Reading 462-18

TEXT OF READING 462-18 M 59

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Date: 11/21/1943 Sex: M Age: 59 ReadingID: 3380

This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 21st day of November, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [462], Active Member of the Ass”n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.

[Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.) Capt. [462] and Mrs. [404], Harmon Bro and others.]

Time of Reading 4:20 to 4:30 P. M. Eastern War Time. …, Va.

1. GC: You will give the physical condition of this body at the present time, with suggestions for corrective measures, answering the questions as I ask them:

2. EC: Yes, we have the body here; this we have had before.

3. Changes have come, to be sure, in the general conditions of the body. The specific or acute disturbances in the present, from congestions through the lung and bronchi, are on the improve. However, there has not been sufficient alkalizing of the body to eliminate these properly.

4. In the present we would apply Glyco-Thymoline Packs for same, with salt heat. Use at least three thicknesses of cotton cloth saturated with Glyco-Thymoline and then apply over same the salt heated. This we find will change the conditions almost immediately through the area over which the application is made. Keep the Pack on for at least an hour.

5. Then we would have a good eliminant. This we would preferably take of the vegetable nature at present, or having a senna base. Hence the ragweed or ambrosia weed as found in Simmons Liver Regulator, either the liquid or the powder.

6. As for the conditions in the rectal area, as well as the caecum or the appendicial area, we would apply the Castor Oil Packs, followed with the Olive Oil internally. These we would use periodically. You have need of this (appendix). Don’t cut it out unless you have need to, for this will change your disposition, and you know it can be better even now. But keep those conditions that will care for the drosses loosed in the system through the use of the Packs, as these are the areas through which these are taken out of the abdominal area.

7. In the matter of the diet: Don’t overeat, don’t have too much of vegetables or of pastries or of meats, but keep them well balanced. Have a great deal of celery, lettuce, carrots and watercress, mixed with gelatin. These are good for the body. They will aid in all portions of the sensory system, especially in the eyes, the ears, and the drainages through the antrum and the soft tissue of head; for these supply elements that keep these portions of the body bettered.

Do that.

8. Ready for questions.

9. (Q) Should I continue the colonics and oil enemas, and how often? (A) Occasionally, yes.

10. (Q) Have taken two adjustments in the last few days. Have they been given correctly? Should I continue the adjustments, and how often? (A) You will find that these will be a great deal more beneficial if the congestions are broken up on the lung and chest area, by the drainages being set up with that character of eliminant suggested. These will be more efficient, more helpful, more in order. For, when you are working against congestion, there is not the supply of helpfulness through such as there should be. Take these treatments once or twice a week. Three to four more ought to be plenty, for this spell at least.

11. (Q) Any spiritual advice? (A) Ye know in whom you have believed. Know He is able to keep that ye commit unto Him against any experience. Thy experiences are many. Keep them valid and keep them sacred, by being sacred in thy activities.

12. We are through with this reading.

Copy to Self ” ” Ass’n file

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 12/25/42 Letter:

…, Va.

My Dear Mr. Cayce.

“Your very lovely [Christmas] message received, thanks very much, It is always an inspiration to me to receive a letter from you, and this is from the heart too. You want to know my reaction to your book, There is a River. First off, I thank God that I am counted among the Friends, of the man whose life and work is outlined in that book, your friendship to me has always been a Benediction, and while I felt that I knew you reasonably well, the reading of There Is A River, has given me an insight in and understanding of the character of the man Edgar Cayce, that I never had before. To me it is a wonderful book, portraying as it does, the humility, sincerity, and christian integrity throughout his whole life.

“I think I can understand now more fully, that steadfastness of purpose which caused him to hold to the narrow path of truth and not allow his God given power to become commercialized, or to bind it to any narrow orbit, but to keep it as broad as the world, attuned to the Universal consciousness of the Christ Spirit. To spend and be spent in daily service to his fellow man, following in the footsteps of Him who said inasmuch as ye do it unto one of the least of these, you have done it unto me. This is my sincere reaction, I think it has a grand future, the world needs it now perhaps as never before. So praying that the New Year on which we are about to enter, will be a banner year for the Book, for the Association, and for the World, may we under the guidance of our Heavenly Father, see universal Peace proclaimed ere its close, may I say Thank God for Edgar Cayce and his work.”

Sincerely your Friend, [462] [sic]

R2. 5/14/44 See 281-65, Par. 46-A personal message.

R3. 1/24/48 Wife [404]‘s report at A.R.E. group meeting:

CASTOR OIL PACKS: My husband had pains in his appendix. He had a reading; and the reading told him not to have his appendix out, because it would affect his disposition, and to use castor oil packs about once a month.

First, warm the oil, and ring out a piece of flannel or wool cloth in it; and put the cloth right over his appendix across the right side of his stomach. And over the cloth, put some paper like a newspaper to keep the oil from seeping through to the bed covers. Use several thicknesses of paper. Also, put newspapers under you. Then, you put an electric heating pad over the newspaper to keep the oil pack warm. Leave it on one hour. Do that three times in succession on succeeding days at the same time of the day.

My husband followed this treatment about once a month for a year, because occasionally he would feel soreness in his right side. I don’t think he has had a pain in his appendix for a couple of years. He used the castor oil packs two or three times during the second and third years. The reading was given about four years ago.

Also, he would take at least two tablespoonsful of Olive Oil a day, especially while he was using the oil packs, or immediately after the treatment. The reading said that if he followed these directions he would not need an operation. He ate the olive oil on eggs, potatoes, and other food.

R4. 3/30/59 Friend Mrs. [2454] reported that Capt. [462] had a heart attack around 6:30 P.M.

R5. 3/31/59 Early a.m. he was taken to Leigh Memorial Hospital. Tests show very serious coronary thrombosis but possibly it has been found in time to dissipate it.

R6. 4/2/59 Mrs. [2454] said he was still on critical list.

R7. 5/59 We heard that he was at home but warned to take it easy.

R8. 8/9/65 He reported that: “Son [1450] is in the hospital for kidney stone surgery. If he had used the Castor Oil Packs as I told him to, he wouldn’t have had to undergo the operation.”

R9. 10/10/65 His wife, [404], died suddenly.

R10. 11/10/65 He had surgery for removal of large growth on prostate - not malignant - coming on fine.

R11. 12/6/65 “I am still under the doctor’s care but I hope to be back to my old tempo soon.”

R12. 6/66 GD’s note: He left for a long visit to his relatives in Newfoundland, by plane.

R13. 8/9/66 “I am back home now, after another visit to my son, [2157], in Ill. I’m feeling fine.”

R14. 11/8/67 He visited A.R.E., attended the Prayer Group Meeting, looked better than we’d seen him look for years; he said he was fine, that he was very active, had been attending study group meetings, lecturing, etc., but had decided against another trip to Newfoundland this fall.

R15. 11/16/67 He phoned to say he was going to the hospital for a check-up, that he hadn’t been feeling well for the last few days and couldn’t figure out the trouble. He felt so strange, not like he had ever felt before.

R16. 11/18/67 He died in the hospital - they said it was his heart.

Background

Background

B1. See 462-17 on 11/20/42.

Mentioned Entities

Castor Oil, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Glyco-Thymoline, Olive Oil, Prayer, Thomas Sugrue, Alkaline Diet, Christ Consciousness, Colon Hydrotherapy, Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, Jesus Christ, Purpose, Virginia Beach

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 462-18, ReadingID 3380.