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Browse readings when you have a reading number or want to work through the collection. Explore topics when you have a subject in mind. Reading series provides the collection’s existing groupings.
Search accepts words and reading identifiers, such as 1527-2. A topic result is an index of associations; open the linked readings and examine their context before drawing conclusions.
Understand a reading page
The reading number identifies the historical record. Keep it exactly as shown, including any disambiguating suffix. The original date, when recoverable from the source, is different from the date a web page was updated.
- Text / Transcript: the reading itself, including its original numbering and source header.
- Reports: later correspondence or follow-up associated with the reading.
- Background: contextual material supplied with the source record.
- Research details: metadata, generated indexes and optional exploration tools.
Use On this page to move between sections. The graph is an optional way to explore connections, not evidence that two ideas are equivalent or that a claim is true.
Source text and annotations
The text was extracted from the A.R.E. Complete Edgar Cayce Readings CD-ROM. Transcription, source formatting and extraction artifacts may remain. This website is not a substitute for checking the source edition in formal research.
Topic links and indexes include deterministic matching and machine-generated classification. A literal mention indicates matched wording; a semantic association is a classification that may not use the same words as the source. Neither guarantees that a particular passage supports the interpretation you have in mind.
Generated summaries and annotations are research aids, not historical source text. They can be wrong, particularly when different people share a name or a word has several meanings. When an annotation conflicts with its surrounding text, prefer the source and leave the association unverified. Use the unannotated reading view where available to concentrate on the wording without generated links.
Citing a reading
Record the exact reading identifier, original date if shown, relevant paragraph or section, page URL, and your access date. Do not substitute the website’s update date for the date of the reading.
For example, a citation to this website may follow this pattern:
Edgar Cayce, Reading [exact identifier], [original date if established], [paragraph or section]. The Cayce Readings, [page URL], accessed [your access date].
The bracketed fields are placeholders to fill from the record; they are not source data. Do not invent page numbers. If you are citing the CD-ROM or another published edition, identify the edition you actually consulted and follow its citation conventions.
Quote the original wording, and distinguish anything taken from Reports or Background from the main transcript. Check important quotations against the source edition before publication.
Historical material, not current medical guidance
Some readings discuss illness, treatments or remedies. They are presented as historical material, not as verified medical recommendations. Do not use them to diagnose a condition, change a treatment or delay care from a qualified clinician.
If a page or result is missing
Check the identifier without changing its punctuation or suffix. Try Search with the exact reading number or a shorter topic phrase. You can also return to all readings, topics, or the home page.