Reading 294-72

TEXT OF READING 294-72 M 49

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Date: 4/20/1926 Sex: M Age: 49 ReadingID: 2031

This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 W. 35th St., Virginia Beach, Virginia, this 20th day of April, 1926, in accordance with request made by self - Edgar Cayce.

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

Time of Reading 8:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. …, Va.

1. GC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind of EC, present in this, room and the dreams this body had on the dates which I will give you. You will give the interpretation and lesson to be gained from each of these, as I read same to you, and you will answer the questions which I will ask you regarding same.

2. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, EC. This we have had before.

3. Ready for dreams.

4. (Q) Thursday Morning, 4/15/26. “Dream regarding fixing over an old house, about a watermelon eating a pig, etc.” (A) This, as we see, is as an emblematical condition to the entity, and shows how the entity should study out those conditions.

As seen in the vision or dream, from the position consciously, THESE could not be true. Yet there is preparation of the entity to build on same.

There is further presented that the entity is preparing to make firm foundation, or feeling that it is so, over that which is rotten, and which is eventually shown even to contain dead men’s bones.

There is further shown that instead of the hog attempting to eat the melon, which would be normal, the melon in turn eats the hog, or pig. This shows the unreasonableness of conditions being presented. And any attempt to build upon same comes to that end that is seen in the sinking of floor over which there had been the contemplated floor for dining room.

Then, the entity should take stock in self, and know that there may be those conditions that enter into the life, from certain elements and from certain conditions, which may NOT be stable, and which may not be builded upon in a way and manner that will bring the very best to each.

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 5/23/26 See EC’s letter under 599-1, Par. R6 indicating his dream a few nights ago in which Mr. [599]‘s wife gave EC counsel and advice.

R2. 7/13/26 EC obtained Ck. Physical rdg. 294-73.

R3. 7/23/26 He obtained dream rdg. 294-74.

R4. 2/23/51 GD’s note to Mr. Tom C. Clark who had asked if there was more to rdg. 294-72, since the suggestion had been given for the interpretation of DREAMS and only one dream had been interpreted; also EC had not said “We are through” at the end:

Rdg. 294-72 is complete - no more to it. I find that another [137-73] dream reading was given just preceding it, for someone else. Sometimes two or three people had dreams interpreted during the same reading, in which case GC would say something like this: “You will have before you the individuals as I name them to you. As I name them, you will give an interpretation of the dreams as I read them to you, etc., etc., etc…”

It may be that there was some physical reaction which caused EC to stop the reading at the end of interpreting the one dream, without saying, “We are through.” However, we never knew just how many dreams he would interpret - consequently we always said “dreams” in the suggestion - that is, if there was more than one to be interpreted. Sometimes only one would be interpreted, sometimes all of them. It was rare for the reading to be ended without saying “We are through;” however, it did sometimes happen. Sometimes EC would start to wake up - without the suggestion being given. This we could tell by his breathing - and it may have happened in this particular instance. Too bad I didn’t make all such notations, but at the same time I didn’t understand that the knowledge would one day be invaluable.

Background

Background

B1. 4/8/26 He obtained dream interpretation rdg. 294-70.

B2. 4/19/26 He obtained Ck. Physical rdg. 294-71.

Mentioned Entities

Dreams, Entity (Cayce Term), Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Virginia Beach, Visions

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 294-72, ReadingID 2031.