Edgar Cayce 1877 –1945
For forty-three years of his adult life, Edgar
Cayce demonstrated the uncanny ability to put himself into some kind of
self-induced sleep state by lying down on a couch, closing his eyes, and
folding his hands over his stomach. This state of relaxation and meditation
enabled him to place his mind in contact with all time and space. From this
state he could respond to questions as diverse as "What are the secrets of
the universe?" to "How can I remove a wart?" His responses to
these questions came to be called "readings" and contain insights so
valuable that even to this day individuals have found practical help for
everything from maintaining a well-balanced diet and improving human
relationships to overcoming life-threatening illnesses and experiencing a
closer walk with God. Although Cayce
died more than sixty years ago, the timeliness of the material in the readings
is evidenced by approximately one dozen biographies and more than 300 titles
that discuss various aspects of this man's life and work. These books contain a
corpus of information so valuable that even Edgar Cayce himself might have
hesitated to predict their impact on the contemporary world. Sixty years ago
who could have known that terms such as "meditation," "Akashic
records," "spiritual growth," "auras," "soul
mates," and "holism" would have become household words to
millions? Further details of Cayce's life and work are explored in the classic
book There is a River (1942) by Thomas Sugrue. The majority of Edgar Cayce's
readings deal with health maintenance and the treatment of illness. Even to
this day individuals have found physical help from information given as long as
100 years ago! Yet, although best known for this material, the sleeping Cayce
did not seem to be limited to concerns about the physical body. In fact, in
their entirety the readings discuss an astonishing number of 10,000 different
subjects. Even this vast array of subject matter, however, can be narrowed down
into a much smaller range of topics. When compiled together, the majority
contain and deal with the following five categories: (1) Health-Related
Information; (2) Philosophy and Reincarnation; (3) Dreams and Dream
Interpretation; (4) ESP and Psychic Phenomena; and (5) Spiritual Growth,
Meditation, and Prayer. 1
1. Taken from the Official Site of Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. Edgar Cayce: 20th Century Psychic
and Medical Clairvoyant at http://www.edgarcayce.org/about_edgarcayce/about_edgarcayce.asp
"The
earth will be broken up in the western portion of america. the greater portion
of japan must go into the sea. the upper portion of europe will be changed as
in the twinkling of an eye. land will appear off the east coast of america.
when there is the first breaking up of some conditions in the south sea and
those as apparent in the sinking or rising of that that's almost opposite same,
or in the mediterranean, and the etna area, then we many know it has
begun."
"If
there are greater activities in vesuvius or pelee, then the southern coast of
california and the areas between salt lake and the southern portions of nevada,
we may expect, within the three months following same, inundation by the
earthquakes. but these are to be more in the southern than the northern
hemisphere."
"There
will be the upheavals in the arctic and in the antarctic that will make for the
eruption of volcanoes in the torrid areas, and there will be the shifting then
of the poles -- so that where there has been those of a frigid or the
semi-tropical will become the more tropical, and moss and fern will grow.
"as to conditions in the geography of the world, of the country -- changes
here are gradually coming about. no wonder, then, that the entity feels the
need, the necessity for change of central location. for, many portions of the
east coast will be disturbed, as well as many portions of the west coast, as
well as the central portion of the u.s. in the next few years land will appear
in the atlantic as well as in the pacific. and what is the coast line now of
many a land will be the bed of the ocean. even many battle fields of the
present will be ocean, will be the seas, the bays, the lands over which the new
world order will carry on their trade as one with another.
"Portions
of the now east coast of new york, or new york city itself, will in the main
disappear. this will be another generation, though, here; while the southern
portions of carolina, georgia -- these will disappear. this will be much
sooner. the waters of the lakes will empty into the gulf, rather than the
waterway over which such discussions have been recently made. it would be well
if the waterway were prepared, but not for that purpose for which it is at
present being considered. then the area where the entity is now located
(virginia beach) will be among the safety lands, as will be portions of what is
now ohio, indiana and illinois, and much of the southern portion of canada and
the eastern portion of canada; while the western land -- much of that is to be
disturbed as, of course much in other lands."
"Strifes
will arise through the period. watch for them near the davis strait in the
attempts there for the keeping of the life line to land open. watch for them in
libya and in egypt, in ankara and in syria, through the straits about those
areas above australia, in the indian ocean and the persian gulf.
"It
is also understood, comprehended by some that a new order of conditions is to
arise; there must be a purging in high places as well as low; and that there
must be the greater consideration of the individual, so that each soul being
his brother's keeper. then certain circumstances will come about in the
political, the economic, and whole relationships to which a leveling will occur
or a greater comprehension of the need for it.”
“for
changes are coming, this may be sure -- an evolution or revolution in the ideas
of religious thought. the basis of it for the world will eventually come out of
russia. not communism, no! but rather that which is the basis of thesame as the
christ taught -- his kind of communism.”
Cayce's
Predictions Regarding The Sphinx
Taken
from Cayce, Edgar. "On Atlantis." New York: Warner Books, 1968.
He
predicted the discovery of an Atlantean "Hall of Records" between the
Sphinx and the Nile with a connecting entrance under the right, front paw of
the Sphinx
It
would be well if this entity were to seek either of the three phases of the
ways and means in which those records of the activities of individuals were
preserved -- the one in the Atlantean land, that sank, which will rise and is
rising again; another in the place of the records that leadeth from the Sphinx
to the hall of records, in the Egyptian land; and another in the Aryan or
Yucatan land, where the temple there is overshadowing same. (2012-1; Sep 25,
1939) page146
The
entity joined with those who were active in putting the records in forms that
were partially of the old characters of the ancient or early Egyptian, and part
in the newer form of the Atlanteans. These may be found, especially when the
house or tomb of records is opened, in a few years from now. (2537-1; Jul 17,
1941) page 146
[The
entity] was among the first to set the records that are yet to be discovered or
yet to be had of those activities in the Atlantean land, and for the
preservation of data that is yet to be found from the chambers of the way
between the Sphinx and the pyramid of records. (3575-2; Jan 20, 1944) page 147
Q.2:
Give in detail what the sealed room contains. A.2: A record of Atlantis from
the beginning of those periods when the Spirit took form, or began the
encasements in that land; and the developments of the peoples throughout their
sojourn; together with the record of the first destruction, and the changes
that took place in the land; with the record of the sojournings of the peoples
and their varied activities in other lands, and a record of the meetings of all
the nations or lands, for the activities in the destruction of Atlantis; and
the building of the pyramid of initiation, together with whom, what, and where
the opening of the records would come, that are as copies from the sunken
Atlantis. For with the change, it [Atlantis] must rise again. In position, this
lies -- as the sun rises from the waters -- as the line of the shadows (or
light) falls between the paws of the Sphinx; that was set later as the sentinel
or guard and which may not be entered from the connecting chambers from the
Sphinx's right paw until the time has been fulfilled when the changes must be
active in this sphere of man's experience. Then [it lies] between the Sphinx
and the river. (378-16; Oct 29, 1933) page 147-8