Reading 1800-30

TEXT OF READING 1800-30

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Date: 5/7/1937 Sex: F ReadingID: 8144

This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 7th day of May, 1937, in accordance with request made by the Manager of the Health Home Remedies Corp., Mr. Thomas B. House, Active Member of the Ass”n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

[Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Carrie, Doris and Thomas House.]

Time of Reading 308-9 Essex Bldg., 4:45 to 5:00 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. Norfolk, Virginia.

1. GC: You will have before you the Health Home Remedies Corp., and the activities of its Manager, Thomas B. House, Jr., present in this room, in making the Animated Ash. You will advise if either of the samples which he holds in his hand, marked #1 and #2, is correct. If so, which one? If not, what changes? You will advise him regarding the manufacture of this Ash and answer questions regarding same.

2. EC: Yes, we have the activities of Thomas B. House as related to the Health Home Remedies Corporation, and the manufacture of Animated Ash.

3. Now, in considering these products - and the intent and purpose that has first been given - as will be seen from a study and an analysis of that which has been the activity in the preparation - this preparation is not that as was originally given for Carbon Ash. [See 3857-2, 3/22/28, and subsequent questionings by Mr. [165]?] [Also see previous references in [1800] series.]

4. Now, as for the Animated Ash - that is being asked concerning or considered here:

5. That burned between or in the most vacuum of the reed, or #1, is that which has more beneficial elements in same. This is the way, the manner then for the preparing of same; but will require that there be a great deal of precaution in the making of same in this manner.

6. Now as to the Animated Ash’s usages:

7. This is to be taken mostly internally; or to be combined for local application for a mild character of condition as related to abrasions, boils, carbuncles, old sores or the like - or that as may be more proficient and farther-reaching, as for corns, bunions and callouses - combined with the preparation called Iodex. [See 1800-27 giving the formula for the combination, now to be called Anidex.]

8. The proportions for corns, bunions, callouses would be five (5) grains in an ounce of the compound Iodex.

9. For carbuncles, old sores, abrasions, cuts, burns or the like - two (2) grains to an ounce. Two grains of the Animated Ash (as prepared in the manner indicated in #1, you see) to an ounce of the Iodex.

10. To be taken internally for fevers - as pertaining to typhus, intermittent, tic or the like, any of these - we find most of these would respond in most cases; where there is a tubercular condition, inflammation of the stomach, inflammation of the lungs, inflammation of the bones. In such cases there would be taken internally one-eighth (1/8) grain of the Animated Ash, but in varied conditions the Violet Ray - or Ultra-Violet Ray would be applied to produce the reaction in the system.

11. Now, as for Carbon Ash:

12. This is a different product. This is to be burned with one a cored carbon, one a solid; and burned in an eighty percent (80%) vacuum; only the white Ash. This would be more expensive, of course; should sell for at least five to ten dollars (5 to 10) a grain when it is sold, or when it is prepared. This is for internal conditions such as cancer, or conditions of the stomach where there are ulcerations or cancerous conditions. We will find that such conditions, if taken in time, will find the closest response through such properties. Cancer of the uterus or of the womb - these conditions will be found to respond to the Carbon Ash. But this will require, to be sure, long, long burning - and that which adheres to the glass is that which is to be saved; not the scrapings of the carbon but the actual ASH of same, which is then carrying in same those properties that are effective not only as a radial activity from electrical forces but as the higher vibration that is destructive to conditions that are of the nature such as in cancerous conditions.

13. The Animated Ash, then, has the larger activity; though the Carbon Ash - and that which may be combined from same - may eventually, with research, prove the greater boon to humanity.

14. Ready for questions.

15. (Q) Can I make Carbon Ash with the machine I am using now? (A) This should be a little more of a vacuum. But remember it will require long, long burning! A day’s burning may make a grain!

16. (Q) Is it necessary to use the globe in making the Animated Ash? to burn it? (A) This, so there is a container that will catch same, may not be used - so long as it is burned between the arcs.

17. (Q) Please advise me what suggestions to make to Dr. Leonard [of N.Y., Iodex laboratories] of Manley & James for testing combinations of Iodex and Ash. (A) That it be used for those conditions as we have indicated, for which it may be used as a local application externally; used in the proportions as indicated for combining with the product Iodex; and this should be then combined or used by those that manufacture or make same, for those things indicated - and named by them!

18. (Q) Does pulverizing the Animated Ash cause it to lose any of its value? (A) Only in dampness does it lose its value. Hence as soon as it is prepared it should be put in capsules and sealed.

19. (Q) Is it necessary to sift through a screen? (A) Just so that it is burned properly, not necessary. The activity is this:

In the cells of bamboo, combined in the oxygens and elements that are destroyed in the vacuum, there is that as becomes helpful to treating of conditions where there is the need for the loosening of oxygen - animated by the activity of the electronic energies upon the atomic structures of same - and hence becomes beneficial throughout.

20. We are through for the present.

Copy to Thomas B. House ” ” Ass’n file Copied 2/23/53 for Dr. Frank Woidich [Francis DeSales Woidich, M.D.]

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 5/11/37 Milton Harrison’s letter to HLC:

MILTON W. HARRISON 110 East Forty-Second Street New York, N.Y.

Mr. Hugh Lynn Cayce, Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia

Dear Hugh Lynn:

I am enclosing my check for $75.00 - the balance of this installment will be paid on June 1st. I have anticipated receiving a sum of money for the last month and a half, which has not reached me as yet, but it is certain to be received and will be forwarded to you accordingly. However, I can eke out the enclosed, which I am sure you will require.

I am mighty sorry that I could not contribute more quickly, for you know how I feel with respect to your work. The demands of the present are not easy to meet, but I am very much interested in what you are doing and desire to assure you of my support.

With kindest regards to all of you, I am

Sincerely yours, [signed] Milton W. Harrison [MWH/wm] Enc.

R2. 5/12/37 HLC’s letter to Milton Harrison:

Mr. Milton W. Harrison 110 East Forty-second Street, New York, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Harrison:

This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of May 11th, enclosing your check for $75.00.

We deeply appreciate your interest and support. It is such understanding as yours that carries us through the dark places and helps us to realize more fully the Oneness of the Divine Plan.

I expect to be in New York for a few days about the 17th and shall look forward to seeing you then.

With kindest regards to both you and Mrs. Harrison, I am

Sincerely, Hugh Lynn Cayce

R3. 6/5/37 Mr. House’s letter to HLC:

HEALTH HOME REMEDIES CORPORATION 308-309 ESSEX BUILDING NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Dear Cayce [HLC]:

Sorry not to have gotten this to you while you were in Washington but have been tied up pretty tight with solutions batteries and the Curler.

Here are the figures that you wanted:

Preferred Stock Outstanding:

Dale Parker 2500.00 Douglas T. Johnston 500.00 H. E. Poole 100.00 C. A. Dillman 100.00 3200.00

Treasury Stock Mrs. Krause 25.00

Common Stock Outstanding $150.00

Monthly Overhead Expense:

Rent 27.50 Gas .75 Office Supplies & Postage 15.00 Salary 125.00 168.25

Average monthly income from Sales for past nine months $77.66. Of course that is with no advertising.

Equipment $172.11

If there is anything else I can do let me know. Am writing Mr. Parker today regarding advisability of Guggenheim connection. Stay in there and fight ‘em. All the folks send love.

Always, [signed] Tommy

R4. 7/20/37 HLC’s letter:

To the Trustees of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.

Inclosed you will find a copy of the minutes of the June meeting of the Board of Trustees. The Manager will be glad to answer any questions regarding activities that are not clearly explained.

On August 3, 1937 the first of a series of readings will be given for the members of the Board of Trustees relative to the work of the Association [This reading did not take place. It was given 11/21/37 - See 254-96]. It is hoped that every member will keep this date in mind and furnish before that date such suggestions and questions relative to the activities of the Association as he desires to have questions asked on in such readings.

It is believed that through such a series of readings (as suggested in the Congress reading [254-95] - see July Bulletin) we may be able to develop and improve the policies and plans of the Association. Your interest and cooperation are essential. Please give this some thought and consideration.

Your advice and counsel are always welcome.

Sincerely, [signed] Hugh Lynn Cayce

R5. 7/22/37 Miss Jennie Moore’s letter: “Dr. Henry S. W. Hardwicke has gotten remarkable results with the Radio-Active Appliance which Tommy House loaned him and is hoping to sell some to patients here. The lady who used it wondered if it was ‘suggestion’ that made it work so well!”

R6. 7/30/37 Douglas Johnston’s letter to HLC:

DOUGLAS T. JOHNSTON GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORK MOhawk 4-0350

Mr. Hugh Lynn Cayce Assn. for Research & Enlightenment, Inc. Virginia Beach, Virginia

Dear Hugh Lynn:

On reviewing the Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees held on June 28th, I note that the Chairman was to appoint a Committee to work out a membership program in relation to the group work. Have you any suggestion as to whom this Committee should be composed of so that it can be appointed.

I also wonder if Miss Wynne has drawn up the resolution to be included in the bulletin in connection with the death of the president of the Association.

I duly received the bulletin covering the Congress and gather that the meetings after I left were quite successful. Sorry that Mrs. Johnston and I had to miss them. What has been done, if anything, with regard to the HHRC situation. You were going to try to get busy on it immediately after the Congress closed. Apparently the situation was one that needed immediate attention. All possible expenses should be terminated so that debts are not accumulated for the company. Let me know as soon as you can in regard to this.

Best regards to all.

Very truly yours, [signed] Douglas T. Johnston

R7. 8/3/37 HLC’s letter to Douglas Johnston:

Mr. Douglas T. Johnston Graybar Building, New York, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Johnston:

Replying to your letter of July 30th.

First, regarding the appointment of a committee on the Study Group Program, I would suggest that Miss Esther Wynne be appointed Chairman and that she be asked to select one member from each of the Norfolk groups to act with her. It might be well to include Mrs. Hannah Miller who is acting as the general group secretary. A letter from you to Miss Wynne requesting her to do this would cover the situation I should think. The results of this Committee’s work could then be presented to you and Mr. Kahn and discussed with other Board members there if you considered it necessary.

Second, regarding the resolutions on the death of my grandfather. Miss Wynne was away for a week following the Congress but following her return drew up a set of resolutions. Copies will be sent the members of the family and a copy will go out with the August Bulletin.

Third, regarding the HHR situation, I have written to the two or three individuals who had made definite promises regarding stock and hoped to hear from them before writing you. I understand from House that the company is clear of debts other than the monthly rent. He has been trying to get several appliances ahead before seeking other employment and has during the past month drawn only funds for bare necessities. I have been hoping that sufficient returns from my recent letters could be secured to allow us to carry on to make another try at interesting sufficient capital to attempt a development of one of the products. In any case we will have another reading on the situation before completely closing things out. My father is away now for a short rest. He and my brother left this morning to drive down through the Carolinas to the old Cayce home near Columbia, S.C. They expect to be away for a week, returning on the 9th or 10th. The golf, change and rest from the readings will do Dad a great deal of good. Just as soon as he gets back we will have a reading on the HHR situation.

In the meantime House understands that his salary is not continuing on the regular basis. He is making up quantities of Carbon ash, appliances and Ipsab in order that we have supplies on hand. He is reluctant about giving up and will continue to help out as he is able. We have recently had a few appliance orders and there are a few small accounts on repair work that he is trying to collect.

I am going over my last list again and writing them. In some instances the individuals are away and may not have received the letters. The promises were definite and I see no reason why we cannot expect returns enough to keep us running on a reduced program (if that is possible) until fall.

Your suggestions regarding this situation will be appreciated.

Sincerely, Hugh Lynn Cayce

R8. 8/9/37 Dale Parker’s letter to EC:

PARKER AND DAWSON 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YORK, N.Y.

CABLE ADDRESS “ADVOCATE”

Mr. Edgar Cayce, %Association for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Mr. Cayce:

This will introduce to you my very good friend Mr. J. H. McDowell [See 1800-31, 8/11/37, which mentions Mr. McDowell], who expects to be in Virginia Beach the latter part of this week.

Any courtesies you may extend to Mr. McDowell will be greatly appreciated.

With kindest regards, I am

Yours ever, [signed] Dale Parker [DP.FIB]

R9. 8/11/37 Douglas Johnston’s letter to HLC:

DOUGLAS T. JOHNSTON GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORK MOhawk 4-0350

Mr. Hugh Lynn Cayce c/o Assn. for Research & Enlightenment, Inc. Virginia Beach, Virginia

Dear Hugh Lynn:

This is in reply to your letter of August 3rd.

First I have followed your suggestion and have written to Miss Esther Wynne requesting her to act as chairman of the Committee of a Study Group program. Since I have not her address, the letter to her is enclosed herewith.

I note what you say with regard to the resolutions on the death of your grandfather [see Par. R13, below].

With regard to the HHR situation I certainly hope that you may receive favorable replies from the individuals who had promised to furnish funds. It seems too bad to have to close down after so much work, and I think constructive work, has been done. I feel particularly sorry on Mr. House’ account since he has worked so hard in attempting to put the company on a sound basis. If funds are not forthcoming, however, I see no other course than to suspend operations at least until such time as funds can be secured. I note that you anticipate having a meeting and will naturally be interested in seeing what comes from it.

On Saturday of this week I am planning to leave for my vacation and will be away until about the middle of September. Should you have occasion to get in touch with me, a letter directed to the office here will be forwarded to me.

With best regards to you all.

Sincerely yours, [signed] Douglas T. Johnston

R10. 8/37 Statement authorized by A.R.E. Board - used in Aug. 1937 Bulletin to A.R.E. Members:

RESOLUTION OF RESPECT

WHEREAS, In the passing “through God’s other door,” April 11, 1937, of our friend and co-worker, L. B. Cayce, President of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., and we feeling very keenly the loss sustained by the Association by his going, do hereby,

RESOLVE, That to Almighty God we give thanks for having had such a person in our midst for the past twenty five years; that in the hearts of the members of the Association he has instilled the highest ideals and influenced lives to such an extent that those who knew him best will reap spiritual benefits for many years to come;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That we extend to his family our profound sympathy and express our appreciation for the unselfish aid, encouragement and devotion that they have rendered to our faithful President in his work with the Association, enabling him more efficiently to fulfill the calling wherein he was called;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That we invoke Divine blessings on the Association, that he so nobly and loyally served, as we try to attain the goal he has set for us in our service to mankind;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to his family, a copy furnished to the Association Bulletin and a copy be incorporated in the annual minutes of the Association.

Done by order of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.

Esther Wynne Thomas House Florence Edmonds

Committee

R11. 8/11/37 See 1800-31.

R12. 11/27/56 Edgar Evans Cayce’s letter to HLC:

MEMORANDUM

TO: Mr. H. L. Cayce

FROM: Edgar E. Cayce

Reference letter from your friend in South Africa

I think you should make very clear the fact that neither the ARE nor any of its members can make any recommendations for the treatment of cancer or any other disease. The readings that Edgar Cayce gave were for specific individuals. None of the treatments that were suggested should be generally applied until they have been tested scientifically and proven to be of benefit. The only case I can recall where this has been done is in the use of tannic acid for treatment of burns.

I once spent some time in looking up available references on “animated ash” and I found only a mention of bamboo ash. The most generally mentioned ash was what was called “carbon ash”. This was produced by the burning of two carbon rods in a partial vacuum. The ash was supposed to form on the sides of the glass container in the form of a small amount of ash. The readings once stated that several hours burning might produce a grain. Exactly what this ash is was never stated, other than to call it “carbon ash”. After it had been prepared this ash was to be sealed in airtight capsules to keep it from moisture and to be taken as directed in readings (one eighth, 1/4 and 1/2 grains at a time were recommended). About 1/2 hr after taking the Ash an ultra violet light or violet ray was used over effected parts of body.

Note that no experimentation has been done to produce or analyze this ash. These readings are 10 to 20 years old and perhaps better treatment for cancer etc. has been discovered, and is in common use.

If your friend wants to try to produce and experiment with this ash I would suggest that he use carbon rods for the electrodes (for either carbon or bamboo ash). Since an arc has a negative resistance characteristic, an external resistance should be used in series, as a constant potential source would not prove stable (should be constant current source). I don’t believe the amount of vacuum is critical, though I remember the figure 83% vacuum which I assume also is as he figured it (5” Hg).

The trouble with all this is that there are several kinds of carbon, and different kinds of arcs, and the amount of vacuum may affect the results. A lot of experimentation is called for (this simply has not been done). It would be interesting to produce the ash and have it analyzed. I would be curious to know exactly what it is. In these days of radioactive compounds there may be something available now that is better; on the other hand this may be better than anything now in use.

You might look up the paper I once gave you (believe it is in your desk) on which I summarized all the information I collected on this subject (it wasn’t very much) and send it along with copy of this to Mr. [Troost] (I couldn’t make out the name as he signed it) in S. Africa. I hope it will be of help. I would be interested to hear if he ever produces any of the ash, and what he does with it.

Edgar E. Cayce

R13. 6/5/57 Edgar Evans Cayce to Dr. Niels Troost:

Mr. and Mrs. G[wen] Troost [Dr. & Mrs. Niels Troost]

P.O. Box 1091 Johannesburg, South Africa

Dear Mr. and Mrs Troost:

I understand from several of your letters to the ARE that you are interested in experimenting with the “carbon ash” mentioned in some readings dealing with treatment for cancer and allied diseases.

As you know every reading was for an individual, and what was recommended for one person might not apply to another. However, this “ash” was suggested several times. I went over as many readings as I could locate which mentioned this ash and made up some notes which Gladys typed up as the extracts on ash.

There were two types mentioned; one was bamboo burned in a carbon arc, (this was referred to an animated ash) and the other was the residue that collects on the glass when carbon is burned, in an arc, in a near vacuum. It mentioned that a day’s burning might produce a grain. Some people have made this up in the past, but as far as I know it has never been produced and tested under laboratory conditions. The ARE can only put such information out to members on an experimental basis, making no claims as to what it is or what it will do. This was called carbon ash.

Since I understand you have made up some I would surely like to know if you have had it analyzed and what is its exact composition? Is it a form of carbon? or something else? what? Is it radio active? The readings said that it should be sealed in capsules upon production as it deteriorated with moisture. Have you tried any experiments with it? what results?

We would appreciate very much any information you may have on its production and use.

It is extremely difficult to get qualified personnel to even read the readings, much less make a study of any subject. Therefore it is almost impossible to get doctors or engineers to make up any of the appliances or products suggested in the readings and test them under laboratory conditions. There are a few exceptions to this, and we hope to get some work done this summer on the appliances. We are trying to keep records of all work of this type that is done. Therefore any information you may have to offer on your work with the carbon ash will be a real contribution to the ARE. Thanks.

Sincerely, Edgar E. Cayce

R14. 9/23/57 Dr. Niels Troost [Engineer], P.O. Box 1091, Johannesburg, So. Africa, to Edgar Evans Cayce, Va. Beach, Va.:

“Thank you for your letter of June 5, 1957, and also for all the other information you have given us, notably the collection on carbon ash, which, I gather, you prepared. [2/57 Selections on ANIMATED ASH for Sponsoring Members of A.R.E.]. I am sorry that this reply to your letter has been so long delayed. I had hoped to be able by now to answer some, if not all, the questions you have put, but I am afraid this is not so, because of one reason and another. Let me elaborate.

“We [wife Gwen and I] became interested in the Ash when we hoped to help her mother who was given up as a hopeless case by the medical profession about this time last year. We had only limited information on this material, in the form of the preliminary selections the A.R.E. sent us, and from this we attempted to produce the material, but were not successful.

“When your later selections came along, we started again, this time, I think, on the right track, and we did produce what I feel is the correct carbon ash. It is quite an elaborate business and it took quite some weeks of effort to assemble and have made all the equipment required, and to get it to operate satisfactorily. I shall describe it to you briefly, but before doing so, I have to tell you regretfully that the purpose for which we started to make the Ash did not succeed - my wife’s mother passed away the very next day after we had made the first quantum of what I can truthfully describe as proper Ash. I am afraid it was truly a hopeless case, because the trouble was unknown to us until it was very far gone.

“To make the Ash I obtained first of all a very large arc lamp, such as is used in printing copies from tracings in drawing offices. This lamp is of German manufacture and uses 1/2” dia carbons. It consumes about 10-12 amps when normally operating with about 50-70 volts (A.C.) across the arc and is fitted with a current regulating external choke. It has an automatic feed arrangement but only to the extent of one (top) carbon, the bottom carbon being fired, but as this latter electrode is consumed very slowly compared to the top one the arrangement gives about a 24-hour run before requiring a refill. The arc is enclosed in a pyrex glass, of course, which serves to collect the ash, as it forms.

“This whole contraption I had fitted into a vacuum tight case, which I had especially made to fit and which has connections for taking the leads, a pressure gauge, a pressure switch, and a vacuum pump connection. Outside I then have a fairly large capacity vacuum pump, electrically driven, which is stopped and started by the pressure switch, and on the electrical side, beside the choke, I have a transformer (2 kVA, auto-) to give me either 110, or better 165 V, from our 220 V. mains. The only item I am not altogether satisfied with is the pressure switch. The best single switch I have been able to get is capable of being set only at about 5-6 ins. pressure difference, i.e. if set at 17 ins. vacuum to cut in the motor (i.e. 7 1/2 ins. also on our 24 1/2 ins. barometer at 5700 ft. altitude) it will not cut out at less than 22 to 23 ins., i.e. I am operating at between 75% and 95% vacuum, based on sea level, 30”, barometer. This, I feel, is perhaps rather more than Mr. Cayce’s readings would have tolerated but to effect an improvement it will be necessary to go to two switches, one to cut in and one to cut out, with all the complications on the electrical side this entails. This for the future. To finish off I might add that the whole equipment must amount in weight to 300 or 500 lbs., and that by now I must have about $1,000 (one thousand dollars invested in it. Hence my remark earlier that it is quite an elaborate business.

“The other thing that I am not quite satisfied with concerns the operation of the equipment. I have it installed in the basement of my city office where there are cars, electrical supplies, a heating and ventilating plant, including a heating boiler, attendants, ash removal arrangements, etc. in the neighborhood. The readings stress the necessity for pure air. Now whilst the air into this vacuum container is pretty well filtered (I rely on leakage which is small) it can nevertheless not be said to comply with the description pure. At present I have no alternative accommodation, a state of affairs I hope to remedy shortly.

“Regarding production of Ash, the core of the carbons and amounts of power input makes this relatively good. I seem to get rather more than the readings’ one grain per day, 2-3 grains per 24 hours seems to be about right for my conditions. One regrettable item is the fact that the self feeding mechanism of the lamp tends to give rise to some scrapings of carbon mixed with the Ash. I do not know how to overcome this problem, which is fortunately not so bad as most of these carbon granules can be dropped out of the glass before the carbon ash is scraped off the sides. However, some contamination remains. This is not serious but does affect the weights afterwards, when it comes to weighing off quantities. It also makes the color darker than it would be.

“I have not yet had the Ash tested for its properties. I cannot imagine that chemically it contains any other constituents than the original carbon and air does. I have not yet tested it for radio activity - which must be slight, if any, or for its effect on a photographic plate. The laboratory facilities at my disposal for this purpose are very limited at the moment, and through one reason and another my time is also very much occupied. However, all things come in due course.

“I am enclosing a one grain sample of the Ash for you, so you can see what it looks like. It is not sealed so it may have lost its properties by now but this does not appear to affect its appearance. In this very dry climate of ours it is doubtful if appreciable deterioration would occur over a few weeks, even if the Ash was only wrapped in paper.

“From the readings I get the impression that, of the two ashes, carbon and bamboo, the former is the more powerful. Hence, since our first unsuccessful experiments, I have not tried again to make bamboo ash.

“I have not had the material analyzed, as already mentioned, nor have I done any other experiments with it. Thus far I have only made it. Other than this I can give no information. I hope all this is some use to you.

“With very best wishes to you and all the A.R.E.,”

Very sincerely yours, Niels Troost

R15. 10/15/57 Mr. Boegehold’s letter to ARE:

ALFRED L. BOEGEHOLD 3742 ERIE DRIVE ORCHARD LAKE, MICHIGAN

Miss Grace Huffman [Membership Secretary] Association for Research and Enlightenment Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Miss Huffman:

I am returning herewith file copy of selections from Edgar Cayce readings marked 325 Cancer.

It is now twenty years since the last reference to the use of carbon arc light for the production of “carbon Ash”. I suspect that trace elements other than carbon which were present in the carbon electrodes or in the material used for the core of the cored electrode which were responsible for formation of the white ash. Oxidation of pure carbon would produce only a gas - carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide so the white ash is obviously the oxide of some metallic or non metallic impurity in the carbon electrode. The important question then is - whether carbon electrodes as made today contain the same impurities as they did 20 years ago. Manufacturing processes are continually being changed. I know this well because I have spent my life finding ways of making such changes. If bamboo contains the essential ingredients then I presume that pulverized bamboo fibre could be used to replace the core of a carbon electrode and used in an arc lamp to produce the desired ash. I would appreciate it if you would let me know whether there have been any recent attempts to make carbon ash and whether curative properties were obtained.

Very truly yours, [signed] A. L. Boegehold

R16. 10/29/57 FROEHLING & ROBERTSON, INC. INSPECTION ENGINEERS . CHEMISTS . BACTERIOLOGISTS

SINCE 1881

BRANCH LABORATORIES NORFOLK, CHARLOTTE, RALEIGH, WASHINGTON, BALTIMORE

MAIN OFFICE & LABORATORIES 814 WEST CARY STREET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

MR. EDGAR E. CAYCE OCEANA, VIRGINIA

DEAR SIR:

WE HAVE RECEIVED A SMALL SAMPLE OF CARBON DEPOSITS FROM OUR NORFOLK BRANCH AND ARE WRITING TO REQUEST A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE TROUBLE EXPERIENCED.

WE ARE NOT CERTAIN THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO ACCEPT THE ASSIGNED BUT ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL GIVE IT EVERY CONSIDERATION BEFORE WE COME TO A DECISION OR AN ESTIMATE OF COSTS INVOLVED.

THANKING YOU, WE ARE

VERY TRULY YOURS,

FROEHLING & ROBERTSON, INC.

[signed] J. M. Weaver CHIEF CHEMIST [JMW/ed]

cc F&R, NORFOLK, VA.

MEMBER: American Society for Testing Materials . American Concrete Institute . American Council of Commercial Laboratories . Virginia Academy of Science . American Road Builders Association . Southern Association of Science & Industry . Society for Nondestructive Testing

REPRESENTED IN: American Wood Preservers Association .

Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists . American Water Works Association . American Chemical Society . American Public Health Association . Technical Association Pulp & Paper Industry

R17. 10/30/57 Edgar Evans Cayce letter to Mr. Boegehold:

300 Michigan Av Oceana, Va.

Mr. Alfred L. Boegehold 3742 Erie Drive Orchard Lake, Michigan

Dear Mr. Boegehold:

Your letter to Miss Huffman % ARE was referred to me for reply.

For many years now there has been no work done on producing or using carbon ash or animated ash. Note that two different products are specified. Bamboo or animated ash is bamboo burned in a carbon arc. Carbon ash is the residue that collects on the glass globe when carbons are burned in a near vacuum.

I agree that the “carbon ash” is probably trace elements or carbon compounds, rather than carbon itself. You raise an interesting point as to whether the carbons now used are the same as those of 20 yrs ago, or whether the by products of same would be the same. I don’t know.

I enclose some extracts from the readings describing the production of both animated and carbon ash.

Also enclosed is a copy of a letter from a Neils Throost of S. Africa who has produced some ash. The sample he sent is now being analyzed to determine its composition. The report is not yet available from the laboratory.

It would be interesting for someone else to make up some of this ash, and see if (by laboratory analyses) the composition was similar to that made by Troost.

Of course the final test would be to try it as suggested in some of readings and see if it had any effect. If you are interested in making up any I have a friend in the zoology dept of a university who could try it on animals.

I hope the above information will be of help or interest to you. Hugh Lynn, my brother, usually asks that I answer inquiries of technical nature. I have a degree in electrical engineering (now employed by local power co.) and am a registered professional engineer in State of Va.

Sincerely, Edgar E. Cayce

R18. 11/22/57 FROEHLING & ROBERTSON, INC. INSPECTION ENGINEERS . CHEMISTS . BACTERIOLOGISTS

SINCE 1881

BRANCH LABORATORIES NORFOLK, CHARLOTTE, RALEIGH, WASHINGTON, BALTIMORE

MAIN OFFICE & LABORATORIES 814 WEST CARY STREET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

MR. EDGAR E. CAYCE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND ENLIGHTENMENT, INC. VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA

DEAR SIR:

WITH REFERENCE TO OUR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SMALL SAMPLE OF CARBON DEPOSITS SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR NORFOLK BRANCH, WE ARE EXPERIENCING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DIFFICULTY DUE TO THE VERY LIMITED QUANTITY OF SAMPLE AVAILABLE (50 mg) AND THE SMALLER AMOUNT OF ASH ON WHICH THE ANALYSIS MUST BE MADE FOR ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON.

WILL YOU KINDLY ADVISE US AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF SAMPLE CAN BE SENT TO US? IF SO, WOULD YOU PLEASE FORWARD IT DIRECTLY TO THE WRITER AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. WE MAY BE UNABLE TO COMPLETE OUR ANALYSIS UNLESS ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE.

VERY TRULY YOURS,

FROEHLING & ROBERTSON, INC.

[signed] J. M. Weaver CHIEF CHEMIST [JMW/ed]

cc F&R, NORFOLK, VA.

R19. 11/27/57 Edgar Evans Cayce’s letter to Mr. Weaver:

300 Michigan Ave. Oceana, Va.

Mr. J. M. Weaver Froehling and Robertson 814 West Cary St. Richmond, Va.

Dear Mr. Weaver:

Reference your letter of 22 Nov. requesting an additional sample of ash:

This ash is produced by burning two carbons in a near vacuum. It is the residue that collects on the glass globe after such combustion. This ash, the sample sent you, was not produced locally, and we do not have any apparatus to reproduce it. We were hoping to get an analysis on the amount sent, at least a spectrograph showing what elements were present. We will contact the individual who made up this ash and try to obtain an additional amount, though the new sample probably won’t be much larger than the original as it requires about 24 hrs to produce a grain. (there were probably some carbon scrapings mixed in with the actual ash deposit)

There may be some delay in obtaining another sample. I will forward it to your office in Richmond as soon as it is obtained, and if it is unobtainable I will write you. Meanwhile I would appreciate any information you have been able to derive from the small quantity furnished.

We are interested in knowing:

1. If the ash is at all radioactive
2. What elements it contains
3. What compounds or form these elements exist in in the sample
4. Percentage or at least relative amount of each compound and/or element.
5. Any other pertinent information that may turn up in your analysis.

Sincerely, Edgar E. Cayce

R20. 11/27/57 Edgar Evans Cayce’s letter to Mr. Troost:

300 Michigan Ave. Oceana, Va.

Dr. Neils Troost P.O. Box 1091 Johannesburg, Union of South Africa

Dear Dr. Troost:

I certainly appreciated your letter of 23 Sept. telling of your work in producing the carbon ash. I have delayed in answering it as we have been waiting on a laboratory report of an analysis of this ash. Just yesterday the laboratory wrote and said they would like an additional sample as they would be unable to complete their analysis with the small amount furnished. I was hoping to be able to send you a copy of the lab report.

If you still have your machine set up I wonder if you could send me another sample (sealed in moisture proof container or capsule)? I would surely appreciate it as we have no other source at present, and we would like an analysis of the ash for our records to see exactly what elements are present and in what compounds or proportions. If you do not have facilities any longer for producing it please advise me.

I will be glad to send you a report of the laboratory analysis as soon as it can be obtained. I wonder if you contemplate any experiments on your own with this ash? Do you plan on keeping your apparatus set up? We might be able to arrange some experiments with this ash, if we had a source of supply. If the latter becomes a reality I am sure the ARE can arrange some compensation for your time and materials in producing this ash.

Thanks again for your past cooperation, and please send me another sealed sample of the ash if it is possible for you to do so. We would like to furnish the laboratory enough for them to be able to complete their analysis; this may be of value in future research on this product.

Sincerely, Edgar E. Cayce

P.S. I realize that all is very true of what you said in your letter as to whether the carbons now are the same as they were 20 yrs ago etc. I don’t know. It may be that the ash you produced is the same as that described in the readings, or again it may not be exactly the same. I was hoping to get a clue from the analysis of the ash as to why it might have any effect on cancer or similar disorders. Maybe something would turn up that may fit in with what is now known; maybe this will be all new. At least it is an avenue of investigation and I don’t think we should turn down any possibilities. EEC

R21. 3/7/58 Analysis of Carbon Ash by Ledoux & Co. [see also under 750-1 Reports]:

LEDOUX & COMPANY (Inc.)

ENGINEERS, CHEMISTS, ASSAYERS, SPECTROSCOPISTS 359 ALFRED AVENUE, TEANECK, NEW JERSEY

REPORT OF ANALYSIS

No. 762885

Our analysis of the sample of CARBON ASH

From Edgar E. Cayce Marked: and submitted to us, shows:

By Spectrographic Analysis:

Aluminum…Medium Arsenic…Trace-Low Boron…Low Barium…Trace Calcium…Low Cobalt…Trace Chromium…Trace Copper…Low Iron…Medium Magnesium…Trace Manganese…Trace Sodium…Medium-High Nickel…Trace Lead…Trace-Low Silicon…High Tin…Trace titanium…Trace Vanadium…Trace

Radio-activity…None detected [10/22/82 GD’s note: I think the Radio-activity came with the use afterwards of the Violet Ray in the areas indicated for “releasing the oxygen.”]

To: Edgar E. Cayce

LEDOUX & COMPANY, Inc.

[signed] A. F. Larkin

Spectographic Analysis of Carbon Ash by Ledoux & Co. 359 Alfred Ave. Teaneck N.J.

This sample submitted by Dr. Niels Troost

Silicon…High Iron…Medium Sodium…Medium-High Aluminim…Medium Boron…Low Calcium…Low Copper…Low Arsenic…Trace-Low Magnesium…Trace Manganese…Trace Nickel…Trace Titanium…Trace Vanadium…Trace Lead…Trace-Low Chromium…Trace Barium Cobalt Tin

Ledoux Analysis based on following:

High 10-100% Medium 1-10% Low 0.1-1% Trace less than 0.1%

Spectrographic Analysis of Carbon Ash by Nelson.

This sample collected by Elliot Nelson, 139-60 85th Dr., Jamaica 35, N.Y.

Potassium…60.0 Silicon…30.0 Iron…7.0 Sodium…1.0 Aluminum…0.3 Boron…0.6 Calcium…0.6 Copper…0.05 Magnesium…0.4 Manganese…0.2 Nickel…0.1 Titanium…0.08 Vanadium…0.07 Lead…0.04 Chromium…0.02 Molybdenum…0.003 Strontium…0.2

Nelson analysis in weight % of metal content.

R22. 8/17/73 See Source File Key 1800-30 for Don Button’s research in A.R.E. Library on the ASH. See 165-7 Reports on ultra-violet rays.

R23. 6/4/74: This is an analysis of carbon ash obtained by the A.R.E. Clinic in 5/74:

REPORT OF QUALITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC EXAMINATION

ELEMENT APPROXIMATE PERCENT

Sample A Sample B

Boron 2.0 2.0 Silicon Major Constituent Aluminum 0.4 0.4 Manganese 0.02 0.02 Magnesium 0.06 0.06 Iron 1.0 2.0 Calcium 0.6 0.4 Vanadium 0.006 0.01 Copper 0.04 0.08 Sodium 0.4 1.0 Titanium 0.01 0.01 Nickel 0.2 0.4 Potassium 1.0 1.0

R24. 11/16/82 See Source File Key #1800 for a BEACON [The Virginian-Pilot & The Ledger-Star] newspaper article concerning Home Health Products, Inc. making Cayce products re 1800-30.

Background

Background

B1. See 1800-29. See 432-1 and 750-1 Reports.

Mentioned Entities

A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Hugh Lynn Cayce, Virginia Beach, New York City, Africa, Edgar Evans Cayce, Milton Harrison, Violet Ray, Purpose, Gladys Davis, Ultraviolet Light, David Kahn, Germany, Gertrude Cayce, Grace, Ideal, Oneness, Vibration

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 1800-30, ReadingID 8144.