The A.R.E. Library - Virginia Beach, Va.
Worlds largest collection of Edgar Cayce books and materials
Open to the public
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The Edgar Cayce A.R.E. Library stands as a living memorial
to the life and work of Edgar Cayce, whose more than 14,000 psychic readings
form the core of the collection. In addition to the Cayce readings, the Library
houses one of the largest collections in the world - 65,000 volumes -
specializing in the fields of metaphysics, parapsychology, comparative
religious studies, holistic health, ancient civilizations, and foreign language
editions of Edgar Cayce books.
The Edgar Cayce Library houses the largest repository of
metaphysical books, cds, dvds, videos, and audiotapes in North America and some
of the largest collections in the world, including the Edgerton Sykes
collection (Atlantis), the Andrew Jackson Davis collections (Psychic
experiences), as well as verbatim copies of the complete Edgar Cayce readings.
Books may be checked if you are a Members of Edgar Cayce’s
A.R.E., a student of Atlantic University or Cayce/Reilly School of
Massotherapy, or if you are a Hampton Roads resident A.R.E. Library member.
In addition, you can surf the internet from our wi-fi lounge
using one of our laptops or your own. The area comes alive with creative displays
from local artists. Test your psychic ability with our ESP tests include remote
viewing, sequential card test, and more.
Vision of the Library
To provide library service, enhance spiritual community,
strengthen connectedness within the Association, foster personal growth,
encourage "the love of God and man," and promote the oneness of all
life in the experience of those who seek greater consciousness. "All knowledge
is to be used in the manner that will give help and assistance to others, and
the desire is that the laws of the Creator be manifested in the physical world."
- Edgar Cayce
Purpose of the Library
The purpose of the A.R.E. Library is completely intertwined
with that of the Cayce organizations:
"The
purpose, then, of the Association: The institution [is to be] builded around
that of a place where the records of that accomplished through these sources
are kept, and others of similar nature, or of the various philosophies that may
be found that will coordinate-and combined in that oneness of purpose to bring
the better understanding of the purpose in life, and thus enable man to realize
the closer association with the divine. In the lecture room and the
library-members, then, having access to such, gain better in the understanding
of such, and the library may be made circulating, or a repository-as it will
become-to all those who seek to see their theory disseminated. Hence this would
become as the clearing house of such."
(Edgar Cayce reading #254-37)