Every
year, tens of thousands of people from all over the world become interested
in the life work of one ordinary man. He was an average individual
in most respects: a loving husband, a father of two children, a skilled
photographer, a devoted Sunday School teacher, and an eager gardener.
Yet, throughout his life, he also displayed one of the most remarkable
psychic talents of all time. His name was Edgar Cayce.
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.
Though Cayce died more
than half a century 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 latter part of the twentieth century. Sixty years ago who could
have known that terms such as "meditation," "akashic records," "spiritual
growth," "auras," "soul mates," and "holism" would become household
words to hundreds of thousands? Further details about his life and
work are explored in such classic works as There Is a River (1942) by Thomas Sugrue, The Sleeping Prophet (1967) by Jess
Stearn, Many Mansions (1950) by Gina Cerminara, and Edgar
Cayce-An American Prophet (2000) by Sidney Kirkpatrick.
Daily for over forty years
of his adult life, Cayce would lie down on a couch with his hands
folded over his stomach and allow himself to enter a self-induced
sleep state. Then, provided with the name and location of an 
individual
anywhere in the world he would speak in a normal voice and give answers
to any questions about that person that he was asked. These answers,
which came to be called "readings" were written down by a stenographer,
who kept one copy on file and sent another to the person who had requested
the information.
Today on file at the Association
for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. (A.R.E.),
in Virginia Beach, Virginia, are copies of more than 14,000 of Edgar
Cayce's readings. These are available to the public and have been
filed along with any follow-up reports received from the individuals
who had asked for the readings. This material represents the most
massive collection of psychic information ever obtained from a single
source. The organization founded by Cayce in 1931 to document, research
and disseminate his information has grown from a few hundred supporters
at the time of Cayce's death in 1945 to one which is worldwide. Countless
individuals have been touched by the life work of this man who was
raised a simple farm boy and yet became one of the most versatile
and credible psychics the world has ever known. In addition to the
Cayce readings, the organization makes available a large collection
of Edgar Cayce books, New
Age books, Self-Help books and Metaphysical
Books.
Since 1901, the information
in the Cayce readings has been explored by individuals from every
imaginable background and discipline. In addition to individuals from
all walks and stations of life, this vast scope of materials has come
to the attention of educators, historians, theologians, medical professionals,
and scientists. No doubt, part of the attraction has been that regardless
of the field of study, Cayce has continually proven himself years
ahead of his time. Decades ago, he was emphasizing the importance
of diet, attitudes, emotions, exercise, and the patient's role - physically,
mentally, and spiritually - in the treatment of illness. As a result,
he has been called "the father of holistic medicine" and has been
recognized for describing the workings of the human body and foreseeing
the direction of health care.
In the field of psychology,
he has often been compared to Carl Jung. In the realm of education,
he stands with Rudlolf Steiner. Dr. Richard H. Drummond, one of the
world's most renowned theological scholars, called the Cayce information
on spirituality "the finest devotional material of the 20th century."
In history, the Cayce
readings gave insights into Judaism that were verified a decade after
his death. In world affairs, he saw the collapse of communism nearly
fifty years before it happened. Even in the field of physics, a professor
and fellow of the American Physical Society theorized a connection
between the elementary-particle theory and the way in which Edgar
Cayce received his information. Repeatedly, science and history have
validated concepts and ideas explored in Cayce's psychic information.
The wealth of these insights has resulted in hundreds of books that
explore various aspects of this man's life and work, not to mention
foreign translations around the globe.
As fascinating as the breadth of
the material and its accuracy is the activity level of Cayce's mind
while he was in the reading state. It was not unusual for Edgar
Cayce to be giving a reading, laying on his couch, somehow mentally
in touch with another individual and his or her surroundings, activities,
and relationships, providing answers to any question imaginable
or any time-frame in history, and at the same time have a personal
dream that Cayce could recall upon awakening. Occasionally, it was
found that at the same time all this was going on, if an individual
in the room with Cayce thought of something, he could respond to
their query without even being asked! Even a casual perusal of the
Cayce information makes it quite evident that the capacity of this
man's mind was not limited to what we might call the conventional
parameters of time and space.
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