Reading 3249-1

TEXT OF READING 3249-1 M 46

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Date: 9/29/1943 Sex: M Age: 46 ReadingID: 10656

This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of September, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [3249], new Associate Member of the Ass”n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by the book, THERE IS A RIVER.

[Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.)]

Time of Reading 11:00 to 11:15 A. M. Eastern War Time. …, Calif.

1. GC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time; giving the cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for help and relief of this body; answering questions, as I ask them:

2. EC: Yes, we have those conditions and those anxieties that disturb this body, [3249].

3. As we find much of the condition that disturbs the body is of long standing. From some activities from the exterior, it might be said that nerve ends have been closed. Thus those acute pains that the body oft experiences in the back, in the hip, in the limbs; either by changes in atmospheric pressure or too much activity, these are excited to the point of giving disturbances.

4. So far as the back and the upper portion of the hip is concerned, we find that this cannot be fully corrected without operative forces; and the correction of scar tissue as well as of nerve centers and nerve activities being joined in more of a position where they may jump circuit or be properly coordinated together.

5. The preparations for such operative measures would require first a purifying of the glandular system of this body. This may be better done by the adding of extra quantities of iodine to the system, in the form of Atomidine. Take two drops in half a glass of water each morning before before breakfast for five days in succession. But do through the day drink some six to nine glasses of water. After the five days leave off three days then take for five days more, leave off three, and then take five days more.

6. THEN have an Epsom Salts Bath, - that is, massage the body while it is in almost a saturated solution of Epsom Salts.

Use ten or fifteen pounds of Epsom Salts in a bath tub of forty to fifty gallons of water. Let this be as hot as the body can well stand. Sit in this for at least twenty to thirty minutes, massage the body throughout that period. This would only be used, of course, after the third or fourth series of the Atomidine.

7. Where there are those reactions from nerve tensions and the closing in the back and hip area, apply heat - after the body has been massaged with some character of oil; such as: Olive Oil, or an equal combination of Olive Oil and Peanut Oil, or Sweet Oil or Camphorated Oil. Or better still, use an equal combination of Mutton Tallow (melted), Spirits of Turpentine and Spirits of Camphor.

8. When this has made for an easing, then there may be the considering of the operative measures for a correcting of the disturbance.

9. Ready for questions.

10. (Q) Is the stomach ulcer healed and why do I have so much gas? (A) This is not altogether healed. As we find, the gas is formed from the lack of proper eliminations, and a forming through a portion of the colon of a plethoric condition, as well as a prolapsus. These will necessitate the massage, and plenty of water - as indicated - if we would reduce these conditions.

11. (Q) Can I hope to stop the progress of arthritis? (A) If there is the keeping of the system clean, which is the first requirement through purifying the glands - by taking the Atomidine in series, followed by the Epsom Salts Bath.

12. (Q) The operation I had in France during the war pains me - is that the cause of my back trouble? (A) As indicated, this is from an old injury.

13. (Q) Are these ailments karma, if so what did I do and how can I wash them out? (A) These are part karma and part just self. Karmic conditions, of course, are cause and effect. There is grace through the power of the belief of the entity in the divine, in His materialization, His manifestation and His glorification. Then the purpose of the entity should be ever to use whatever may be the abilities to glorify and magnify Him in the earth.

14. (Q) What can I do to further advance my psychic endeavors? (A) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed. Take those suggestions in the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of John, making them a part of thy life.

15. (Q) Was the male gland harmed or is it alright now? (A) Not harmed.

16. (Q) Is my soul going ahead or have I missed the call of this incarnation? (A) Ever going ahead. Though it may appear at times to fail, there is nothing that can separate thee from the love and the knowledge of the Father save self.

17. (Q) What do I do that is wrong? (A) Who made us a judge over thee or anyone else? What are thy ideals? Parallel thy activities with thine ideals, not merely in mind but put it on paper so that you may study and take a lesson from same.

18. (Q) What should I do to further my advancement on the path? (A) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed; rightly dividing the words of truth, keeping self unspotted from condemnation of others or of things.

19. We are through.

Copy to Self ” ” Ass’n file

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

None.

Background

Background

B1. 6/13/43 Letter: “Veteran Administration doctors say I am a psycho-neurotic, (shell shock). I have traveling pains and for many years stomach distress, gas bloating. Now I have pain when sitting down in my legs and right hip.”

B2. 7/19/43 Letter: “Doctors find me organically o.k., yet I have so much pain in my right sacro-ileac when I sit down for any time at all. It is in my arms and hands now for the last month. Working hard around my place I feel alright but when I stop I have intense pain. I had an ulcer of the stomach for years but lately it has not bothered, not as I sit here my both legs hurt like a toothache and my hands are cramping and sore.”

B3. 8/10/43 “My hip joint has been paining me terrifically the last three weeks, so I have had to go to an osteopath. Sometimes he helps, sometimes makes it worse. My stomach has been better lately - seems I only have to bear one pain at a time, but I have ONE constantly.”

[Questions submitted]:

Will my back stay in place without an operation? Is the stomach ulcer healed and why do I have so much gas? Can I hope to stop the progress of arthritis? Are these ailments karma, if so what did I do and how can I wash them out? What can I do to further advance my psychic endeavors? What do I do that is wrong? The operation I had in France during the war pains me - is that the cause of my back trouble? Was the male gland harmed or is it alright now? Is my soul going ahead or have I missed the call of this incarnation? What should I do to further my advancement on the path?

Mentioned Entities

Epsom Salts, Glands (Esoteric), Karma, Atomidine, Camphor, Massage Therapy, Entity (Cayce Term), France, Ideal, Incarnation, Mutton Tallow, Olive Oil, Soul, Turpentine, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, Grace, Iodine, John (Apostle)

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 3249-1, ReadingID 10656.