This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 16th day of March, 1944, in accordance with request made by the mother - Mrs. [...], new 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. At the home of Mrs.

..., California.

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: Ought to stay in and not out.
3. Yes. Here we find where an injury to the end of the coccyx is the source of the disturbances with the body. This, combined with the type of injury that has brought on an early expression of the attempts of eliminations in the body, has made for a highly nervous condition which will become worse unless there is the reduction of the pressure or a better coordination produced in the brush end of the spine, also in the lumbar and sacral areas.
4. Such coordination might be best brought about by the use of the short wave electrical forces at least twice or three times each week. These treatments will set up coordination with the reflexes between brain activities, the central nervous system and the cerebrospinal nervous system.
5. Following these treatments, the same day, there should be given osteopathic adjustments through the sacral, lumbar and especially the coccyx area, in the 2nd segment of the coccyx and the last that joins to the end of the spine - not the end of the coccyx, you see.
6. Keep the body quiet and in the open as much as practical but in good company with those doing things for others.
7. Ready for questions.
8. (Q) Can you suggest someone in ... to administer the treatment suggested?
   (A) Any good osteopath.
9. (Q) Should she have more of the kinesthetic speech lessons?
   (A) These will aid, to be sure, but the osteopathic corrections will alleviate much of those disturbances that upset the general sympathetic nervous system - for the lesions arise in the upper dorsal and through the 3rd cervical.
10. (Q) What should be done for condition of scalp and acne on face?
    (A) These osteopathic corrections and the electrical treatments, so that coordination of circulation and eliminations may be produced. The body is eliminating poisons in the respiratory and perspiratory system that should be eliminated through alimentary canal. Then do as has been indicated.
11. (Q) Is it best to keep her in the home where she is at present?
    (A) Best if she had a companion who would be helpful or creative in her activities, both for the body and the inter-relationships with others.
12. We are through with this reading.

    Two copies to Mother (one for the osteopath - Please let us have the name and address of the one you choose.)
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 12/02/43 Mother's letter to EC:
   My dear Mr. Cayce,
   I have just received a wonderful letter from my friend, Mrs. Holland, who called on you a few days ago, and talked with you about my little girl. It is difficult to put into words my feelings after reading the book "There is a River". It left no doubt in my mind that you have a gift from God, and are using it as He would have you use it. Mrs. Holland tells me you are a sincere and humble man. So was Jesus, and He, too, loved little children.
   If you can help me with my sweet little girl, I will be so grateful. If nothing can be done, I shall still be thankful that you have helped others.
   Mrs. Holland tells me your time is all taken until JUNE. I am of course disappointed, for I realize what a long time it will take us to catch up, after we know what to do. However, I shall be grateful for a reading for her at the earliest time you have available. Please let me know.
   I don't know just what you need to know about her. I'll be sure to give you enough information - if it is too much - just disregard it!
   I am enclosing a very good snapshot of her - not as recent as the one Mrs. Holland showed you - but a better one, I believe - altho' she is usually more smiling than this.
   Her real name is [3698], although everyone has always called her by her nickname - [3698] since she was a baby. She isn't home with me at present, but in a little home out in the country 15 miles from here. The mail address there is Rt 1, Box ..., ..., California, altho' the house is actually about 3/4 mi. down the highway from ... at a spot called "...". It isn't a town - just a few houses on the highway. It is an old fashioned old farmhouse, painted white with green, surrounded by trees, chickens, rabbits, and turkeys!
   She has been there since June 20, 1942 - not because I want her away from me, because a year ago last spring she had become so nervous that I could not manage her, and the doctors insisted that it would be much better for her and for my little boy, if I took her there. She does seem somewhat better, and her behavior is much improved. But I want her to learn, to be free from nervousness, to be well and happy, as she should be. She is very sweet and loving. Just now her sweet little face has a great deal of ACNE or something similar.
   Doctors believe her to have been injured at birth, but we can't be certain, as she seemed normal until about 18 months. Her daddy is in the Army at present, and I can think of nothing more wonderful than for him to come home and find his little girl making progress toward normalcy. We all love her very much.
   I am enclosing a money order for $20.00 which Mrs. Holland tells me is the fee for joining the Association, which I am very glad to do.
   I have loaned my book to an interested friend, and am awaiting its return in order to re-read parts which Mrs. Holland asked me to read a second time. I know you enjoyed meeting her. She is a very fine person and a true friend. And she, too, loves and helps little children. I hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely, yours Mrs. [...]
2. 12/17/43 [3698]'s mother's letter to EC:
   My dear Mr. Cayce:
   I have your letter in answer to my request for a reading for my little girl, and I am grateful for the appointment in February. I know how very full your time is, and had hardly hope for such an early appointment. I shall keep that date, and spend that hour in some quiet place.
   You suggest that I prepare a list of questions to ask regarding my little girl. I hardly know what to ask. The most important thing for me to know is how I can best help her. What treatment should she have? What medication? Training? I of course want to improve her physical health, but much, much more important than that is her mental development. What can be done so that she may grow mentally, normally?
   Can you tell me what doctor, or what person I can find here to treat her according to your instructions or suggestions? If the instructions are for me, I am sure that you will give them in simple enough language so that I will understand them?
   I think it would be important, not for her sake now, but for the sake of other little children, and those not yet born, to know what caused her trouble, and, if possible, how it can be avoided. I would appreciate anything I could learn in that regard, as I know of so many similar cases.
   I am lending my book, "There is a River", to a good friend of mine in Los Angeles, who has a little boy badly in need of help which doctors have not been able to give him.
   Again I thank you for the appointment on February 3rd. I am looking forward to it prayerfully and hopefully. I hope that all your family may be with you at Christmas time, and that the world may look brighter for all of us in the New Year.
   Sincerely yours, Mrs. [...]
3. 1/18/44 Mother's letter:
   My dear Mr. Cayce:
   Thank you for your letter of the 10th, in which you confirm the appointment for my little girl on Feb. 3rd.
   You ask me for more questions or for the same ones.
   1. Where does the seat of her trouble lie? 2. What can be done to correct the condition, so that she may develop mentally, normally? 3. What can be done to improve her nervous condition? 4. What do you suggest for physical improvement, in general, and also with relation to condition of scalp, and acne on her face?
   Naturally, Mr. Cayce, I am most anxious to know how to help her mental development. If she can eventually attain a normal development, we could ask nothing more of God. And nothing is impossible for Him. But if we can find a way to get some improvement, some progress in her development, I will be grateful.
   5. If treatment is suggested, can you suggest anyone here in ... to give the proper treatment? 6. As I believe I told you, my little girl is in a rest home for children who have had similar trouble, 15 miles from here, because at that time my Doctors insisted that it was the best thing for her. Can you tell if it still the best place for her, or if she should be home? 7. Please suggest proper treatment, medicines, or training. Could she derive benefit from more of the kinesthetic speech lessons which she had a few years past?

REPORTS

1. 3/27/44 Mother's letter to EC:
   My Dear Mr. Cayce:
   I am in receipt of report of your reading for my little girl [3698] for which I thank you very much.
   The diagnosis certainly sounds logical to me. You mentioned an injury to the end of the coccyx. There has been a noticeable enlargement in that area for the last few years that has worried me. However, upon describing it to my doctor he told me that it was natural in a girl her age, and so I tried to put it out of my mind.
   My chief difficulty now will be to find the right osteopath to give the indicated treatment, - one that is gentle and understanding enough not to frighten her, and willing to treat as prescribed by another person. I realize that no matter how impatient I may be to begin her treatments, I cannot afford to be hasty. My choice must be a careful one.
   I shall certainly keep you informed as to my little girl's progress, and will send you the name and address of the osteopath, when I find the right one.
   Thank you for another chance to help my baby.
   Sincerely, Mrs. [...]
2. 4/03/44 EC's letter to mother:
   Dear Mrs. [...]:
   I have your letter of the 27th and note what you have to say about the information and how it may possibly check with the existent condition of the body.
   We have had quite a number of cases of this kind Mrs. [...] where the information has suggested that an injury was in this area. Many doctors have never considered this as an area where many varied results might come from such an injury.
   Just recently we had one very much of the same nature [1513] (?), in fact, the information insisted that it was a result of a fall on ice, and the patient recalled to the parents the day and type of accident that was had. The osteopath found the conditions just as described.
   I don't think you should have any great difficulty in getting a good osteopath. If whoever you go to desires to have any word from other osteopaths throughout the country who have and do use the information, we will be glad to furnish the names of such and let them write to them. We don't want them to take what we say, but let them speak for themselves. We do have quite a number throughout the country. I don't know of any special one at this time in ...
   Hoping that you will have little or no trouble in obtaining the correct adjustments for the body, and with every good wish, I remain
   Sincerely, Edgar Cayce EC/gm

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