Reading 3468-1

TEXT OF READING 3468-1 M 72

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Date: 12/20/1943 Sex: M Age: 72 ReadingID: 10941

This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 20th day of December, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [3468], new Associate Member of the Ass”n for Research and 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.)]

In his room Time of Reading in the Set bet. 10:30 and 11:30 A. M. Eastern War Time. Lockwood Hospital, …, Mich.

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 the questions, as I ask them.

2. EC: Yes. As we find, while the conditions are very disturbing it would not be well to change or to add to the conditions being administered under the present circumstances. The applications made to keep circulation, to settle the stomach, to obtain the better reactions with the whole circulation are being very well administered. While these are not contributing a great deal to the disturbance of the agitans in the nervous system, we find that this will not respond under the present environs.

3. To be sure, when changes have been made and these corrections so far as may be obtained here, better results might be obtained from the applications that may be suggested to be followed at home. These we find would help, but cannot be attempted with those applications being made. Hence complete directions had best be given after there has been indicated just how far these helps may be carried under the present environs - and we wouldn’t change from the hospital administrations in the present.

4. We would find KalDak of a great deal of help, even in the present, taken twice a day in milk.

5. When there are improvements or when the body is out of this environ, then we would give further instructions.

6. This is not finding fault with that being administered, for as indicated we wouldn’t change it - except to add Kal-Dak.

7. We are through with this reading.

Copy to Self ” ” Ass’n file

(12/20/43 GD’s note: KalDak is distributed by The KalDak Company, Hollister Building, Lansing, Michigan and sells for $2.50 a package.)

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 1/6/44 [3468]‘s letter to EC:

“Just a few lines to let you know I am able to be home from the hospital. I am better, but not very strong yet. I got a package of KalDak and just started to take it last night. My palsy is about the same. I can’t notice any difference.

“My doctor gave me some tablets to relax the involuntary muscles, bowels, and he thinks I am better of the shaking. But the improvement is slight.

“I wish you had told me whether this disease is ever helped or not. The KalDak Company says it has helped in some cases.

“Well, Mr. Cayce, I want you to know I appreciate you very much. I thank you with all my heart. I will write you again soon. Are there any further instructions? I would be glad to hear from you…”

R2. 1/20/44 [3468]‘s letter to EC:

“I just received your letter. It sure does me good to hear from you. It is so easy to get morbid and blue when one is not well. I got home from the hospital December 23rd. I am better and working in the store most of the time. The tremor or shaking of my hands does not seem any better. Still, I can feed myself most everything, something I could not do for a year or more.

“I think KalDak is a very fine medicine. It has given me a great appetite. I am putting on weight, of which I am very glad. Also I am getting stronger all the time.

“The KalDak Company told me that Mr. Olds of Lansing, Michigan was a member of your Association. I was very glad to hear it. Mr. Olds is a very fine man. Also he is a very keen and intelligent one. I should be very glad to belong to anything that he sponsored.

“I am sorry my means are so limited.

“Now, brother Cayce, I have all the confidence in the world in you. I am sure if there is anything that can be done for me, it will come through you. So keep me posted. I will go on with whatever you say to do.

“Maybe you should know just what I am taking. My doctor here is giving me a tablet called Pavatrine [sic]. It is supposed to relax muscles of internal organs, bowels, etc. Also I am taking small doses of hydrochloric acid diluted with my meals. That is all; also the KalDak.

“I shall wait with much confidence your further instructions…

“P.S. As you know, every normal stomach has hydrochloric acid. I have known for several years that my stomach was lacking in it. That is why I am taking it.”

R3. 1/25/44 EC’s letter to [3468]:

“Thank you for yours of the 20th. I am sure that you must get quite discouraged at times, but keep an upper-lip and know things will work out all right yet. You keep up with the suggestions that have been made in your reading, and I believe you will get a lot of help out of it.

“Yes, as a pharmacist, you should know pretty well about the chemistry of the body. The readings have often indicated that one of the best ways to take the hydrochloric is in Acigest. This is made by Colloidal Health Products, Inc., Greenvale, Long Island, New York. This is taken in raw milk and is one of the best ways I have ever seen it taken. I believe if you will try this, you will find it most helpful. Then with the others, things should be fine. With every good wish and hoping that you will let me hear from you from time to time…”

R4. 1/29/44 [3468]‘s letter to EC:

“I just received your letter. I just don’t see how to answer it. Maybe it doesn’t need an answer now. I am always so glad to hear from you.

“You say to follow the suggestions of the reading of December 20th. The only suggestion I find is to take KalDak, which I am doing. I think it is helping. Anyway, I have a fine appetite, and am putting on weight.

“But this terrible shaking of the hands I can’t see improved in any way. Still, I have to admit there must be some improvement, as I can feed myself, most everything, a thing I could not do for last year. Both Mrs. […] and my doctor here think I am better.

“I have consulted several of the biggest doctors in the country and have not found one that says Paralysis Agitans can be cured or even relieved. So you can see how easy it is for me to get discouraged. But I have, still, complete confidence in you. I still believe completely that God can help me. My faith is still strong.

“You never have told me whether you have had any cases like mine or not, and what was the outcome. I wish I knew if you have had any cures in these cases or not.

“Well, brother Cayce, I am sticking to you. When you have an open date for me, please let me know.

“As to the hydrochloric acid diluted, I think I will continue as I am doing. It keeps me in fairly good shape.

“I will continue to fight…”

R5. 3/2/44 [3468]‘s letter to EC:

“I don’t know whether it is time for me to write to you or not. I received your last letter February 5th, and there isn’t much of anything new to report. I am taking the KalDak as you instructed. I think it has helped me in a general way, given me a great appetite. I had to let up on it, because I was eating too much.

“I can’t see any difference in the tremor of my hands, and my feet are not so well. It is getting harder for me to walk. My doctor here and Mrs. […] both say I am better, and I can feed myself, which I could not do for nearly a year. I am bothered with my left foot swelling some and ankle pains me quite a lot.

“I consulted a neurologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dr. Camp. He is one of the really big men of the state. He prescribed hyoscine, a powerful drug. My local doctor said I couldn’t stand it, but go ahead and try it. Well, he was right. It only made me worse. So it is all very discouraging.

“My doctor here is giving me a tablet called Pavatrine [sic]. It is a synthetic vitamin preparation. That is all I am taking, except the KalDak, and the hydrochloric acid dilute that I told you about before, and a little Cascara as a laxative.

“Now, Mr. Cayce, my heart goes out to you. I have confidence in you. I want so much to get better. Please advise me what to do. I am desperately hard up, but will raise the money if you think there is anything can be done.

“In this last bulletin, you speak of what God can do for us, and of course, we must try and do our part. I have tried so hard, prayed so hard.

“Do you think it is time now for another reading? How much will it cost? If it is time please give me a date…”

R6. 4/3/44 See 3468-2.

Background

Background

B1. 9/13/43 [3468]‘s letter to EC:

“Thanks for your kind reply to my letter. Please try and help me. I feel so helpless, so hopeless. I have always lived a clean life and I don’t see why this terrible affliction has come on me. I have Paralysis Agitans, shaking palsy. The doctors tell me there is nothing that can be done for it. I have treated with some of the best doctors in the country.

“Your work is very marvelous, not understandable to a common person. I have been a Christian and a member of a Christian church for many years. I have been a praying man. Surely if we believe in prayer, we must believe God can do these wonderful things. Yes, I do believe God can help me.

“I am enclosing twenty-five cents for that booklet on his life and work. I think I will order a copy of THERE IS A RIVER soon. It sounds very good. I know Dr. Hereward Carrington very well. I see he recommends it very highly.

“I will remit any fee you may ask. I am hoping and praying…”

B2. 9/23/43 [3468]‘s letter to EC:

“Pardon me for writing you again. I just finished reading Mr. Thomas Sugrue’s book, THERE IS A RIVER. I have never been so enthusiastic over a book before. This subject of psychic research is not generally understood by the public. I have made a study of it for many years. I knew Dr. and Mrs. Crandon [Marjorie Crandon] very well; also William H. Butto and J. J. Walton, and Dr. Hereward Carrington of New York. I used to think Mrs. Crandon was the greatest medium in the world and her work was very wonderful, but not any more wonderful than yours. Maybe you don’t call yourself a medium. But surely you are a man of God. Yes, I am sure your gift is from God.

“I, like yourself, am a long time member of the Christian church. I sincerely wish I could meet you and have a good visit.

“I am sending today my application to the Association with fee of twenty dollars. I do so hope you can do something for me.

“You said in your last letter that you were booked up for a year ahead. That looks almost hopeless for me. Isn’t there any way that you could reach my case before that time? Please try. I have suffered with this disease so long. I have Paralysis Agitans and gets a little worse as I get older.

“Anyway, I am putting myself in your hands. I am sure God will help me through you…”

B3. 9/27/43 EC’s letter to [3468]:

“I have yours of the 23rd, with application for membership and request for physical reading. I wish it were possible for us to make your appointment for a physical reading very, very soon, but even as an emergency, the first possible period we can make is the morning of December 20th, 10:30 to 11:30, EWT. If you accept this time, please let us know a few days in advance just where you will be at the hour of the reading. Keep the period in meditation and prayer. Also make a list of questions that you would like to have asked at the time of the reading. I do hope we may be the means of a real service.

“Of course, I have heard of Dr. and Mrs. Crandon for a long while, and I know Dr. Hereward Carrington very well. I don’t believe I recall the others.

“Well, I suppose you would say that I am a medium, but in the common sense of the term, as I look at it. I believe this way, Mr. [3468], you may, of course, call it something else: I have the ability to put myself in an unconscious condition, whether trance or hypnotism has been a question for many years, but the real desire of the person seeking information, that person’s soul self, guardian self, or whatever you want to call it, really gives the information, I being the channel through which this information is given. Consequently, as to how good the information is depends a good deal more on the individual seeking than anything else. Though, of course, it is precluded that I be in good physical condition. This, of course, is merely an idea. I don’t know that I can prove it, but I believe it to be true.

“Thanking you, and hoping to be the means of a real service…”

B4. 10/27/43 [3468]‘s letter to EC:

“Please pardon my writing you again, but I am so miserable, it just does me good to write you. I know you are very busy, and you have been kind enough to give me that date of December 20, and I am trying to be patient, but it does seem such a long time away. This disease makes one so morbid. I try to fight it, but it is very hard. I am hoping so much that you will be able to give me some relief. I am wondering if you have any cases of this Paralysis Agitans in your records that have been cured or relieved.

“I don’t think it would do any harm for me to tell you what I have done. So here it is: I took chiropractic treatments for several months, no relief. I took Phenobarbital in very small doses and made me so sleepy, I had to stop, no relief. I took rabellon tablets. They are highly recommended for this trouble on account of the belladona in them, which dries the mouth out so bad, I had to stop. No relief. Dr. Jollif of New York prescribed Hexa-Aetalin, [sic], Vitamin B-6 intravenously. No results. So you can see why I am discouraged.

“Now, brother Cayce, again I want to say pardon me for writing this: You don’t need to answer it. It just makes me feel better to write.

“Weather is cool here, winter will be with us soon…”

B5. 12/3/43 Questions submitted:

1. Have you any cases of Paralysis Agitans in your records cured or relieved?
2. Is the advice given through Mr. Cayce given by some disincarnate personality?
3. Will you give your idea of the cause of Paralysis Agitans?
4. My doctor tells me this disease might be caused by degenerate nerve cells. If this is true, is it ever possible to repair the nerve cells?
5. I have taken several nerve sedatives with no benefit. Do you consider these harmful?
6. I am bothered lately with constipation. Can you suggest anything?
7. I have told my local doctor about going to you. He has promised to cooperate with you in any way he can.
8. My doctor thinks I should take strychnine, 1/60 grain, three times a day. Do you agree with him on that?
9. I took chiropractic treatments for several weeks; no benefit. I think they made me worse.
10. There is no osteopathic doctor near me.

Mentioned Entities

Prayer, Thomas Sugrue, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Chiropractic, New York City, Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, Meditation, Osteopathy, Soul, Virginia Beach

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 3468-1, ReadingID 10941.