B Ernest Frejer - The Edgar Cayce Companion

Copyright 1995 by B. Ernest Frejer This edition published by Barnes & Noble Digital, by arrangement with A. R. E. Press All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of the Publisher.

2002 Barnes & Noble Digital

ISBN 1-4014-0106-6

To LISA ANNE and SAMANTHA JADE

The study from the human standpoint, of subconscious, subliminal, psychic, soul forces, is and should be the great study for the human family, for through self man will understand its Maker when it understands its relation to its Maker, and it will only understand that through itself, and that understanding is the knowledge as is given here in this state. 3744-4

Think on these things. For here ye may find not only the key to thine nature but that which may unlock the... mysteries of life itself in relationship to thy dealing with thy fellow man. 954-1

Give me the eyes to see the truth, Give me the heart to feel the truth, And the courage to follow its light. Let my search for truth and knowledge Lead to the wisdom of love,

The desire to be helpful to others.

The only son in a family of five children, Edgar Cayce was born on a farm near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on March 18, 1877.

Signs of his psychic sensitivities were evident as a child. He often reported seeing and conversing with his deceased grandfather and invisible playmates. Later he described some of these early experiences: When I was possibly eighteen or twenty months old, I had a playhouse in the back of an old garden, among the honeysuckle and other flowers. One afternoon my mother came down the garden walk calling me. My playmate (who appeared to me to be about the same size as myself) was with me. It never occurred to me that he was not real, or that he wasnt one of the neighbors children, until my mother spoke and asked me my playmates name. I turned to ask him but he disappeared.

A few years afterward (when I had grown to be six or seven years old) our home was in a little wood.

Here I learned to talk with the trees or it appeared that they talked with me. It was there that I read the Bible through the first time, that I learned to pray, that I had many visions and experiences; not only of visioning the elves but what seemed to me to be the hosts that must have appeared to the people of old, as recorded in Genesis particularly. To describe these elves of the trees, the fairies of the woods, orto me the angels or hosts, with all their beautiful and glorious surroundings would be almost a sacrilege.

It was also there in the woods that he visioned an angelic lady, who asked him what he would like most of all, and his reply was, To be helpful to others, and especially to children when they are sick. Using an unusual gift that he was soon to discover, Edgar Cayce devoted most of his life to the fulfillment of this childhood desire.

In school he was a poor student, until one evening, after wrestling with a spelling lesson and receiving many rebuffs from his father for stupidity, he got the idea that a short sleep would be helpful. After his father consented to this unexpected request, he said, I closed the book, and leaning on the back of the chair went to sleep. At the end of five minutes I handed my father the book. I not only knew my lesson, but I could then spell any word in the book; not only spell the words but could tell on what page and what line the word would be found.

From that day on I had little trouble in school, for I would read my lesson, sleep on it a few minutes, and then be able to repeat every word of it.

However, it was not until 1901, when Edgar Cayce was twenty-four that his fuller psychic potential was discovered. For no apparent reason he had lost his voice and could scarcely speak above a whisper for at least one year. Even attempts to obtain a cure through hypnosis failed because he would not respond to post-hypnotic suggestion. Edgar felt the same condition taking place when hypnotized as he did when putting himself to sleep, so a noted New York hypnotist suggested that maybe Edgar could talk about his own case while asleep.

So, on March 31, 1901, Edgar Cayce, in a self-induced state of unconsciousness was given a suggestion, by a local hypnotist, to see his body and describe the trouble in his throat. His response was, Yes, we see the body. In the normal physical state this body is unable to speak, due to a partial paralysis of the inferior muscles of the vocal cords, produced by nerve strain. This is a psychological condition producing a physical effect. This may be removed by increasing the circulation to the affected parts by suggestion while in this unconscious state.

The indicated suggestion was given, and blood could be seen rushing to his throat. When awake, his voice had returned. This unconscious diagnosis was Cayces very first reading. The very next day, using the hypnotist as a test case, Cayce demonstrated that he could also correctly diagnose other people.

Cayce had previously chosen photography as a vocation because it seemed compatible with his vocal handicap. In 1935, he recalled, I finally selected photography as a life work and gave only my spare time and evenings to the increasing number of requests for readings. It was only when I began to come in contact with those who received help from following the suggestions given in the readings that I began to realize the true nature of the work which lay before me.

However, it was not until the readings saved his wifes life and his sons eyesight that he decided to use his gift full-time to diagnose illnesses. Treatments, usually involving diet, eliminations and exercise, were given to improve the over-all health of the patient, although sometimes the instructions were as surprising as the cure was dramatic.

He was initially fearful that these physical readings might prove harmful, so the policy of recording all the readings for the benefit of the patient and the attending physician was initiated.

In 1923, a wealthy printer from Ohio eagerly suggested that the sleeping Cayce expand his readings to include virtually any topic, such as, the meaning and purpose of life, philosophy, psychic phenomena, astrology, and Biblical history. Intrigued by the prospect of answering questions on such universal topics, Cayce agreed to try.

The experiment was a surprising success, although the sleeping Cayce introduced subjects that were completely alien to his fundamentalist Christian beliefs. However, in time, even the theory of reincarnation became an integral part of his own thinking. In his own words, I certainly believe that the information contained in hundreds of readings in our files helps clarify and explain the Bible for me.

Where did the unconscious Cayce get his information? He suggested that, There would seem to be not only one, but several sources of information that I tap when in this sleeping condition.

One source is, apparently, the record that an individual or entity makes in all its expressions through what we call time. The sum-total of that soul is written, so to speak in the subconscious of the individual as well as in what is known as the Akashic records. Anyone may read these records if they can attune themselves properly.

Some people think the information coming through me is given by some departed personality who wants to communicate with them, or some benevolent spirit or physician from the other side. This may sometimes be the case, though in general I am not a medium in that sense of the term. However, if a person comes seeking that kind of contact and information, I believe he receives it.