In giving that that may be of aid in the present, in
correcting the disturbances, we find it will be necessary
that the causes of the disorders be understood - and these
conditions, as we find, may not be pleasant to some. There
existed a prenatal condition from the condition of the sire,
or father, that brought into the system those effects in the
nervous system as related to the genitive organs and genitive
relations those forces as made for a weakening of the
associations or connections in the nervous system; so that,
as the body reached that age wherein nature was to discharge
in the system those forces as made for creative energies
in the system, these failed to respond in their proper way
and manner. This brought about a suppression of the whole
nervous system, especially as related to the sympathetic
system, making for those of imaginations, screaming out in
the night, suppression of the urine, again an over-activity
of same; nausea arising during those periods when there
was an over-activity of the gastric forces in the digestive
system themselves - this produced by the call upon nature's
forces in the body to supply those necessary elements to
create those needs as were forced to be active through the
organs themselves' functioning in this particular developing
force of the body itself. THESE, as we find, HAVE brought
about - DO bring about - those tendencies in the present.
Unless there be supplied those forces in the vibrations or
make-up in the body itself, not only to SUPPLY the needs but
to destroy that tendency of the muco-effect in the plasms of
the nervous forces to the organs of genitation, and effect to
the brain centers and to those of the glands as act with same
- in the pineal, the pituitary, the adrenal, the secretions
in those of the active forces in assimilation - or the
lacteals; ALL of these must be supplied, with a changed
vibration - and will we be able to create same in such a way
and manner as to bring about coordination, we may overcome
those activities that produce for the system those effects
in the body as are acting on the sensory system, so that the
body has those spells of wanting to be alone, desiring even
to destroy self, desiring to tear and break things, desiring
to be rid of the eyes or the watching of others, imagining
people are watching the body when they are not; these are
natural results from the character of the disorder, as which
the body itself NOT responsible! To go deeper into the
conditions, then, it would be asked WHY, within the body.
These would be with the metaphysical forces, as has been
meted by the entity or the body itself - and these might
be seen from the approach from a different angle.
To meet these in the present, necessary - then - that those
who may apply those forces in the activities of a human body
take warning by the conditions as exist in this body, and
aid THIS body in gaining a normal equilibrium in its mental
balance, in its physical balance, in its reaction throughout.
These, as we would find, would be the manners to approach
this in the present:
This will of necessity be a persistent, a consistent,
application. Do not begin unless there is the full
expectancy and determination to see this through to where the
body may be its normal self again, even in its earliest teen
ages.
In the applications, then, we would apply those forces as may
be found in the wet cell appliances, that carry one of nickel
the other of copper in the anode - see? and these are to
pass through the gold solution in one treatment and through
the silver solution in the next treatment, and these would
be given, we will say, on Tuesdays the gold solution and
on Thursdays the silver solution - THAT ratio, see? In the
applying same to the body, we would apply that anode first
as has NOT the medication or medicinal properties passing
through same in its vibration, to the 11th and 12th dorsal
area. That carrying the solution, apply to the umbilicus
center - and this should be taken for - in the beginning -
thirty minutes, each one. After the tenth or twelfth day,
the time may be increased to sixty minutes.
If these are given in this ratio, then on Mondays and on
Wednesdays there should be the thorough manipulations and
massage of the whole body; these given that the capillary
circulation, structural portions of the body - be given
osteopathically, but as a GENERAL massage throughout, making
the corrections as will be necessary from time to time
along the cerebrospinal system, but carrying same to the
extremities as well as to the torso of the body and to the
radial axis of nerve plexus - following them all out.
Keep the eliminations good as related to the alimentary
canal, these more by diet and by the use of the excavations
- or those of colonic irrigations - than by medicinal
properties or cathartics.
The diet should be that of a general one, keeping stamina and
stability through the whole system.
Keep this for - as the one or first application from the
plain battery itself will last - thirty-six days; THEN we
would give the necessary changes for the corrections in
this body. Ready for questions.
(Q) What caused her derangement of mind six months after she
was married?
(A) The same effects as seen from those conditions existent
in the system, only become accentuated by the activities of
the imaginative system - through the forces as has been seen
in system, from incipiency of the conditions.
(Q) What caused her to fall into comas during and after
pregnancy?
(A) This same reaction, with the system attempting to adjust
itself. This, as seen, not produced from - that is, in
the system itself, see - not produced from that as the more
violent stage of those conditions in a body, but that that is
more OFTEN considered as slight and of little moment.
(Q) What is causing her extreme nervousness and melancholia
at the present time?
(A) The inability of the system to adjust itself for proper
coordination, as has been outlined. Do as we have given if
we would bring the conditions. Be persistent, be consistent,
and we will - within the next twelve to eighteen months -
bring about a near normalcy for this body. We are through
for the present.
Copy to Sister, Mrs. [...]
Copy to File
BACKGROUND
4/16/31 Sister's letter: "I am enclosing application blank
with check. I am most anxious to help my sister who is
suffering with melancholia for three years. Her only desire
is to die. Several doctors have been consulted but none have
found her trouble. My hopes and prayers now lie with you and
I trust God you can help her find contentment again."
4/21/31 GD's letter to [
4853]'s sister: "On February 28th
the Association of National Investigators, Inc., was ordered
dissolved by the Board of Trustees of that organization.
Therefore, we cannot give you a membership in the
Association.
"Mr. Cayce will be very glad to attempt to help your sister,
and we are making an appointment for the reading for the
morning of Thursday, April 30th, between the hour of 11:00
and 12:00 o'clock Eastern Standard Time.
"If you desire that this reading be made, it will be
necessary for you to let us have your sister's full given
name, also just the exact address where she will be during
the time set. It would also be well for you to make a list
of questions to have asked in the reading concerning her
condition.
"Hoping to hear from you soon, and that we may be of
service..."
4/23/31 Sister verifying appointment submitted questions.
This question submitted as #1 was answered in the reading
without being asked: "What caused my sister's occasional
spells of melancholia after she reached puberty?"
REPORTS
4/30/31 GD's letter to [
4853]'s sister: "We are enclosing a
copy of the reading obtained for your sister this morning at
the appointed time.
"If there is anything you do not understand in regard to
this reading, please write us about it - as we now have a
department for the interpretation of readings.
"It seems that the first step is to decide whether or not
you will 'see the thing through' and carry out this treatment
for your sister. If you decide to do so, then write us
and we will give the order for the preparation of this wet
cell battery mentioned. It would be the main treatment,
followed by the osteopathic manipulations, diet, and general
eliminations - then, as suggested in the reading, after
following such an outline for thirty-six days there should be
a change to another mode of treatment which would be outlined
through these sources.
"Hoping that this reading will create enough faith in the
treatment suggested for you to desire to carry it out to
the letter, so that your sister may be helped, I am..."
5/04/31 Sister's telegram to GD: "WISH START TREATMENT AT
ONCE PLEASE GIVE ORDERS FOR PREPARATION BATTERY MENTIONED
ALSO IDEA COST BATTERY"
5/04/31 GD's letter to [
4853]'s sister: "Your wire just
came, and the young man in charge of our mechanical appliance
department is making up the battery in accordance with the
directions given for your sister in the reading. It will go
forward just as soon as he can get the materials together and
prepare it for you. The price of this battery is $25.00. It
will come to you with full directions as to its use.
"The young man suggests that in the meantime you can save
quite a delay by catching a gallon and a half of rain water,
in a GLASS container - for this will be necessary to charge
the battery when you receive it. If it is impossible for
you to obtain the rain water (it must not be caught from a
roof or have any contamination of metals whatsoever), then
you should obtain a gallon and a half of laboratory glass
distilled water.
"If there is any part of the treatment you do not understand,
either now or after you receive the battery, please don't
hesitate to question us - for we are only too glad to help
wherever possible.
"Assuring you that we will get this battery to you just as
quickly as possible, and hoping that we have been and may be
of service to your sister..."
5/11/31 GD's letter to [
4853]'s sister: "Today we are
expressing to you direct the wet cell battery which has
been prepared for your sister. We are enclosing directions
for the setting up and use of this appliance. If there is
anything not quite clear to you, please write us at once and
we will try to explain as clearly as possible through letter.
"The silver nitrate solution is already made up. Just put it
in the container vial. Packed in the battery you will find
a fifteen grain ampule of chloride of gold. Break the ampule
and dissolve contents in fifteen ounces liquid distilled
water. This quantity will last for quite a while, as only
a small amount is used in vial between the times of the
recharging of battery - the directions for which are set
up in the enclosed outline.
"Hoping you will let us keep in touch with you from day to
day, and that by the time the next reading is necessary you
will see a change in your sister's condition..."
5/14/31 [
4853]'s sister's letter to GD: "The battery came
yesterday and I am glad to say we have it fixed up alright.
Your instructions were very clear and I am sure I understand
how to apply it to my sister according to the reading. I am
enclosing a check for battery made out to Mr. Cayce.
"As I understand it I am to write within about twenty-two
days for more chemicals; also there is to be another
reading. Will you inform me when this is to be? And am I to
assume it will be at the end of thirty-six days as mentioned
in her first reading? I am very much interested in every
detail of this as you can appreciate how anxious I am to see
my sister her normal self again. I have the greatest faith
in the readings and treatments I can assure you.
"Thanking you for your kind help so far..."
"P.S. My sister is now with me and will be for quite some
time, as the address at the head of this letter will be hers
for future reading."
5/18/31 GD's letter to [
4853]'s sister: "Your letter of the
14th enclosing check for the battery was received, for which
we thank you very much. I am certainly glad to know that the
instructions were clear to you and that you understand how
to apply the battery to your sister according to the reading.
It is just recently that we have begun to send these
batteries away. Formerly these treatments were only given
in the hospital here, where the reactions could be watched
carefully and scientific notes made as to results from their
use. I am sure, though, that with your faith and constant
application of the suggestions given in the readings,
the results will come as quickly as they could were the
treatments followed here; perhaps sooner - for the constant
prayer and great desire of the one making the applications
surely must have much to do with the changes being brought.
"It seems from your sister's reading that these first
applications from the battery would last thirty-six days.
So, I would advise that you write for the check reading
in about twenty days - then we could be sure to get it in
time. In the meantime, of course, she should be having the
osteopathic treatments, the colonic irrigations, and the diet
outlined; but I'm sure you understand all that.
"Expecting to have your request for the check reading, then,
shortly before the chemicals are used up, and hoping you will
write us in the meantime if there is anything you want to
know about the treatment..."
5/21/31 [
4853]'s sister's letter to GD: "It just occurred
to me that it might be a good idea to tell you just how I am
using the battery for my sister.
"The reading as I interpret it says she is to have two
treatments a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I've been
doing this but perhaps I am making a mistake by not giving
one every other day. Do you think Mr. Cayce meant this or I
am right in giving just the two a week on the days mentioned?
"When giving her the treatments I first fasten the plate that
goes to the 11th and 12th dorsal and then I attach the one
that goes on her stomach. I am quite sure I am right about
this but would appreciate your checking me up on it.
"There is another thing I want to mention and that is, after
I finish giving her a treatment where the silver solution
is used, I notice the lead wire is considerably thinner. Is
this to be expected? And if it gets so thin that it will
break, what am I to do?
"I might say that she is having two osteopath treatments a
week; also that the other suggestions are being carried out.
"In your last letter you said the battery treatments were
to last thirty-six days and then she was to have a check
reading. I understand that part alright, but in the letter
you sent when you sent the battery, you mentioned that I may
need new chemicals in about twenty-two days to recharge the
battery. Is this correct?
"Trusting I am doing things right..."
"P.S. When should I change to solutions in the vials? (The
gold and silver)."
5/27/31 GD's letter to [
4853]'s sister: "As far as I
can judge from the reading, you are applying the
battery exactly right as you outlined in your letter.
"I talked with Mr. Cayce regarding the lead wire getting
thinner when the silver solution is used, and he says this is
due to the fact that the silver solution is a little strong -
and he would suggest that you add to the silver solution you
have prepared about one ounce more of the distilled water.
Should the wire break, just return it to us immediately and
we will send you another.
"I would suggest that the vials be filled with a new solution
of gold and silver after every three treatments with each.
It may be that you will run out of these solutions before the
thirty-six days are up. If so, let us know and we will send
more immediately. Of course, you can tell within a week or
so of the time whether it is going to last or not.
"Hoping this is all quite clear, and that we may hear from
you again whenever there is anything you want to know..."
6/06/31 [
4853]'s sister's letter to GD: "As I figure it, my
sister is to have a check reading on or about the 19th of
June. This is just thirty-six days from her first battery
treatment. By writing you now, I feel it will give you
plenty of time to arrange the appointment. I want to mention
now that she will be at the address on this letter at the
time of her reading, which is my home of course.
"My sister has gained six pounds in the four weeks I've had
her. She is less nervous but still very depressed.
"I will expect to hear from you, Miss Davis, as to when she
is to have her reading. Will you also let me know what the
fee is for this check reading..."
6/13/31 GD's letter to [
4853]'s sister: "We are making the
appointment for your sister's check reading for the morning
of next Friday, the 19th, between 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock
Eastern Standard Time. Is that satisfactory? If so,
please let us know just where she will be during that time.
"Did you receive the chemicals which the man in Norfolk came
out and got for you? I am so glad to know that your sister
is some better, and I am sure she will continue to improve
under your careful attention. If you keep up the treatment
I am sure you will get the results promised.
"Please let us hear from you in time for the reading next
Friday."
"P.S. Check readings are $10.00.
"P.S.#2. Please send a list of any questions you would
like to have asked in the reading regarding your sister's
condition, or as to the treatment."
6/15/31 [
4853]'s sister's letter to GD: "...My sister will
be at the above address at the time of her reading on Friday
morning.
"I received the chemicals alright and thank you for sending
them. I will include my remittance for them in my enclosed
check.
"There is one thing that puzzles me about my sister's
condition and I would like to ask about it in the reading.
About twice a day and sometimes three times a feeling of
blackness comes over her. It frightens her exceedingly and
it takes her an hour or more before it passes off entirely.
She claims, when she has one of these attacks that everything
seems unreal and strange to her; even I do. I don't know
just how to word a question covering this. Perhaps you could
help me out and ask it some way. I would appreciate it so
much.
"In the first reading it said the battery would last for
thirty-six days. Am I to understand by that, that she is
to discontinue the use of it after that time?
"Enclosed you will find my check for reading and
chemicals..."
6/09/31 See
4853-2.
Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation