This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 24th day of November, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [3412], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.) Harmon Bro. Born October 14, 1877, in Massillon, Ohio.

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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: Yes - what an exciting life!
3. We have the records here of the entity now known as or called [3412].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records here, these we choose with the desire and hope that this information may be applied in the entity's experience, in such a way and manner that the entity may better fulfill those purposes for which it entered the present sojourn.
5. When an analysis is drawn, as it were, of the urges from the material sojourn and from the periods of consciousness in other realms, we find:
6. The entity is very emotional in the material relationships, and oft is tended to allow rationalism to rule those things of mind and heart, yet bringing with it that upsetting urge which arises from rationalism and emotionalism one with another.
7. Hence we find an individual entity that at times to some appears in one mood today and tomorrow quite a different person.
8. Not that this is meant to indicate unstableness but those conditions the entity is to meet in self in this present experience.
9. As to the emotions from other sojourns, or the dream life of the entity, we find Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus have brought those abilities in the entity to be very affectionate or very cold at other times, depending upon the application of the mental force of the entity. For it is disregarding at times the spiritual import in relationships.
10. In the mental or Mercurian forces we find this tendency for the combative conditions between rational and emotional forces of the heart and mind. Hence as indicated quite varied have been the experiences of the entity in relationships to its love affairs in the earth, its relationships to many of its friends and various associations that have been brought about. Yet the abilities to direct, the abilities to control are ever present in the experience of the entity.
11. Then as to the how and why of such things, many may be pointed out from the material experiences, but let all be directed from the spiritual aspects of consciousness.
12. As the individual entity finds itself body, mind, soul, so are the manifestations in a three-dimensional plane. Hence the concept of the finite, is in the realm of cause, effect and purpose, as in the infinite there is the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. The attaining from the mind to the infinite is through time, space and patience. All of these phases of human experience in mind and in materiality should be considered by the entity.
13. The injunction then would be: Know that all that materializes must first happen in spirit, and the law of cause and effect ever remains. Hence in spirit it is purpose and ideal.
14. Then find the ideal in spirit, in mind, and the results will be quite different in the experience of this entity, as any other entity. For ye live, ye move, ye have thy being from the spirit of truth. Yet the will of an entity is either the co-creator with the Creative Forces (or God) or in opposition to such in a material world.
15. The appearances in the earth have been quite varied. All may not be indicated here. For with each cycle of seven years there comes the passing from one realm of activity to another, through the various urges according to that tempered by the consciousness in other realms. Thus has been builded a theory of astrological aspects. These take little into account of will. For, there is no urge that surpasses the will of an individual entity. Hence it depends upon how well such urges are cultivated or applied, or resisted, or done nothing about and letting them take their course. To be sure, all of these have an effect upon the mental urges. For mind is ever the builder.
16. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, among those of that small group of people in and about Fort Dearborn. With the destruction of that Fort the entity came east, settling in what is now the area between Toledo and Cleveland. There the entity acted in the capacity, as an instructress to the young, a helper to those that were the associates and companions of those having to do with the trade and exchange, the bartering of goods between the peoples just north of there and the natives.
17. This brings the present abilities of the entity to adjust itself to most any type of condition, if it chooses to do so; yet the entity can build quite a barrier if it feels its own ego is being disregarded.
18. The name then was Ellen Cheneweth. Those activities made for developments, made for the abilities to create retardments in the present experience as well as in that particular sojourn. For mind is the builder. Hence the injunction has been to study the spiritual forces, and there will be the ability to see what will be the material results. For the law of the Lord is perfect, if man interprets same in his own activities and in his own mental and spiritual self.
19. Before that the entity was in the English land, during those periods of reconstruction following the rebellions that had occurred between church and state, at the time of Cromwell.
20. The entity then was among Cromwell's groups, that stood for the freedom of the people and their activities.
21. And this has builded into the entity the necessity for the freedom of speech, the freedom of activity, the conviction that every tub and bucket must stand on its own feet or bottom. This has brought to the individual activities of the entity in the present an independence, yet a dependent independence. Hence these should be analyzed well in the experience of the entity before it applies same in its relationships to others.
22. The entity then was known as Merele Wodsworth. The entity gained, the entity applied self. Apply those tenets and principles with the thought of others as well as self in the present.
23. Before that the entity was in the Ukraine land, when there were changes being wrought by the people coming up from Macedonia and settling in those parts.
24. Those experiences brought to the entity material hardships, yet the abilities that are manifested in the present to organize its own work, to organize its own self. Hence we find the entity a good organizer in self, in the present and of those about it, and as a leader of a group, of a music club or anything that has to do with cultural activities and people, in education, in music, in art. In these the entity may apply self in the directing of such organizations as to become a beneficial effect to the whole environ - whether it be a city, a community, or a state.
25. The name then was Remedethelenzo. There was a gain for the entity throughout that activity.
26. Before that the entity was in Atlantis during those periods when there was the breaking up of the lands, when individuals were apportioned, as it were, to the various centers from which it was hoped that there would be the spreading of the tenets and teachings.
27. The entity became a princess in Yucatan. And in those tenets, and the temples that are even in ruins there; the entity might find much of interest, not only because of the tentative interest in the occult but because of the abilities to organize activities for definite purposes.
28. The name then was Quellar.
29. As to the abilities of the entity, that to which it may attain and how:
30. As indicated, study self in its relationship to the divine law. Know the ideals. Set self in the correct direction. Keep from condemning others. Keep sweet.
31. Ready for questions.
32. (Q) What did I come here to accomplish?
    (A) For growth and to manifest the spirit of truth in the earth.
33. (Q) Have I accomplished anything worth while in past lives?
    (A) Read that as we have indicated, and you will find that you have contributed much in many individual places, and that ye have the ability to contribute much to groups as yet.
34. (Q) What can I do to help my daughter, [3298] - especially to make her life more complete?
    (A) Help her turn her life into those directions of spiritual purposes and ideals, and the material activities will have a meaning not seen before.
35. (Q) How can I help her effect a reconciliation with a young man in the Army?
    (A) Don't meddle too much! Let her work it out herself - it will be much the better.
36. (Q) What can I do for my husband, [...], to make his declining years happier?
    (A) Just as the last injunction, keep sweet - and that's a world - in self, as well as for others. Make each day of his life an encouragement. Do not find the faults. Find the good. Stress that, and minimize the faults. Be forgiving, as ye would ask to be forgiven. Know that as ye treat him, ye are treating thy God.
37. We are through with this Reading.

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