This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 6th day of February, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [2910], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born December 8, 1883, 9:10 A. M., in Mereden [Meriden?], Connecticut.

TEXT

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 - " - '39 - changes in environs - '37 - '31 yes - disappointed - '24 - reconstruction of activities - '22 - '12 - yes - What funny marks! - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. We have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2910].
4. In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them here, these we choose from same with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for this entity; enabling the entity to better fulfil those purposes for which it entered this present sojourn.
5. We find, in analyzing the records, there are urges latent and manifested in the activities of the entity; not only from the material sojourns but from the consciousnesses in the environs between those appearances.
6. Not all of the appearances may be indicated at once, for these change according to the application of first causes and principles. The purpose of entrance into a material plane is that there may be the consciousness of the entity knowing itself to be itself, and yet making its purposes, it hopes, its ideals one with the Creative Forces as may be manifested in the earth.
7. In this entity we find Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Neptune as parts of the entity's urges, or consciousnesses in which the entity may manifest in its dealings with, in its analyzing and in its studies of relationships with, individuals, groups, things, purposes in the experiences of others.
8. One, then, with a high ennobling activity.
9. One rather universal in its desires of application in its relationships with others.
10. One given to a very open activity for the helping of others to help themselves.
11. In Mercury we find the high mental forces; in Jupiter the universal consciousness; in Neptune the interest in and the abilities as an orator, a teacher, a director, an instructor in the arts or kindred activities, interest in the unusual and the occult; all of these, from the relationships of one of these consciousnesses with another.
12. Manifestations in the material plane bring definite latent and manifested urges in the material experience.
13. And those consciousnesses in the interims between material sojourns, or in the universal forces, are expressed in the mental; while the appearances in the earth plane give expression more in the material and in the sensing influences through the physical being; thus giving expression to the personality as well as the individuality.
14. As to the appearances, - these we choose with that activity as should be manifested by the entity itself, in dealing with others and conditions; minimizing the faults and magnifying the virtues, for the bettering of influences in the experience.
15. Then, magnifying the virtues, minimizing the faults, should be stressed more in the entity's dealings with others.
16. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during the early settlings in the land; especially when those peoples were active in what is now Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts, for the closer associations with the natives.
17. Thus the entity's interest in those things having to do with the physical abilities of individuals in all forms of cultural activities for the creating of environs for individuals.
18. The entity then was an aid to the peoples of the land, as the peoples of the land were an aid to the entity in its abilities to aid its fellow man to acquire the activities of the natives for their own heavier activities; making the life of the early settlers adaptable, or assisting them to adapt themselves to the new environs, in all forms of handicraft work.
19. This brought, as we find, a consciousness of the activities in which the entity may in the present bring helpful forces in the influence of those the entity may meet, or assist.
20. Keep those ideals of not merely being good, but being good for something.
21. The entity's interests brought helpful forces in sustaining much of that established by the leaders of groups in that environ.
22. The name then was Jonathan Foxx.
23. It may be said that the entity gained through the greater part of the experience, though the entity was young when it came into the land.
24. In applying the activities as a teacher, as an instructor, as a director for those who may engage in any of such activities or environs, the entity may find an outlet for its abilities, - in helping others to help themselves.
25. Before that, then, - among those having an influence in the present, - we find that the entity was in the Norse land, or Norway; during those periods when there were expansions of those groups to the lower lands, or lowlands, in Denmark and Holland.
26. The entity aided in establishing fjords and homes, through the beautifying of the land.
27. Hence those things having to do with gardening, or flower culture, or home building, would be of particular interest and a helpful influence to the entity, in making for those activities that may be expanded from that idea in the present environs.
28. These may be made to be as centers in many communities, as through that activity then; as Johnn Olen. In the expanding of those activities, these should include a barter between groups in varied vicinities, where the cultivation of soil as well as the products of the soil would be in keeping with making better influences in the experiences of the groups from each of these centers. Not as a schism, not as a cult, but rather as a helpful group; using its own environs as a basis of the activities for self-sustaining, as for the helping of others in other groups. This should include the products of the soil; as canning, as weaving, as fruits, as vegetables and such natures, as were those activities in the Norse land.
29. Before that (among those influencing for the present) the entity was in the Grecian land, when there was the application of those tenets, truths, theories, theorems that were used as a means of education, of entertainment for the peoples, groups, various activities and conditions.
30. Thus the abilities as a lecturer, teacher, group leader, are a part of the entity's experience. And things not only of an educational nature but as a means of material support, become a part of the entity's experience, latent or manifested. And the urges that arise for this may be used in assisting self and others in the formation of groups in the present.
31. The name then was Elkhana.
32. Before that the entity was in the Persian and Arabian land, when there were those activities in the "city in the hills and the plains," when there were those groupings of individuals that assisted the sick, the aged, the infirm, to be cared for and to aid themselves.
33. There the entity was among the trade merchants, becoming interested in those activities and assisting to establish same in the "city in the hills and the plains," for the benefits not only of those who were carrying on the exchange from land to land, but of those who came for any reason or cause.
34. Thus the unfortunate, those that are afflicted in mind or body, have an appeal to the entity.
35. The entity was of the merchants from the land of Saad, or the Indian land, but was acquainted with the Egyptian ways also.
36. The name then was Ibsadulla. The entity gained and lost; lost when there became those attempts to impel others to adhere to those tenets that had become the activities of the entity. But because of the disturbing forces that arose from the entrance of the Grecian peoples, the entity thought to prevent much of the undoing of the teacher in that particular period, and yet brought to self and others much dissenting influences.
37. Before that the entity was in the land to which the Priest was banished from Egypt, during those years of activity the entity becoming acquainted with the purposes and ideals of the banished Priest and joining with the activities.
38. Yet the entity remained in the Abyssinian land to establish the tenets of the teacher, Ra, then, in that particular period of activity; growing later to become rather as one looked to as the founder or builder-upper of the better environs for those of its own peoples in that land.
39. The name then was Saha-ba.
40. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then:
41. As an organizer, as an instructor, as a lecturer in any of those fields, or all of those activities having to do with the natal ability of individuals to use that in hand as a means for helping mind and body, the entity may be a helpful influence for the bettering of environs of individuals and groups.
42. In these channels may the entity find the greater outlet for its abilities.
43. Then, first analyze self. Know what ye believe, - spiritually, mentally, materially; and know that where two shall agree and ask, the Father will give - if it is to the glory of God and not for selfish purposes.
44. Study to show thyself approved unto thy ideal.
45. What is thy ideal? Is it self-glorification, or is it to the glory of the First Cause - or God?
46. Keep self from condemning others and condemning self, showing thyself approved, and keeping self unspotted from the world.
47. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. 9/05/39 See 1992-1 background question submitted re. past associations.
2. 9/14/40 See 1992-4, Par. 46-A re. past associations with [2910].
3. 1/21/43 He met and talked with EC in N.Y.C. Appointment was made for the Life Rdg.

REPORTS

1. 2/27/43 Letter: "The notes arrived. They are most interesting. I will need additional readings and will write you before long.
   "Over last weekend we had three periods of directed silent contemplation in Mrs. Chandler's home. They were by Jane Revere Burke of Boston.
   "I have talked to Mrs. Chandler about the readings and will go over all of the details with her. One of the fascinating points to me is that I am continuing to work out a life pattern started many lives ago."
2. 4/43 Mr. [2910] referred Miss [2966] for a Physical Rdg.
3. 4/04/44 Letter: "At the end of your 3/44 Bulletin you mention that Michael came through. You probably realize, without my mentioning it, that Michael was a very active contributor through the late Nancy Fulwood."
4. 8/11/44 Letter: "The Bulletins are most interesting. "I judge that occasionally a scheduled sitting has to be cancelled due to no fault of the A.R.E... The School continues to expand. Due to the war I have a tremendous service to render to humanity and so I am anxious to go as far as practical in learning more about this entity."
5. 11/15/44 Appointment for a second Life Rdg., was cancelled due to EC's illness.

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