This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of May, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - [3004], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [2441].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born August 18, 1887, in Philadelphia, Penna.

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 - " - '37 changes around - 1901 - a good Uranian - 1900 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here - given us - of this entity now known as or called [3004].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records here, these - in a manner - are unusual or out of the ordinary. For, many of those things that have been a part of the records kept by various groups are parts of the entity's experience.
5. Hence in the present as a datastician, or statistician, or as a historian, the entity may excel in this experience. And well are they who may have the entity in any group or organization acting in the capacity as such.
6. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them for this entity, these we choose from same with the desire and purpose that this information may be a helpful experience; enabling the entity to better fulfill those purposes for which the entity entered this present sojourn.
7. But many of the material sojourns of this entity may be returned to, oft, for others - if it would seek to know much of that as hidden in varied experiences of groups of individuals through the experience in the earth, in which only portions of their records are found.
8. In giving the impulses and activities latent and manifested with this entity, while there are astrological urges, these are rather in the present as symbols to the entity, as:
9. Mercury, - the high mental forces, and the manner in which reasoning becomes apparent.
10. In Jupiter comes the balance that is kept in same, that may make for a greater unfoldment or attainment for the entity in the present; this being rather to the universal consciousness, but also that in which the entity may make its own choice in its spiritual relationships with activities to groups and organizations in this present material plane.
11. Uranus makes for the interests in all matters pertaining to the occult, to the metaphysical, to the cosmos, to the universal consciousness, to that having to do with the basic cause or the reasoning of things. Thus not merely from the three-dimensional and that of lesson, or karma, but rather the cosmic consciousness becomes a part - as will be seen from the sojourns in the earth of this entity in those periods of activity in which there were undertakings that were to be a part of a universal consciousness of a peoples.
12. Because of some failure, which is to be determined by the entity, not as judgements from here, there has not been attained the full consciousness that might have been attained if it had been in another vein - that is, the seeking, or the interest.
13. As to the activities in the earth that become a part of the latent urges and manifestations, - not all are given; yet these, as we find, are those in which we will find the greater urges arising as to the mental and material consciousness of the entity in this present experience:
14. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, especially in that period of the Mound Builders - a little farther to the west; when there was the laying out of the plans for those interpretations that had been a consciousness in another organization or group to which the entity had previously belong or been a part.
15. There the entity was the priestess. And there may be seen some of those activities that are a part of the awareness to some in that land of Ohio, where there were those plans for such, in the mounds that were called the replica or representative of the Yucatan experiences, as well as the Atlantean and in Gobi land. All of these are as one consciousness in the entity's activity.
16. The entity then was the priestess that led in the worship of the purpose, the causes, as in the affixations of activities through a part of the sun worship.
17. Then in the name Pfstxie, the entity attained to the abilities of using much of those latent powers that are a part of the mental consciousness of each individual entity. And these as symbols are still effective in the application of the individual as to the tenets or truths in the present experiences. These may become a part of the mental consciousness. These may be applied to that of spiritual import, but the tenets lead usually to individuality, or personality, and not to the universal consciousness. This is an application of material things, not of spiritual things, as would be interpreted from here; though these may be applied in spiritual manners. If they are applied for the individual rather than the universal consciousness, they become disturbing forces - as indicated in the activities of those groups.
18. Before that the entity was in the Yucatan land, when there were those activities in which there were those groups that had caused dissension among the worshipers in the temple there of Ichakabal. In those activities we find whole groups of individuals being separated, and seeking for activities in other groups.
19. The entity maintained that the activities there, in Ichakabal, were to be kept. These brought periods of disappointment for the entity. Eventually the entity became the priestess there, but with the groups being led away by Horcatiaus, they were periods of depression for the entity.
20. In the latter part of the experience there, even though the groups had become small, there were those activities that brought the greater spiritual unfoldment, spiritual development for the entity. For, the Lord is ONE. And as the individual applies and attains to that consciousness in the material associations with others, - that not that of any individual, save as to the individual manner of application, - this the whole of the tenet or truth, - the brotherly love, the selflessness, the consciousness of the indwelling of the universal-spiritual become a part of the consciousness of the entity.
21. The name then was Shekla. From that experience we find in the present much of symbology, much of history, much of finance, much of that having to do with group organizations; and yet the fear that creeps in from those experiences; though the entity attained to high activities in that sojourn - still finds an underlying part of the mental self in the present.
22. Before that the entity was in the Indo-China land, during those periods when the activities of the City of Gold in the Gobi were at their height.
23. There the entity was among the leaders or teachers; not the priestess, not the princess or the queen, but as a leader, as an instructor, as a teacher. And as the entity sought those activities which had been a part in the land of Saad and int he Gobi land, the exchange that became a part of the period of activity of the entity, became apparent among those groups.
24. In portions of the land where tombs have not been opened as yet, much may yet be found of the data gathered by the entity through those periods of activity.
25. The intricate carvings, the steel-pointed work, as the activities upon ivory, coral and the like, were a part of the records and of the things that made a part of the records through the associations of the entity with other kingdoms just coming into activity through that particular period.
26. As would be called or pronounced in the present, the name then was Ptlemactuezk. In the experience the entity attained to high mental and material and spiritual unfoldment. For, the efforts of the entity in that period had to do with the abilities of individual groups to become conscious of the needs of their associations or affiliations with those of other lands, for mutual advantages and mutual protection, mutual development and mutual education. These brought about greater relationships in the lands during the particular sojourn.
27. Before that the entity was in the Atlantean land, before there were the second of the upheavals, when there was the dividing of the islands, when the temptations were begun in the activities of the sons of Belial and the children of the Law of One.
28. The entity was among those that interpreted the messages that were received through the crystals and the fires that were to be the eternal fires of nature, and made for helpful forces in the experience of groups during that period.
29. When the destructions came, the entity chose rather to stay with the groups than to flee to other lands.
30. The unusual activities that may come with the new developments in air, in water travel, are not new to the entity; none of these are as surprises to the entity. For, these were the beginning of the developments at that period for the escape. And these, as the entity holds to such things, it is dependent upon the use to which they are put as to whether they contribute to man's welfare, education or advancement, or not.
31. The name then was Meg.
32. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
33. First, analyze thyself. Know thyself, for he indeed that knows himself knows his God also. And be sure ye know what and Who is, and where is, thy God. These must be answered within self. For, as the tenets of old, all the principles of the divine that are manifested in the material man are found deep within self. And all that we may know of a universal consciousness is already within self. But know thy ideal, that has been, that may be manifested in the material plane, - spiritually, mentally, materially; and, most of all, know the Author of such ideas and ideals.
34. Then, study to show thyself approved unto that chosen ideal; condemning none, but living, manifesting that ye profess to believe.
35. In the organizations, in groups, in activities that have to do with historical facts, with legends, with ancient data, ye find the outlet for thy greater contribution to others. Thy greater help will be in aiding others to find themselves, not finding themselves through what any group or individual may believe but through what responds to themselves.
36. Ready for questions.
37. (Q) After studying the "Tarot" with Paul Foster Case for several years, he dropped out of sight, not only to me but several others whom I know. Is it indicated that I will be able to get in touch with him again, or that I will find another teacher in order that I may continue these studies?
    (A) This individual may be easily found, if that is what is sought. Is it not best in self to study in self, than by such an one as Case?
38. (Q) Is it indicated that I will be able to reach my goal, what I have been desirous of accomplishing in this life?
    (A) Know this: Only self may separate thee from the glory of God. If it is to the glory of self, is it best that it be accomplished? This had best be answered deep within self, when thy ideals are attained.
39. (Q) What is the meaning of 532, the number on my forehead?
    (A) The number as indicated in self in the Atlantean experience, and that to which each of these numbers may attain.
40. (Q) The Mene - which is clearly written on my left eye?
    (A) This is as a part of the experience in the Yucatan activity as the priestess. Some call it the evil eye. Some call it the surety. What make ye of it? According to that for which ye may use same is the deeper meaning found in thine own self.
41. (Q) And the double triangle between my eyes, just at the top of my nose?
    (A) This is a part of the experience to which the entity attained in the building, during the period of the Mound Builders, as called.
42. (Q) Will my studies in AMORC bring me the most in the highly spiritual, or the TAROT - particularly the course on the magical language?
    (A) Either of these may bring material help or gain. The SPIRITUAL gain is in the TRUTH that is found in Him, who is the Way, the Truth, the Light. These others are only as light along the way. The truth is ONLY in Him, Jesus the Christ!
43. We are through.

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BACKGROUND

1. 4/18/43 Questions submitted besides those which got asked:
   43. (Q) Would the numbness which affects my hands at times prevent my being used as an instrument for healing? 44.
   (Q) What is the meaning of the cartouche on my scarab ring?

REPORTS

1. 7/25/43 She referred parents for a Physical Rdg., on child, [3140].

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