This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 30th day of May, 1929, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [5673].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [5673], Mrs. C. E. Bundick, Mr. L. B. Cayce, and Mr. Linden Shroyer. Born December 1, 1895, Norfolk, Va.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity, [5673]. In entering we find the entity coming under the influence of Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury, with influences in Uranus and Aquarius. In the astrological conditions, these are adverse to experiences in the present experience. Without the influence of will, we find these differing, then, to the experiences as have been a portion of the present experience, and through OTHER influences there will be seen how these come about.
2. In the present experience, then, we find one well in that position of being in adverse conditions to many tenets that are held near and dear to the entity's inmost being, and oft does the body wonder how such things can be, with the beliefs and conditions the body has been taught to believe govern the universe and universal experience; but one that, with the application of will with the conditions as come as influence, trends, or tenets, may bring much good to self and to those whom the entity influences. The entity will ever be an influence for good to those whom the entity contacts. Slow to make friendships, long in suffering and in understanding, teaching, rather than in that of the life, than in tenet or precept; yet one that is very decisive in its actions, and one that weighs most matters well before making decisions, and then wonders how, why, when, conditions will change, or why such conditions arise.
3. One that will give much influence in the present experience through the knowledge and understanding of the occult influences, when weighed with those influences in Jupiter and Venus. These being in love, strength, and nobleness, and in those conditions that bespeak of truth.
4. One loving the truth, hating a lie, hating one that even acts in manner to deceive, or to even make misunderstandings in the lives or the experiences of others.
5. One that often considers others before self, and is then one that may teach, minister, or aid one in getting wisdom or understanding.
6. As to the experiences in the earth's plane and their influences in the present experience:
7. In the one before this we find in land when there were the first settlers coming in the abode of the present experience. The entity then among those that were of the first to found the government in that of the northern portion of the present abode. Then in the name of Wickar, and the entity gained and lost through that experience, being among those who, under persecution, submitted self in ways that were contradictory to beliefs, tenets, and understanding; yet for the preservation of body submitted, and GLORIED in that that came in the life through same. In the present experience this influence is much of that that becomes adverse or at variance to the beliefs, tenets, or understandings of the present experience.
8. In the one before this we find in the period when the first return to the Holy City. The entity then among those first brought up in the land after that return. Then in the name of Ildia, and was the sister of the scribe to Ezekiel in that period; gaining much in that period through the lessons taught to the peoples, gaining much of the understanding in the rewriting of the law, becoming then versed in the history of the peoples. History and adventure, then, has ever been one of the things in the present experience that is interesting, as well as the tenets of the chosen people.
9. In the one before this we find among the peoples in the land when the nomads overran that land now know as Persia, and the entity then among the tribes that overran the land, and aided in the care of the captives taken by the various bands that overran this land. Gaining and losing through this experience. Gaining in the aid and service given. Losing in the aggrandizement of selfish motives. Little, then, of selfishness in the present experience. Little of the wanderer in the present experience. The home loving, the fireside, the quietness of the evening, and yet all nature appeals most too the entity, and the acts of individuals are the harder to understand.
10. In the one before this we find in the land now known as Egypt, when the entity in that of the aid to the ones giving the first of medicine, law and learning to the peoples, gained most through the earth's experience. Rising then to the position of being called blessed by many, many ages following that experience. Then in the name Isla, and the entity gained much through this experience, giving self, self's service, to those of the weak in mind, body, and in understanding. In the present experience this bearing the greater in the life, for the aid, succor, teaching or understanding, and the tenderness of heart, and the desire of service comes from this experience.
11. In the abilities of the body:
12. Here we find many conditions throughout the experiences of this entity and soul that have been contradictory to those of the tenets of truths as held by the entity; yet in the service rendered others has ever come the greatest blessings to the body, and in the present experience to find self and an understanding of self, to know the mysteries of life, is to lose self in accomplishing for others that that is hard for them to gain; for, even as in the Temple of Iso, or under the care of the priest, or in the hands of those who wrought for the knowledge to assist the physical body, that man might know the better of the relationships to the Creative Energy; or whether in the plains, through administrations to the captives, brought that that satisfied; or whether in rendering to those in the new city, or whether as the wanderer, the entity finds that in those same tenets as of old, that the highest service an entity may render to the Creative Energy, and the answer of the divine from within, comes in being mindful of the sons and daughters of men. That that represents the creative forces in the earth's plane, in the way that man may become One with the Creative Energy, yet know self to BE self, and THROUGH that of the love of the Father for the Son may the understanding come IN self of that as is necessary to make of the life the success in the SPIRITUAL manner, that brings the knowledge of self used aright. Ready for questions.
13. (Q) Is the body particularly fitted for the position held by her at the Cayce Hospital, Virginia Beach, Va.
    (A) In the associations and relations, there comes many with whom the body has labored, associated with, fought for and fought against, in mind and in body. In gaining an understanding of that attempted there, that man may make manifest his love for God and man. Do that.
14. (Q) Then the body IS fitted for this place?
    (A) IS PARTICULARLY fitted for the place, will it apply itself in that direction. Not necessarily that it will! WILL is the factor ruling in earth's experience. Let's designate in this particular instance, for the differentiations IN that of the astrological experience and the actual experience. This has been given as a variation here, in this entity's continuity of life experience. When that as is known to be the truth, as seen by self, act as self would have others act towards self in THAT PARTICULAR experience, and not as others would see the body, or as the body would like to be seen by others. That's WILL influence. See? We are through.

    Copy to Morton Blumenthal
    Copy to Edwin Blumenthal
    Copy to Thos. B. Brown

BACKGROUND

1. GD's note: She was a nurse at Cayce Hospital - the first one hired. I remember her as a very nice person, efficient, etc., but unhappy in her personal life due to a broken marriage.

REPORTS

1. 8/16/29 Mrs. [5673] obtained a Physical Rdg., 5673-2.
2. 7/08/60 GD's ltr. to [5673]:
   EDGAR CAYCE FOUNDATION, Inc. P.O. Box 595 Virginia Beach, Virginia
   Dear [5673]:
   A small group of A.R.E. members have started work on the task of researching all of the Edgar Cayce readings which mentioned incarnations during the early America period. Your reading is one of these, and this letter is a request for your help on this project.
   The main object of our research now is to find any documentary or substantiating evidence of what the Edgar Cayce reading said. For instance, if a reading said that a person had been John Brown living in Mainville, New York, at the time of the Revolutionary War, this project will try to find some black-and-white evidence (court records, town records, genealogy books, etc.) that there was a man named John Brown who DID live in Mainville, New York, and it WAS during the Revolutionary period, or whatever else might prove to be evidential.
   Obviously, the task of tracking down the hundreds of references involved is a mammoth one and we very much need any help you can give us. Specifically, have you ever done any research on your own former incarnation as Wickar? Or do you know of anyone else who has? Any information you can send us along this line may save us hours and hours of unnecessary work. Even "negative research" (i.e., trying to find something apparently unsuccessfully) may help us in that we won't bother looking in that place. Just write us WHERE you searched - name of town, cemetary, library, court office, book or whatever - and WHAT you found out.
   You may be reassured to know that the Foundation Staff is going to great lengths to protect your present identity at all times. Any references to your Edgar Cayce reading will be handled by the Case Number which has been assigned to you - [5673]. All correspondence with you will be held strictly confidential, and any information you give this research project via this office will in no way reveal your present name or address.
   Please write to us soon, giving us any information or any suggestions you may have for carrying on this work.
   Thank you, sincerely, [signed] Gladys Davis Turner Secretary, E.C.F.
3. 8/02/60 Letter (in answer to 7/08/60 form letter [Par. R2 above] re Early America Project Repeat):
   "I regret that I am unable to help with your research in the early American period. I have never even traced my father's genealogy. I am sorry to be so long in replying, but I was out of the city.
   "It is with pleasure I remember the Cayce Hospital days, and would like very much to see you [GD] again. I wish you and the A.R.E. members success in the research work." [She signed under a new married name. She had remarried on 10/30/40.]
4. 12/19/72 She died in a hospital, leaving her husband and two nieces as survivors.

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