Reading 5380-1

TEXT OF READING 5380-1 M 54

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Date: 7/20/1944 Sex: M Age: 54 ReadingID: 13521

This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 20th day of July, 1944, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [5380] - Associate Member of the Ass”n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Coronet Magazine.

[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. …, 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 the questions as I ask them.

2. EC: Yes, we have the body, [5380].

3. In giving an interpretation of the disturbance as we find here, the mental attitude has as much to do with the physical reactions as illnesses in the body. For as we find, in the physical or purely pathological little disturbs the body, save sympathetically, but in the mental attitude there is so much of the making for the degrading of self that self-destruction becomes a part of the reaction, but it is wholly mental. And thus the nerve forces for the body, this body as any body, any individual, who makes destructive thought in the body, condemning self for this or that, will bring, unless there are proper reactions, dissociation or lack of coordination between sympathetic and cerebrospinal system, and it may develop any condition which may be purely physical by deterioration of mental processes and their effect upon organs of the body.

4. While there may be a great deal of help given, the greater portion must be done by self. There can be help through hydrotherapy, with osteopathic adjustments to correct the condition which exists in the brachial center, 9th dorsal, throughout the upper cervical areas, as to lessen the tension in the body. Hydrotherapy would consist of the fumes and the rubdowns with mild sweats taken by Fume Bath rather than heating the body, see? Use two teaspoonsful of witchhazel to a pint of water in producing the fumes. Then have the thorough rubdown, using Pine Oil, will be very well, or the combination of equal portions of Olive Oil and Peanut Oil.

5. Then the attitude of the body: Begin not as to become just the opposite of what has been in the last two years, but read the 30th of Deuteronomy, especially those portions as to how that which the body would learn is within self. This applies physically as well as mentally, and then turn to the promises in the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th of St. John and know thy redeemer liveth. He was tempted like as thee. He understands. He will forgive, and you will find there will come a relief to the body.

6. Then apply self in just being helpful, just being kind, just being patient, just being longsuffering with others, as ye would have thy Maker by with thee, and we will bring relief.

7. We are through with this reading.

Two copies to Self (one for the physiotherapist and osteopath - Please let us have the name and address of the one you choose.) Copy to Ass’n file ” for indexing

(7/20/44 GD’s note: If you do not know of a sympathetic physician who will cooperate in carrying out these applications, we would refer you to Dr. Mary Miller, 105 No. Van Ness Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif., who is familiar with our work.)

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 6/26/44 [5380]‘s letter: ”…Now I want to tell you that in looking back I can see that I have always been attracted by women and wasn’t able to control my passion. After my wife died…I held myself in for about six or eight months, after which I got to running around with a widow and she being of the same nature as I, we went into the sexual part very heavily. I never had any intentions of marrying her and after about two years of this relationship I got so I didn’t seem to care about the better things of life, as I commenced to lose interest in my church work, etc. Then a friend talked to me about how the people were talking about me and what I was doing and I got to brooding about it until I got to drinking and I did drink heavily for a long time. I had as nice a wife as any man could hope to have and should have been man enough to do right in memory of her. I also have three children and want to get onto the right track of life for their sake. So you see there is surely a lot for me to be treated for. Also I want to get the right faith so that I can withstand the temptations when they come, and to live from now on so that when my time comes to go I will feel that I am going home to the Lord to spend eternity with Him…”

Background

Background

B1. 4/18/44 [5380]‘s letter: ”…About two years ago I went into a nervous breakdown due to too much brooding, and seem to be getting worse, as my memory is getting worse all the time. At the present time I am in a rest home taking electric shock treatments. I have taken a lot of these treatments the past two years but they don’t do me any good…

”…My wife passed away six years ago this fall and I got to brooding about how I treated her, as she was as fine a woman as a man could expect. I have three fine children and have a lot to live for. I used to go to church every Sunday but now I never go, as I class myself as a hypocrite. Will you please tell me if there is any help for me and what I am to do…”

Mentioned Entities

Hydrotherapy, Osteopathy, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), California, Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, John (Apostle), Olive Oil, Virgin Mary, Virginia Beach

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 5380-1, ReadingID 13521.