This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of December, 1942, in accordance with request made by the self through mother - Mrs. [2823], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [2823] and Son [2869], Beverly Simmons and Ruth Denney. Born January 7, 1927, Los Angeles, California.

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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 the 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: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2869].
3. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, some unusual things have to do with WHERE the entity should or will exercise its abilities. They must be in China!
4. In giving the interpretations of the records, - these we choose with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling it to better fulfil those purposes for which it entered this present sojourn.
5. Know, it is not by chance that ye came in this experience at this particular time. For, being conscious or aware of thy abilities, of thy relationships to things, to peoples, to conditions, should be a proof of the thought of the Creative Force with thyself. And thus the opportunity that may be thine in this experience, to so live, so act in thy relationships to those ye contact, that ye may indeed glorify that Creative Force that gives life, light and immortality to thy very being.
6. In analyzing the records, - while there are those indications of faults, of failures, of virtues, of vices, that are part of thine experience, - these we choose would be rather in the same manner as ye should, in the consciousness of His mercy endureth forever. We would then magnify the virtues, minimize the faults.
7. We find these abilities innate and manifested in the experience:
8. One that is often called very hardheaded, and yet to the entity it isn't meant, it isn't purposed to be; yet this is a virtue as well as a vice in the experience. And the entity will then of necessity need to not close self within because of its own ideas, its own purposes; not necessary to flaunt them because of thy wisdom, of thy knowledge in the purposes; but reason, patience and persistence will be necessary in thy associations, - if there are those activities chosen with such groups, with such a people with whom it is indicated that thy abilities will be most worth while.
9. Then keep thy counsel well, but learn to listen as well as to act. These should be the basic forces of thy activity.
10. Know this in self; that ye may never be so worldly wise that ye may not learn something from the viewing of a sunset, listening to a strain of music, the laughter of children, the song of the bird, the babbling of the brook. All have their message, for they seek to glorify their Creator.
11. When ye rebel because of rebuke, do ye glorify thy Maker - or to justify thyself?
12. Learn the lesson from this.
13. In the aspects of activity, - Mercury, Venus and Jupiter are the ruling forces, and they each in their own peculiar way of relationships one to another.
14. Mercury with Mars we find indicating the interest in mechanics, or in things pertaining to air, or radio, or such mechanical appliance. This SHOULD be the greater field of activity of the entity in this particular experience; not only because of those experiences in the earth's plane but those applications also in the cosmic, or in the inter-between of experiences of the entity.
15. The high mental abilities are a part of the entity's nature, as well as the business - or the urgency of activity; doing something all the while. Even when others might feel the entity was idle, its thoughts, its minds are piecing together problems that are a part of the mental experience of the entity.
16. In Venus with Jupiter we see those abilities to appreciate those things and those experiences that are as from the realm of the universal consciousness, as indicated in the song of the bird, the music as of the stream, the beauty as of nature; and yet with Jupiter these become universal forces, or those activities in the material plane will have to do with groups and masses, rather than individuals; though it may be individual in its application.
17. As to the appearances in the earth, - while all may not be given, these indicate the tend, the trend of those urges that are latent and manifested in the experience of the entity:
18. Before this the entity was in this land when there were those experiences known to history as the expedition, or the searching out of the boundaries, or the Lewis and Clark expedition, - when there was the requiring of courage and daring on the part of those who went.
19. There the entity was among those who aided, or who went along, - Cecil Certain.
20. Then the entity was of that temperament of seeking, knowing the unusual, the out of the way, the uncommon, and yet with the daredevil spirit, ready to meet, to carry the own part of any undertaking.
21. The entity gained through the experience; and its ability as a navigator, one using instruments in attaining place, longitude, time, space, and such activities were a part of the entity's experience.
22. From that the entity in the present finds its restlessness at times, its thinking, longing for other environs and other activities than those about itself, - and the very desire to explore unseen fields.
23. Thus, as indicated, - that realm of activity of the future, the radio and those activities, will have to do with its effect for good upon lives in every nation, every clime.
24. Before that the entity was in the land now known as China, when there were those necessities for meeting the problems when there were those uprisings from within.
25. There the entity, in those capacities as one of the teachers that held many of its peoples in the way of the better and greater understanding of that as had been the philosophy of the elder peoples in that land, gained.
26. Hence we will find the abilities to work with, to understand, to interpret those activities of this particular peoples, easily, in its material relationships.
27. And with the new orders as will be in the earth, opportunities for every form that urges latently will be given the entity in such fields of activity.
28. The name then was Seucheik.
29. Before that the entity was in the Promised Land, when there were those activities that bespoke of the acceptance by the entity, with its associates from the Roman forces in the Holy Land.
30. And thus the new exploits that have been and are a part of the entity's latent and manifested activity.
31. Though the entity was a soldier, its abilities to use the mechanical things, the mechanical activities through those periods, were those things that kept the entity in the closer relationships to its own peoples as well as among those among whom the entity dwelt in the greater part of the constructive period in that experience.
32. The name then was Merculus.
33. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were the reconstructions - when the groups were given varied activities by the choices in the vocational direction.
34. The communications by light were the entity's activity. Thus the use of that which had been a part of the Atlanteans' experience, in the use of the sound waves, were the manners in which lights were used as a means of communication. And Morse's dots and dashes were old to the entity during that period of activity.
35. The name then was Eule-Lieum.
36. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, - that to which it may attain, and how:
37. First, know thyself. Analyze thyself. Find thy ideals, mentally, materially.
38. Do not interpret spiritual things in material activity. Do not apply mental truths to purely spiritual information or urges.
39. DO USE all in their relationships one to another.
40. As to the field of activity, - do apply self to the mechanical, - especially as radio, television, and the like.
41. And DO choose to carry the message to China.
42. Ready for questions.
43. (Q) What should be my training in my work with radio and electricity?
    (A) APPLICATION! It comes almost by second sense, but study ALL of those things that are possible and practical as related to same. Do have, if possible, a course in electronics.
44. (Q) What were my former associations with my great-grandmother, Mary [...]?
    (A) In China as well as in Rome.
45. (Q) My mother [2823]?
    (A) In the Palestine experience and in Egypt.
46. (Q) What was the spiritual significance, if any, of the half healed scar on my head when born?
    (A) The mark in Egypt of that individual mentally equipped for those of understandings.
47. (Q) Is there any advice for greater development of character?
    (A) Study to know thyself in relationship to that ye choose as thy ideal. And let that ideal be set in Him, who is the way, the truth and the light.
    This does not mean becoming goody-goody, no - far from it! Be able to look EVERYMAN in the face and tell him to go to hell - but LIVE as He did, the lowly Nazarene!
48. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

REPORTS

1. 2/29/52 Mother's reply to questionnaire-letter: "... My son has seen his reading only once - the day he received it - but his life unfolds in that pattern. He graduated 5th in his class from high school; was drafted into the Navy, where he graduated 1st in a class of 145 men from electronics school; graduated from Duke (he majored in electronics) with honors and Phi Beta Kappa (though he took on the responsibility of a wife and two children during this period); and is now an instructor in radar at N.O.B. He was called back in service as a 2/c, but made such unusual grades in his classification tests that he was given instructor's work. He has refused to accept commission as officer, since it would require longer service. He has taken a GS5 Civil Service exam for a position in electronic research at Langley Field, on which he made 99, and expects to work there as soon as he is released from active duty. His nature and character is exactly as given in his reading. It is all there for you to see..."

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