness of the entity. Thus the entity may use such to endear itself to its associates and co-laborers, or - as in Saturn - it may find that influence that increases the differences, and thus have - through such activities - petty jealousies arise in the associations, - as has been the experience in some of the activities in the last few years.
15. We find in Saturn that tendency to make changes, and yet these are not always, as applied in the experience in Mercury, Jupiter and Venus, in keeping with the ideals of the entity.
16. For, the entity is an exception in this direction; it DOES have ideals, but not always does it keep those first and foremost. Remember that admonition, "Let others do as they may..."
17. Know, as ye experienced, they that manifest in their relationships and dealings with their fellow man the glory, the appreciation, the thankfulness to the First Cause, God, shall never be hungry; neither shall their seed ask for bread. He keepeth those who trust in Him.
18. As to the appearances of the entity in the earth plane, these we find quite varied; and yet some of those that were a part of the experience in the manifestation just before this must now soon find an activity in the choices made by the entity.
19. Before this the entity was one of those among the Hessian soldiery who came to what is now the American land.
20. In the beginning the entity took same merely as an experience, but with the actual living through the events in a new land, even about that land of its present environment, the entity caught or found a vision of a NEW interpretation of personal ability, personal freedom.
21. Later the association with the group under Howe, when there were those settlings, brought the determination for an activity in this new land.
22. Thus we find that the entity later became identified with those activities in what is now known as Philadelphia, Trenton, and those places of that vicinity; as one active in building up an export trade, as a worker in leather, - harness, trappings, things of that nature; coats and leggins, and things pertaining to dress, as well as those things pertaining to working materials.
23. The entity may thus in the present find in such activities an outlet for the abilities, for the ideals in relationship in such, with groups and individuals.
24. The name then was Maxendoff. The entity lost, the entity gained, and in the present through the application of that principle in the relationships with others, as well as in the material activities, the entity may find a going on to a greater opportunity in material, in mental, in spiritual developments.
25. Before that the entity was in the Mesopotamian land, when there were the activities from the Grecian and the Promised Lands, that would make those disturbances, or the attempt to put those peoples in the position of paying tribute to the Grecian land.
26. The entity then was a householder, or as a leader of a group that defended the land; bringing even at that period those questionings as to whether those activities of Xenophon brought gain to his peoples or not.
27. Throughout that period the entity gained, partly as the warrior, more as the leader, the advisor, the counselor to his peoples, and in directing them in their mental and spiritual activities towards justice and mercy to all, as indicated in the relationships that were established in the sojourn of the entity just before that.
28. The name then was Xerenolf.
29. Before that the entity was in the Persian and the Arabian land, when there were those activities in the "city in the hills and the plains."
30. There the entity was among the merchantmen who with their caravans made trips, for the exchange of goods, from Egypt and the land of Said, or the East Indian and the Persian land; also the Indo-China land.
31. These activities brought the entity into association with the various groups in various fields of endeavor. And spices, fruits, decorative articles of clothing, weavings of linen, were carried to the varied lands from the Egyptian land; as well as those things in the varied lands being distributed among those of the entity's associations in that period.
32. When there were the periods of building the center in the "city in the hills and the plains," the entity was the caravan leader who left one of his helpers, or servants, for the healing of the teacher in the "city in the hills and the plains."
33. Later the entity established self as one of those in that center, having those periods of the exchange passed to and fro through the entity's camp there.
34. The name then was Hessa-Pha. In the experience the entity unfolded much of that which had been the gaining in the experience before that.
35. For, before that the entity was one born in the wilderness during that journey from Egypt to the Promised Land; being a young man among those who entered into the Promised Land under the leadership of Joshua, - among those who saw the mighty works that were accomplished under the direction of that leader; saw the conquering of the land, those activities that brought about the varied disturbances among those of the varied tribes.
36. Thus we find the entity was among those of the Levite tribe, and in that position of seeing and aiding in the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness.
37. The entity ministered, in the latter days, at Shiloh; residing there, - in the name then Jabethelda. The greater activity of the entity in material sojourns was experienced there. For, those among the entity's own associates were the stronger powers for keeping check on the group activity as related to those services about the tabernacle; not as a ministering priest of the tribe or of the household of Aaron, but of those that were the repairers, the conductors of the activities to maintain the beauty of the service about the tabernacle.
38. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods when there was the causing of the banishment of the Priest.
39. The entity was among those who chose to go with the Priest in the banishment, later becoming identified with that individual [Now [257] then the armor bearer to the Priest, or go-between] who attempted to be the go-between, though the entity gained where the go-between or the armor bearer lost; for the entity was not quite so hard-headed - these were selfish purposes.
40. In the present experience the entity needs to keep that which innately prompts an individual soul for its understanding in relationships to those who are selfish, of self-centered in their purposes.
41. The name then was Isth-El-Ob.
42. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
43. First, analyze thyself and understand or interpret that which prompts thy activity in thy dealings with thy spiritual life, thy spiritual purposes; analyzing that which is of thy mental ideal, as to the needs of replenishing the spiritual purpose in the mental relationships with those of the Creative Forces as well as that which is necessary to know the quotations of the market in thine own activity, or the choice of thy activity.
44. In the material relationships, - that as may have to do with harness, with leather goods, - shoes, bags, - those things having to do with travel, - may be the channels through which the greater material possibilities and probabilities may arise. For, the choice has been in that, prompted as of the experience before this.
45. Thus it may become, and will become, related to the differences that have arisen in nations, in the present.
46. In seeking such associations, then, - let it be such activities as will have to do with the making of leather goods, or some activity that has to do with such as holsters of such natures. In such the entity may through this period of stress keep in touch with its present material endeavors. Or those as of metal, - as the making of clips for holsters or all such natures. In these may the entity keep this phase of its activity intact.
47. But in it all, study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed. For He will not be ashamed of thee.
48. Ready for questions.
49. (Q) Should I remain in my same line of business, the manufacturing of luggage? or should I get into some other work for the duration of war?
    (A) During the duration, as indicated, through the making of some leather goods, or clips that fasten on such, the entity may receive the help through this period of stress. It will not be overlong, though, for the entity now; but ye may gain such orders through those associations with that one [Now [257] then the armor bearer to the Priest, or go-between] whom ye helped in the Egyptian experience, and with whom ye have become acquainted.
50. (Q) How can I come to a better understanding with my brother, [...], in regard to problems in the social and business life?
    (A) These ye will have to analyze in thine own way and manner. Here ye find an association with one with whom ye had differences in those periods in the Mesopotamian land, when - as one in thine own household - he gave help to those who worked against thee. Ye are meeting them, then, in the present. But in the light of that as we have given, oft - in analyzing - put yourself in his place. These do not answer questions but they will change the attitude of thy brother. Ye need some of those differences, but not those hardheadednesses.
51. (Q) What have been my associations in the past with my wife, what are the present urges, and how may I use them for our mutual development?
    (A) In the experience especially of the journey in the wilderness ye were closely associated, even as in the present. THERE ye counseled oft one with another, as respecting the teachings as well as the difference of the priest; and the applications may made.
    HERE ye will find in the present, while in the present, while some social conditions cause disturbance, thy abilities and the counsel ye may have may aid often.
    Then, know there is a oneness in purpose. For, how doth the law - not man-made but of God - interpret same? Ye have brought those activities into being that represent his manifestation of life, together. Let that counsel then be oft together, and ye will find harmonies more and more, and directions in those same channels as ye had in the wilderness - in thy children.
52. (Q) With my daughter, [...]?
    (A) Associated in the wilderness, or in those periods of activity in the Promised Land; and in the experiences of the journey in the "city in the hills and plains."
53. (Q) With my daughter, [...]?
    (A) In the experience just before this. Thus ye feel that closeness at times, and again that feeling as of not understanding at all.
    Keep the faith.
54. We are through for the present.

    Two copies to self (one for Mr. [257])
    Copy to Ass'n file

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