Edgar Cayce - Creation and Evolution: Universal Forces Shaping Humankind

Creation
and
Evolution

Universal Forces Shaping Humankind

By Edgar Cayce

Copyright 2017

by the Edgar Cayce Foundation

1st Printing, March 2017

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Edgar Cayce Readings 1971, 1993-2007
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Edgar Cayce (18771945) has been called the Sleeping Prophet, the father of Holistic medicine, the miracle man of Virginia Beach, and the most documented psychic of all time. For forty-three years of his adult life, he had the ability to put himself into some kind of self-induced sleep state by lying down on a couch, closing his eyes, and folding his hands over his stomach. This state of relaxation and meditation enabled him to place his mind in contact with all time and space and gave him the ability to respond to any question he was asked. His responses came to be called readings and contain insights so valuable that even to this day Edgar Cayces work is known throughout the world. Hundreds of books have explored his amazing psychic gift, and the entire range of Cayce material is accessed by tens of thousands of people daily via the Internet.

Although the vast majority of the Cayce material deals with health and every manner of illness, countless topics were explored by Cayces psychic talent: dreams, philosophy, intuition, business advice, the Bible, education, childrearing, ancient civilizations, personal spirituality, improving human relationships, and much more. In fact, during Cayces lifetime he discussed an amazing 10,000 different subjects, and the Edgar Cayce database of readings (available to A.R.E. members via the web) consists of a mind-boggling 24 million words!

The Cayce legacy presents a body of information so valuable that Edgar Cayce himself might have hesitated to predict its impact on contemporary society. Who could have known that eventually terms such as meditation, auras, spiritual growth, reincarnation, and holism would become household words to millions? Edgar Cayces A.R.E. (the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.) has grown from its humble beginnings to an association with Edgar Cayce Centers in countries around the world. Today, the Cayce organizations consist of hundreds of educational activities and outreach programs, childrens camps, a publishing company, membership benefits and services, volunteer contacts and programs worldwide, massage and health services, prison and prayer outreach programs, conferences and workshops, Internet and online activities, and affiliated schools (Atlantic University: AtlanticUniv.edu and the Cayce/Reilly School of Massage: CayceReilly.edu).

Edgar Cayce was born and reared on a farm near Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He had a normal childhood in many respects. However, he could see the glowing energy patterns that surround individuals. At a very early age he also told his parents that he could see and talk with his grandfatherwho was deceased. Later, he developed the ability to sleep on his schoolbooks and retain a photographic memory of their entire contents.

As the years passed, he met and fell in love with Gertrude Evans, who would become his wife. Shortly thereafter, he developed a paralysis of the vocal cords and could scarcely speak above a whisper. Everything was tried, but no physician was able to locate a cause. The laryngitis persisted for months. As a last resort hypnosis was tried. Cayce put myself to sleep and was asked by a specialist to describe the problem. While asleep he spoke normally, diagnosing the ailment and prescribing a simple treatment. After the recommendations were followed, Edgar Cayce could speak normally for the first time in almost a year! The date was March 31, 1901that was the first reading.

When it was discovered what had happened, many others began to want help. It was soon learned that Edgar Cayce could put himself into this unconscious state and give readings for anyoneregardless of where they were. If the advice was followed, they got well. Newspapers throughout the country carried articles about his work, but it wasnt really until Gertrude was stricken with tuberculosis that the readings were brought home to him. Even with medical treatments she continued to grow worse and was not expected to live. Finally, the doctors said there was nothing more they could do. A reading was given and recommended such things as osteopathy, hydrotherapy, inhalants, dietary changes, and prescription medication. The advice was followed and Gertrude returned to perfectly normal health!

For decades, the Cayce readings have stood the test of time, research, and extensive study. Further details of Cayces life and work are explored in such classic books as There is a River (1942) by Thomas Sugrue, The Sleeping Prophet (1967) by Jess Stearn, Many Mansions (1950) by Gina Cerminara, and Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet (2000) by Sidney Kirkpatrick.

Throughout his life, Edgar Cayce claimed no special abilities nor did he ever consider himself to be some kind of twentieth-century prophet. The readings never offered a set of beliefs that had to be embraced, but instead focused on the fact that each person should test in his or her own life the principles presented. Though Cayce himself was a Christian and read the Bible from cover to cover every year of his life, his work was one that stressed the importance of comparative study among belief systems all over the world. The underlying principle of the readings is the oneness of all life, a tolerance for all people, and a compassion and understanding for every major religion in the world.

Today, the Cayce organizations continue the legacy begun by Edgar Cayce with an undergirding mission to help people change their lives for the betterphysically, mentally, and spirituallythrough the ideas in the Edgar Cayce material. Further information about Edgar Cayces A.R.E., as well as activities, materials, and services, is available at EdgarCayce.org.

Ever since the publication of Charles Darwins On the Origin of Species in 1859 discussing the process of evolution by natural selection, there have been proponents on both sides of the argument challenging the truths of creationism versus evolution. The most conservative of Creationists have argued for a literal interpretation of the Bible, the creation of the earth in six days, and the all-pervading hand of God integrally involved in every aspect of the cosmos. The staunchest proponents of evolution describe the biological processes that make the involvement of a Creator unnecessary and describe a cosmos devoid of any Divine Intelligence. Obviously, there are individuals who find themselves somewhere in between, describing a creation that relies upon both a Creator and the evidentiary scientific laws of evolutionary processes. Edgar Cayce, the most documented psychic of all time, was one such individualseeing both creation and evolution as ongoing universal forces shaping the cosmos and humankind. Although describing the importance of each, however, Cayce presents some unique ideas about the purpose of Creation and the ultimate end of evolution that may be challenging to proponents of both sides of the argument.