This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of March, 1928, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [4609], via Mr. J. C. Norman.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. L. B. Cayce and Dr. Thos. B. House. Born January 23, 1889, at 8:05 A. M., Cincinnati, Ohio.

TEXT

1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity with the universe, and the universal forces, giving the conditions that are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth's plane, giving time, place, and the name, and that in that life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity and that to which it may attain, and how.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity here and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present earth's plane.
3. In the urge in conditions existent in the present physical relations with the universal forces, we may find much with this entity worthy of study by those who hold to tenets respecting continuity of life and its relation with the varied appearances of an entity through the experiences in the earth's plane; for to the physiognomist there is presented that, in the mental and physical being of the entity or body present, which would be proof positive of that law given as concerning how that life manifested in the earth plane is first the life spiritual, the life mental, the physical a result of that builded and coming in manifested form irrespective of that that has been often misapplied or misdirected towards environmental or hereditary conditions; for we find the lives of those whom this entity's being in the present plane manifested through were in accord with that same law, and brought into being that which - through the existent conditions of environmental nature - presented the channel for that manifested life as builded by the individual entity, and the entity sought that channel for its manifestation in the earth's plane at that stage of its development, or - as man would physically call it - at that time.
4. In the appearance, then, we find the entity coming under - in astrological manner - those of the forces in Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, adverse in Venus and in Saturn. Hence we find there are many conditions in the urges manifested in the entity that are not easily understood by others.
5. One that many people hold self aloof from; not knowing, not understanding, just why. Not that there is repugnance, or any element that would make one feel as a barrier builded, yet rather that of awe felt by many in the presence of the MENTAL abilities (though they have not always been well applied!) of the entity, and this apparently keeps others aloof; yet once friendship - once this correlated experience of the entity is a portion of the inner experience of others - friendships are lasting in the experience of the entity.
6. Many peoples are doubted by the entity. Many are weighed in the balance of mental ability by the entity and found wanting. Truly might it be said of the entity, as is seen in one of the experiences, that "MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN" to the entity ever stands before the entity; for to this entity the handwriting was REAL - being the king in power and rule at that period.
7. In the forces as come in Venus, these are at variance to the ABILITIES of the entity; yet the sex appeal of the entity in varied experience brought such that, that innately builded in the entity gives that dread, that inability of that close contact without bringing repugnance to the inmost being; yet those finding favor - or even partial understanding of the entity - find one of high moral, high ideals; yet not lacking in that called temper, or called by other names in artists of any field; but in the abilities, in mental accomplishments, in physical prowess - even with those physical defects - the body, mentally and physically, is held at awe by many.
8. In the forces as come in Mercurian and in that of Uranian, bring the ability of discernment in forces pertaining to mental forces of the body as respecting those elements that deal with the MENTAL being of the entity, whether pertaining to that of the subconscious or conscious application of the entity. Hence mental abilities are VERY attractive to the entity, as well as those of occult or mystic forces as may be manifested through individuals or groups.
9. As to the appearances and the effect as latent or manifest in the present experience:
10. In the one before this we find the entity that ruler, that king in power, when the handwriting was given that those would be measured in the balance and those found wanting would be called to reckoning. The entity then lost through that experience, and in those forces that deal with the physical application or physical RESULT of application of abilities we find the entity meriting many of those hardships through which the present experience brings to the entity; yet with all that, the love of harmony, that of the ability to listen ever for that warning, brings much to the entity, and - applied in the present sphere - may bring the development of the entity far along the way of gaining the more perfect understanding of the unison of forces as applied in the spiritual and mental realm, and of its application to physical forces in a material plane.
11. In the one before this we find in that period when divisions arose in the land now known as Egypt. The entity then chief among the musicians of the period, furnishing to the peoples that of the first according of vibratory forces in nature to the healing of forces in physical ills; or the first ability of the physician in charge of the institution of learning, toward the application of mental and of material conditions for the welfare of the human race, to gain the knowledge of the nerve vibration in the body from this entity's application of stringed and horned instruments as applied to vibratory forces set in various diseases of the mental and physical body. The urge as seen from the experience, the love of music - of harmony - yet that innate unsatisfied desire to be able to minister to the physical ills of individuals, and the entity has often, does often feel the urge to be a physician; yet not knowing what branch, what field, to express self in. Find and express same in the harmony of stringed instruments with the varied ills of the human family as respecting to certain diseases; for from this entity's ability much of that as has become of material rather than of spiritual impulse arose the chants (that are so often heard) to drive away the varied impulses in the human heart.
12. In the one before this we find in that when the first of life in flesh form appeared in the earth's plane. The entity among those making the first appearance in the form of man, or when the development reached such that the universal forces then created the soul man, the entity then among the first born of the sons of men. In this experience the entity gained and lost, and the entity finds the urge of that of going closer and closer to the beginning, or the relationship to the beginning. The desire remains innate to ever be allowed to make another attempt.
13. In the abilities of the entity, there are many. Seek first to know self, know relationship to the creative energy, and make self aright with that known of self, and serve man through the abilities of the mental and physical self; for in lending to the creatures that are of God's making is lending to that creative energy that builds in the mental that which, applied IN the physical, brings peace and understanding - and the harmony that passeth all knowledge.
14. We are through.

BACKGROUND

1. GD's note: In January 1928, EC and Morton H. Blumenthal were in Birmingham, Ala., and met with Mr. [4609], via Mr. J. C. Norman. He then filled out an application for the Life Rdg.

REPORTS

1. 3/15/28 EC's letter to [4609]:
   Dear Mr. [4609]:
   I am sorry that we were not able to get the reading for you before this, but I am sure that you will find in this something that will be very interesting. I feel very sure you will be able to understand and comprehend this even better than I can explain it to you - though I assure you I would love very much to talk with you in person concerning this, for your reading has given all of us here a better understanding of many of the readings and much of the information we have had concerning individual and individual life throughout the earth's plane. I would love to have your comment on this. I'm sure you will talk over with Mr. Norman the information given, and will be sure and let us hear from you whenever you have the opportunity.
   Hoping I may have the opportunity to talk with you, I am
   Sincerely, Edgar Cayce EC:GD
2. 3/15/28 EC's letter to HLC: "We've just had a rdg. today on a total stranger, but seemingly has made me understand more what life is all about than any we have had thus far. I am really afraid of some of the revolutionary ideas that it gives, or possibly it would be better to say, the explanation it gives OF revolutionary ideas. I wish I could sit down and discuss this impartially with you. I'm afraid to send it to you with all that you have to study and think and worry about, without my being present to know just what the reaction is, but I want to discuss it with you when you are at home next time."

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