11/18/43 Mrs. [
3299]'s letter to GD:
..., Illinois
Dear Miss Davis:
I am addressing this report to you rather than to Mr. Cayce
as I feel that he has his hands full these days and for some
reason I have a strong desire to protect him from anything
that might upset him.
I am writing this merely as a report on [
3352]'s physical
reading (Nov. 5th) in order to complete his file in the
Association's records. I am writing it on my own volition
and unknown to Mr. [
3352].
I am going to quote from the reading and give my comments:
Reading: We find that these arose as a result of
occupational disturbances, not enough in the sun, not enough
of hard work... There must be a certain amount of
recreation. There must be certain amounts of rest... It is
well for individuals as this entity to get their hands dirty
in the dirt at times and not be the white collared man all
the while. Don't be afraid to get a little dirt on you once
in a while... Because he doesn't look dirty is no sign he
isn't dirty in mind, if not in body.
Answer: Mr. [
3352] was raised on a farm in Iowa. He has
done plenty of dirt digging in youth and although now a white
collared man, he is an ardent golfer and fisherman, playing
golf all summer and for years, while he was physically able,
playing volley ball in gymnasiums in the winter. Every year
he goes up into the wilds of northern Minnesota fishing and
portaging canoes and rowing and living in the open. This
past summer he had a large victory garden and grubbed and
hoed and weeded in it in all his spare time. This does not
sound like a man who is afraid of getting dirty or who does
not have any recreation.
Reading: Here we have conditions where there is neglect of
elimination...systematically take at regular intervals the
hydrotherapy treatments including colonic irrigations and and
osteopathic adjustments.
Answer: Mr. [
3352] has progressive arthritis of the spine.
He has been to the Mayo clinic, the Billings clinic and in
the hands of numerous specialists in this field without
getting any relief. That is why he was anxious to know what
Mr. Cayce might reveal. He has taken all kinds of therapy
treatments, colonic irrigations and osteopathic treatments
for years. However, osteopathic adjustments would be useless
now because the vertebra have disintegrated and grown
together in a solid mass.
Reading: Take time to add something to your mind mentally
and spiritually. Take time to play a while with others.
There are children growing. Have you added anything
constructive to any child's life.
Answer: Mr. [
3352] is quite a student, always reading and
studying things of a economical and social nature and much
interested in the betterment of governments and the world in
general. He is deeply involved in every civic affair of our
village. He has headed the Welfare Board for years, the Baby
Clinic, the Library Board, the Community Chest, the Service
Men's Committee of the Church Federation. He has been
instrumental in most of the good work done for the youth of
our village. He is a hard worker, and conscientious and it
is because of his willingness to serve that every time there
is civic work to be done it's a case of "Let [
3352] do it"
and he does, giving of himself until he is physically worn
out.
He has no children of his own but for years he has desired to
adopt two children. He wanted to take a boy and a girl, not
cute babies, but half grown youngsters who have been knocked
around. He wanted to watch their young minds unfold and to
be instrumental in directing them in the right direction.
This never came about because his wife is a nervous
temperamental type and wouldn't shoulder the burden.
That is all there was in this reading. We thought the
reading would be for ONE HOUR, as I presumed from previous
arrangements made and the literature on the Association read,
but this reading covered but 15 MINUTES.
Although a list of questions was asked for and sent to you,
most of them were not asked or answered. I asked about his
steady loss of weight; his deafness, his lack of a sense of
smell. These questions were not answered. I asked that Mr.
[
3352] and the room he was in during the reading be
described, as I understand Mr. Cayce has done in other
readings. I was particularly anxious to have this
information and wrote Mr. Cayce specially about it, as it
would naturally remove any trace of skepticism on Mr.
[
3352]'s part if this had been revealed. It was not.
I had expected that without advising you beforehand, Mr.
Cayce would know that Mr. [
3352] has arthritis of the spine,
and how badly, but there was no mention of arthritis in the
reading save for a brief reference to certain "dorsals".
The whole reading summed up does not seem to fit Mr. [
3352]
either physically or in character.
Unfortunately (from reading There is a River and other
literature since received from the Association) I told Mr.
[
3352] that Mr. Cayce would go over his body from head to
foot and give him a complete analysis of his entire physical
being. I was embarrassed to give Mr. [
3352] the reading when
it came and revealed so little.
Sincerely yours, [
3299]
3/11/44 EC's ltr. to Mrs. [
3299]:
..., Illinois
Dear Mrs. [
3299]:
I am due you a great apology for at least not trying to
answer your letter of October, November, or any of the other
dates when we should have been trying to be of more help
about the information either for yourself or for Mr. [
3352],
but there have been hundreds and thousands of requests come
in and are still coming in.
How and why, Mrs. [
3299], some get so much better results
than others, I don't know. I don't believe anyone gets any
more out of them than they put into it. Please understand I
am not trying to justify myself; that I know I cannot do
because I know the things that we have been doing, possibly
still are doing almost every day. As an individual
approaches it in a critical way, the information they will
receive, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, will be very
critical also. Why? I don't know, but could you read or
hear the praises we receive almost daily from individuals who
wire us, write us, phone us, about the results they have
gotten, you would still wonder, like we, why does there ever
have to be questions in anyones's mind.
We realize, possibly one in a hundred, or one in five hundred
or maybe one in a thousand get nothing. Is it the fault of
the individual, or the fault with us? To the individual, of
course it is fault with us. To us it might be anything, but
we are certainly not condemning anyone. I just want to tell
you and [
3352], if you are not satisfied, please return your
data and let us return your money. There are too many that
are pleased, more than pleased, for the things to all be
crazy, and yet that very fact makes it crazy.
I am still hoping that sometime or another you will find the
time to write that little article that you were going to
write for the Bulletin. I don't care whether it's critical
or not. I want you to write it if you will; what you think
people should know of your experiences.
Haven't been so good myself for the last three or four weeks.
Had an awful bad cold. Yes, as the information says, I have
sinned; sin on my part, but I am not excusing myself, but
hope to do better. I can by His grace, not of myself.
Let us hear from you and with every good wish, I remain
Sincerely, Edgar Cayce EC/gm
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