Reading 5042-2

TEXT OF READING 5042-2 M 21 (Disabled Veteran, Protestant)

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Date: 7/18/1944 Sex: M Age: 21 ReadingID: 13162

This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 18th day of July, 1944, in accordance with request made by the mother - Mrs. […], Associate Member of the Ass”n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

[Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Jeanette Fitch, Stenos.]

Time of Reading Set bet. 3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Eastern War Time. …, Michigan.

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

2. EC: Yes, we have had the body here before. As we find, as yet there has been little in the way of the entity or body-mind attempting to become less self-conscious. This, as has been indicated, can or may be only done through filling its mind with thoughts and things of the spiritual. The warnings have been given that it was not to become so enwrapped in same but to make it practical. An outline has been indicated but the entity must do something itself. This it has.

3. If there is the desire to give self over to someone else, then seek a good hypnotist and let self be submerged but the better manner is to fill the mind, fill the daily activities with the desire, with the purpose, with the reading of that type of literature as has been indicated. And this will bring better conditions, but follow through explicitly. Don’t ask for that to be done for yourself that ye may do for yourself.

4. Ready for questions.

5. (Q) Is there some definite thing I could do to lose this most disturbing and upsetting consciousness of my hands? (A) Definite things have been given. Do them!

6. We are through.

Copy to Self ” ” Ass’n file ” for indexing

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 8/24/44 Mother’s letter: “In my son’s last reading a hypnotist was suggested if he seemed unable to do anything for himself. He has tried very hard to help himself with practically no results. Also we have searched for a hypnotist without avail. He is so anxious to get well and to do whatever is suggested that he has asked that I write you to inquire the address of a hypnotist, or give information as to how he might reach one. Right now he is camping in the wilds of northern Michigan. He is swimming, rowing, chopping wood, clearing land and picking berries. We are in hopes that all these outdoor activities will help him some. He is very anxious to continue his education and would like a life reading soon in hopes that he may be directed to that for which he is best fitted… He would like to get into college this fall if he can straighten out sufficiently to settle down to study. The Government is offering college training to honorably discharged soldiers, but they are still refusing to give him a pension. Even tho, as yet, his improvement seems slight, waiting for whatever assistance you may give has seemed to help him to hang on. We’re hoping that, as long as nothing else has cured him, hypnotism will solve the problem.”

R2. 8/29/44 EC’s reply: ”…I am not acquainted with a hypnotist in your vicinity, but would advise that you write to Dr. Thomas Garrett, …, N.Y. who is a very good friend. No doubt he will refer you to a hypnotist in your locality. I do hope that he will be able to help you.”

R3. 3/28/50 Questionnaire sent. No reply.

R4. 10/13/52 No record of verbal or written contact on this case since 8/29/44.

R5. 6/6/55 Letter: “Please find enclosed a check for [publications]. I at one time had a reading by Mr. Cayce which proved as helpful as could be expected for the health condition. Sorry I never had the Life Reading.”

Background

Background

B1. See 5042-1.

B2. 5/16/44 Mother’s letter: “I am writing you regarding my son’s reading. He seems to find nothing in the reading that will help him overcome this terrible obsession of his arms and hands. It reacts as shock when he tries to use them as suggested to overcome the pressure on the brachial centers. I understand how such a thing as obsessions could be missed in going over the body, as you do in your reading, so I should like to know if it is possible to have another reading for answering this question only: What can patient do to overcome this terrible obsession of his arms and hands? Then we will be able to go ahead and follow the advice your reading gives to the letter, altho he is doing his best to follow it as it is.

“He has a wonderful mind, and is so anxious to be well enough to enter college by fall. The Government is now working on giving assistance to honorably discharged soldiers for their further education. He has had this obsession for so many years, and it has grown steadily worse. He has reached the point almost past endurance. If in your reading, helps for overcoming this obsession have been given, will you kindly point them out and also explain what is meant by locomotories. Except for pressure and the brachial nerves and these obsessions, his health seems to be such as would make it possible for him to go right ahead…”

B3. 6/28/44 Mother’s letter: “We would like to have an appointment for his Life Reading. He feels that tho he finds it so difficult to use his hands, a very different interest in some line for which he is adapted would help him immeasurably in forgetting himself. We have taken ‘locomotories’ in his 1st reading to mean using his hands in every possible way. He has tried to do this: planting and howing the garden, mowing the lawn, and doing a few things about the house, but he is still so conscious about his hands that he usually gets a disturbing nervous reaction. As Unity has suggested, I continue to pray for his recovery almost constantly. It seems to me God is answering. His nervous reaction seems less severe and of shorter duration. At times he says he doesn’t think it will be long before he’ll be able to go to work. This is a most encouraging sign to me. He was dreadfully disturbed over the words ‘sad and serious’ in his 1st reading. I do trust there will be no need of them reappearing in this one, for I feel that will not be necessary. I do trust the reading will contain sufficient encouragement to make life seem worthwhile to him. In ‘There Is A River’ there was encouragement for saving the hair. He is much worried and upset because his hair seems to be thinning at the temples. Is he really losing his hair?

“He is taking much greater interest in people and life generally. He is much more helpful. He seems to want to do more for others than the consciousness of his hands permit. He has been getting about socially at parties and picnics with his own age-group, and is getting to where he enjoys and forgets himself somewhat. There seems to be a gradual growth in his faith. Lately he is taking quite an interest in the bible. His greatest difficulty is belief in ‘things not seen’. He is very keen and has a discerning mind, and he seeks proof for everything. The friends of Unity have been unusually kind. Unity seems gradually to be taking hold of him.”

Mother’s questions submitted in addition to the one at end of 5042-2: “(1) What was meant in my 1st reading by ‘use of locomotories for body reflexes in the brain’? (2) Does this mean that I should consciously use my hands as much as possible? (3) What is the spiritual purpose for my affliction? (4) What lesson am I to gain from it? (5) What will keep me from losing my hair? (6) What suggestions are there for a deeper spiritual understanding? (7) How can I do more things for others and be more active in my own age-group? (8) How can I acquire faith in things, the proof for which I cannot find? (9) How can I learn to forget myself? (10) Should I attempt to work; if so, what type of work?”

Mentioned Entities

Entity (Cayce Term), Purpose, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, Virginia Beach

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 5042-2, ReadingID 13162.