This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of March, 1927, in accordance with request made by his parents, Mr. [5453] and Mrs. [2790].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born February 7, 1919, Dayton, Ohio.

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1. GC: You will give the relations of this entity and 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 to that which it may attain, and how.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the Universe and Universal Forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present earth's plane.
3. In this entity we find the development in the present experience under the influence, then, the will is guided in the present conditions, and those conditions that are as urges irrespective of the will, then, may be seen, with those conditions and those surroundings that the entity may be warned of in the next few years, or periods, as these conditions arise.
4. In entering the earth's plane, we find the entity comes under the influence of Mercury, Jupiter, and of Mars, with the Pleiades and the Orion in the benevolent influence of the life. Hence we find one of a brilliant mind - easy to learn, yet too easily at times led in the wrong direction. Hence the warning as would be given to those training or directing, that the proper influences are thrown about the entity during the next five years; especially as regarding that training in the entity's relation with those of the spiritual nature - for with those tendencies as are seen of Mars' influence, this will be extraordinarily necessary in the influence of this body.
5. One that - with the benevolent influences in Jupiter, and with the mental faculties that are above the normal - will, if guided correctly, go far in those fields of endeavor in which the entity may engage from the material standpoint, bringing much monies, and much of this world's goods, in the life of the entity, if guided aright. If allowed to run with that element that would bring the improper association, this would be turned into - as bad. Being then an extremist, being then one that the temper, when aroused, BOILS, as it were, within the entity. DO NOT BREAK the will, but GUIDE and DIRECT the entity - for there is REASON as an elementary condition with this entity; for we find the urges are in three directions, as will be seen from the appearances in the earth's plane, and these as they bear on the influence of the life. Those warnings as would come:
6. Beware of being in deep waters, or of in any way that the entity would be apt to fall in water, especially through the period of nineteen twenty-seven and eight (1927 and 28), see? for in these we find adverse influences in the Neptune and the Uranian forces, with that of Mars and Jupiter. Hence the warnings through these periods. The entity should be warned rather of water than of firearms - of being cut or bones broken, than of firearms or explosives. Not that the entity may not be burned, or any accidents of this nature, but rather of sharp instruments and of falls, see? THESE - the warnings - be in the tenth and fourteenth (10th and 14th) year, see?
7. In the appearances:
8. We find in the one before this in that land when there was warring with the peoples and the ruler. The entity then among those who were as the scribes in the household of that one who warred for the peoples, see? and as what would be termed the confidential secretary to that entity during that experience in the earth's plane, or secretary to Cromwell. Then under the name of Brundudge, and the entity gained in that period, and in the influence there is seen the love of story, of adventure, and of the doings of others who brought especial notice to their doings, and hence that urge as is given that these be guided in the correct way and manner, and not become a stumbling block to the entity in the days to come.
9. In the one before this we find the entity as the soldier, in then the Trojan forces. The entity among those who defended the gate, when these were overcome by those from the outside, and the entity gained and lost during this sojourn. Then in the name Abidouel, and the entity then a man of valor, and in the service brought much condemnation to others through the justice as was meted out by the entity's acts during that period. The urge as is seen in the musical tend or bent comes from this period; for in the early portion of life the entity among those who made music before the fair ones of the land in which the entity sojourned, and ever runs the desire to keep close to such conditions. Hence the bugle and the drum mean much to the entity, and - guided aright - this may become a crowning glory in the present experience.
10. In the one before this we find in that land when the peoples were being carried into exile by the Chaldeans. The entity then of the household of Judah, and a dweller in that land near Hebron, and of the peoples known as the mighty men among the law, and guiders of the law. The entity then gained and lost, through that perverting of the confidences to the entity when taken into captivity, and in this lost. The entity then in the name Guiodia, and the urge again is toward that of the mechanical turn, for in the sojourn in the foreign parts the entity among those who brought to those peoples those first of the mechanical ways of handling stones, and of the way to raise and lower great weights. The entity, then, may again be trained in the mechanical turn, yet we find that as is combined with other influences ruling same.
11. In the one before this we find in that period when there was the division in church and state, as might be termed, during the Egyptian rule. The entity then among those who ruled and guided those in the land near to that in which the peoples were banished, gaining in the latter days through the service rendered to others. In the name then Hieuel, and in the urge is seen the desire, ever, to appear well in the presence of others that are as equals or superiors.
12. As to the abilities, and that to which the entity may attain:
13. In the training, as given, there should be kept first and foremost before the entity that relation necessary with the Creative Forces as are manifested in the material world - for without this principle instilled AS the principle, the efforts of entity may be turned into improper channels.
14. Then, in music or in mechanical turns, may the entity bring to self and to others those endeavors that are befitting the experience of one's life well spent in the material plane.
15. We are through for the present.

REPORTS

1. 5/13/28 Letter from [5454]'s father [5453]: "...It seems the seeming love for someone else was too strong and so about three weeks ago [2790] took [5454] and went back to ... The only thing that was left for me to do in order that [5454]'s life in the future would be as it should I have filed suit for divorce...asking in the bill of complaint for his custody... I looked up [5454]'s Life Reading and I wish you would get out your file copy and read it over. It is beyond doubt the most wonderful thing I've ever known of. If everything is not down in black and white in that reading then you have never given a reading, see? Every line reveals more and more the conditions and just see how it has all come out. If only I had had a better understanding at the time..."
2. GD's note: The father did get custody but the child spent his summers with his mother. Both parents married again.
3. 12/03/30 See 5453-11, Par. 14-A re his upbringing.
4. 4/26/42 Visit to EC by [5454] and his mother [2790]. At the time [5454] was an ensign in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, and a senior in a dental school.
5. 9/10/47 Letter from [5454]'s father [5453]: "...[5454] is practising dentistry in ..., Virginia..."
6. 4/21/58 GD's note: "Interesting result becoming a dentist, considering 'mechanical turn...mechanical ways of handling stones' mentioned in his Chaldean incarnation."
7. See Source File Key #5454 for Astrological Solar Chart, re 5454-3.

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