This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 22nd day of January, 1930, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [5416].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. L. B. Cayce. Born December 26, 1912, Sloane's Hospital, 59th St. & 10th Avenue, New York City.

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1. EC: We have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present entity.
2. In entering we find the entity coming under those influences of Venus, Mercury, Uranus, and Mars. These, as we find, bring some conflicting influences in the present appearance, and the relationships as are altered may be again changed as respecting the application of will's influence - that factor in the mental abilities of an entity about which the weal or woe of one's development turns. In this influence, irrespective of the will, we find:
3. One loving in disposition, in temperament that of the musician or the dramatic artist, and capable in this line or field.
4. One that ever finds discussions in the wake of its experience, and as to the application of self respecting same will alter, mar, or make for the development of the entity, as respecting its relation to the universal forces, or that from which the emanation of self's experiences finds its source of reaction, or development, in or through the material plane.
5. One that finds in the study of particular subjects - especially those relating to the mental, or the attributes of the mental, and relationships of individuals with individuals - interesting and worth while; while those of the nature mathematical, or methodical in form, are but a torment to the body in many ways. This also, in its reaction, will make for, or debar the entity in its understanding more completely of the relationships of laws as pertain to ceremony or methodical things. This [is] necessary for an understanding to a developing entity, yet to this entity it becomes burdensome - except at times.
6. One that the home, and home's influence, has the greater reflection in the life of the entity than is ordinarily seen.
7. One that the mystics, the oracles, the forces as have to do with occult powers - rather than psychic - do influence the entity; yet this DEVELOPED in the entity - with those influences in Venus and Uranus, weighed with the reasonableness in Mercurian influence - will bring much UNDERSTANDING IN the field of psychic influence, and bring peace, understanding TO the entity of those conditions as often worry the entity in relationships to occult influence; for, to the entity, occult and psychic are as one constructive and the other destructive influence - yet, are their relationships understood, constructive forces may be applied by the entity as relating to its own development, as well as that and those whom the entity contacts.
8. The entity, in the period of developments, will find - through portions of the development - that the BUSINESS instincts, in PERIODS, will manifest themselves; even though firearms, wars, and destructive influences have and will wield an influence that is to be dealt with mentally, and with the application of the will.
9. One that needs not only ideas to work WITH, but IDEALS to worked towards; keeping an ideal worth while and seeking to attain the UNDERSTANDING of laws as pertain to such, and in this respect - not material laws, not laws as of a rule, but laws rather of the love and the spiritual nature. THESE the entity may gain by the study of self's own reaction in those relationships between individuals who are TO the entity ones the entity is drawn to, and come to LOVE - not carnally, but rather in that of an IDEAL manner and way.
10. In appearances and their influences, these have wielded and do wield much in the present experience of the entity.
11. In the one before this we find in that period when there was much discussion in the land now known as France, of the feasibility, plausibility, of the populace giving succor and aid to that ruler Charles the Second. The entity then among those who sheltered, aided, in the entity's entertainment; low and small of stature and despising self for the often spoken of LITTLENESS, finds in self much as is of depreciating influence in the present. Then in the name Rose Bell. In the present we find that things that intimate, or hinted AT, have such an influence as to be often called in the entity timidity, when there is a real hurt from within on account of SELF-condemnation. This the entity should, through its own self's application of its inner self to that KNOWN to be right - and listen little to the intimated hints of any nature; so long as the entity KNOWS ITSELF to be right.
12. In the one before this we find in that land when there was the return of a peoples to the Holy Land. The entity among those who came with the first priest that led the people back for the rebuilding of the temple. The entity then in the name Solonni. In this experience the entity gained much, and the innate feelings of worshipfulness in individuals or groups have their bearing on the entity; yet, in a manner, the entity holds self and self's principles apart from its religious service or worship, when these SHOULD be made one. On account of the dissensions that arose during that period, the entity suffered - and then held itself aloof; yet gave much to those whom the entity served in that experience.
13. In the one before this we find in the land when there were the departure of the peoples chosen among the Chaldeans. The entity then, not of the household - but acquaintance OF those who SEPARATED themselves from among the peoples, to become a separate people. Holding, then, to peculiar tenets in that experience, and becoming the singer and the dancer for the king who would build up a place of worship in the land, and the entity in the name Olude found favor in the eyes of the ruler, and was chosen as the companion of the ruler; losing in the putting away of the service as had been rendered to the peoples in song, dance, rhythm, and the understanding of emotions in the body. These became naught through the experiences of the entity. In the present, fearfulness - and the tendency of the condemning of self in the eyes of others; yet holding ever an innate feeling of respect for power or position, especially in one who is in authority.
14. In the one before this we find in that land known as Egypt, and during the period when there were divisions in the land. The entity then among those to whom the banished ones came, and became the aide TO those during that period, gaining much from the associations and the setting up of IDEALS as relating to MORAL conduct, and the understanding of differentiation in that as is moral in self and that as is moral in the eyes of another. In the name Arnnar. In this experience, much came TO the entity through the various experiences, for the YEARS - as counted - were many TO the entity in that experience, and many were the changes wrought in the entity's application of the various abilities as gained by the entity through the period. The handiwork of the hand, the quickness of the eye, the beauty of the speech, the interpretation of emotions in the inner man, and the expressing of same in material ways, became - as the entity became a teacher, and one to whom many sought for counsel.
15. In the abilities of the entity in the present, much - as is seen - [is] to be accomplished in self, in that first there must be the ideal as is set for the entity. Something in place, in position, to work or apply self toward.
16. In the home, then, becomes the greater of accomplishments for one that may be a teacher, in not only precept but in ensample, and one that may counsel with many - for many should gather about the skirt and the knee of the entity, of the little folk that may gain from the entity counsel - in precept and ensample - in story and in song, in beauty, and in the application of same in the life. In service does one gain, through making the will - not MY will, but the will that is one with, and ready to be used for, the developing of another. Ready for questions.
17. (Q) Should the body remain at Cornell University or go to a school in or near N.Y. City?
    (A) Better in the city, for among many peoples - and in home, and near home surroundings, does the development and understanding become the better - and the sooner the relationships for the home, as the home keeper, become established, the better for the entity in all its undertakings and developments.
18. (Q) What is best school for the body?
    (A) Any that gives rather the broader vision. Semple school is very good, or New York University, or any that becomes that of preparing self for home. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n office
    Copy to Datastician
    Copy to Mother
    Copy to Father

BACKGROUND

1. 8/30/29 See 5416-1 re obesity.
2. 10/03/29 Questions submitted:
   1. Should body remain at Cornell University or go to a school in or near N.Y. City? 2. What is best school for the body? 3. What changes, if any, should she make in her curriculum? 4. Should she continue vocal lessons, and where? 5. (To be asked if change to N.Y. advised) What changes recommended for body's use in N.Y.? 6. How can she round out her education to best advantage? 7. What profession is entity best suited for? 8. Will she have a career in this profession? 9. Should she continue to study for the legal profession or for drama and Musical work? 10. Would she succeed if she were to study for the stage? 11. What can she do to make her college career a success? 12. What courses is she particularly capable of taking? 13. Should body consider marriage and home as a career? 14. If so, when and whom should she marry? 15. How long should body's mother remain in Virginia Beach? 16. How can body help her mother to recover her health? 17. Advise body as to conduct of her life, spiritually and mentally? 18. How long will it take to get her physical body reduced to normal?

REPORTS

1. Miss [5416] and her parents were well pleased with the reading and felt it to be absolutely correct. She followed the advice as to school, courses, etc.
2. 5/19/30 See 5416-3, a physical reading.

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