Edgar CayceEdgar Cayce (1877-1945) has been called the "sleeping prophet," the "father of holistic medicine," and the most documented psychic of the 20th century. For more than 40 years of his adult life, Cayce gave psychic "readings" to thousands of seekers while in an unconscious state, diagnosing illnesses and revealing lives lived in the past and prophecies yet to come. But who, exactly, was Edgar Cayce?
Cayce was born on a farm in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1877, and his psychic abilities began to appear as early as his childhood. He was able to see and talk to his late grandfather's spirit, and often played with "imaginary friends" whom he said were spirits on the other side. He also displayed an uncanny ability to memorize the pages of a book simply by sleeping on it. These gifts labeled the young Cayce as strange, but all Cayce really wanted was to help others, especially children.
Later in life, Cayce would find that he had the ability to put himself into a sleep — like state by lying down on a couch, closing his eyes, and folding his hands over his stomach. In this state of relaxation and meditation, he was able to place his mind in contact with all time and space — the universal consciousness, also known as the super-conscious mind. From there, he could respond to questions as broad as, "What are the secrets of the universe?" and "What is my purpose in life?" to as specific as, "What can I do to help my arthritis?" and "How were the pyramids of Egypt built? His responses to these questions came to be called "readings," and their insights offer practical help and advice to individuals even today.
Although Cayce died more than 60 years ago, the timeliness of the material in the readings — with subjects like how to discovering your mission in life, developing your intuition, exploring ancient mysteries, and taking responsibility for your health — is evidenced by the hundreds of books that have been written on the various aspects of this work as well as the dozen or so titles focusing on Cayce's life itself. Together, these books contain information so valuable that even Edgar Cayce himself might have hesitated to predict their impact on the contemporary world. In 1945, the year of his passing, who could have known that terms such as "meditation," "Akashic records," "spiritual growth," "auras," "soul mates," and "holistic health" would become household words to millions?
The majority of Edgar Cayce's readings deal with holistic health and the treatment of illness. As it was at the time Cayce was giving readings, still today, individuals from all walks of life and belief receive physical relief from illnesses or ailments through information given in the readings — some readings were given as far back 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 10,000 different topics. This vast array of subject matter can be narrowed down into a smaller group of topics that, when compiled together, 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.
Further details of Cayce's life and work are explored in the classic book, There Is a River (1942), by Thomas Sugrue, available in hardback, paperback, or audio book versions.
Members of Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), the nonprofit founded by Cayce in 1931, have access to the entire set of 14,306 readings in a database residing in the member-only section of our Web site. The readings can also be found in their entirety in our onsite library, located at our headquarters in Virginia Beach and open to the public daily. For more information on A.R.E., please visit our About A.R.E. page.
Re: The wisdom of Edgar Cayce « Reply #1 on Jun 14, 2009, 4:51pm »
I recently read a book called "Dreams--Your Magic Mirror" by Elsie Sechrist. It featured dream interpretations and spiritual info by Edgar Cayce. Though I didn't really enjoy the book because it had way too much outdated info and too much of a religious slant, I did find some of the insights presented by Edgar Cayce to be fascinating. So before I give this book away, I decided to copy here some of the things he said as well as other info that stuck out to me. Here they are:
* Modern day psychiatry divides the mind into the conscious and the unconscious or subconscious, but Cayce said a third division exists which he called the superconscious mind. This portion of the mind has retained the memory of God's presence. It is man's tie and his communication link with his original spiritual consciousness.
* According to Cayce, everyone must one day at some level of his progression learn to meditate, because only through meditation will he generate sufficient will power to free himself from his lower self...In meditation, man opens himself to those benign powers which are the strongest forces in the universe, as well as to all time, all space, and all levels of consciousness. It is an attempt to communicate with his source, with God. Whereas prayer is "man talking to God", meditation is "man listening for God's voice".
* We dream in symbols because we tend to think in symbols or pictures at the conscious level. If someone mentions your husband or wife, you immediately picture a human face instead of the word wife or husband. Man first learned to write by using pictorial images.
* Through the superconscious we receive dreams, visions and experiences relating to the meaning of life, the nature of God and the interrelationship between all life and God. The visions from this highest of sources always leave us refreshed mentally and spiritually.
* Cayce indicated that the unconscious and the superconscious are active at night. He also said that the superconscious is the source of all inspiration and creativity. It flows through the subconscious to the conscious mind in the daytime in the guise of ESP experience and in the creativity contained in the expression of love, patience, ideals, inspiration and genius.
Re: The wisdom of Edgar Cayce « Reply #2 on Jun 14, 2009, 7:24pm »
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* The dead differ from the living only in this respect: they are in a permanently subconscious state because the conscious mind of the physical body no longer exists. But the body is an expendable shell, and all else is intact. On the astral level of existence, the subconscious mind replaces the conscious mind of the soul, and the superconscious replaces the subconscious.
* Cayce said: "Remember too, that thoughts are deeds in the mental realm, and they increase or mar the activities of the higher self."
* Perhaps the most common dream experience in spirit communication is related to the message which in essence says, "I'm fine and happy. Your grief, however, is holding me back and making me sad. You can help me greatly by trying to overcome your sorrow. You must stop grieving!"
* According to Cayce, good intentions backed up by action bring special guidance and protection. By good intentions, he meant high ideals and unselfish purposes. A person who tries to live in unselfish service to others will receive protection not only from the Unseen Forces through dreams and visions, but also through the development of intuition. This includes the qualities covered broadly by extrasensory perception.
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