Reading 5081-1

TEXT OF READING 5081-1 F 31 (Christian)

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Date: 5/6/1944 Sex: F Age: 31 ReadingID: 13204

This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 6th day of May, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [5081], new Associate Member of the Ass”n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.

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

Time of Reading Set bet. 10:30 to 11:30 A. M. Eastern War Time. …, Canada.

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. Kind of cold. We have the body here, [5081].

3. As we find these conditions where there was the injury to the head, by the fall and the strike, are gradually becoming worse; unless there are measures taken to reduce the thickening of the casement of the brain forces itself, and we will have eventually such a pressure on brain forces as to disable the body, possibly entirely.

4. If there is the use of the Wet Cell Appliance, carrying Nitrate of Silver and Spirits of Camphor, and then massage to carry this off in such a way as to eliminate, we may reduce the lesions being formed and bring back near normal conditions for this body.

5. The manner in which these administrations are to be given through the Wet Cell Appliance: This should be made with a small amount of increase in the strength, that is, with two pounds of the Copper Sulphate as the base. Use at least six drams of Zinc with one and one-half ounces of the Acid. Use only one-half pound of the Charcoal.

6. Make a two percent solution of the Silver Nitrate, using one ounce of the two percent Silver Nitrate solution, one ounce of grain alcohol and one ounce of distilled water.

7. The Spirits of Camphor should be commercial strength.

8. Apply the small copper plate, carrying the Silver Nitrate, to the 2nd cervical. Apply the larger plate, through which the solution passes, to the umbilical or lacteal duct centers, for this must pass through the assimilations and the circulations and will remove the hindrances to the injury in the cranium itself. This would be about four fingers from the navel center to the right, and two fingers up on this body (the width of the fingers).

9. The Camphor should be applied at the lower portion of the 3rd cervical, not the upper portion, but the lower portion of the 3rd cervical.

10. Use the Silver Nitrate one day and the Spirits of Camphor one day. Do this for at least thirty minutes, preferably when the body is ready to retire.

11. Follow this by the massage away from the head, commence at the temples, around back of ears, and then at the front of ears and across the chin, all the way down the neck and especially to the upper dorsal areas, to the 3rd, 4th and 5th dorsal, but the principal portions, of course, is through the shoulders, frontal portions across the bones of the neck and down either side of the spine. These should be well given each day following the applications, that is, one, one day and one the next day.

12. Do disconnect and take the connections out of the solutions when not in use. Do keep the attachments clean and attach at least twenty minutes before they are attached to the body and give this time to receive the charge while the U-shaped wire that passes through the solution will hold the vibration if laid in the sun, yet these should have sufficient time to make the connections in the Appliance when attached to the body.

13. Do that so the conditions will enable the body to better be the nurse, as it is. Administering to others is the best way to help self. More individuals become so anxious about their own troubles, and yet helping others is the best way to rid yourself of your own troubles. For what is the pattern? He gave up Heaven and entered physical being that ye might have access to the Father. Then what are you grumbling about because you dislike your mother? She dislikes you as much, but change this into love. Be kind, be gentle, be patient, be longsuffering, for if thy God was not longsuffering with thee, what chance would you have?

14. We are through with this reading.

Copy to Self - Air Mail ” ” Ass’n file ” under case number for indexing

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 6/21/44 Letter: “I want to thank you for giving me the reading… In part your diagnosis states: ‘We find that the head injury caused by the fall and strike is gradually growing worse. Unless there are measures taken…be such a pressure on the brain as to disable the body, possibly entirely.’ To me, it seems that this diagnosis must be correct. I have had a sore head - right side only, for the past 2 years; there are usual disturbances accompanied by flashes of purple light, and sometimes headaches that seem to be tearing my life out by the roots. Last October I was examined by a neurosurgeon. X-rays of my head did not show that anything was wrong. I was told that I was suffering chiefly from imagination; to go back to work and ‘snap out of it.’ This, despite the fact that I had not been suffering from headaches at all before hurting my head. I did not believe that I was merely remote, so took up a study of Christian Science and tried to go back to work. Christian Science helped me mentally, but I could not retain a position for long at a time. The headaches and sore head keep me from working for any period.

I took your diagnosis to the head of a mental hospital. I could not apply the treatment you suggest, so thought to work in the mental hospital a few hours daily in exchange for my board and treatment. The charge doctor ridiculed your report; he, too, told me to forget my condition. I have tried the best I know and have failed. I seem to be unable to learn how to contact God. He seems so very far away. It is often necessary to battle with the thought of taking my own life. Sometimes the unceasing soreness seems unendurable, but to do this would mean leaving a coward’s record behind. Surely, there must be some other way? Would you be kind enough to make a suggestion? I felt that you have access to wisdom above that of the average man. Do you think that I should perhaps write to other Christian Science Practitioners - that they might heal me?”

R2. 7/7/44 Letter: “My impulse is to write and tell you something of the things that are so baffling to me; but I am not going to do so. God knows of my condition. He must, as my life is a tiny part of His greater Being. If this power does not see fit to relieve me from this torture, telling another human being will not help. I have a great deal of metaphysical literature. I find it sedative rather than curative in nature. But I am thankful for the sedative, if nothing else, although it is becoming harder and harder to believe that I can attune myself with the power called God; that is, sufficiently to receive direct aid. However, I must count my blessings. God has led me to you, and you have diagnosed my condition. At least, I know where I stand. Even if medical doctors scoff at such a diagnosis and are unwilling to give me the treatment you suggest. We are told that God works in mysterious ways. Perhaps a turning point for the better will come soon. Your book ‘A Search for God’ may differ from the metaphysical literature that I have…thank you for your very kind gift offer… I am holding my own most of the time, and am able to take care of my support by working a few hours daily for my board. This arrangement keeps me from having to accept public charity. God is very good to allow me this much freedom.”

R3. 8/25/44 Letter: “It has at last been my good fortune to meet a medical man who is intelligently interested in the reading that you have been kind enough to give me. Unfortunately, the doctor cannot understand the terms in which you have couched your advice. He says that some of the terms do not have any similitude with known medical terms; that the wording is very ambiguous, not scientific and unreadable medically. In other words, ‘it doesn’t make any sense to him’. As the man is reputable and highly esteemed in his profession, I am wondering if perhaps some mistake has been made in the recording of the reading? Or, whether some inferior entity had dictated it. You have been most kind in your offers of assistance, Mr. Cayce. I did not wish to take advantage of your kindness further, but am afraid that the painful condition from which I am suffering, has strengthened my desire to seek help from any source. Because of this, I should like to ask whether it would be possible for me to have another reading. A reading that would perhaps designate the exact area of the thickening of the brain casement, as well as the position of the lesions that are said to be forming. Also, whether or not this condition can be remedied by brain surgery. I am sorry that I am unable to send any money… I have not been working for the past 2 weeks and am at present running a fever of over 100 degrees… I am not feeling very well at this time, and somehow feel that I must begin soon if I am to follow a procedure of recovery…”

R4. 10/16/44 Letter: “As you have not answered my letter, I fear that telling you of a medical doctor’s comments re. the diagnosis you so kindly made for me, has distressed you. Please know that such was not my intention. I am in great pain a great deal of the time, and there are times when I do not feel like myself. Also my stepfather has turned me out, and suggested that I seek admittance in the Poorhouse; so earning a living with my head condition is something and sometimes a terrifying problem.

I believe your diagnosis. There is something else that I should tell you. The doctors will not credit this either, despite x-ray proof. After striking my head, the severe blow, skull x-rays showed a shadow. This was diagnosed as a spicule of broken bone projecting inside the skull. There were no brain surgeons in our part of the country, so nothing could be done to help me. I could not afford to journey to a distant city in another province for help. Several months later, one night when in excruciating pain, I cried out to God with all my heart for deliverance. Almost instantly, there was a snapping round my head. I felt that the spicule of bone had gone back in place. The headaches continued after this, but I did not experience the sharp, pricking feeling that I used to have prior to this occurrence. The next x-ray showed nothing to be wrong, proving my belief in divine aid. However, the doctors only ridiculed this. The latter x-rays were taken at a different hospital, and I was told that the first x-rays were probably read incorrectly. Being without money or position, I could not ask that the x-rays in both hospitals be compared. Your diagnosis as to a thickening of brain casement would easily be true, as a sharp piece of broken bone irritated the brain tissues of my head for several months. The doctors do not credit the extent of my illness, I believe, because of my attitude toward it. Because I have always been cheerful and have had a strong belief in God’s ability to deliver me. This belief has enabled me to sleep without taking drugs and has been the dominating factor all through my illness. Because I try always to be cheerful and do not talk about my illness to friends, people, including my stepfather, think that I am well. I have always felt that telling others of any illness, one might have, would only serve to foster the condition more firmly to one. However, you knew the truth. Today I am running a fever, suffering with nausea, great soreness in my head and usual defects. I dare not think of the future, or of tomorrow. I should like you to know that I appreciate your past kindness.”

R5. 10/24/50 IMG’s letter: “Kindly accept this brief note of thanks for your complete and detailed report on your case… We sincerely regret that you have been unable to get the aid you need through your doctors, and hope that this may yet be possible. The 2 enclosed form letters will bring you up-to-date on the changes in the Association program, due to Mr. Cayce’s continued illness.”

R6. 3/21/50 Questionnaire sent. No reply.

R7. 5/19/52 A.R.E. files do not indicate whether the Wet Cell Appliance was ordered.

R8. 8/12/52 No record of verbal or written contact on this case since 10/16/44.

R9. 10/52 Dr. David H. Fogel, M.D., said he would index Case 5081-1 under MELANOMA, SUBDURAL.

R10. 8/8/67 She requested a copy of her reading, saying: “At the time, no doctor was willing to follow the suggestions given for the healing of a physical condition. I have lost the copy of the reading, but should like to consider it again…

“I am at present ill and would appreciate this favor is possible.”

Background

Background

B1. 6/26/43 Letter: “In the August issue of the ‘Rosicrucian Magazine’ I found a story of your life as a disciple of God. I thank Him for enabling you to heal those who have been without hope. I do not know what to say except that I have been ill for the past year, and have prayed constantly for healing and that I might learn the lesson contained in the suffering. God’s love has seen me through every siege of pain, but I am unhealed. The pain is of a nature often terrifying. Last year while serving as a nurse in the Outpost Hospital, I received a severe blow on the head. My head has been sore ever since, there being frequent headaches and a strange tightening of my head. The skull x-rays show a shadow, and I have been advised to see a brain surgeon. I am unable to do this, as I am without money. This does not discourage me; I believe that God can heal me, could I but attain to the faith and understanding necessary. My good friends, the Rosicrucian Helpers, have encouraged me with their love and beautiful letters, but my condition does not respond. The condition of my head limits reading and study. For the past years, I have tried to live as Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount, but I have failed always. I feel, deep within, that only through living as Jesus taught can one find the ultimate peace and attunement with the All. Can you tell me why I fail so persistently? How to overcome my weakness? Can you heal me? I have asked God for healing and for the deeper understanding that will enable me to be of service to Him. I believe strongly in reincarnation as a truth, as I have been enabled to see myself as I lived before. If you can possibly borrow the time to assist me, I shall, God willing, do my best to follow any advice that you may give…”

B2. 8/6/43 Letter: ”…As I have been told that I have an organic disease of the brain and have much suffering, I may not be alive by next April. If so, however, I should be extremely grateful for your assistance at this time…”

B3. 3/13/44 Letter: ”…Although improved, I am not yet well, and am able to work only at intermittent periods, resting after each working period. My hopes of a better solution are placed in the reading that you have so kindly offered to give me on May 6. I am hoping that I may also receive some guidance as to the type of work which will enable me to be of the most service. I do not seem to be successful in anything at the present time. I should like to send you $20. with this letter; owing to present unemployment I am unable to do so.”

B4. 4/20/44 Letter: ”…Aside from a painful head, inability to find suitable work troubles me. I have tried for years to find the right kind of work, but seem to be a misfit. I am very interested in Buddhism as well as Christianity, and seek to know the ultimate reality of existence. I list my questions in order of importance: (1) Nearly 2 years ago I struck my head, causing an after-effect of months of painful headaches. The right side of my head and right eye are very painful at times. There is also a chronic condition in the chest and thoracic area. Will you please tell me what is wrong with my head and body? (2) I am unable to find work that is satisfying in both a mental and physical sense. What type of work should I undertake in order to be of most service to those about me? (3) My mother and I have always been as strangers. There is an instinctive dislike that I must constantly fight against. Can you tell me why? I should like to ask the favor of having my reading posted air mail, as I seem to be facing great difficulties at the moment. In closing, may I again thank you…”

B5. 5/5/44 Night letter: “Am at …, Canada. Right side of head and right eye very painful; abnormal vision; see bright flashes of purple light; condition of right side of chest also active; your help greatly desired; re above in reading of early morning May 6.”

Mentioned Entities

Camphor, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Healing, Wet Cell, Canada, Jesus Christ, Massage Therapy, Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, King David, Reincarnation, Sermon on the Mount, Vibration, Virginia Beach, Visions

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 5081-1, ReadingID 13204.