Edgar Cayce Readings, 2916-1

Time and Place: 10:50 to 11:15 A. M. Eastern War Time. Parris Island, South Carolina.

TEXT

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:
EC: (In going back over years from the present - " - '42 - changes - '41 - preparations - '39 - meditations - " etc., on back to birth date.)
Yes - we are given the records here of that entity now known as or called [2916].
When there is a return from the present activities or environs, there should be a greater research into that as should be the choice of the life's endeavor. For, this will be changed, by the circumstance through which the entity will pass in this experience.
Things having to do with dispatching of messages, or of mail, should be sought during this period of activity.
In giving the interpretation of the records as we find them here for this body, these we choose with the desire and purpose that this be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling it to better fulfil those purposes latent and manifested in the personality of the entity in the present.
We would minimize faults and magnify virtues. This should also be the attitude of the entity throughout its experience in this particular period, especially. It is not by chance that entities have entered the earth at this particular time. But it is one thing to have the opportunity for the manifestation of creative forces and another to exercise same in the dealings with the fellow man. This should be one of the helps from such suggestions as may be made here for this entity.
Astrologically we find, as well as from material sojourns:
The entity is one of high mental abilities; somewhat of a dreamer at times, yet very demanding as to its ideals of what individuals should do in their capacity as directors, as fathers, as mothers, as brothers, or individuals even chosen to direct or manage. And yet the entity is not always as severe with self as with others.
Learn first not to demand or ask of others that ye do not fill in thine own experience, in thy relationships to thine own ideals. Ye know thine own ideals, the author of same, as well as the ideal itself.
In Mercury, Jupiter and Venus we find urges. These however, as indicated, may all be changed by those experiences through which the entity may pass. After the present period of experience, seek further.
As to the appearances in the earth, - these we find having definite urges manifesting in the experience:
Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity; being associated with those who founded an institution as related to the great furriers and land agents, in the early settlings.
The entity then was in the name Victor Loeb.
Peoples, things, - their positions, their qualifications, - interest the entity. The abilities as a judge of cloth, furs, and values, are a part of the entity's experience from that material sojourn; also its interest in stones, - especially pearls and rubies.
It may be said the entity gained greatly in a material way, though the spiritual and mental gain might be questioned - as to the latent urges which have been indicated. Not demanding of others that ye do not fulfil within thyself, the urges gained through that experience may be used as stepping-stones and not stumblingstones.
Before that the entity was in the Roman land, when there were those ingatherings from other lands as ways and means to improve the environs of the nobility or the ruling class.
The entity aided in those activities; and yet judgments were passed as to the qualifications of those in authority, and the qualifications of those who were in the serving class. These continued to cause a mental dissension within the entity itself.
Then in the name Aspar, the entity gained mentally and spiritually; but materially was kept in abeyance to circumstance.
Here, again, application may be made of the tenets and truths which may be drawn from the application of self through that material sojourn.
Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, but of the Atlantean peoples, when there was the exodus from Atlantis to what is now the Spanish or Pyrenees land, and then to Egypt.
With the establishing of the coalition between the Egyptians and the Atlanteans, the entity - with those of Atlantis who had been in authority who came to the Egyptian land - eventually aided in those activities as relating to the preparation of individuals, - or the vocational activities for all the varied groups of peoples during that period.
The name then was Ex-Ter-El.
As to the abilities of the entity:
The present environs will cause a change; though the urges will remain, the choices that will be made by the entity during the next three to four years of experience will have much to do with the application of the urges and abilities.
Much depends upon the tactful or tactless manner in which the entity applies self.
There is that ability within self to attain to that desired.
Then, this would be given as the admonition:
First, know thy ideal, - spiritually, mentally, materially. Then study to show thyself approved unto that ye choose as thy God, rightly emphasizing the words of truth; condemning none, and keeping self unspotted from the world.
Do return here for directions, - if the activities indicated answer to that within.
We are through for the present.
Two copies to Mother
Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1/01/43 Mother [2881]'s letter: "My oldest son, [2916], will be 23 on 2/16 - has been in the Marines since a year ago last July - he graduated from Harvard in '41." [GD's note: Although Hebrew background she listed on application his religious preference as "Episcopal".]