Reading 5734-1

TEXT OF READING 5734-1 F 45 (Teacher, Member of Christian

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Date: 5/4/1944 Sex: F Age: 45 ReadingID: 14194

Church) This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 4th day of May, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [5734], new Associate Member of the Ass”n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by the book, THERE IS A RIVER.

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

… Jr. High Time of Reading School, Rm. 207, Set bet. 3:30 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern War Time. …, Texas.

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, Room 207, [5734]. Yes, we have the body here, [5734].

3. As we find, there are complications of disturbances that prevent the better physical functioning. These cause an assortment of varied disturbances through the body, and yet, in their incipiency, arose from one general cause, that of catarrhal conditions in the adenoids, causing a sinus disturbance added to same through the flow from this infection causing a catarrhal condition through the digestive system.

4. Thus we have this upsetting condition in the digestive system, the conditions in the sinus, headache, eyes, disturbance to ears causing noises in same at times, poor circulation, poor elimination.

5. This combination causes a tendency towards neuritis, arthritis and rheumatism and the reflexes, also from incoordination between the liver and kidneys. Hence all of the organs seem to be affected by same.

6. As we find, it will require time, but if there would be consistency there could be body improvement. Even when improved do not leave off entirely, but periodically repeat the applications for stimulation and better activity through the body.

7. First: Do not begin until there can be a regular routine begun, but this routine should be begun at once. First: Use Castor Oil Packs for one hour each day for three days in succession each week, for a period of at least three weeks. This should be used in the evening when the body is ready to retire. Saturate three to four thicknesses of heavy flannel (preferably old flannel) with Castor Oil. Saturate, not just pour on. Apply this over the liver and gall duct area and let it extend to the caecum on the right side. When this has been covered with cloths to prevent soiling of bed linens, apply the electric pad and this keep good and hot, as hot as the body can stand. When each Pack is taken off, sponge the body off with a weak solution of soda water, and then massage Glyco-Thymoline into the areas, especially the caecum and gall duct areas. This should be done for three days, and for an hour each day. After the third application, the last day each week, take two tablespoonsful of Olive Oil. Then leave off these Packs until the next week, then repeat for three days in the same manner.

8. During the period that the Oil Packs are being taken, burn close to the body Compound Tincture of Benzoin and Oil of Eucalyptus (one teaspoonful of each to one pint of water) in a croup cup so that the fumes may be inhaled. Do this for the whole period that the Packs are being used.

9. When these have been taken for three series, leave off a couple of weeks, and begin again and take for three periods, both the Oil Packs and the fumes.

10. At the beginning of the second series of treatments, have osteopathic relaxing treatments which tend towards emptying the gall duct. Have sixteen to eighteen of these treatments. During this series of osteopathic treatments, have at least two Sinusoidal treatments. These should tend to empty the gall duct by the expansion of same.

11. Toward the end of the treatments we would apply the short-wave treatments at the brachial center and back of neck, and on the lumbar and sacral areas. These should require the change in the type of adjustments and relaxing treatments being given.

12. Following the short-wave, leave off the Sinusoidal treatments and the Packs, and the fumes. These should be setting up drainages and relaxing, especially in the areas of the upper cervical and upper dorsal, coordinating the lower lumbar and the sacral and lumbar areas and we should find better conditions for this body.

13. In the diet begin adding more raw vegetables often. Use these prepared with gelatin.

14. The eliminations should be kept good throughout the period, even though it is necessary at times to take laxatives. Begin the laxatives with the use of a vegetable compound taken in broken doses, any that is of the senna base; such as the properties in Syrup of Figs, or Castoria or Caldwell’s Syrup of Pepsin.

15. Flush the system afterwards with doses of mineral salts, as Honeyida Water or Sal Hepatica. Do these and we will make better conditions.

16. We are through with this reading.

Two copies to Self (one for the osteopath, when you are ready for these treatments - Please let us have the name of the one you choose. Choose an osteopath who also gives the electrical treatments referred to.) Copy to Ass’n file ” for Indexing

(See directions [which were enclosed] for preparing Castor Oil Packs.)

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 6/21/44 [5734]‘s letter:

… 8, Texas

Association for Research and Enlightenment Virginia Beach, Va.

Gentlemen:

I want to thank you for the psychic Reading given for me by Mr. Cayce. I received a copy of this the day after Mr. Cayce gave it; but I could not start a regular routine until this week.

I have taken two treatments of the castor oil packs and the fumes. This morning I feel more relaxed than I have for months. I want to give you all the information that you want about my case; but I don’t know just what you want. Do you have a list of questions that you send out to the members who have had physical readings?

I shall start the osteopathic treatments next week. I have selected Dr. Julius McBride of 1710 Yale, Houston 8, Texas.

In the Reading I am told, “periodically repeat the applications.” How shall I know how often to repeat them?

Again thanking you for the help you have given me and countless others, I am,

Yours sincerely, [5734]

R2. 6/28/44 EC’s letter:

I am glad to know that you feel some little better since beginning the applications of the suggestions indicated.

I think what it means by “periodically repeat the applications,” is that the information holds to the idea that if you take the oil packs, for instance, for so many times then have a series of six, eight, ten, twelve osteopathic treatments, then you should rest something like three or four weeks. Then rest, not until you are sick again, but allowing nature to use the help given. Then the application of the packs as well as the osteopathic treatments will be more effective. I think you will find that your Doctor will agree with this.

R3. 7/22/44 [5734]‘s letter:

Association for Research and Enlightenment Virginia Beach, Virginia

Dear Members:

I am sending this first report on my case. Though the Reading was given on May 4, I could not start the routine until June 19.

I am following the directions with these exceptions. Since the Reading said to use the packs and fumes for at least three weeks, and since I didn’t get the packs very hot the first two times and since the vaporizer didn’t work so very well the first three times, I used the packs and fumes for four weeks. That is, I used them twelve times instead of nine times. The directions called for the use of an electric heat pad to keep the packs hot. I have no heat pad, but I do have an infra-red ray lamp; so, I am using the lamp.

I have had eight osteopathic treatments and one Sinusoidal treatment. I am leaving off all these treatments for two weeks, and shall resume taking them the week of July 30.

I do think that the Reading fitted my case. I had begun to think that something was wrong with the gall bladder, though not one of the many medical doctors I had consulted, had ever told me that there was trouble with it. One physician had told me that the rheumatism and arthritis were caused by the chronic sinus trouble. About ten days ago I went to see an optometrist about changing the lenses of my glasses. This man had fitted me with my present glasses. During the test, he said that I had double vision caused by a terrific pressure on the nerve to the left eye. He also advised me to take osteopathic treatments to relieve that pressure before he fitted me with a pair of new glasses. For a good many years I had been seeing “double” when I first got up of mornings or when I was very tired. But this double vision had never shown up on any previous eye test.

Though I have all the symptoms that I had at the beginning of these treatments, they are in a modified form and I am feeling much better than I did four weeks ago.

Dr. McBride, who is giving the osteopathic treatments, several years ago treated a person who had had a Reading by Mr. Cayce [[1045]?]. The first year after graduation Dr. McBride was connected with an osteopath, a spiritualist, of Belfast, Ireland. When I phoned him and asked him if he had ever heard of Mr. Cayce, he said yes, and that he was willing to co-operate with the directions of the Reading. He also said that it was right “scarey” and that it might be more than a coincidence that caused me to call him first out of all the osteopaths here in Houston. He expressed that opinion after I had told him that I had called him because he was most conveniently located for me.

I shall send another report in about two months.

I am deeply grateful to Mr. Cayce.

Yours truly, [5734]

R4. 7/24/44 EC made an appointment for Mrs. [5734]‘s husband, which of course was not kept due to EC’s death.

R5. 7/26/44 EC’s letter: “I understand from other sources that Dr. McBride is very, very good, and that he does cooperate.”

R6. 9/8/44 Report in answer to Questionnaire asking for history of case, etc.:

Association for Research and Enlightenment Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Members:

In compliance with your request I am sending you the data on my physical condition at the time of the Reading.

In May of this year I was underweight, easily fatigued, and slow. I was having arthritic and rheumatic pains in my fingers, heels, neck, and back. I was having headaches over my eyes, in the top of my head, and at the base of the skull. I was having intermittent earache and an almost constantly irritated throat. My eyes were swollen the first few hours of the morning and were almost always red-rimmed. I was troubled with double vision. My cheek bones ached occasionally. There was a post nasal discharge. My neck was stiff and my head jerked frequently. I was tense and irritable. My left leg had a queer, heavy feeling. Frequently there was pain in the left abdomen and in the left pelvic region. The elimination was poor. The bladder had to be voided frequently. I was on a restricted diet: no fried food, no port, no cabbage, cauliflower, no dried beans, no wheat products, no nuts, to mention a few things I could not eat.

I have always been underweight. During the last ten years or so I have tried to gain weight; but I have usually had no success; I continue to weigh between 110 and 120. I am five feet, five and one half inches tall. About eight summers ago, I drank a glass of milk at each meal and one every hour between meals; and I rested about 14 hours a day. By the end of the summer I weighted 128, but after school started, I soon started loosing weight. I was under the care of a physician at the time.

I have been easily fatigued for the last twenty years or so. As I grew older, the condition became worse. A doctor advised me to take sun baths to build up strength. I did each summer from 1934 to 1942. The sun baths helped, but they didn’t cure. I also took vitamins under a doctor’s directions; they helped. Also, I rested in bed one or two extra hours a day.

I have not always been slow. As a child I was very quick-motioned. But when I’d ask a doctor why I was so slow, I would be told that that was my nature. I believe I began to be slow about 35 years ago.

The post nasal discharge started, I believe, about 35 years ago. Nothing was done about it until about 15 years ago. Then I started having treatments by nose specialists, who would drain the sinuses after an acute infection. There was never any cure.

The arthritis and rheumatism started about 15 years ago. I was advised to have my tonsils removed. I did so and had relief for awhile. In about two years it reappeared. A doctor said colitis was causing it; he treated the colitis; but the condition grew worse. Another doctor said it was caused by sinus infection and infected second growth tonsils. The tonsils were removed and the sinuses were treated. The condition improved, but remained. Then a tooth root was discovered and removed. The condition improved. During this time the doctor was giving me an intravenous injection to fight the arthritis. I took those injections for about a year, I think. It has been 6 or 7 years since I had those injections. Since those treatments, the arthritis has never been so severe as it was prior to the treatments.

I don’t remember when I started having headache over my eyes. Those in the top of my head started within the last ten years. Nothing was ever done about them. Those at the base of the skull started about 5 years ago. The doctor said my eyes were causing them. When I had my glasses changed, the headaches ceased being prostrating, but they continued to come.

The intermittent earache has been with me for over 15 years. The ear doctor would say that there was nothing in the ear itself to cause it; that it could come from the sinuses or the teeth. The dentist would say there was nothing wrong with the teeth to cause it.

As a child I was subject to frequent attacks of tonsillitis. As I grew older I continued to have these attacks; and I had an irritated throat between attacks. After the tonsils were removed, the condition did not improve. I have used various gargles that brought temporary relief; usually warm soda water or warm salt water.

I don’t remember when I first noticed that my eyes were swollen when I first arose, but it has been for a good many years. My eyes having been red rimmed for the last seven or eight years. Two years ago the eye doctor advised me to take vitamin A to strengthen the eyes. Vitamin A did help, I believe. About five years ago I noticed that I was seeing double when I was lying down or when I was very tired. Nothing was done about that condition until this summer.

My cheek bones started aching about 4 or 5 years ago. A nose specialist has drained those sinuses three or four times, bringing temporary relief.

My neck has been stiff for 15 years or more. Nothing had been done about it at the time of the Reading. My head started jerking in the spring of 1943. When I consulted a doctor about another condition, I told her about this jerking; but she did nothing about it.

It seems to me that I have been tense and nervous for the last 30 years. The condition grew worse as I grew older. Nothing was done about it, except that once in awhile a doctor would gave me a sedative, which would help for awhile.

About 6 years ago, my left leg started having a queer prickly feeling. The doctor who was consulted about it, said that it was caused by a glandular disturbance and nothing could be done about it. A year or so later another doctor said it was neuritis; that the cause would have to be found before it could be remedied. Gradually the prickly feeling gave way to a heavy feeling.

The intermittent pain in the left abdomen has been there for over 30 years. No doctor has ever told me what it was or has done anything for it.

The pain in the pelvic region started a year or so ago. One night last winter it was so severe that I consulted a doctor about it the next day. After giving me a thorough examination, she said she didn’t know what was causing it.

The elimination has been poor since I can remember. With the years the condition has grown worse. I have taken exercises to correct it; also mineral oil, salts, bile pills, castor oil, agar, other laxatives and enemas. This spring I was having to use a laxative every three or four days.

The last four or five years when I was home and drinking liquids between meals, the bladder had to be voided as often as every hour. During this period whenever the urine was examined, nothing was found wrong with it. About 10 years ago there was an infection of the bladder; but the doctor gave some sort of oil that cleared it quickly. Sixteen years ago following an operation there was pus in the urine, but that quickly cleared.

I have been on a more or less restricted diet for the last 15 years. Twelve years ago the doctor diagnosed my case as ulcer of the stomach. He put me on a slightly restricted diet. But at the end of the year, being no better, I consulted another doctor, who gave the same diagnosis. He put me on a very strict diet, starting with a milk diet and gradually working back to a normal diet. I was treated for that condition for about three years altogether. And since that time, I’ve had a very “finicky” stomach.

Each fall since 1933, I have had hay fever. I have taken no treatments for that.

Yours truly, [5734]

R7. 9/8/44 [5734]‘s letter:

Association for Research and Enlightenment Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Members:

I am sending this report a little early, for after school starts, I know from past experience that I shall be short on time.

Since sending in the first report, I have finished the treatments as outlined in the Reading. I followed the directions exactly as given, with the exceptions as noted in the first report. Dr. McBride gave the treatments as he thought the Reading directed.

I am much, much better than I was when I started the treatments. I can get work done more quickly and with much less fatigue. Now, at the end of the day, I am tired, but not exhausted. I still have pains, but they are milder. The sinuses are noticeably less congested; and as a result my voice has a better tone. The digestive tract is working better. I’ve had fried chicken three times within the last week. The first time there was no discomfort, but the third time there was a slight discomfort. However, three months ago, fried chicken would have caused great distress.

The elimination is better, but I still have to use a laxative every ten days or so. I still have gas, but not nearly so much. The bladder has to be voided only every two to four hours, whereas at the beginning of the treatments, it was every hour.

My nerves are much steadier than they were. My head still jerks occasionally, but much less frequently.

I should like to know:

Is Mr. Cayce’s name pronounced Case or Casey? If I have a flare-up of sinus trouble, would it help to use the fumes without the rest of the treatments?

“Begin the laxatives with the use of a vegetable compound taken in broken doses, any that is of the senna base; such as the properties in Syrup of Figs, or Castoria or Caldwell’s Syrup of Pepsin. Flush the system afterwards with doses of mineral salts, as Honeyida Water or Sal Hepatica,” I understood this to mean: Take the liquid, 1/2 teaspoon at a time during the day, until a tablespoonful has been taken; then the next morning take a dose of Sal Hepatica. Is that correct?

Just before the directions for the treatments are given, the Reading has this: “Even when improved do not leave off entirely, but periodically repeat the applications for stimulation and better activity through the body.” Does that mean to repeat the entire set of treatments? Does periodically mean every year or what?

Should the report be sent to any certain officer of the Association?

I shall send another report sometime in December.

I am deeply grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Cayce and the Association.

Yours sincerely, [5734]

P.S. My eyes have improved to the point that there is only a slight double vision; the new glasses are to correct this defect.

R8. 9/16/44 Grace Premo answered her questions. Grace was doing volunteer work. EC was quite ill and resting in Roanoke, Va.:

Houston 8, Texas

Dear Mrs. [5734]

Thank you very much for such a complete report. It is only through receiving such information that our research may be of value to those who come to us for help.

Mr. Cayce’s name is pronounced “Casey”. It is amusing to see how it provokes him to have it misspelled - it is so rare for him to have ANY dislikes!

Beginning with the paragraph which starts “As we find”, count to the fourth paragraph [Par. 6], and study this carefully. As we interpret it, you should not go too long without repeating the entire routine of the reading. Apparently the inhalant was given as a local relief to the sinus passages, and should be helpful if used alone in times of acute distress in those areas, but of course you want to eliminate the CAUSE, so do continue with the entire series periodically.

In the third paragraph on Page Two [Par. 9], it is indicated that you should take three complete series, leave off for two weeks, then take the complete series for three times. From then on, whenever you feel that you are in need - don’t wait until you are sick - repeat this whole procedure.

Use the laxatives in very small doses for three days at a time, using the mineral salts on the fourth day. Then leave off until there is need to repeat this. If you find that 1/2 teaspoon is too much, using it for three days, cut down the amount of each dose, but take it for the three consecutive days.

We would suggest that you try broiled chicken, rather than fried. Fried foods are usually not beneficial.

Hoping that we may be of further service,

Sincerely, Gladys Davis, Sec’y [via Grace Premo, Volunteer, friend of EC and member of his Tuesday night Bible Class]

R9. 12/31/44 [5734]‘s letter to GD:

Miss Gladys Davis, Secretary Association for Research and Enlightenment Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Miss Davis:

Thank you very much for your gracious and helpful letter of September 16.

I am sorry that Mr. Cayce has been ill for so long. My prayer is that his prayers may be answered [See Dec. ‘44 A.R.E. Bulletin].

I am writing to give a report on my condition at this time.

I am improving right along. Though I still have all the former pains, they are milder and not so frequent. The digestive tract is improving, and especially so since, within the last week, I do not have cereals and citrus fruit at the same meal. However, I have to use a laxative whenever there is a flare up of the sinus trouble. These flare-ups have been frequent since the cold weather started. And, too, during the hay fever season, from the middle of September to about the middle of October, I had to use the laxative almost continuously. I use the laxative according to your directions in your last letter. The hay fever this fall was the mildest it had been in the last seven or eight years. But two of my fellow-sufferers said that they had it in a very bad form this fall. As usual the hay fever ended with a sinus infection; but the infection was milder than it had been in previous years. I used the fumes three nights a week for a period of three weeks; they helped. And whenever there is a new flare-up, I use the fumes. I have gas only occasionally now. The bladder has to be voided only every two to four hours. My nerves are steadier and my sleep is sounder. My head still jerks occasionally. And since I am feeling so much better, my disposition has improved just a lot. My eyes are better.

I am deeply grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Cayce and the Association.

Yours sincerely, [5734]

R10. 1/27/45 Letter: “I was grieved today when I learned through the Bulletin of Mr. Cayce’s death. He was a truly great man.

“Because of the help, physical and spiritual, which I have received from the Association, I should like to aid in keeping the Association going.”

R11. 8/29/45 [5734]‘s letter to GD:

Miss Gladys Davis 320 Arctic Circle Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Miss Davis:

This report is two months over due; but I wanted to wait till I had taken the treatments again this summer before I sent it. I am much better than I was when I started the treatments last summer. I know I was better, but I didn’t realize how much better I am until I read, just a few minutes ago, the report I sent you September 8, 1944. While I am on the subject of my improvement, I want to tell you this. A woman whom I have known for over ten years and whom I see at least once every week, remarked to me the other day that she had never seen me looking so well as I am now looking.

I started the treatment as given in my Reading, about the middle of June; I have a few more osteopathic treatments yet to take. At the close of school this June I was in a run down condition; but even so, I was in a better condition than in June, 1944.

At the present I am still underweight, tho I have gained a few pounds this last month. I still tire easily, but not nearly so quickly as in May, 1944. I am faster in getting my work done than I was. For about four weeks, during the last of June and the first of July, I had arthritis, not disabling but painful, in my fingers. I changed my diet so that I had more alkaline than acid forming food. Since then I have had very little arthritis. I very rarely have headaches now. I have earache very seldom, but I have trouble with my throat quite often, but not in such a severe form as in the spring of 1944. My eyes have improved. I still have some post nasal discharge. My neck is in much better condition, and my head jerks only once in awhile. I am much more relaxed and calm. Very rarely do I have gas, the pain in the left abdomen, and in the left pelvic region. The elimination is much improved; I haven’t taken a laxative since July 31. And the bladder condition is also improved. My left leg does not have the heavy feeling, but occasionally it has the prickly feeling. My diet is still restricted, tho this summer I have eaten tomatos, which I haven’t been able to eat for years.

I know that God has brought about the improvement by means of the treatments as given in the Reading. I shall always be grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Cayce and you.

Sincerely yours, [5734]

R12. 11/30/61 GD’s note: Mrs. [5734] has remained an active, sponsoring member of A.R.E. all these years.

Background

Background

B1. 7/13/43 [5734]‘s letter to EC:

Mr. Edgar Cayce Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Mr. Cayce:

I have just finished reading Mr. Sugrue’s There Is A River and I believe that I have found the answer to my daily prayer of many years - that I may get entirely well.

Will you please have a physical reading to find the cure for my various ailments? They are hay fever in the fall; rheumatism; hot flashes, which are not too bad now as they were several years ago; a queer feeling in my left leg which one doctor says is due to a glandular disturbance, another says is neuritis; slowness in getting any work done; a tired feeling that rarely leaves me; a rash that broke out a week or so ago; and a jerking of the head that started four or five months ago.

I am leaving for a visit with my parents, but I shall be home by the end of next week.

Thanking you for the spiritual help I have already received from the story of your life, I am,

Yours sincerely, [5734]

B2. 7/30/43 Mrs. [5734] sent in her application for membership, stating she was a teacher in a Junior High School, also that her religious preference was the Christian Church.

B3. 8/13/43 EC wrote giving her an appointment far ahead, saying he would be glad to return the membership fee if it was too long for her to wait, and: “I notice that you are a member of the Christian Church. That naturally makes the bond of fellowship that doesn’t come with everyone we try to read for.”

B4. 8/30/43 Letter: “May God richly bless you and Mrs. Cayce for the great work you have done and are doing.”

[Correspondence followed re. verification of the appointment, etc.]

[GD’s note: Above details are included because the attitude of appreciation and friendliness undoubtedly made for a better preparation or setting for the reading than sometimes in other cases. A comparison of various approaches and end results would be interesting.]

B5. 4/21/44 [5734]‘s letter to EC:

Mr. Edgar Cayce Virginia Beach, Va.

I received your kind letter of February 2 and noted that my appointment is for the afternoon of May 4, 2:30 to 3:30 C.W.T. At that time, so far as I now know, I shall be in my room, 207, at John Marshall Junior High School, 1115 Noble.

I should like to know the cause and cure for:

The hay fever that I have in the fall. My chronic sinus trouble. My head’s jerking. The pain in the back of my neck. The occasional pain in the top of my head. The recurrent earache. The popping of the jaws. The burning sensation in my eyes. Red-rimmed eyelids. The rheumatism or arthritis, whichever I have. The queer feeling in my left leg. The pain in the pelvic region. The pain in the left abdomen. My becoming tired so easily and quickly. My being so tense most of the time. My being so slow in getting anything done.

Last summer I had a distressing rash. If I have it again this summer, what will heal it?

Should I follow any special diet?

May the prescribed treatments be postponed till after the close of school?

Will a check reading be necessary?

Thanking you for your great kindness, I am,

Yours sincerely, [5734]

B6. See 5734-1, Par. R6 for additional background information.

Mentioned Entities

Osteopathy, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Virginia Beach, Texas, Gladys Davis, Gertrude Cayce, Castor Oil, Visions, Grace, Prayer, Thomas Sugrue, Baking Soda, Glands (Esoteric), Alkaline Diet, Glyco-Thymoline, John (Apostle), Massage Therapy, Olive Oil

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 5734-1, ReadingID 14194.