Kevin J. Todeschi - Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records

Ed g ar Ca y ce on
the Akashic Records

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Edgar Cayces ESP

The Edgar Cayce Ideals Workbook

Edgar Cayce on the Reincarnation of Biblical Characters

Edgar Cayce on the Reincarnation of Famous People

Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records

Edgar Cayce on Soul Mates

The Encyclopedia of Symbolism

Soul Development: Edgar Cayces Approach for a New World

Twelve Lessons in Personal Spirituality

The Book of Life

KEVIN J. TODESCHI

Copyright 1998
by Kevin J. Todeschi

17th Printing, September 2010

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Todeschi, Kevin J.

Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records, the book of life / Kevin J. Todeschi.

p. cm.

ISBN 13: 978-0-87604-401-8

1. Akashic Records. 2. Cayce, Edgar, 1877-1945. I. Title.

BF1045.A44T63 1998

133.9dc21 97-42767

Edgar Cayce Readings 1971, 1993-2007
by the Edgar Cayce Foundation.
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Cover design by Richard Boyle

To those souls who never really forget whence
they came or whither they were going...

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Revelation 20:12

Contents

It is no exaggeration to state that the computer has transformed (and is still transforming) the planet. Whether its technology, transportation, communication, education, or entertainment, the computer age has revolutionized the globe and the ways that we understand and interact with one another. No segment of modern society has gone unaffected. The amount of information now stored in computer memory and crossing the internet highway daily is literally unfathomable. And yet, this vast complex of computer systems and collective databases cannot begin to come close to the power, the memory, or the omniscient recording capacity of the Akashic Records.

For ease of understanding, the Akashic Records or The Book of Life can be likened to the universes supercomputer system. Akasha comes from a Sanskrit word meaning boundless space and is equated to the central storehouse of all information for every individual who has ever lived. More than just a reservoir of events, the Akashic Records contain every deed, word, feeling, thought, and intent that has occurred at any time in the history of the world. Much more than simply a memory storehouse, these Akashic Records are interactive; they have a tremendous influence upon our everyday lives, our relationships, our feelings and belief systems, and the potentials and probabilities we draw toward us.

The Akashic Records contain the history of every soul since the dawn of creation. These records connect each of us to one another. They contain the stimulus for every archetypal symbol or mythic story which has ever deeply touched patterns of human behavior and experience. They have been the inspiration for dreams and invention. They draw us toward or repel us from one another. They mold and shape levels of human consciousness. They are a portion of Divine Mind. They are the unbiased judge and jury that attempt to guide, educate, and transform every individual to become the very best that she or he can be. They embody an ever-changing fluid array of possible futures that are called into potential as we interact and learn from the data that has already been accumulated.

Information about these Akashic Recordsthis Book of Lifecan be found in folklore, in myth, and throughout the Old and New Testaments. It is traceable at least as far back as the Semitic peoples and includes the Arabs, the Assyrians, the Phoenicians, the Babylonians, and the Hebrews. Among each of these peoples was the belief that there is in existence some kind of celestial tablets which contain the history of humankind as well as all manner of spiritual information.

The first reference in Scripture to some nonearthly volume is found in Exodus 32:32. After the Israelites had committed a most grievous sin by worshiping the golden calf, it was Moses who pleaded on their behalf, offering to take full responsibility and have his own name stricken out of thy book which thou hast written in recompense for their deed. Later, in the Old Testament, we learn that there is nothing about an individual that is not known in this same book. In Psalm 139, David makes reference to the fact God has written down everything about him and all the details of his lifeeven that which is imperfect and those deeds which have yet to be performed.

For many individuals this Book of Life is simply a symbol of those destined for heaven and has its roots in the custom of recording genealogical records of names or perhaps early census taking. Traditional religion suggests that this bookeither in literal or symbolic formcontains the names of all those who are worthy of salvation. The book is to be opened in connection with divine judgment (Dan. 7:10, Rev. 20:12). In the New Testament, those redeemed by Christ are contained within the book (Philippians 4); those not found in the book of life will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

As an interesting corollary, in the ancient world a persons name was symbolic of that individuals existence. According to Sir James George Frazer, author of The Golden Boughone of the most extensive volumes on world mythologythere was such a bond between ones name and ones existence that magic may be wrought on a man just as easily as through his name as through his hair, his nails, or any other material part of his person. In ancient Egypt, to blot a persons name out of a record was equivalent to destroying the fact that he or she had ever existed.

Closer to our current era, a great deal of contemporary information on the Akashic Records has been made available by both reputable psychics and modern-day mysticsindividuals who have somehow perceived beyond the limits of three dimensions. According to H.P. [Helena Petrovna] Blavatsky (1831-1891), Russian immigrant, mystic, and founder of the Theosophical Society, the Akashic Records are much more than simply an account of static data which may be gleaned by a sensitive. Instead, the records have an ongoing creative stimulus upon the present:

Akasha is one of the cosmic principles and is a plastic matter, creative in its physical nature, immutable in its higher principles. It is the quintessence of all possible forms of energy, material, psychic, or spiritual; and contains within itself the germs of universal creation, which sprout forth under the impulse of the Divine Spirit.

Alchemy and the Secret Doctrine

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), the Austrian-born philosopher, educator, and founder of the Anthroposophical Society, possessed the ability to perceive information beyond the material world: a spiritual world which was just as real to him as the physical world was to others. Steiner claimed that the ability to perceive this other world could be developed, enabling an individual to see events and information every bit as concrete as the present: