For
forty-three years of his adult life, Edgar Cayce demonstrated
the uncanny ability to put himself into some kind of self-induced
sleep state by lying down on a couch, closing his eyes, and
folding his hands over his stomach. This state of relaxation
and meditation enabled him to place his mind in contact with
all time and space. From this state he could respond to questions
as diverse as "What are the secrets of the universe?"
to "How can I remove a wart?" His responses to these
questions came to be called "readings" and contain
insights so valuable that even to this day individuals have
found practical help for everything from maintaining a well-balanced
diet and improving human relationships to overcoming life-threatening
illnesses and experiencing a closer walk with God.
Although Cayce died more than sixty years
ago, the timeliness of the material in the readings is evidenced
by approximately one dozen biographies and more than 300 titles
that discuss various aspects of this man's life and work.
These books contain a corpus of information so valuable that
even Edgar Cayce himself might have hesitated to predict their
impact on the contemporary world. Sixty years ago who could
have known that terms such as "meditation," "Akashic
records," "spiritual growth," "auras,"
"soul mates," and "holism" would have
become household words to millions? Further details of Cayce's
life and work are explored in the classic book There
is a River(1942) by Thomas Sugrue.
The majority of Edgar Cayce's
readings deal with health maintenance and the treatment of
illness. Even to this day individuals have found physical
help from information given as long as 100 years ago! Yet,
although best known for this material, the sleeping Cayce
did not seem to be limited to concerns about the physical
body. In fact, in their entirety the readings discuss an astonishing
number of 10,000 different subjects. Even this vast array
of subject matter, however, can be narrowed down into a much
smaller range of topics. When compiled together, the majority
contain and deal with the following five categories: (1) Health-Related
Information; (2) Philosophy and Reincarnation; (3) Dreams
and Dream Interpretation; (4) ESP and Psychic Phenomena; and
(5) Spiritual Growth, Meditation, and Prayer.
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