This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of June, 1941, in accordance with request made by those present at the Tenth Annual congress of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Helen Godfrey, Ruth Jeanne Lenoir, Enid Smith, Cathryn Patterson, Henrietta McClelland, Beatrice and Richmond Seay, Burt Davis, Ralph Courtney, Mme. Felipe, Beulah Emmet, Florence Edmonds, Mary Wirsing, Hannah Miller, Minnie Barrett, Esther Wynne, Frances Y. Morrow, Gladys and Charlie Dillman, Malcolm Allen, Arnette Lane, Mignon Helms, Sallie Jones, Beverly Simmons, Doris House, Sally Taylor, Thomas Sugrue (who prepared the questions), Hugh Lynn Cayce, David E. Kahn, Marion Wolfe, and others.

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1. GC: It has been given through this source that souls become entangled in cosmic systems similar to the solar system, where conditions are like those presented in this system. For the enlightenment of those gathered here, it is requested that you now take up the implications of this statement, in so far as it is possible to do so in terms of language and human experience. You will discuss the questions which have been prepared, as I ask them, using, wherever possible, parallels with life as it is on this earth.
2. EC: Yes, we have the implications that have been indicated through these channels; as to how souls may be entangled in systems or influences similar in nature to human experience in matter.
3. In answering many of those questions presented here, or that may be in the minds of those gathered here, it is well that the premise be given from which such answers would be made.
4. These you may find in the indication that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God - the same. Without Him there was not anything made that was made.
5. Thus in the answers we may find that, though there may be worlds, many universes, even much as to solar systems, greater than our own that we enjoy in the present, this earthly experience on this earth is a mere speck when considered even with our own solar system. Yet the soul of man, thy soul, encompasses ALL in this solar system or in others.
6. For, we are joint heirs with that universal force we call God - if we seek to do His biddings. If our purposes are not in keeping with that Creative Force, or God, then we may be a hindrance. And, as it has been indicated of old, it has not appeared nor even entered into the heart of man to know the glories the Father has prepared for those that love Him. Neither may men conceive of destruction, even though he is in the earth a three-dimensional awareness. Neither may he conceive of horror, nor of suffering, nor even of what it means to be in outer darkness where the worm dieth not.
7. Then in considering those conditions, those experiences as may be a part of the soul's awareness - in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God. THAT is the premise.
8. Ready for questions.
9. (Q) May we assume that the term "entangle" means a soul's participation and immersion in a form or system of creative expression which was not necessarily intended for such participation and immersion, as the earth?
   (A) To be sure, there are those consciousnesses or awarenesses that have not participated in nor been a part of earth's PHYSICAL consciousness; as the angels, the archangels, the masters to whom there has been attainment, and to those influences that have prepared the way.
   Remember, as given, the earth is that speck, that part of creation where souls projected themselves into matter, and thus brought that conscious awareness of themselves entertaining the ability of creating without those forces of the spirit of truth.
   Hence that which has been indicated - that serpent, that satan, that power manifested by entities that, created as the cooperative influence, through will separated themselves.
   As this came about, it was necessary for their own awareness in the SPHERES of activity. Thus realms of systems came into being; as vast as the power of thought in attempting to understand infinity, or to comprehend that there is no space or time.
   Yet time AND space, in patience, you may comprehend.
10. (Q) In systems where conditions for expression parallel those in the solar system; is entanglement a parallel experience to entanglement in this system, so that a soul is apt only to become immersed in one of these systems, and after working out of it, be immune to the attractions of others?
    (A) No. No two leaves of a tree are the same. No two blades of grass are the same. No two systems have the same awareness, neither are they parallel.
    There ARE those awarenesses that are relative relationships, yes. But hast thou conceived - or canst thou conceive - the requirements of the influence to meet all the idiosyncrasies of a SINGLE soul? How many systems would it require? In thyself we find oft one friend for this, another for that, another for this relationship, another for the prop, another to arouse. Yet all are the work of His hand, are thine to possess, thine to use - as one with Him.
11. (Q) Can you describe, by similes or comparison, what it is in other systems which attracts the souls?
    (A) Take what has just been given; that there are conditions that may meet every idiosyncrasy of the INDIVIDUAL soul! Then consider the millions, and how much is required of thee!
    There are centers through which those of one solar system may pass to another, as we have indicated in information for individuals. There are also those experiences in which individual souls may seek a change. As He gave, as the tree falls so does it lie.¹ This is not only material, it is also mental and spiritual. Is God's hand short, that there would not be all that each soul would require? For it is not by the will of God that any soul perishes, but with every temptation, with every trial there is prepared the way of escape.
    GOD, the Father, then, is the Creator - the beginning and the end. In HIM is the understanding, BY and through those influences that have taken form - in universes - to meet the needs of each soul - that we might find our way to Him.
12. (Q) Do these other systems have a planet, like earth, which is a focal point for the meeting and material expression of its forces and principles?
    (A) Relatively so, in that dimension of consciousness or awareness necessary to meet that arousing of the soul to its need - its awareness of the Maker, the Word, the Spirit; and the influences therein answer to that within the individual soul.
    For, an individual soul here finds itself a body, a mind, a soul. Ye may sin in mind, ye may sin in body. Do ye answer only in spirit?
    As He has given, every SOUL shall give account of the deeds done in the body. What body? That body of mind, that body of physical manifestation, that body of spirit; each in its own sphere, its own realm.
    Earth, in this solar system, merely represents three dimensions. Then, how many dimensions are in this solar system? Eight! What position does the earth occupy? Third! What position do others occupy? That relative relationship one to another.
    Who is the author and the finisher of same? The Word! Who is the Word? He that made himself manifest in the flesh! Who is the beginning and the end? Even Jesus, the Christ!
13. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. 6/19/41 GD's note: Other questions prepared by Thomas Sugrue which did not get asked:
   5. Is it the system as a whole or the planet of objectification which attracts the souls? 6. Are any of these similar systems in the heavens as we know them - that is, within the range of our telescopes? 7. Is there entanglement of a different sort in systems not similar to the solar system? That is, do all systems present a temptation? 8. Is it possible for a soul to go back and forth between systems while working out of them, or must it stay in one until free of it for good? 9. Do the systems represent a mounting stairway of temptations and triumphs in the journey to God, or are they parallel spheres of experience? (If mounting stairway, how far up, approximately, is our system?) 10. Can a soul work out of a system without completing its return to God, and go on to other systems for further development? 11. Is Arcturus a place of free choice, or a place where law administers and directs souls, or both? 12. Do souls which have returned to God continue to experience the new worlds of the expanding universe, without being tempted by them? 13. Can you explain what souls experience who do not depart from the plan of God and do not become entangled in systems? Or do all souls become entangled sooner or later? 14. Was the Christ soul - before its experience in the earth - one which became entangled or did it experience creation and return to God within the plan?

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