This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 2nd day of July, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [3078], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

TEXT

1. GC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time; giving the cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for help and relief of this body; answering the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [3078].
3. In giving that as may be helpful for this body, we find that many things must be taken into consideration.
4. While there is the attempt at times for the entity or body to seek spiritual influences, these - spiritual forces - those tenets and truths - are not merely as laws or cloaks that may be put on and taken off.
5. For, as indicated, there are physical disturbances in the body. To be sure, these may be healed by divine forces. But, as given by Him who is the law, who is the healer of ALL disease, "He that saith he loveth the Lord and hateth his brother is a liar and the truth is not in him."
6. He that loveth not then the ways of the Lord - not merely as applied to self but as self may apply to those the body meets day by day - need not expect the law of grace to be effective in his experience. Ye cannot hate, or doubt, or fear those things about self, or those things that would be used by others, and expect the law of love to be effective in thee. For, the condemnation of self in others falls on self! And, as the entity will and does find, as the psalmist gave, "That which I hated has come upon me."
7. Then there is little need for attempting to heal an ill body unless the mind, the purpose, the ideal of the entity is set in Him who is peace, life, hope and understanding. For He is indeed the way and the truth and the light.
8. If the entity will apply in self that it KNOWS to do - not as something that applies to self alone, but that applies to self in its relationships to others - the results will be apparent. Ye APPLY thy love, if ye would have others love thee! Ye do trust others and ye ARE the trust and the hope, if ye would have hope or expect others to have hope and trust in thee!
9. For as ye know, as ye interpret in thine own experience, as in the life of Him who - though without fault - was hated of others. "If the world hate me, it does and it will hate thee." But if ye hate the world, if ye dislike those with whom ye are associated, then HIS death, His love, His promise becomes of none effect in thee!
10. For the WORLD hath hated Him without a cause. Ye feel within thyself that ye are distrusted, that ye are hated without a cause. But if ye do the same in return, His promise becomes of none effect in thee - ye are of the world and not of Him.
11. In thy body, - ye find body, mind, soul; or the spiritual, mental and material body. The misapplication of truth in thy mind, in not interpreting the spirit in self, may - as in thine own experience - bring the lack of proper elimination of drosses from thy body.
12. It is true that ye may in the spiritual, in the mental, in the material, make applications of that cleansing that may aid the body in eliminating same from the physical, from the mental, from the spiritual. The spirit is ever willing, and it remains the same yesterday, today and forever. For it is the eternal spiritual law.
13. First, then, the mental attitude towards self, towards the world, towards others, must be changed. For, if ye recognize in self the truth, that which is and was manifested in the Christ-Consciousness, ye will change thy mental attitude - towards self, towards others, towards conditions about thee. THEN ye may see change in the physical results or manifestations in self. Then ye, too, as He gave of old, will wash and be clean every whit!
14. For as the tendons, muscles in the extremities have become leadened, as it were, with the effect of drosses in the body, - if the mental attitude is changed towards those things that hinder physically, - we would then begin with these:
15. Take two drops of Atomidine in half a glass of water each morning before breakfast for five days in succession. And on the fifth day take five drops.
16. Then take two drops every other day for five doses. Then on the fifth dose take five drops.
17. Have THEN an Epsom Salts Bath in hot water saturated with Epsom Salts; at least fifteen pounds to fifty gallons of water, this hot. Remain in same for at least twenty minutes, with a cold cloth on top of head - not ice, but a cold cloth dampened with the ordinary temperature of tap water.
18. Following this Epsom Bath have a thorough rubdown with Pine Oil; that there may be healing by the very fact of cleansing the mind and cleansing the body.
19. In the diets, do include daily the raw vegetables. This is nature's way of keeping the body clean.
20. But begin with the self, the mind - and these done, we will bring better influences, better forces about the body.
21. Ready for questions.
22. (Q) Should the series of Atomidine and Epsom Baths be repeated?
    (A) If there is not the entire elimination. Just as breaking self from any other habit, - if ye break over, try again! In the try, help will come. In the application there may be established the knowledge of the truth and the way, and help may come physically, mentally, spiritually. For, if ye know the truth - and apply it not, it is sin. And if sin lies at thy door, can ye have peace with self or with others?
23. (Q) What should be done for the inguinal hernia weakness?
    (A) Keep wearing the truss UNTIL there has been sufficient strength builded in body to control same, mentally and physically.
24. We are through with this Reading.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    (7/02/43 GD's note: Atomidine is manufactured by The Atomidine Co., 1326 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N.Y., and sells for $1 a bottle. Use only as indicated in the Reading.)

BACKGROUND

1. 4/43 He requested Physical Reading for his girl friend, Miss [3023].
2. 6/26/43 Questions of [3078] for Reading:
   Shall I ever lose my business position and be out of work all the years I formerly was because of my age?
   Shall I always have to live in only a furnished room, or shall I ever have enough money to have a few rooms of my own and be married?
   Shall I always have to endure the hard work at business, small salary, and discouraging conditions at business I endure at present?
   Are all those in authority at business enemies of mine? Is there one who would ever act in a more friendly way to me in case of need?
   How can I get out of the hole I seem to have been thrust into by life, and when nobody wants to employ me because I am in my 61st year?
   Is there any way of changing my present life and the unfortunate circumstances that seem to attend my efforts? What have I done to deserve such a raw deal in life, and how may adverse conditions be rectified or changed?
   Why has God forsaken me for so many years when I have served Him and had such unwavering faith in Him for so many years?
   What is wrong with me that God does not help me either mentally, physically, or financially?
   Shall I ever have another regeneration or "born again" experience that I had forty years ago? How can I be born again or obtain That Something, or spiritual baptism, or cosmic consciousness?
   Cannot God heal me of neuritis of legs and hands, and inguinal hernia weakness? Must I continue wearing a double pad truss?

REPORTS

1. 7/26/43 Letter from [3078] to EC: "Thanks for your reading. I wrote The Atomidine Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y. asking how much money I should send as there might be some extra charge if sent by express or parcel post, and also what the Atomidine was usually taken for as I did not understand clearly in your reading what it was for, whether as a medicine for some stomach trouble or organ, or stimulant, or bowel remedy, or what. The Atomidine Co. did not reply to my letter so I did not get the Atomidine.
   "Would you mind telling me what the Atomidine is to be taken for in my case? Incidentally do you happen to know what the ingredients of the Atomidine are? As soon as I hear from you I will write the Atomidine Company or call on them for the mixture if they are still in business.
   "Is it not possible to buy this medicine at some drug store?
   "I notice you mention taking at least 15 pounds of Epsom Salts in fifty gallons of hot water. I presume all at once? Will a bath tub hold as much as fifty gallons of water in addition to the 15 pounds of Epsom Salts? I suppose the water could be measured by using a quart (milk) bottle (empty) and filling 200 times with hot water.
   "Does one get that much Epsom Salts in a drug store or grocery?
   "Am I correct in assuming all this Epsom Salts and 50 gallons of water used at the same time, once?
   "Thank you, I am..."
2. 7/29/43 EC's letter to [3078]: "...I have yours of the twenty-sixth. Atomidine, of course, is iodine with the poison taken out of it so there is the same reaction every time it is taken. It is to add iodine to the system to purify the glands and to work with the ability of the system, to release poisons from the system. To be sure Atomidine can be bought in many drugstores. Many a bathtub will hold more than 50 gallons of water, but I wouldn't measure it with a quart bottle. Fifteen pounds of Epsom salts is not a great amount to dissolve in 50 gallons of water. Yes, you can get the salts at the drugstore. It should require for you to remain in the bath for a length of time. The idea is to have sufficient to immerse the body well in it. This has been given to many a number of people and it is a practical thing to do.
   "I do hope that you will get real results..."
3. 11/15/44 [3078]'s letter to Secretary, Assoc. for Research & Enlightenment: "Dear Madam, I am in receipt of your letters of Sept. 11th and November, 1944, concerning the expiration of my Associate Membership. I only agreed to originally become a member for a brief time because your rules & regulations compelled me to do so if I were to receive a reading or receive literature. Inasmuch as a friend of mine [3023] contemplated receiving a reading and membership I only agreed to become a member in order to become acquainted with your literature and to see that my friend was protected from anything that might not have been for her best interests metaphysically.
   "Later my friend asked of her own volition that her membership be cancelled, writing you to this effect, and saying she was greatly disappointed in the Reading she received.
   "Now I ask that you kindly terminate or cancel my membership.
   "I request also that you kindly remove my name and all records and papers concerning me from your files as I am not interested in the Association.
   "This is no reflection on the evidently sincere and well meaning efforts of Mr. Cayce, neither is it my impression that you may not be able to help many others with limited spiritual understanding, and who have various problems needing to be solved.
   "Although I thank Mr. Cayce for his sincere effort to help others, I reiterate my desire to have my membership terminated and everything concerning my case REMOVED FROM YOUR FILES AND DESTROYED.
   "Thanking you in advance for acceding to my request..."
4. 12/30/44 Took his name from mailing lists, etc. GD

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