Reading 561-3

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Date: 9/26/1934 Sex: M Age: 16 ReadingID: 3971

This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 26th day of September, 1934, 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, Steno. Mildred Davis and L. B. Cayce.]

Time of Reading 3:45 to 3:50 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. …, Virginia. (Physical Suggestion)

1. EC: Yes. Same address [Both [561] and his sister [571] were at the same address for their appointments. The sister’s reading was taken first - See 571-2.]. Very much improvement do we find in the general physical forces of this body.

2. Do not become ANXIOUS about the self owing to other conditions surrounding the body, but be mindful that we keep the eliminations - and especially with any undue activity, or any undue excitement, we must relax these conditions in the caecum and in the lacteal duct area with the packs as indicated.

3. It would be well at times that there be taken internally a few drops of this combination - this we would take ONLY about once or twice a week, to keep the coordination between the activities of the system as related to the nerve forces that coordinate with the pineal, the genitive system, the circulatory system, and especially the nerve plexus. To 2 ounces of Lactated Pepsin, add:

Sweet Spirits of Nitre…15 minims, Glycerine…5 minims, Honey (Strained honey)…1/2 ounce.

Shake this solution together. The dose would be, say Tuesdays and Fridays, half a teaspoonful should be sufficient.

4. Do that. Ready for questions.

5. (Q) Should all present treatments be continued, including olive oil? (A) Keep the olive oil and the rest of those as we have indicated.

6. (Q) Should the oil packs still be applied every six weeks? (A) As indicated, when there is a stress or a strain - or when the body is very tired - this would be the better time for the application.

7. (Q) About the osteopathic treatments? (A) Once or twice a month should be sufficient, until those periods of adjustment with the body to the changes in the developing of the body.

8. (Q) Any other advice? (A) Do this in the present.

9. We are through for the present.

Copy to Mother ” ” Ass’n file

(GD’s note - 9/26/34: You should be able to get the ingredients and put the above together [See Par. 3 above]; if not, get Snyder [Snyder Pharmacy] to do it.)

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 1/8/35 Letter from Mildred Mary Davis to [561]‘s mother:

“It seems we have heard nothing definite from you since you obtained the check-ups on your children, [571] and [561] in September. We are wondering just how they are getting along.

“As you probably know, we try to keep a check on every case, as to the results of the applications suggested. The most outstanding ones we use in our Bulletin from time to time, omitting names, of course.

“Therefore, Mrs. […] will you be so kind as to cooperate to the extent of writing us a letter on each of these, your children, outlining the condition prior to obtaining a reading, what you had tried, how many doctors (all interesting facts connected with the cases) and send them to this office at your earliest convenience? We shall appreciate your kindness and courtesy in doing this very, very much. Write a separate letter on both children, please.

“We shall also appreciate your telling others about our work, which I am sure you do at every opportunity. On Thursday, 8:00 P.M., January 17th, at the Southland Hotel, we are having an open meeting of the Norfolk Study Groups. Perhaps you would like to come and bring some friends. Mr. Cayce is to lecture.

“With best wishes, and hoping to hear from you soon in regard to the above, I am…”

R2. 12/7/35 Mother’s report:

Date of the 1st reading? July 9, 1934 [and 5/28/34 and 9/26/34].

In your opinion did this analysis cover the condition? “Yes.”

Give symptoms of condition described correctly. “A sudden collapse similar to fainting - lasting only a minute or so. Followed by a feeling of nausea - and tightness in right side near appendix. Sometimes a headache.”

Have the suggestions for treatment been followed exactly as given? “Yes.”

For how long? “For exact period recommended in readings.”

Have improvements resulted? “Yes.”

To what extent? “At first the fainting spells were farther apart - then ceased. He went for about eight months, then had one fainting spell. The tightness in the right side left and never returned. He has been in splendid shape ever since.”

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Comment: “We had tried all kinds of treatments - and gone to several doctors - but got no results until we followed the instructions given in the readings.”

GD’s note: See December 1935 A.R.E. Bulletin entitled EPILEPSY, summarizing Case [561].

R3. 12/16/35 Letter to Dr. Vincent H. Ober, D.O. from Hugh Lynn Cayce:

“We are in receipt of a report from Mrs. […] regarding the physical condition of her son [561].

“From Mrs. […] reports we understand that [561] has continued to improve since receiving his first physical reading in July, 1934. One of the principal portions of his treatment was a series of osteopathic treatments. We are anxious to complete our records on this case and will appreciate it if you will let us have a report on your observations of the case including answers to the following:

1. Was the analysis contained in the reading in your opinion an accurate analysis of the boy’s condition?

2. What results did you observe as the treatments were carried out?

3. What was the boy’s condition upon your last observation?

4. Any technical analysis you care to include will be appreciated.

“As you know Dr. Ober we are interested, as an organization, in three primary phases of the study of psychic information, namely, 1. Its value in the individual case, 2. An understanding of the phenomena itself through the individual case, 3. The value of group case studies for general scientific study and application.

“We will consider your cooperation in connection with this case from a purely scientific standpoint and appreciate the personal interest and spirit of helpfulness you have shown in the past.”

Yours very truly, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Manager

“P.S. An early reply will be extremely helpful.”

R4. 4/22/38 EC in ltr. under 1527-2 mentions [561] as example of osteopathic treatment having been given correctly.

R5. GD’s note: In Feb. 1939 HLC prepared a paper entitled A SERIES OF CASE STUDIES OF PSYCHIC INFORMATION ON EPILEPSY, including a brief of Case [561].

In 1942 young [561] received his appointment as aviation cadet and served in the U.S. Army for the duration of the war.

Oct. 1944, a hero home from the wars, he got married.

R6. 3/7/47 Letter to Dr. Vincent H. Ober from Gladys Davis:

“On March 1st we sent to you our Abstract #3 on 34 cases of Epilepsy according to the readings of Edgar Cayce, which survey was made by Dr. Henry George III, Wilmington, Del.

“It is necessary that we complete our reports from the physicians who attended those 34 patients. I am writing you in regard to one you treated in 1934 - a 16 year old boy named [561-3], who was brought to you by his mother, Mrs. […]. We have your letter thanking us for sending this patient to you; we have a complete report from the mother on the case, but we do not have your final report as to your observation and the results from your treatment. Will you please fill out the enclosed progress card on this case and return it to us?

“In the case you are not familiar with the details, I’d like to call your attention to the fact that; according to the mother’s report: Dr. Kimbrough told Mr. […], he didn’t blame him one bit for getting the reading from Mr. Cayce, that he had certainly given the medical profession every opportunity to help [561-3]; that he would have done the same thing with his own child.

“That: At first when following the treatment the fainting spells were farther apart, then ceased. He went for about eight months, then had one fainting spell. The tightness in the right side left, and never returned. He has been in splendid shape ever since.

“That: All the Navy doctors and others who examined the boy had pronounced it a type of epilepsy; could suggest nothing to do.

“That: At the time of the first reading from Mr. Cayce the boy could not go swimming or enter into any of the other sports because he might have one of the spells at any moment.

“That: …, 1942 … carried an article under this boy’s picture, saying that he had received his appointment as aviation cadet at … Field, …, Tex.

“That: In Oct. 1944, a hero home from the wars, he got married.

“Your return of the enclosed progress card will be one of many to help us help the osteopaths to do something about epilepsy.” Sincerely, GD

R7. 9/30/48 Mother of [561] pledged contribution to E.C.F. campaign for funds.

R8. 10/22/48 HLC’s letter to Herbert J. Holmes and Emily Simmons:

“We would like to bring you up to date on developments with the Foundation program and get your suggestions on the next steps.

“First, as I wired you, my meeting was unsatisfactory. The major issue which came up was the amount involved in proportion to my attempting to handle the matter myself and duplicate the Norfolk effort in New York, Chicago and elsewhere. It was felt that under the circumstances I would have to devote a great deal of my time to the matter anyway and there was complete agreement with you on the point that this is the most important thing to be done at the present time.

“My failure in the one instance does not close the matter, as we might well find someone else who would be more amenable to the suggestion and who would see that you could do a far better job than I could in the larger areas. I object to talking to too many people about this for the obvious reason that it will sooner or later get out and become a general discussion which neither of us would like.

“While I was in New York Mary Sugrue’s mother died and it was necessary for her to leave for Washington. I stayed with Tom while he secured a nurse. On the day of her mother’s funeral Mary’s father had a stroke. This left her with a paralyzed father in Washington and a paralyzed husband in New York (she must have chopped off a lot of legs and arms somewhere along the line). I discussed with Tom at length the Foundation program and he was in favor of my coming immediately to New York to establish headquarters at the Seymour with him so that we could, together, put on the Foundation drive there. This was in line with his previous telephone conversation which I told you about. I returned here recognizing the value of having Tom’s full time cooperation on the Foundation program. Especially important was the fact that he offered to finance me personally as to living quarters, meals, office space and telephone, along with the use of his secretary. This obviously was quite an inducement to begin the campaign there as quickly as possible. The office situation here was a little complicated with Dorothy planning to get married November 6th and leave. (We have advertisements in the paper for secretarial help and I have been, as rapidly as possible, turning over the publication program to local talent - Eloise Franco and Dr. Ellaine Elmore. The first issue of our new combined publication will be out November 1st.) Complications in the proposed arrangements with Tom, however, arose almost immediately. He telephoned me a few nights ago saying that he is sailing on November 15th for Tel Aviv and flies on to India to collect material for two books. Mary will stay with her father and Tom will take a companion-nurse with him. This changes our picture in the New York area considerably, as both of us had been thinking of him in terms of General Chairman. However, it releases me from the necessity of taking advantage of his generous offer of time and financial assistance by starting the campaign immediately in New York. He had suggested starting right after the General Canvass Opening meeting in Norfolk on November 1st.

“Now - with regard to Ojai - I have been unable to make telephone connections. Apparently the lady in question is away or was driven out by the serious Ojai fire. I am considering - and want your opinion on - writing her a detailed proposal.

“Florence Edmonds visited Washington recently and did a very fine selling job for the Foundation idea. There is a temporary quiet on that front so far as criticism is concerned.

“Now - with regard to Norfolk activity: Special Gifts met its halfway mark at the last report meeting with only one- third of the prospects seen. I understand exactly now what you meant by reference to the difficulties of pushing the workers to see their prospects. The more spread out it becomes the more difficult it is to get the workers under way. Gladys and I frequently talk about what apparently is remarkable prophetic power on the part of both you and Emily. People do and say exactly what you have said they are going to, and keep on doing it! We have turned up some excellent workers and some, as you predicted, who were expected to be very good have fallen flat on their faces. Florence is proving to be a dynamo, and I feel sure that she will practically, literally, carry the Special Gifts over by herself. The lag at first in getting Special Gifts under way was due largely to Florence’s absence from the city. There are two or three stories about the campaign that I want to pass on to you I think you will enjoy them. A member of the Spiritualist Church in Norfolk who has personal readings years ago but who had not been interested in the Association for a long time, met Gladys quite unexpectedly a few nights ago - she hadn’t seen her in years - and told her: ‘Last Friday in my morning silent period - which I keep daily - I was literally flooded with thoughts of Edgar Cayce and his work at Virginia Beach. I made a vow to myself that the next time I was called on for work or a contribution that I would respond. Do you know that, that very Friday night Jane Williams called to ask me to serve as a worker on the General Canvass team?’ This lady had not been on our mailing list and had received no literature of any kind not even a casebook.

“The best story of the campaign is one of mistaken identity. Theron and Mignon Helms (he was the man who said we would have difficulty getting workers in the Norfolk area, and who looked for not more than $5000 out of Norfolk) had as a prospect in Memorials a Mrs. X who had obtained a reading for her son many years ago; he was an epileptic case who completely recovered. Theron and Mignon found Mrs. X extremely interested but in financial straits. She did make a generous contribution, on a three-year basis, considering her circumstances. She suggested that they, by all means, see her son - who was now married and living in Norfolk - and they told her that they had his name on their Speical Gifts list. They failed at the time to check the address with Mrs. X. A few days later Theron and his wife visited a Mr. John Doe X at the address to which the casebook had been sent ahead of them. They found that Mr. X had received the casebook and was interested in the material, but after 15 or 20 minutes of conversation they discovered that he was not THE John Doe X they were looking for. However, they liked him and his wife very much and left them in a congenial mood, after much discussion of the Edgar Cayce work, feeling that they were likely prospects for new members of the Association. The date of Theron’s visit was known to the General Canvass Captain who had chosen John Doe X as a prospective worker. Theron forgot to report the details of his visit, as he was sick in bed at the next report meeting. The General Canvass Captain called on John Doe X at the same address, got him out of a neighbor’s home where he was visiting at the time, and talked him into becoming a General Canvass worker without ever knowing that he was not THE John Doe X who had secured an Edgar Cayce reading. He is now listed as a General Canvass worker and has promised to appear at the November 1st Opening Meeting. From the stories we hear about him (and we are all anxious to meet him) he will most likely be one of the most enthusiastic of our workers - a man who never even heard of ‘the work’ except through the casebook. (For this we give you two extra silver stars and one gold one.)

“Questions:

“1. Shall I write Ojai and, if so, would you suggest following the proposed telephone outline?

“2. Shall I continue to try one individual after another until I hit one who will help swing the New York deal? (I realize that you cannot hold yourself open after your present campaign. Hence please advise me in the event you make a commitment that will tie you up after December 1st.)

“3. Who would you suggest for New York Chairman with Tom Sugrue out of the picture? (I can secure from Tom in writing any statement we need regarding the Foundation. Will you suggest the type of statement which will be most helpful from him under the circumstances for using at opening meetings, etc.? We can also count on cables from him at the right times.)

“4. Do you think it might be wise to go back to our idea of Washington and do the campaign there prior to Christmas and launch the New York one right after the New Year? (Mrs. Bro has written from Chicago that she will be glad to cooperate in a campaign out there and is delighted with Norfolk results.)

“Marsden Godfrey is doing an excellent job as General Canvasss Chairman. Sickness has delayed a few of the captains in getting workers lined up, but now things are shaping up for a good General Canvass Opening on November 1st. Any last minute suggestions will be appreciated.

“Odds and ends:

“Dorothy is getting married on November 6th. It is going to be a loss, but I think we can count on her staying until we get someone for her place. We have lines out (newspaper advertisements and letters out) to several prospective workers to begin with Gladys on microfilm preparation. We plan to put someone on immediately, as you suggested, and be ready to microfilm whatever readings are ready in February.

“Our printers have now furnished us a corrected copy of both the casebook and the ‘Suggestions for Workers’ (copy coming to you under separate cover). Their machines were out of order and we had serious trouble with them in the last minute rushing for Special Gifts Opening.

“We have continued to experience trouble getting the memorial plaque drawing. It apparently is very difficult to get an artist in this area. We’ve had one drawback after another and the drawings to date which have been furnished us by suggested artists, (through printers and through friends) have been unsatisfactory. I am now having Vaughan Shelton in Philadelphia (who designed the Diary-Letter heading sample enclosed) to prepare a real black and white drawing for us. I should have done this in the beginning and not depended on local talent.

“Gladys is writing this and will probably add some of her own personal comments. It is useless for us to try to tell you how much we appreciate all you both have done to get the E.C.F. program under way. I have never seen such genuine enthusiasm shown by such people as Dave Kahn, Douglas Johnston, Mr. Mitchell, Margueritte Bro, Elsie Sechrist, Rudolph Johnson and others, in response to the businesslike reports and excellent showing being made in Norfolk. As I’ve told you before, I feel personally that you both are entirely responsible for this and I am continuing to keep all those in close touch with the work familiar with your status in the picture. Rudolph Johnson, Margueritte Bro and others have written Harold Allen about the Norfolk campaign. All of this helps, of course.

“Sally and both boys are well and we are gradually getting the house straightened out. Thanks for all the very nice odds and ends which you left with Sally on your departure. You should see Tommy clamping around in the boots. He won’t turn loose of them and insists that he is going to grow into them very soon now. I took a look at his feet the other day. I’m rather of the opinion that he will do this before very long.

“We are having beautiful Indian summer weather here.”

Regards from all… Hugh Lynn

“P.S. Quote from Mr. Roger Faber’s letter (the man who was here from Philadelphia the day you left):

“You might tell Mr. Holmes that the extract he found for me on ‘horse racing’ has accomplished the purpose. My brother has given up playing the races, has gotten a job and is going to study soul development. The seed is planted, I’ll keep watering it and God will give the increase.”

[GD’s note: “I miss you so, Emily (and Jodie)! It makes me sad to go near the Jefferson - so I don’t. Of course I’m doing a million things wrong regarding the campaign, but I figure that nobody knows it but the three of us - and then I remember it’s your fault that I even think I can do the job halfway right. Hope you’ll be coming back this way when you’re through there, and I’m praying that there will be the opening for your full-time-searchlight power directed at E.C.F.” Love and xxx

“P.S. Emily, I sent many loving thoughs on your birthday. Lydia told me about it.” Gladys

R9. 10/18/49 HLC’s letter to Mr. [561]: “Work in readying the Edgar Cayce readings for microfilming has been progressing steadily. Your special attention is called to the last four paragraphs on the attached progress sheet.

“Hundred of details go into the preparation of each record for microfilming. The indexing-extracting of data on special subjects is continually enriching the Association’s lecture, study group, publication, congress and conference programs. The ultimate goal of having all of the records available is constantly recognized as most essential, as we see the good results of each day’s work.

“However, let us not lose sight of the personal help which many are already receiving. Daily requests through letters and telephone calls are now answered promptly based on the few Edgar Cayce records which have been made available during the last year.

“It is your interest and appreciation which is making this work possible.

“As we enter the New York campaign this month we need your prayers and tangible help in the form of payments on your subscription.

“May we hear from you?”

R10. HLC’s notation 1959: Case [561] has remained cured. He is today completely well and normal in every respect.

R11. Notes on EPILEPSY cases from the Edgar Cayce records made by Walter N, Pahnke, M.D. July, 1960 at A.R.E., Virginia Beach, Virginia:

The following notes were taken on cases as read and are merely the opinion of the abstractor at the time he read the case plus the correspondence. The main value of these notes is that they give some indication of what the exact diagnosis in each case may or may not be.

Case #[561], Given in 1934. 16 year old male. This case was classified in group I. The attacks were described by the mother as a sudden collapse similar to fainting and lasting only a minute. The patient had had such attacks for two years prior to the reading. Manipulative therapy was carried out by Dr. Ober, and the description of the case, petit mal epilepsy seemed like a fairly certain diagnosis. After carrying out the suggestions given in the two readings, there was no further recurrence of the attacks. This case should be considered a cure. The last follow-up report was in 1948.

Background

Background

B1. See 561-1 and 561-2.

Mentioned Entities

New York City, Gladys Davis, Book of Job, John (Apostle), A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Photography (Atlantean), Virgin Mary, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Osteopathy, Virginia Beach, Chicago, Olive Oil, Prayer, Thomas Sugrue, David Kahn, Gertrude Cayce, Glands (Esoteric), India, Physical Body, Prophecy

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 561-3, ReadingID 3971.