5/17/27 [
4701]'s father's letter:
"...Replying to your form letter dated May 12, 1927,
regarding the case of Miss [
4701]... With respect to the
reading made by Mr. Edgar Cayce last year, Mrs. [...] the
mother of Miss [
4701], wrote you fully to the effect that the
reading was entirely at variance with the facts.
"The reading indicated that the subject was abnormal from
birth, whereas she was a normal child until she was about
eight or nine years old and attended the public schools in
..., Indiana, where we lived at that time.
"She had a hard fall on a steep hill while skating with
roller skates and also had a fall on a stairway which may be
the source of her present difficulties which have continued
for about sixteen years. She has a tubercular spine which
continually formulates pus which finds an outlet through four
openings in her hip. She was at one time in a plaster cast
and an attempt was made last year to fit a brace to her back
but it was found that she could not wear such a contraption.
"Several years ago while at the Pennsylvania Hotel, Mr. Cayce
made a reading of the same individual, which reading
corresponded fairly accurately with the condition of the
subject. At that time he prescribed the use of plantain,
which the reading stated should be cooked and would form into
a jelly. We obtained a quantity of the plant but instead of
condensing into a jelly, only a quantity of black juice was
obtained. This being the situation, no further attempt at
that time was made to follow the procedure set out in the
original reading.
"With respect to the second reading, you have already been
fully advised through the medium of a longhand letter to the
effect that it did not fit with the actual conditions of the
subject, from which you would understand, of course, that no
attempt would be made to follow the procedure outlined
therein.
"At the time the first reading was made, [
4/19/21] Mr. Cayce
was endeavoring to obtain funds by which he expected to
establish a sanitarium of some sort and he was endeavoring to
use his remarkable faculties to locate oil fields in the
Southwest, but it is my impression that he, himself, has
reached the conclusion that he was disobeying the Eternal
Verities and that it was not intended that he should be able
to procure money through that medium.
"The writer gained his first knowledge of Mr. Cayce's
capabilities and the remarkable phenomena with which he is
endowed, through an officer of an Eastern Railroad [E. W.
Eppler?] and he probably has a record of the first reading in
the case of [
4701], at which time the address was ..., New
York, N.Y.
"The writer of this letter who is the father of Miss [
4701],
as well as her mother, are interested in Mr. Cayce's
readings. We would be willing to pay a reasonable amount for
information or instructions which might be utilized to the
benefit of Miss [
4701], who is now 24 1/2 years old.
"Under the rather peculiar circumstances surrounding this
particular case, the writer would be pleased to have a copy
of this letter reach Mr. Cayce personally, and to that end,
two copies are enclosed. If any further response is made or
any correspondence desired in connection with this rather
peculiar case, you can address me as follows:
"...P.S. Miss [
4701] is now in a summer camp located about
three miles northwest from ..., Conn."
5/31/27 EC's letter to [
4701]'s father:
"...A copy of your letter addressed to the Association of
National Investigators, Inc., dated May 17th, was handed me.
I certainly want to thank you very much for same and I
appreciate very much, Mr. [...], your interest as respecting
the phenomena. I want to say to you first, this is the
first experience in the many hundreds of readings that have
been given by me, in which such a thing has occurred, as did
in this. I don't understand it. I don't understand the
phenomena. I would like very much - if it is possible - to
have some questions asked respecting the cause of the unusual
circumstances connected with this case. If it is possible, I
would like to have this with you present, and we would like
also to give the reading to see if we couldn't suggest
something that would be helpful or beneficial in Miss
[
4701]'s case. Could you arrange to come here, or had you
rather that I arrange to meet you in New York?
"Association of National Investigators, Inc., is a group of
individuals - some of national reputation - some of
international reputation - who have banded together to study
the phenomena in all its various phases. Also to establish
the institution that has been the dream of my life, where the
suggestions given in these readings may be carried out in a
scientific manner, and under the direction of a competent
medical staff. Apparently, the success that has been
attained through the work in the last eight or ten years
would warrant this. Hence the undertaking. Of course, I
have not as yet - personally - laid this specific case before
the Board, but I desire to do so with your permission; for I
want to be of service. I don't want to fool myself, and I
certainly don't want to try and fool anyone else.
"Upon receipt of your letter, I looked into the files and
find that we have a copy of the original reading. In fact, I
believe we were aware of this being in the files when the
last reading was taken, but why the conditions as presented
were so entirely different - I don't know - and I'd like to
try to find out. Will you be kind enough to cooperate with
me along the line suggested, or have you others to suggest?
"I think I remember to whom you refer when you speak of the
individual from whom you gained the first information of the
phenomena - Mr. Eppler, [E. W.? Eppler] if I am not mistaken,
and I'd like for him to be present, if he would care to -
either with you here or with you when I would meet you in New
York. I assure you I want to handle it the way that YOU want
it - but most of all I want to be of help if possible.
"Thanking you for your letter, and appreciating your
referring same to my personal attention - trusting that I may
have the pleasure of seeing you soon..."
6/23/27 [
4701]'s father's letter to EC:
"...I am not just now in a position to write you fully as to
further reading in the case of Miss [
4701], for the reason
that she and her mother are at our summer place which is
located near ... Conn.
"She has been losing ground during the last few months and we
are quite uneasy about her. We still have hopes that with
favorable weather she may gain some of her strength during
the balance of the summer. Should she become able to travel,
it may just be that we can arrange to have her go to Virginia
Beach for a brief stay. At any rate, we are interested in
your ability to diagnose cases and prescribe remedies,
regardless of the fact that the two readings already made
have not corresponded very well with the actual physical
condition of Miss [
4701].
"I shall expect to write you further a little later
concerning her case. In the meantime, I would appreciate
having you send to me at ..., New York, N.Y., any circulars
or advertising matter which you may have and which gives the
rates for accommodations at Virginia Beach and any other
information with respect to your institution which may be of
interest..."
11/30/27 [
4701]'s father's letter to EC:
"...Sorry to have missed you. Our daughter is no better and
it was in her behalf that I had expected to talk to you..."
12/12/27 EC's letter to [
4701]'s father:
"...I was sorry that circumstances were such that I didn't
have the opportunity to see you and talk with you and Mrs.
[...]. I would like very much to try and be of help if it is
at all possible. I don't suppose that it is probable that
you would be in this part of the country any time between now
and the middle of January? If there is a probability that
you would be coming this way, I would like very much for you
to stop in and see us. The chances are that I will be in New
York again the third week in January. If it's not reasonable
for us to get together before then, I would like to arrange
to meet you at that time..."
12/20/27 [
4701]'s father's letter to EC:
"...I am in receipt of your letter of December 12, 1927, and
wish to thank you for your interest in our daughter's case.
"It will not be possible for me to go to Virginia Beach but I
shall be pleased to meet you upon the occasion of your next
visit to New York, which I understand will be some time in
the early part of next year.
"Our daughter is gradually failing so that we have very
little hope for any improvement and doubt if anything can be
accomplished at this late date, much to our disappointment.
"Notwithstanding this situation, however, I am interested in
the work you are doing and shall be glad to have a brief
conference with you if arrangements can be made for an
interview..."
1/20/28 EC's letter to [
4701]'s father:
"...The best laid plans at times go amiss. I thought when I
had yours of December 20th I would be in New York this last
week. That was the way it had been planned, but our work
here and other conditions make it impossible for me to make
this trip at this time, and I don't know now just when it
will be - possibly a little further along in the early Spring
- but when I do come up I would like very much to meet you
and Mrs. [...], and to talk with you concerning the work in
which I have been engaged for some time and the plans for its
further development. We are making progress slowly towards
the establishing of the institution here at Virginia Beach.
We want to be right and thorough. (As I have said - since I
was first accused of doing the work - if it is right and of
the Lord, it WILL succeed! If it isn't, it should never
succeed, no matter how unusual we might think some of the
phenomena is. I'm only sorry I haven't been able to offer
some suggestion that would be helpful toward your needs and
desires for your daughter - but thanking you for your
interest and hoping I may have the pleasure of meeting you
personally..."
1/25/28 [
4701]'s father's letter to EC:
"...I am just in receipt of your letter of January 20, 1928,
and note that you are making some headway in the development
of your plans and the establishment of a sanitarium at
Virginia Beach.
"With respect to the case of my daughter, she has lost so
much ground during the last two or three years that we have
no hope that she will ever be any better so that further
efforts in her behalf would accomplish nothing.
"However, I should be glad to meet you upon the occasion of
your next visit to New York and if you will let me know the
time of your arrival and the name of your hotel, I will make
it a point to call upon you.
"We are not in a position to make any extensive contributions
but will pay you for the last reading if you have a bill
against us in that connection. As explained in previous
communications, the report did not conform with her case in
any way so that we could, of course, make no use of the
suggestions contained therein.
"I am hoping, however, that you succeed in your project as
apparently you have some unexplained insight into things..."
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