John Van Auken - Edgar Cayce on Health, Healing, and Rejuvenation

Edgar Cayce on

Health, Healing, and Rejuvenation

John Van Auken

Living in the Light

Virginia Beach, Virginia USA

Copyright 2016 John Van Auken

ISBN-13: 978-1532723490

ISBN-10: 1532723490

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CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Disclaimer

Nothing I wrote in this book should replace cooperating with educated, licensed healthcare practitioners. Self diagnosis and prescription by only reading health material is not a good approach to health. Learn all you can but then consult with licensed healthcare professionals. These people have spent years in education and study; many have years of experience with human health. What you find in this book to be helpful should be used in cooperation with an educated, licensed healthcare practitioner.

John Van Auken

About the References in this Book

Throughout this book you will see references in parentheses of a number followed by another number, like this: (262-26). These refer to the specific location of this material within the volumes of the Edgar Cayce files. The first number replaces the name of the person or persons seeking the information in an effort to provide some privacy. The second number identifies the sequence in their specific series of discourses. In my example, 262 is the number for a group of persons seeking spiritual information, and -26 reveals that this is the 26th discourse in the 262s series of questioning Cayce.

Also, when Cayce raised his voice for emphasis his stenographer put those words in capital LETTERS. When you see capitalized words in the middle of a sentence know that he intended to put emphasis on that word. Normally today we would italicize such words but she capitalized them.

His discourses are often referred to as readings, because it felt as if he were reading a persons mind, body, and soul, or their Book of Life or Akashic Record.

The readings are available on CD-ROM, in printed books, online at the Cayce website, and in the files at the Edgar Cayce Center. The Center is located on the roughly 5-acre campus of the Association for Research and Enlightenment at 215 67th Street in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23451, U.S.A. The website is EdgarCayce.org. The central phone number is 757-428-3588 or toll free 800-333-4499.

About Edgar Cayce

In 1979, the Journal of the American Medical Association credited Edgar Cayce with initiating the American holistic health movement.

JAMA 1979:241(11):1156.

Most every day for over forty years of his adult life, Edgar Cayce would lie down on a couch with his hands folded over his stomach and allow himself to enter a self-induced hypnotic/meditative state. Then, when provided with the name and location of an individual anywhere in the world he would speak in a normal voice and give answers to any questions about that person or their life in general. Questions as diverse as, "How can I remove a wart?" and "What are the secrets of the universe?" were asked. His responses to these questions came to be called "readings" and contain insights so valuable that even to this day individuals rely upon them as practical help for maintaining a well-balanced diet, improving human relationships, and overcoming life-threatening illnesses including such far-reaching inquiries about the origin and destiny of the body, mind, and soul!

These "readings" were written down by a stenographer, who kept one copy on file and sent another to the person or persons who had requested the information. Much of this information was given from the 1920s through the 1940s. Subsequent to this time period many have added and update new findings and research reports and are a part of the body of work maintained by the Edgar Cayce Center.

Edgar Cayce never wrote a book. But many books have been written about him. And though Cayce died nearly a century ago, the timeliness of the material is evidenced by approximately a dozen biographies and more than 300 titles that discuss various aspects of this man's life and work. Further details about his life and work are explored in such classic works as There Is a River (1942) by Thomas Sugrue, The Sleeping Prophet (1967) by bestselling author Jess Stearn, Many Mansions (1950) by Gina Cerminara, and Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet (2000) by Sidney Kirkpatrick.

Words that are fairly common in todays lexicon, such as meditation, auras, soul mates, and holism derive from Edgar Cayce and his readings.

I have read most of the readings and much about Cayce. And I have had the good fortune to have lived and worked with his sons, many of the people who received readings from Cayce, and many of the early supporters and employees of the organization. And I have incorporated his advice into my personal life.

Cayce was a fascinating man. He was born on March 18, 1877, and reared in the small community of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He quit school after eight years to work on the family farm. Eventually Cayce took up photography as his trade.

In addition to being a devout member of the local churches wherever he was living, Cayce faithfully taught Sunday School and held to the basic tenets of Christianity. He even entertained the thought of becoming a minister, but his lack of education and finances forced him to turn in another direction.

Indeed, in the early years of his readings he found himself concerned about possible conflicts between his religious beliefs, the teachings of the church, and the phenomenon that he was experiencing. In time, he came to feel that his gift was a manifestation of Gods will and reinforced, rather than ruptured, his religious beliefs. Because of this acceptance, he continued with his readings. He would give over 14,000 readings during his adult lifetime.

Under the influence of a self-induced hypnotic-like trance, Cayce would diagnose illnesses and suggest treatments ailing individuals.

During a trance he would often use long medical terms that were normally used only by physicians. Upon awakening, he could hardly pronounce the words much less understand their meanings.

Edgar Cayce's first spiritual encounter occurred when he was only a toddler. He often spoke of "invisible playmates" who would visit him, (Thomas Sugrue, There Is A River, p. 37). He also claimed to have a visitation from a "shining lady" who said he could have anything he desired. He responded that he would like to help people, especially children (p. 23). On one occasion, when he was having trouble studying his school lessons, this "shining lady" told him to lay his head on the textbook and rest. He obeyed and quickly fell asleep. After a few minutes he returned to consciousness and knew the entire content of the volume, (p. 19).