Donald B. Carroll - Sacred Geometry and Spiritual Symbolism: The Blueprint for Creation

There are so many to thank in the bringing of this book to fruition. I would like to thank all of the staff and volunteers of the Association of Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundations, these organizations and individuals have kept alive and expanded on the amazing material that can be found in the Edgar Cayce readings. I have been the recipient of their unwavering support, assistance, and inspiration that has been a vital part of this work. There are many to thank and I list just a few in the following: Kevin Todeschi, John Van Auken, Henry Reed, Peter Woodbury, Jennie Taylor Martin, Alison Raythank you for your faith, Cassie McQuagge, Carol Hicks, Susan Lendvay, Kevin Grant, Vanessa Darling, Renee Branch, James Mullaney, and the Wayshower organization. I give many thanks to my copy editor, Stephanie Pope, who was vital in channeling my streams of consciousness into fertile, organized growth and coherence. To Carol Hicks whose graphic illustrations were so important for visualizing the content. If I have missed anyone, please forgive me; it seemed in any direction I turned there were wonderful people. To all the authors of books, articles, and images cited in this work I thank you; such works are the lamps that helped guide me on this journey, shining light onto the shadowed ideas in my mind, acting like photosynthesis for them to grow. I hope I have added a little light for others.

Thanks to all my family, particularly my sons, Jeremy, Chase, and Corwin who are some of the people I most admire in the world, and my brother Chris for always being there.

Chapter 20 EXODUS

1And God spake all these words, saying, 2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13Thou shalt not kill.

14Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15Thou shalt not steal.

16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead 1240 BC The Papyrus of Ani The Negative Confession

Hail, Fenti, who comest forth from Khemenu, I have not stolen.

Hail, Qerrti, who comest forth from Amentet, I have not committed adultery; I have not lain with men.

Hail, Utu-nesert, who comest forth from Hetka-Ptah, I have not uttered curses.

Hail, Neba, who comest and goest, I have not uttered lies.

Hail, Tenemiu, who comest forth from Bast, I have not slandered [no man].

Hail, Kenemti, who comest forth from Kenmet, I have not blasphemed.

Hail, Tutu, who comest forth from Ati (the Busirite Nome), I have not debauched the wife of any man.

Hail, Uatch-rekhit, who comest forth from Sau, I have not cursed God.

Hail, Khemiu, who comest forth from Kaui, I have not transgressed [the law].

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EDGAR CAYCE'S A.R.E.

Edgar Cayce (pronounced Kay-Cee, 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 spacethe 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.

The majority of Edgar Cayce's readings deal with holistic health and the treatment of illness. 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.