Reading 1747-3

TEXT OF READING 1747-3 F 34 (Factory Worker, Protestant)

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Date: 7/13/1939 Sex: F Age: 34 ReadingID: 7982

This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 13th day of July, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [1747], Associate Member of the Ass”n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

[Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.]

Born October 30, 1904, in Youngstown, Ohio. Time of Reading 11:00 to 11:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. …, Ohio.

1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces; giving the conditions which are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth plane, giving time, place and the name, and that in each life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity and that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions which may be submitted, as I ask them:

2. EC: (In going back over years from present - ” - ‘37 - yes, changes of a mental nature came about - ‘31 - yes, others of a mental, not so good - ‘20 - such aspirations - ” etc., on back to birth date.)

3. Yes, we have the records of that entity now known as or called [1747], - among the Atlanteans to whom mechanics and things of that nature become almost an obsession.

4. The entity has had, does have ideas as to mechanical appliances, that might be added to or taken from, to become more practical in the experience; and one of the few of her sex that might patent such appliances, - if there would be the application of self towards these.

5. That they would have mechanical application of electrical forces, to be sure, is another of those indications of not only the Uranian but the Atlantean experiences of the entity.

6. The life chart of the entity might very well be set in a symbol, - a circle, with this divided by two straight lines, one crossing the other - being a representation or presentation of the fourfold life. In the upper left hand there would be the od or cloud, which would represent God. Across from same, in the upper right hand, would be the cross - or a rosary, but cross on the chain and the figure in same.

In the left lower corner there would be that of self, the own ego, as might be expressed by a face - but such as in the face of the moon in its first quarter. In the lower right hand there would be what might be called a view of the earth by night, with the stars, with a little of clouds, with a panorama representing earth, sky, sea and land.

7. These, to be sure, would mean more to the entity than to anyone else; though, as signified, the od or God is as the First Cause; the cross is as the way, the manner; the self is shown as in relationship to not only the earth but materiality - an expression of creation, - and these are indicated as a whole, - they are in one and yet they are separated in the mind of the individual; yet must be kept in their relationships as one to another.

8. A beautiful symbol, …

9. In choosing from the records here for this entity, they are taken with the desire to make the experience one of a helpful influence in the relationships and activities of the entity in the present sojourn.

10. For the entity in the astrological aspects finds itself as one that is oft a dreamer, yet romantic in mind and yet not affectionate in material nature.

11. One that is very much given to dreams and visualization, yet in its application - whether to things or individuals, time, place or space, the entity becomes all too practical for a dreamer, - yet is a dreamer.

12. As indicated, then, mechanical things especially with the motivative forces of electrical energies, or things that would have to do with same, may be a channel through which the entity may find a real expression and give not only to the world a convenience that would be helpful in the experience of the homes of mothers and wives, but would make for the remuneration that would give the opportunity for the entity to give its expression in its desire to travel, to see new environs, to study under the very shadows of not only historical facts and figures but places that through their very vibrations carry an emotion for the body.

13. CULTIVATE more that of affection. For if ye would have friends, be friendly; if ye would have love, show thyself lovely. These are natural laws, - that is, they apply in spirituality and spiritual things as well as in materiality and material things, and of personal associations.

14. In the astrological aspects then, as from indications, we find Venus, Uranus, Mercury and Jupiter become the greater ruling influences. Of course, the Uranian makes for the variations and the extremes as experiences in the relationships to other emotions that arise from the mental aspects of the entity’s urges.

15. Love is a thing apart, yet is sought and yet feared by the entity.

16. Mental forces are the reasoning, and so oft the emotions of the influences are lost sight of because of the very attempt to reason; and yet the extremes which arise through the influences of Uranus in these experiences also give the entity what might be said to be experiences in which it doubts itself in either choice or direction it would take.

17. Venus with Jupiter makes for the mechanics as well as Jupiter with Mercury AND Uranus.

18. As to the appearances in the earth, these are - in the influences that appear in the present - so far apart that the entity appears so oft to be in a maze. For so many urges for changes are apparent, yet the entity has reasoned so many things for itself as well as the influences upon human relationships, that these all become a part of the emotions.

19. For, of course, the influences from the sojourns in the earth are manifested more in the emotions, or the awarenesses through sight, sound, taste, smell and the like.

20. These, then, as we find, give such a variation which as combined with the others makes the entity so oft LONELY within itself; and the more lonely, the more people there are about the entity. Yet there is the urge to seek companionship and associations in crowds and in places and in influences of things and conditions where emotions have been the activity that has given fame or vibration, or even a name, to the place or the condition.

21. Before this, then, we find the entity was in the Palestine land when there was great turmoil. For the entity was then born in that period when the earth trembled from the very happening upon Golgotha.

22. Hence those experiences of the entity as Martha, of the household of those who were akin to Martha and Mary and Lazarus, and those akin to the mother of John the Baptist as well as of other disciples.

23. Hence in that environment of awe the entity grew, and became the more fearful with those periods when in the younger years the persecutions arose and the cousin James was beheaded. Then, fear and doubt arise innately in the experience. And the awareness that must be aroused in the very soul of the entity is that as was given to those of old: “I AM the resurrection, the life. I TOLD thee to destroy the body and in three days I would raise it again.” This must become a fact. Then it is understood how the emblem represents God, the way, the cross, self, the world, - as to how there is the activity through same.

24. The entity gained through the experience, for it learned to aid not only from material angles but materially - though the entity kept very quiet.

25. In the expressions of self in the present, then, have more activity, more appreciation of the body because of its being the temple of the soul; and BEING a channel through which the awarenesses of the other influences may be felt - the world, the flesh and the spirit, as well as evil. And as these are applied in the experience of the entity, we find there may be the greater and greater understanding, the greater abilities for the relationships becoming more worth while.

26. Before that we find the entity was a man, and among the sons of the children of Israel who were endowed with abilities for building in the preparation especially of the ark of the covenant.

27. Hence those abilities to overlay, to work with metal as well as with wood, and the activity of the various chemicals upon the metals, were a part of the entity’s experience in that sojourn.

28. There the entity was very active, though very quiet.

29. And from same in the present there are those activities in which the entity finds there are certain influences or forces, certain things to be done at certain times, that become of themselves as a sacred duty to the entity - as of certain times of day, certain days, certain associations with the active service of the altar or of any of the relationships to Creative Forces that give the expression, or to which man gives expression in his attempt to show his thought of the outside forces or influences in his experience.

30. The name then was Barthuel.

31. In the experience the entity gained, the entity retarded, - and in the present there are the experiences as indicated: Show more affection.

32. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean experience, when there were those activities in which there were separations of the land into individual groups for the varied activities in other lands.

33. There we find the entity was among those of the children of the Law of One, yet materially was pulled between many an influence. For there was a division of the entity’s affections in that experience, for the varied settlements that were brought about.

34. Hence in that part of the experience the entity lost, for it longed for and determined within itself it would never again in material experiences love those that could disappoint and bring experiences that would cause the heartache in the flesh. Yet the entity was a princess and one able to adapt the mechanical appliances in those periods, and those activities in many lands came from the abilities of the entity in using those forces of nature itself for the convenience of man in material plane.

35. Hence these things come as not only those things that separate the material affections, but those that produce a wonderment in the experience of the entity in the present.

36. As to the abilities of the entity, then:

37. As has been indicated, cultivate more the material associations, - not for the hurts that such might bring, - not for the overcoming of the fears so much, - but for the needs that such might supply within self as well as in the lives and experiences of those ye will meet day by day.

38. As to the perfecting of those things that have been merely as dreams, - because of thy sex ye have left them all aside. Develop them, for they will give an outlet, as well as bring material security, and offer the opportunities for the entity’s doing the things in many varied lands and varied circumstances for which the inner self calls.

39. But in such - in thy travels, in thy experiences - show that affection which came from love for Love’s sake.

40. Ready for questions.

41. (Q) Is there any other special field that I should take up? (A) Any field that would have to do with the use of the imagination, of course; as writing, as music, as artistic temperament, - but the great activity will be the perfecting of that which has been innately in the mind so oft.

42. We are through for the present.

Copy to Self ” ” Ass’n file

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 7/13/39 EC’s letter to [1747]

Association For Research and Enlightenment, Incorporated Virginia Beach, Virginia

Dear Miss [1747]:

We received your letter in time for the appointment this morning - hope you find the information most interesting, and most of all most helpful - jut wish you had Mrs. [1100] there to go over it with you - but read it several times allowing a day or so between times. Then if any questions don’t hesitate to write me. Will be glad to try and make it just as helpful as can.

Thanking you and hoping to have been of a service

Sincerely, Edgar Cayce

R2. See subsequent correspondence below, and under 1747-2 and 1747-4.

R3. 6/20/42 She obtained a Mental-Spiritual Reading - See 1747-5.

R4. See date sequence correspondence respectively under her subsequent readings, 1747-5 and 1747-6.

R5. 10/7/46 HLC’s letter to [1747]:

Association For Research and Enlightenment, Incorporated Virginia Beach, Virginia

Dear [1747]:

Lydia [Lydia J. Schrader Gray] is planning to visit friends in Columbus Ohio and is arranging to speak in groups to Nashville, Columbus, Cleveland and possibly Akron.

I am wondering if we could not arrange to have her meet with a group in … We have a number of people in that area and I am sure many of them would have friends and that you could get a few also.

Would it be convenient for you to have Lydia for a day or so and would you care to try and work up the group for an informal meeting? Perhaps it may not be convenient in your own home? if not perhaps one of our other members there could arrange for the meeting itself.

Inclosed are some of the names and addresses of those receiving our publications. I will appreciate it if you have time to get in touch with a few of them and let me know as to what can be worked out for a meeting.

We will have leaflets announcing the lecture which can be mailed out. These I can send you when I hear from you again. Lydia will leave Cleveland on Nov. 8th and could drive over to … that day. The meeting could be held that nite and she would stay through the following day to talk with some of the people and leave there on Nov. 10th for Columbus. She will be traveling by automobile.

Let me know right away and we will try to fit this into her schedule of stops.

Best regards, [signed] Hugh Lynn

Ar. No.: 8th Lv.: Nov. 10th.

R6. 10/29/46 [1747]‘s letter to Gina Cerminara:

…, Ohio

Dear Gina:

Have finished your test and now I am anxious to see what your hunch was concerning me.

I am so glad that you are at home with your folks for I know that Mother and Dad of yours must miss you. And just a visit means a lot to them. And I know just being with your mother (as I see her) will give you a greater understanding of people if you could see her through my eyes. In other words I think you picked a lovely soul in which to incarnate through.

Now I [know] you did have fun while at home and didn’t work all the time you were there. I am going to be as brief as you not because I have a million things to do so much as I don’t know just what would be of interest to you.

Of course you know that Lydia will be here Nov 9. And I am sending out the leaflets to day. Will try and call some of these again. Have spoken to some and they would like to come. So I am rather anxious to see what a turn out there will be and what will come of it. Perhaps I am expecting too much. Doesn’t it say there must be a planter, a waterer, and a harvester maybe I am the planter and won’t see the harvest but I do pray that it is to the glory of God.

And of course like all humans I hope that my psychology test will at least do me credit in your eyes. Don’t we all like a pat on the back. But do give me an honest opinion for if I didn’t do so well I had better clean house.

With all my love, [1747]

R7. 11/14/46 Gina Cerminara’s letter to [1747]:

Dear [1747]-

On my return here yesterday from New York I was happy to find your letter among the rest of the mail. Thank you so much for answering the test questions. At the moment I cannot give you your score because the score-sheet is among the papers my mother is going to send me. As soon as I receive it, I’ll drop you a card letting you know how you scored.

I might as well explain to you now, though, that there’s no possible way for you not to have scored creditably, because it’s not like an intelligence test where the highness or lowness of the score indicates the degree of intelligence.

This test was based on the work of a psychologist by the name of Spranger. His theory was that human beings can be divided into 6 basic personality types, according to the things on which they set most value. He said there were 6 basic types, as follows: theoretic, aesthetic, economic, religious, social, and political.

My hunch about you was that you belonged predominantly to the religious type and/or the social type. Just glancing over your answers I am quite certain that your score will bear this out, though for an exact weighting of the answers I will need the score sheet. The “political” type means the type that likes power for the sake of power; “aesthetic” the type that considers art and beauty of primary importance, etc., etc. Naturally I would have a bias in favor of religious, social, aesthetic, and theoretic rather than economic and political types, because I belong to the former rather than the latter, but that doesn’t prove anything. Spranger’s idea is just a theory, however, and perhaps a fuller knowledge of reincarnation would show that there are varying levels of consciousness which Spranger has mistaken for “types” instead of stages. In other words perhaps the classification he makes is on a horizontal level, which distorts the complexities of a spiral of growth to a mistaken simplicity.

If you were to ask me about what was the highest on this assumed spiral, I would be inclined to say the religious valued type, but after that it would be difficult to establish the next levels in proper order. Love of beauty is fully as important as love of other people, because beauty is an aspect of God; though on the other hand a person who loves beauty and is fastidious with regard to it can become callous and selfish and unkind to others (we know somebody like that) out of the mistaken assumption that beauty is everything. Still, though love of others is closely associated with love of God, it is again distorted and mistaken to think that loving and serving others should exclude beauty.

In your case, since you ask for an opinion, I would say that you had a slight tendency to disregard the importance of beauty. That’s why I suggested to you once the hobby of painting, because that would tend to balance the overemphasis away from aesthetic values. The more I read the Cayce readings, and think about their implications, the more convinced I am that “evil” so called is principally “over-emphasis”. Evil is basically selfishness, of course, but when one comes to classify the various forms of selfishness takes, one discovers that they are varieties of exaggeration in one direction or another. Wisdom consists in becoming unselfish AND in achieving balance.

When your reading [1747-3, Par. 25] tells you that you should pay more attention to the body, for it is the temple of God, here too there should be the recognition of the aesthetic significance of this, because a temple is beautiful, to honor a God which is Love and also Beauty. And just as one makes every object of the temple beautiful, inside and outside, so it is a spiritual obligation to make one’s body beautiful within and without, in its clothing and every detail of its adornment.

When the Puritans revolted against the adornment of the Catholic churches they were right in abhorring the license that had grown up within them. So they swung the pendulum over the stark nakedness in their churches. The Catholics had committed the over-emphasis of letting the beauty of their churches degenerate into sensuality and license; but then the Puritans swung to the opposite over-emphasis of defaming God through the ugliness of their churches.

Similarly with beauty and adornment of the body in clothes, etc. It CAN degenerate into vanity. But the balanced and wise soul does not permit himself to be misled. Hence he makes his body and its adornment in clothing completely beautiful and harmonious, in color, texture, etc., but he never permits himself to forget that he is thereby doing honor to God, and he never becomes attached to the adornment itself.

If you can come to understand this, I believe you will have a fuller and happier life; and the study of beauty, through painting, color, harmonious clothing, etc. can be a very worthwhile expenditure of time.

I didn’t mean to go into all this, and it really has little to do with the test you took; but the matter of types, so-called, and my recent reflections on the great danger of over-emphasis and unbalance, prompted me (together with your asking for an honest opinion and evaluation of the test results) to expand on the matter.

Yes, I had a very pleasant trip and very worth-while, too. Now I have to dig down and complete the writing of the book, of which I have so far completed about 42 pages.

Hope the lectures went well - but knowing how thoughtful of detail and how efficient you are I’m sure all the arrangements must have been very well planned.

All my love, Gina

R8. 11/23/46 Gina Cerminara’s letter to [1747]:

Dear [1747]:

My package of papers and books finally arrived from Milwaukee, and I have just worked out your scores on the Study of Values Test.

Here they are: (The highest score obtainable for any value is 60, not 100.) [See Source File Key #1743 for Graph Profile of Values re 1747-3.]

I guess my hunch was right!

You really have a significantly high religious and social score, which, in my opinion, is a good thing.

Love, Gina

R9. 3/7/48 [1747]‘s letter to GD:

Dear Dorothy Gladys:

You can’t perhaps realize what a sensation I had when I read that you were giving up the [weekly] Diary Letter. For as you wrote it [1/16/45 through 2/25/48] and as you intended it to be was one of the lovliest things and so in keeping with what Mr. Cayce would have done himself.

Remember how you all used to tell him not to give so much of himself. How very kind, humble, and considerate to each individual he was. It was what made us all love him so. And gave to each the strength to go on when he was gone because it was what he would want us to do. Your letters was something like that. And I believe it should still remain so. Not a bulletin for business work, but really a family letter. Inspiring us to do as Mr. Cayce did, and Jesus his pattern, the individual was the important thing and the classes, groups and masses will follow in their wake. For when an organizations begins to become more interested in group, classes, masses, they lose the individual, and it becomes a thing instead of a warm loving personal unit. The other looks big, but it won’t stand the strain. Look at our churches, are they what they should be? What is it that is lacking?

Like you, I feel that Eula Allen is one I too would feel like giving this up to. But I do think you can do it best for it was your inspiration.

As for moving from the Hdq. I understand that too. But again it seems that we are losing that warm throbing individual touch. It is a most difficult task to stay there and do such concentrated work. But I do so dislike to see you being separated so from it. Now I know that change is always upsetting. And that we must each do that which is best for the ideal that we have. I just pray that YOU will be guided and strengthened in the WILL of the FATHER, which Mr. Cayce always tried to teach us.

To YOU, to the ASSOCIATION, to the teachings given in the Readings, I am most grateful and if it is His will I WILL be co-operative love to you.

Sincerely, [1747

R10. 4/14/52 [1747]‘s Letter:

Life Reading; of July 14, 1939:

Page 1 - Yes, I do like to see the mechanic of things and marvel at the mechanic of the body.

I also can see at times ways to add to various things especially if some one is doing something I will suggest it be done another way.

The life seal begins to mean more and more to me and I understand it better as I think of it more. The entire seal is the oneness, the od, God who I worship. The God of goodness, the cross, the way of Jesus is the way to perfection, the moon, a small reflection that is still in the dark, the earth or world, in darkness lighted up by little stars or people who glow with the light of Jesus, or God.

Have etched several on pieces of lucite, wearing one now as a locket.

Yes, I love to dream of places, times, people, thoughts in joyous harmony. Yet I realize that there are things not as I would have them, but try so hard to build it where I am. Using things as I find with both ideas taken into consideration.

It is very hard for me to be affectionate. I become very matter of fact.

It is true, love is a thing apart, want it, yet afraid of it.

Lonely in the respect, that I find few to whom I can talk of the things I love, I see, as mind to mind, and heart to heart.

I can see from the Palestine experience, why I have such a hard time in making decisions, as which is right. And I am trying to stand for what I think is right regardless of what happens, or what might happen.

The Promised Land experience, here I feel is the answer perhaps to my need of everything being done just so, if not it won’t work out, as chemistry.

The Atlantean experience. Here I find the answer to my dislike of men, when it comes to the relationship of marriage. Like them very much as people, but dislike them beyond that point. Am delighted when friends find their partners. And love children.

So far I can’t see I have progressed much, although I would like to accomplish those things outlined.

Healing treatment given by Florence Edmonds on June 1951 at the Meditation period of the Congress period.

Have never been able to tell right from left. And this has been a source of confusion (as you realize in driving a car). Direction wouldn’t mean a thing to me because I would become so confused when told to go right then left that by the time I got past the first right, I didn’t hardly know up from down. Would promise myself that I would know the next time but just as sure as someone said right or left, I was lost. (And I mean lost. Don’t know what would have happened to me if I had been in the army.) So of course I was never sure of myself. I had to mentally pick myself up and face the west to know which was right and left.

When Florence put her hands on me, I felt a tearing away in what I would say was the position of the thymus gland. And it was sore for over a week after. But I now am able to tell right from left. I still am very slow at it but at least I don’t have to mentally pick myself up and turn myself before I know. And I am beginning to have more assurance of myself.

Of course I realize that this may not seem important to anyone but me, but to give you this as a result of the laying on of Florence’s hands I thought should be what you would want.

R11. 3/25/56 [1747]‘s letter to HLC:

…, Florida

Dear Hugh Lynn,

Have had company the past two weeks, but now catching up on my mail.

I enclose 25 for membership [3/29/56 to 3/2/57], 25.00 for building fund.

Was so very shocked at the passing of Florence and will miss her so very much.

Do hope that we will be able to carry on the work of those who have gone on. That their efforts will be rewarded with a renewed zeal on our part.

Sincerely, [1747]

R12. 12/9/63 GD’s note: To this date Miss [1747] has remained an active participant in A.R.E. program of membership, group work, etc.

After nursing her parents through their lingering last illnesses, she became a practical nurse as well as manager, in her spare time, of an apartment house which her parents had left to the children.

Background

Background

B1. See two previous physical readings with correspondence.

Mentioned Entities

Entity (Cayce Term), Ohio, Gina Cerminara, Crucifixion, Soul, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Atlantis, Incarnation, Dreams, Intuition, Jesus Christ, Temple of Solomon, Virginia Beach, Ark of the Covenant, Astrology, First Cause, Free Will, Gladys Davis, Glands (Esoteric), Hugh Lynn Cayce

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 1747-3, ReadingID 7982.