This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 11th day of October, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [3285], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by the book, THERE IS A RIVER.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.)

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, [3285].
3. As we find, conditions here are rather serious. Yet with the proper consideration by the body of spiritual things, and the correct mental attitude; that is, more of love and less of censure for anyone; there may be applied to the physical body those applications that will correct much of the disturbance in the physical.
4. Then, if the correct attitude is kept and the abilities are used properly, greater usefulness and strength may come.
5. There are complications. These then naturally enter into body, mind and being or soul.
6. The sources of the disturbance are the chemical changes and the lack of there being assimilated those properties in the glandular forces to keep an even balance, and not draw on the lymph circulation as to cause deterioration in muscular forces, and the lack of proper eliminations.
7. It is apparent that there are affectations to the pulsation or blood circulation through heart, so that the organs of the sensory system are showing signs of being affected by the general nervous system.
8. There must be patience, there must be persistence. But if there will be the use of these, in the order indicated, we may bring help - if the attitude is kept correctly and the abilities are applied:
9. First we would begin taking Atomidine internally; one drop in half a glass of water every morning before the meal is taken. Keep this up for one week, then leave off for five days.
10. During those five days take these properties, prepared in two solutions as follows:
11. Add one grain of Chloride of Gold Sodium to one ounce of distilled water. This would be one solution. Add two grains of Bicarbonate of Soda to one ounce of distilled water.
12. Each morning for the five days, take one drop of the Gold Solution and one drop of the Soda Solution in half a glass of water - drinking immediately. Then leave off for three days.
13. Then begin with two drops of Atomidine in half a glass of water each morning for a week.
14. THEN have an Epsom Salts Bath. Use at least twenty-five pounds of Epsom Salts to forty gallons of water. Have this rather warm; not too warm so as to hurt the body or to cause palpitation of the heart. While in the Bath have a thorough massage of limbs, arms and back. Keep adding hot water so as to keep the Bath near the same temperature. Stay in this at least twenty to thirty minutes, massaging the body all the while.
15. When the body is dried off, have a thorough massage with this combination of oils:

    Olive Oil..................2 ounces,
Peanut Oil.................2 ounces,
Lanolin (liquified)......1/4 ounce.

    Stir these well together and massage what the body will absorb.
16. Rest then from all the applications for three days, and then begin all over again.
17. When beginning the second series of the Atomidine, take three drops each morning and on the last day of the series (the day before the second Epsom Salts Bath is to be taken) take five drops.
18. Then repeat the Epsom Salts Bath and rub.
19. Then have the rest period, and repeat.
20. In the diet, we should have easily assimilated foods, but those very high in the adding of B complex, or the vitamin B - as in celery, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, berries whatever may be obtained - pears etc. These should be a part of the diet daily with plenty of sea foods, (not fresh water fish), and also yellow corn meal - made in corn bread with egg or in batter cakes or in mush. Throughout the period do eat these.
21. Keep regular periods for prayer and meditation, and we should find a great deal of improvement by the end of the second or third series of these treatments.
22. Do that.
23. Let the prayer be - in thine words; not merely as a routine but live it in thy meeting, in thy associations, and most in thy thinking.
24. FATHER GOD! HEAR THE SUPPLICATION OF THY SERVANT WHO SEEKS TO BE A CHANNEL OF BLESSINGS TO OTHERS HERE AND NOW. MAY THE APPLICATION OF THOSE PROPERTIES GIVEN ME SUPPLY MY BODY, MY MIND, MY BEING, WITH HELPFUL FORCES.
25. We are through with this reading.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    Copy to Miss Goodall for indexing

BACKGROUND

1. 6/13/43 Letter: "I have been suffering from Arthritis for a number of years - I am 26 yrs. old now but have had a tendency towards it since childhood. I have been under the doctor's care but he does not seem to know what causes it and recently mentioned sending me to a hospital for observation. I have it in both legs and hips and occasionally in my right arm. However, it never causes me to limp, though sometimes my legs have a very dead and stiff feeling. Lately they have been aching pretty constantly."
2. 10/03/43 Questions:
   1. Are my eyes in good condition? 2. Are my lungs in good condition? 3. What is cause and treatment of the Arthritis?

REPORTS

1. 10/31/43 [3285]'s ltr. to EC:
   Dear Mr. Cayce,
   I received the report of my physical reading, for which I thank you very much. However there are a few questions I would like to ask you.
   The treatment is repeated three times and in each treatment there are two series of taking the Atomidine. I understand the first perfectly but when it is repeated the second time it says "When beginning the second series of Atomidine take three drops and on the last day five drops." Does that mean the second series of Atomidine in the second treatment or do you take three drops both times with the other solutions in between?
   Do you think it is necessary for me to have a check reading when I have finished the treatment? Another thing I would like to know is whether you think it would be safe for me to use this treatment on my own whenever I felt it necessary in the future. If you cannot answer this question perhaps you could ask it in a check reading.
   Naturally, I do not doubt for one minute the diagnosis or treatment, and if I can keep up my end of it shouldn't have to repeat the treatment at any time. But I would like to know if it is safe to repeat it in case I should slip back.
   I am happy to state my mental attitude improved from the first reading of the report and I was very fortunate to have a friend interpret some of the things I didn't understand. She said this was a crisis in my life and that either my soul was rebelling against something or trying to come through and tell me something. I hope that I will get more information on this angle from my Life Reading. All my life I have wanted to devote my life to service for God, and I pray that soon I will be worthy to serve Him.
   Again thanking you for your part in giving me such help. I am
   Very Sincerely, [3285]
2. 11/06/43 EC's ltr. to [3285]:
   Mrs. [3285] ..., N.J.
   Dear Mrs. [3285]
   Replying to yours of the 31st, regarding the information in the manner it gives you the Atomidine, each series you see, are to be taken just a little differently, but in the say way. The first you understood, well then, the last day before you are to have the bath, you take the five drops, or the larger quantity. We will arrange for you to get a check reading whenever you desire it, after you have begun the treatment. We are enclosing the blank for the check reading.
   Yes, it will be safe to use the treatment on your own hereafter. You see it may be necessary, until you get your subconscious self acquainted with the fact that you are getting rid of the things that used to trouble you. It may be necessary for you to repeat it once in awhile. We have found this so in other cases, but as you might know, there is on of the most outstanding cases of this kind recorded in the booklet "Arthritis" they had to repeat it once or twice for a year after they were able to be up and around and help themselves correctly. [See [951] case study in There Is A River.] Now of course it is entirely eliminated. But what is going to happen later on I don't know. For the young lady is to become a mother in December. It may come back, but in any event, she will know what to do for herself. Please let me know if you have an appointment for your life reading. Please don't blame me for not remembering, as we are now twelve Months in advance with these - and it is a wonder I remember anything at all. Let me know about this.
   Hope to see you at the meeting on the ninth, if possible for you to come. I am sending you notice of same.
   Sincerely, Edgar Cayce
3. 1/05/44 EC gave her a Life Rdg. See 3285-2.
4. 4/23/44 See her second Physical Rdg., 3285-3.

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