Circulating File PHOBIAS. A compilation of Extracts from the Edgar Cayce Readings

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1 Circulating File PHOBIAS A compilation of Extracts from the Edgar Cayce Readings Edgar Cayce Readings Copyrighted by Edgar Cayce Foundation 1971, All Rights Reserved These readings or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the Edgar Cayce Foundation th Street Virginia Beach, VA Printed in U.S.A.

2 Circulating Files are collections of verbatim quotes of what Edgar Cayce said during his readings on a given subject or, in some cases everything. We have medical circulating files which focus on the over 9,000 health-related readings with subjects from Acidity-Alkalinity to Weight Loss. We also have non-medical circulating files on a broad range of topics, for example Egypt: Sphinx, Pyramids, and Hall of Records, Fear and Its Far-Reaching Effects, Advice to Parents, Serving in Accord with Ideals, and Business Advice. Each circulating file is simply a collection of reading quotes or full readings given for different individuals on a similar subject or disease. The A.R.E. cannot and does not suggest treatments for physical ailments nor make claims about the effectiveness of the therapies. We encourage anyone working with the health readings to do so under a doctor's care and advice. The circulating files support the research aspect of the Cayce work. We appreciate any feedback informing us of progress made in improving one s life or achieving good health by applying suggestions given in the readings. Please send any feedback (testimonies, experiences, results, etc.) to: Library: Circulating File Desk A.R.E th St Virginia Beach VA Or CirculatingFiles@edgarcayce.org Please note: The complete Edgar Cayce Readings are available through the members only section of our web site, EdgarCayce.org or on CD-ROM. Some circulating files contain commentaries or summaries written by physicians. These reports are to be used as a basis for further research in the form of controlled studies, and should not be misinterpreted to be either a refutation or an endorsement by the doctor. Referral doctors wanting to borrow a file for an extended period may do so by writing to the Library: Circulating File Desk. Our hope is that through the Cayce readings you will find the wholeness and oneness which is God's plan for us. Blessings, A.R.E. Member Services Team There are in truth no incurable conditions This Circulating File consists of the Edgar Cayce psychic readings on phobias. The information is not intended for self-diagnosis nor self-treatment. Please consult a qualified health care professional before following any advice contained within this file. Articles may be included because the information supports the remedies and therapies described in the Edgar Cayce readings or are of a helpful nature. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement or recommendation. Before following any advice contained in the articles, please seek the counsel of your doctor. Products may be purchased from Baar Products, the official worldwide supplier of Edgar Cayce health care products: or call

3 Phobias Contents Pages A. Introduction to the Edgar Cayce Readings on Health and Healing 5 B. Fears, Compulsions and Anxieties by Dr. Thomas L. Garrett 9 C. Who s Afraid of Snakes? by Sandra Martin 12 D. Research at Esalen on the Internet 14 E. Extracts from the Readings 15 F. Case Studies from the Readings: 1. Reading # 565-1, adult woman (fear of doctors [physical]) Reading # , 18-yr-old girl (fear of the dark [past-life]) Reading # , 47-yr-old man (heights [physical]) Readings # , 38-yr-old woman (harming family [physical]) Reading # , 30-yr-old woman (many fears [physical]) Reading # , 19-yr-old girl (hydrophobia [past-life]) Reading # , (daughter s hydrophobia [past-life]) Reading # , 31-yr-old woman (aphonia [mental/physical]) Reading # , 54-yr-old woman (being alone [physical]) Reading # , 38-yr-old woman (alone or with others [physical]) Reading # , 22-yr-old man (hydrophobia [astrology]) Reading # , 41-yr-old man (fear complex [mental]) Reading # , adult woman (photophobia [psychological]) 86 G. Edgar Cayce s Ideals Exercise 89 H. David McMillin s audio presentation: I. Aspartame 93 (continued on the next page) 3

4 J. Related Circulating Files and Books * : 1. Appliances: Radio-Active 2. Edgar Cayce on Overcoming Fear and Anxiety ( Faces of Fear, updated) by Hugh Lynn Cayce 3. Fear and Its Far-Reaching Effects 4. Hypnosis 5. Living Nightmares: Case Studies in Anxiety by David McMillin 6. Mirrors of time: Using Regression for Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Healing by Dr. Brian Weiss 7. Osteopathy 8. Suggestive Therapeutics, Vol. 1 and 2 Living Nightmares (Case Studies in Anxiety) By David McMillin The case studies in this text come from the Edgar Cayce readings and cover a variety of anxiety problems. This book has been converted into Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format and placed on a CD that can be read on any computer. Click here to view a sample selection from this book. Click here to see the ReadMe info for this product. * Circulating Files & Research Bulletins are available from A.R.E. membership services at (800) or: 4

5 Introduction to the Cayce Readings on Health and Healing No matter what illness or ailment concerns us, certain basic principles about health and healing are relevant. These are the premises upon which all of the Cayce health information rests. For those who would like to make a more careful study of these basic principles, the recommended Circulating File is entitled Principles of Healing. Here, in essence, are the ideas found in that file. They may prove to be very useful to your study of the specific ailment that requires healing for you. The first fundamental idea about healing requires that we maintain a creative balance between two principles: 1. All healing comes from the infinite - that is, from attunement and harmony with our spiritual source. The infinite is just as accessible and available in the visible, physical world as it is in the invisible realm. 2. At the same time, each person must take responsibility for his or her own healing process. No one can simply sit back and wait passively for healing to occur. This second principle - the need for self-responsibility - can take many forms. For example, healing requires attunement, and no one knows better than ourselves exactly what has gotten us out of attunement. Often, if we look closely at our lives, we can see (without needing a gifted medical clairvoyant such as Edgar Cayce) what's causing our illness. To illustrate self-responsibility further, the human body has a marvelous, innate drive to heal itself, but we've got to do our part to help. A broken bone will naturally try to mend; however, the fracture needs to be set properly for the healing to be complete and effective. Cayce stresses the healing ability of the body: Remember, the body does gradually renew itself constantly. Do not look upon the conditions which have existed as not being able to be eradicated from the system... Hold to that KNOWLEDGE - and don't think of it as just theory - that the body CAN, the body DOES renew itself! Another important principle relates to energy medicine, a new field for which Edgar Cayce was a pioneer. His readings consistently speak of the roles played by vibrations or vibratory forces - right down to the level of individual atoms. According to Cayce, there is a type of consciousness that exists in each atom. Although most of the passages about the atomic physics of healing seem rather esoteric, it might be easier to follow the analogy of the attunement of a stringed musical instrument. A violin or piano that is out of tune makes sour, discordant music - symbolic of disease or illness. Just as a skilled musician can bring the instrument back into attunement, we experience healing when our vibrations - right down to the atomic level - are adjusted in a correct manner. In essence, all healing is bringing the vibrations into harmony from within. Balance among body, mind, and spirit is another key to Cayce's philosophy of healing. For healing to be complete and lasting, we must recognize and meet the needs of each of these three levels. Virtually no illness or disease can be treated successfully at only one of these three levels. 5

6 What's more, Cayce affirms that the human body will naturally stay healthy - and even rejuvenate itself - if a kind of internal balance can be maintained. Dis-ease starts when one part of the body draws energy from another part. One portion of an organism may become overcharged with the creative life force, while another portion becomes undernourished. The result is a gradual disintegration of the body and the onset of illness. The opposite of this sort of disintegration is rejuvenation. The readings assert that we are continuously rebuilding our bodies. Within any seven-year period, each cell is replaced. If we'll allow it, our bodies will transform any problem and resuscitate any condition. But our ingrained habits usually block this healing potential - the habits of action and, even more potent, the habits of mind. What role do drugs and medicine play in the healing process? Cayce's philosophy clearly sees a place for them, but warns of misunderstanding how they work and of expecting more of them than is possible. Any healing method attempts to create an experience of oneness, in hopes of then stimulating a similar response in the body. For some people in some situations, a drug may be the best way to accomplish this - just as in other cases surgery may be the best way to stimulate healing. Medicines can be a practical application of the one life force. Occasionally they must be very potent in their reactions in order to get the patient through an acute illness. But Cayce from time to time encouraged people to consider the herbal formulas he recommended to be tonics and stimulants, rather than medicines. The dangerous side of medicines is their potential to diminish the body's own healing work. This is what Cayce alluded to when he warned about palliatives that deceive the soul with half-truths and temporary relief. It's also what he meant when he warned that we shouldn't come to rely on any condition outside of ourselves that could be assimilated by the body inwardly. All of this is to say, take the medications prescribed by the physician you trust. Keep in mind this thought: what those chemicals can do is temporarily - and somewhat artificially - give your body an experience of greater oneness. Healing that really takes hold and lasts must come from changing one's inner consciousness and vibration. That happens most effectively from consistent and persistent human effort (that is, engaging one's desires, purposes, and will) - something that pills all too easily allow us to skip. These have been long-standing. Do not take the treatments just a few days, or even a few weeks, and expect to be well - and then revert to old conditions. But be consistent and persistent! Have periods when these will be taken (that is, ALL of those things indicated) for two, three to four weeks. Then rest by leaving them off a week. And then be just as patient and just as persistent as though you were beginning all over again Cayce's healing philosophy includes other insights that can help us avoid misunderstanding. For example, one principle states that the best treatment procedures sometimes cause a temporary worsening of conditions. If we didn't recognize this possibility, we might give up just before the benefits begin to appear. A closely related principle states that when a body is re-establishing its attunement, it tends to be more sensitive. Again, if we misunderstand that heightened sensitivity, we might not see the good that is slowly being effected. 6

7 The mind is a focus of other healing principles. The unconscious mind plays a role in many illnesses and diseases. One example of this is the karmic factor in health problems. Memories from previous incarnations, stored in the soul mind, can trigger problems in the body. Of course, we shouldn't go so far as to suppose that every health challenge has past-life roots; nevertheless, the perspective of reincarnation can help us understand what we could possibly be dealing with as we seek healing. The familiar Cayce axiom, Mind is the builder, leads us to wonder exactly which attitudes and emotions best foster healing. The readings emphasize several: Self-acceptance. As we rid ourselves of self-condemnation, we make room for healing forces to enter. Optimism and hope. We're encouraged to expect healing. Patience. It's much easier and quicker to destroy health than it is to rebuild it. We need to be willing to patiently invest whatever time is required. Alongside these specific attitudes and emotions, we're invited to use the creative potential of visualization to stimulate our own healing. The mind's imagemaking capacity can be directed in such a way that we see the healing transformation taking place. This is not something that's accomplished in a single visualization session. Like all the Cayce health-promoting approaches, it requires persistence and works best in conjunction with other healing methods. Perhaps the most important principle of the mind's relationship to healing concerns purposefulness. A person can experience temporarily an outer healing - that is, in the physical body only - yet still be spiritually sick. What cures the soul? A commitment to a purposeful life. Not just any purpose, but instead one that reflects care for other people. On occasion a reading from Cayce would pose this question to the person who was ill: What would you do with your life if you were healed? What would the body be healed for? That it might gratify its own physical appetites? That it might add to its own selfishness? Then (if so) it had better remain as it is... But first the change of heart, the change of mind, the change of purpose, the change of intent The position of Cayce's psychic source was simply this: Why correct the physical condition unless there's also going to be an inner correction? People who are looking for both inner and outer healing are the best candidates for restored health and vitality. In Cayce's philosophy, healing should equip us to be more useful to others. With this ideal of service in mind, we might also wonder just how we can be channels of healing to others. What principles govern our efforts to be healers to those for whom we have concern? One principle is based on the spiritual connections that exist between all people. It states that as we bring the experience of oneness into our own consciousness, it can profoundly help someone else experience oneness, attunement, and healing. Cayce's way of putting it was,...raising the Christ Consciousness in self to such an extent as it may flow out of self to him thou would direct it to. (281-7) For this to be most effective, the recipient must desire such help and have requested healing prayer. Of course, we can always pray for someone, even if that 7

8 individual hasn't asked us. But it's important that we not assume we know what's needed in any person's life. For one who hasn't specifically asked for prayer, we can simply offer prayers of protection and blessing, rather than try to direct healing energies to that person or for a specific condition. It is also important to remember that each reading was given for an individual. It must be emphasized that no suggested treatments for any particular ailments should be lifted from any individual reading and tried by another individual except under the supervision of and with the cooperation of a physician or licensed health care professional. However, there were many suggestions that were given over and over, and these can be studied to find how they apply to ourselves. These healing principles can be grouped in four categories that referred to as CARE. Circulation moving the blood around the body through therapies such as massage or spinal manipulation Assimilation encouraging the body to pull the proper nutrients from the food by eating the proper foods and in the proper combinations Relaxation taking time to rest and let the body recuperate and counterbalance the daily activities Elimination removing the waste products from the body through therapies such as sweats, colonics, and fume baths For more information about CARE and recommendations on the lifestyle described in the readings, please see Dr. Harold J. Reilly s Handbook for Health. There are also many verbatim collections of the readings in other Circulating Files, Research Bulletins, and Treatment Plans for individual diseases which may be purchased through Customer Service at The A.R.E. is interested in having all the material in the health readings reviewed by physicians and health care professionals who also provide summaries of their findings in the hope that the information may prove beneficial to others. When time and finances permit it is planned to have all the information in the health readings read by one or more physicians and the subject matter summarized. Please send any feedback to Library: Circulating File Desk A.R.E th St Virginia Beach VA Or CirculatingFiles@edgarcayce.org To obtain health items mentioned in the readings, contact our official worldwide distributor, Baar Products at or Baar.com. We do not advocate a do-it-yourself process. Please seek out the advice of a health professional before implementing any recommendation. In summary, the Cayce readings remind us that our natural state is wholeness and health. An innate wisdom within ourselves knows what's needed for healing. We should expect to get well, and we should be willing to do our part to make it possible. Those that expect little of the Lord receive little; those that expect much receive much - if they live it! Blessings, A.R.E. Member Services Team 8

9 Fears, Compulsions and Anxieties by Dr. Thomas L. Garrett, Consulting Psychologist: Health Culture article, 8/38 "Hypnotic suggestion is the means by which such displacements are effected. The destructive thought, deeply rooted in the subconscious, makes the individual neurotic. The constructive thought, conveyed to the subconscious area by the hypnotist, disburdens the mind of this thought and takes its place as a component of the individual's personality." By Dr. Thomas L. Garrett In last month's article I told the story of Phineas Quimby, the noted Portland healer who diagnosed human ailments through clairvoyant hypnosis. As I explained therein, Quimby threw his assistant in to a hypnotic trance and asked him what ailed this or that patient. The assistant, a farmhand who lacked even an elementary school education, astounded newspaper reporters and other callers at the Quimby clinic by describing each ailment in the language employed by the members of the medical profession. There Always Are Skeptics It goes without saying, of course, that there are a number of persons who feel that the Quimby story should be taken with a grain of salt. We shall always have in our midst those who laugh at or condemn that which they do not understand. As Elbert Hubbard once said, "If a man is not up on a thing, he is usually down on it." And we always have with us those who, while admitting that a thing might have happened in the past, will argue that it could not happen again and that the man who made it possible was endowed with a "freak" power that will never devolve upon any other human in all the centuries to come. This, is fact, is the way that many persons feel about Quimby. Clairvoyant Hypnosis What they do not know is that hundreds of hypnotists have been effecting similar results for many years. Quimby was given considerable publicity because he was a pioneer in this field and also because he was the healer of Mary Baker Eddy, who later founded Christian Science. These other practitioners go along from day to day diagnosing through clairvoyant hypnosis and performing other remarkable results without ever getting a line of publicity. Now and then, however, a result is accomplished by this or that hypnotist which becomes first-page news, as happened a few weeks ago when the delivery of a baby was made painless through the use of hypnosis. The Work of Edgar Cayce A remarkable man who shuns publicity, but whose results should be recorded on a sheet of deathless bronze, is Edgar Cayce, of Virginia Beach, Virginia. For more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Cayce has been diagnosing human ailments by throwing himself into a hypnotic trance. He is, of course, an adept at the art of self-hypnosis. 9

10 Moreover, his ability is even more amazing than that of the great Quimby, the Portland healer, worker through the subconscious mind of his hypnotized assistant, diagnosed the ailments of those who visited his clinic. Mr. Cayce does his diagnosing at a distance, "seeing" with the "eyes" of his subconscious mind, the internal organs of persons who live hundreds or even thousands of miles away. Learned physicians who have investigated Mr. Cayce's method of diagnosing assert that he is the most remarkable human that they have ever met. Most of them cannot account for this strange faculty, but all of them, after a series of tests, agree that his findings are dependable. In some instances, Mr. Cayce's diagnoses indicate organic deficiencies. In others, the trouble has a psychic origin. In other words, there are cases where his subconscious mind, "seeing without eyes", detects disorders which can be eliminated only by contacting the subconscious mind of the patient in question and displacing negative, destructive ideas which are positive and constructive. It is an axiom of the physical realm that no two bodies can occupy the same space at the same time. When extended to the world of the unseen, this axiom requires no revision. No two thoughts can occupy the same space at the same time. And just as it is possible to displace one body with another body in the realm of physical things, it is possible to displace one thought with another thought in the realm of subconsciousness. The Harm From Negative Thinking Hypnotic suggestion is the means by which such displacements are effected. The destructive thought, deeply rooted in the subconscious, makes the individual neurotic. The constructive thought, conveyed to the subconscious area by the hypnotist, disburdens the mind of this thought and takes its place as a component of the individual's personality. The abnormal conditions which are produced by undesirable thoughts are categorized as phobias, compulsions and anxiety neuroses. The phobia, which is an unreasonable fear, hampers the individual by making it impossible for him to perform certain acts or by making him apprehensive when he faces certain situations. The compulsion, which is an irresistible urge to do a certain thing, makes him a helpless robot whose behavior is akin to that of a inmate of bedlam. An anxiety neurosis causes a deep, irrational concern about things which normal persons either ignore completely or accept as trivialities. Phobias Claustrophobia, which is quite prevalent, is the name given to the unreasonable fear of enclosed spaces. In many instances it is traceable to a childhood experience in which the patient in question was locked in a clothes closet for breaking some rule laid down by a stern parent. However, it has numerous other causes. In a case which came to my attention a few weeks ago the victim had once been cornered in a woodshed in a battle with a mad dog. In another case the patient was an ex-miner who had once been trapped in a shaft in a mine disaster. And only yesterday I heard of a case where the patient's claustrophobia was traceable to his witnessing the exhumation of the body of a man who had been buried alive. 10

11 Hydrophobia is the psychological term used to describe the unreasonable fear of water, and thanataphobia is the name for the unreasonable fear of death. Brontephobia is the dread of lightning, agoraphobia is the fear of open spaces, and hypsophobia is the dread of heights. The other phobias to which the mind of man is heir are all too numerous to mention. Suffice it to say, for the purposes of this brief study, that there are phobiacs who fear cats, phobiacs who fear smoke, and phobiacs who fear hypnosis. Compulsions Any attempt to list the various compulsions which torture mankind would prove abortive. One man suffers an irresistible urge to kick cats, another just has to take a bath every hour, and still another finds it impossible to pass a fire alarm box without turning in an alarm. We could categorize these urges and many more, but our files would never be complete; year after year practicing psychologists learn about compulsions which have never been catalogued. As for anxiety neuroses, they are positively indefinable and baffling. The chief trouble, of course, is that the patient burdened with feelings of anxiety does not know what he is anxious about. The agoraphobe fears open spaces, and the victim of a compulsion suffers an irresistible urge to do a certain thing; but the victim of an anxiety neurosis is afraid of something which he himself cannot name. Hence, the psychologist who attempts to disburden such patient of his feelings of anxiety finds himself in a position similar to that of a conchologist who is seeking a certain shell of which he has never been given a description. Psychiatry VS. Hypnosis The only thing that makes the psychologist's task easier than that of the conchologist referred to is the employment of hypnosis. If he were to psychoanalyze the patient he would have to ferret out the exact reason for the feeling of anxiety. In using hypnosis, however, all he has to do is to supplant such feelings with thoughts of confidence and composure. As for phobias and compulsions, they too, can be scotched by hypnosis without any probing of the subconscious. Analysis can effect a catharsis in a phobiac only if the analyst can discover the origin of the fear, and it can relieve one of a compulsion only if the analyst can learn the origin of the urge in question. Hypnotic suggestion, however, like the immortal six hundred, asks not the reason why nor awaits a reply. It eliminates a phobia by simply displacing it with the positive thought that there is nothing to fear, and it disburdens a patient of a compulsion by assuring his subconsciousness that he is free of the tantalizing urge. In my next article, entitled "Hypnosis in Practice," I shall present the records of several actual cases in which hypnotists relieved patients of phobias, compulsions and feelings of anxiety. 11

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14 Research at Esalen on the Internet The Esalen Center for Theory and Research, located in Big Sur, California, has a large Web site that provides information on its various research interests. The center sponsors special topical conferences, by invitation only, and archives summaries of these presentations online. On the topic of survival research, for example, you can read about the research of University of Virginia psychiatrist Jim Tucker, who has found that the mothers of children who recall past lives often have dreams that alert them to the child s past-life memories. He has also found a significant relationship between current-life phobias and past-life memories. 14 Venture Inward, July/August 2002

15 M 26 9/23/27 Extracts from the Edgar Cayce Readings One that loves, through some innate feeling or desire, to be near waters - yet is ever fearful of the destructive forces in same, and thence has an innate fear of water , F 68, 8/21/44 (Q) How may I get rid of fear of closed places? (A) The attitude must be kept as to that of helpfulness in the spiritual forces of the body - within and without , M 37, 2/8/43 (Q) Why do I fear water so that I do not swim far in water over my depth? (A) This is from a condition that existed in the subconscious in very young childhood. Suggestions to self, or forcing of self to overcome such, might discharge this from the subconscious influence. (Q) Is this why I am afraid to dive or jump into the water even if I am only one foot above the water? (A) The same , F 15, 6/24/43 (Q) Why does she have such a fear of falling? (A) This is part of its karma - for it made many others fall far! 279-1, M 31, 5/20/31 (Q) Will the Forces please explain my phobias regarding the color and texture of my lips, tongue and mouth, and the cause of the occasional twitchings of the lips, mouth and tongue? (A) As has been given. This is an improper coordination in the circulation, as related to the INTERNAL circulation and the CAPILLARY circulation. Hence that's why those added forces of the sweats, with the thorough rubs - salt, alcohol, oil and such, should be given, for the stimulation TO the circulation and to make proper coordination in nerve ends, which will bring color - when there is added the blood supply, which IS being builded, yet - as has been outlined for the diet, for the exercises, for the eliminations - these additions will hasten and make for bettered conditions with the body. 15

16 5439-1, F 42, 1/11/30 Now, in the mental forces - and as related to fear in the system: Fear the greatest bugaboo to the human elements, for in fear comes those conditions that destroy that vitality of that assimilated. To OVERCOME fear, so fill the mental forces with that of the creative nature as to cast out fear; for he, or she, that is without fear is free indeed, and perfect love casteth out fear. Love not that as is of the officious nature, or that that demands in exchange. Rather given as the free will, and MAKING the will one with that which will enable the body mental to see, experience, to know, to feel, that nearer and nearer the will of the body made one with that the body worships - and let that worshipfulness be of OTHER than of self; for MANY a body stumbles and blinds self by putting self first and foremost. The mental developments should be in the direction of the directing play, writing play, writing book, writing song - for THESE may give an OUTLET of self to MANIFEST that which the body, the mental BEING, may hold as ideal. FIND an ideal! 16

17 INDEX OF READING F ADULT ANEMIA Assimilations: Poor Par. 33-A Color: Personal: Red Par. 34-A Diet: Beef Juice: Anemia Par. 25 : Citrus & Cereal Par. 23 : Menu: Neurasthenia Par Eyes: General Par. 29-A : Spine: Subluxations Par. 29-A HYPOTENSION Mind: The Builder Par. 35-A NEURASTHENIA Osteopathy: Spine: Subluxations Par. 17, 21 Pelvic Disorders: Spine: Subluxations Par. 9 Prescriptions: Alcohol, Grain: Neurasthenia Par. 19, 20 : Ginger, Wild: Par. 19, 20 : Ginseng, Wild: Par. 19, 20 : Turnip, Indian: Par. 19, 20 : Water, Distilled: Par. 19, 20 : Wild Cherry Syrup: Par. 19, 20 Prophecy: Prognosis: Spine: Subluxations Par. 17, 26 Psychosomatics: Healing Par. 35-A Rest: Position: Stomach: Tipped Par. 18 SPINE: SUBLUXATIONS Stomach: Tipped Par. 8, 14, 18, 32-A Supports: Abdominal: Stomach: Tipped Par. 18, 32-A 17

18 BACKGROUND OF READING F ADULT B1. 5/30/34 Sister, Mrs. [913], came with others to be present for the reading, which she had requested previously for her sister, Mrs. [965]. However, she never at any time indicated the nature of her sister's illness. TEXT OF READING F ADULT This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Virginia, this 30th day of May, (Physical Suggestion) 1. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [565]. 2. Now, as we find, while there are many conditions physical with this body that are very good, there are those conditions that with the correction would make a much better body physically and mentally for the activities in the mental, spiritual and material body. 3. The disturbances, as we find, have to do with some minor conditions respecting functionings of organs, and little or no organic disorder. While many portions of the system are involved at one time or another, the conditions are such that they may be easily corrected in the present. 4. These, then, are conditions as we find them with this body, [565]: 5. First, in the BLOOD SUPPLY, here we find the form of an anemia, or the lack of a proper balance in the numbers of the red blood cells and the white blood cells. This condition, while of an active nature, CHANGES at times; for we may find at times there would be almost sufficient in numbers of the red and quite a deficiency in the white, while again we may find an alteration in just the opposite direction. This arises from nervous conditions that disturb the circulation, and the assimilation of that taken as food values for the body. The nerve disturbance arises, as we shall see, from two - yea, three - distinct causes, making a combination of disorders contributory - as will be seen - one to another. Hence there is not only the variation in the red and white blood supply, or the form of anemia, but the character of the disturbance in other portions of the body, as we shall see. 6. As to the characterization of the blood itself; that is, the hemoglobin, the urea, the activity in its coagulation and in the blood count; this varies, not so much as to cause what may be termed an unbalanced metabolism but the very character of the nervous condition makes low blood pressure and at times disturbances to the heart's activity and its pulsation. Dizziness arises at times from distinct causes, during the periods of the menstrual activity in elimination and during the periods when there is overexhaustion by excitement to the nerve forces of the body, or at other times we may find it arising purely from gases that form from nervous indigestion. These changes and alterations in the pressure cause changes in the character of the blood itself, though the body may not be said to have a blood disturbance - but the functioning of the organs themselves and their activity upon the system through the nerve supply makes the disturbance, though the character of the blood so far as carrying poisons or any character of bacilli in same is lacking; for it is very good in these directions. 18

19 7. In the NERVE FORCES of the body we find much that is a cause, and much that is an effect. So, it is not altogether nerves; though the body is nervous naturally from those conditions that have existed and do exist in the body, but under stress or strain no one would call the body, [565], a nervous person; for she would be very quiet and very determined and very set in what she would do, and she would do it! [Sister [913] said "True!".] 8. In the cerebro-spinal system we find there has been a relaxation in the 3rd and 4th dorsal area that has tended to make for a relaxing in the POSITION of the stomach itself, or the organs or the nerve tendons and muscular forces through the hypogastric and pneumogastric plexus, as to allow the stomach itself to tilt to the lower side, or the pyloric end up and the hypogastric or the cardiac and lower than normal, you see. This makes for a tendency of easy fermentation in same, and is a natural strain on the nerve system. The muscular reactions cause the condition, but the effect is in the nerve system; and as those plexus in the upper dorsal are in close connection or association with the sympathetic and sensory nerve reactions through the ganglia near the 1st, 2nd and 3rd dorsal area, this makes for a slowing of the circulation to the head, you see, sympathetically. Hence organs of the sensory system SYMPATHETICALLY become involved, as at times there is the tendency for a quick drying of the throat - and the body feels like it would spit cotton often! At other times we have a thumping or drumming in the ear. At others there are the tendencies for the conditions to produce irritations and burnings in the eyes, especially if there has been an eyestrain either by being in the wind, poor light or strong light; any of these will produce an irritation through the necessary energies used and the lack of supply of nerve energy from the depletion in the area as indicated. 9. From this sympathetic condition, both as to the nerve supplies to the organs of digestion and as to the activities in the eliminations of the body during the periods that should be natural or normal, the reactions also produce an irritation again which causes the secretions from the vagina in such measures or manners as to make irritations so that the body is irritable in manner; and until the flow has begun there are pains produced in top of head, dizziness, lack of appetite, and an excess activity of the kidneys or bladder. These are purely reflex and are sympathetic conditions, as we have indicated, from a subluxation in the 3rd and 4th dorsal plexus area. 10. As to the activities of the ORGANS themselves: 11. In the brain forces the reactions and activities are near normal. 12. The organs of the sensory system, as indicated, are disturbed through reflex conditions arising from the upper dorsal and reflexly through the cervical area. 13. Lungs, bronchi, larynx, only at periods when there are irritations to the hypogastric area is there any disorder of a nature not normal, but this will be corrected when the corrections are made throughout the system. 14. The digestive system, as indicated, shows disturbances; not only as to position of the stomach itself but as related to the digestive activities and reflexly to the heart's activity through poor circulation impoverished by the inactivity of that assimilated being properly directed in the system, and sympathetically also for the organs of the pelvis in their activity. 19

20 15. The liver, spleen, pancreas, as we find, would function near normal when there is a normalcy from the position or the activities of the body. When there are those changes that may be brought about by the addition of those properties necessary for creating a balance in the system, these will make for proper activity throughout the body. 16. Then, in making the corrections for this body, [565], we are speaking of: 17. First we would begin with making the proper adjustments osteopathically, especially - or specifically - in the upper dorsal area, COORDINATING the rest of the ganglia and the activity of the organs with same as these corrections are made. As we find, this would not require more than sixteen such adjustments and treatments. 18. Begin immediately, when the body rests, with having the feet very much higher than the head; and after such a rest there should be the holding of the stomach better in position by the use of bandage or belt about the body. Not so tight as to cause discomfort, but as the manipulations and adjustments are made let these be of SUFFICIENT activity as to HOLD the position of the stomach, that the activities through same may be kept in their proper relationship with the rest of the system. 19. For those disturbances that have been produced by the nerve reaction to the other organs of the system, so as to make that incentive for the corrections being made to coordinate with the activities of the glands and functioning of the organs, we would take a compound put together in this manner; adding the ingredients in the order named: 20. To 16 ounces of distilled water, we would add; stirring in; beating fine or powdering each ingredient: Dried Wild Ginseng Root (rolled together or beat very fine)...1 ounce, Indian Turnip...1/2 dram, Wild Ginger (now this isn't Wild Ginseng, but Ginger - which is a different root entirely)...1 dram. Boil slowly until it will amount to, when strained, 12 ounces. Then add to the solution 2 ounces pure grain alcohol and 1 ounce Syrup or Essence of Wild Cherry. See? The dose would be 1/2 teaspoonful twice each day, morning on arising before the meal and when ready to retire. And continue taking until the whole quantity has been taken, you see. 21. Keep the manipulations about twice each week, making corrections specifically in the upper dorsal area and the GENERAL conditions throughout the body made to coordinate with same. 22. This would be an outline for the diet, though it may be altered as the seasons change, you see: 23. Mornings - citrus fruit or dry cereals with fruit or berries and milk, but do not use the citrus fruits and the cereals at the same meal, or quantities of milk with the citrus fruit. Very crisp bacon with browned bread, coddled egg or the like may be taken at the same meal. These may be altered at times to fresh fruits or stewed fruits, stewed rhubarb or the like, which are well but change them from time to time. 20

21 24. Noons - either a liquid diet or a green fresh-vegetable diet; such as juices of vegetables, juices of meats, but do not combine the green vegetables and the soups - or the liquid diet WITH the green or fresh vegetables. Include all the vegetables that may be eaten in a salad. And if there is to be taken any pastry, pie, cake, cream or the like, eat it at the noon meal - not in the evening or morning meals. 25. Evenings - preferably well-cooked vegetables, with at least one period each day (either morning or evening - and well that it be altered) of beef JUICES; not the meats but the beef juices made fresh every few days, not large quantities, but that we may change the activities in the system as to the correction in the blood supply. The meats should be rather those of fowl, liver, tripe, pigs' feet, or the like. Any of these should be included as to meats, but the greater portion should be of vegetables - with meats such as these taken at least three times each week. 26. Do these and, as we find, in thirty-six to forty days we will have a body quite a bit changed and near normal. 27. Ready for questions. 28. (Q) What causes pains and weakness around heart? (A) As indicated, the straining on the system, the tendency of the dropping or falling of the stomach itself, and the gases that form which make pressures through the alimentary canal and in the stomach itself, you see. Reflex; not an organic condition. 29. (Q) Do I have astigmatism? (A) More in one eye than in the other. Everyone has it in some form or another. This will be much corrected, or very much changed, with the correction in the upper dorsal as indicated, and through the cervical region. 30. (Q) Are the pills I am taking harmful? (A) They ARE! 31. (Q) Can she get the proper osteopathic treatments in Raleigh; if so, whom would you suggest to give them? (A) Chambers or Carlson, [Carson] one or the other. 32. (Q) Would a belt manufactured for the purpose of holding the stomach in position be suitable? (A) As we find, this may be best fitted or adjusted - but a belt may be made by using the heavy cloth that is of the nature that would hold the stomach in better position, you see, and much easier, and not cost so much either! 33. (Q) In what minerals am I deficient, and how may they be supplied? (A) Not so much deficient in minerals as in the blood supply - as we have indicated - being deficient in the ability of the system, in its present conditions and nervous state, to ASSIMILATE that taken. With the corrections osteopathically, and following the diet outlined or in that direction, we will supply the proper minerals. 34. (Q) To what colors do I vibrate? (A) Shades of red. 21

22 35. (Q) Please give mental and spiritual advice. (A) When individuals have been under such nerve strain that has existed with this body for some time, spiritual advice is often rather aggravating than satisfying; though at times the body has sought such in its activities. With a change in the physical conditions, the outlook of the mental body will be entirely different. Each soul should gain this as its basis for activity: The MENTAL IS the builder. Hence the mental attitude has much to do with the physical conditions of the body, but it does not set broken bones; neither does it strengthen ligaments that have been stretched through activities that have gradually drawn in a body. But the attitude of mind, if it is from the spiritual forces and desires, will bring that which will build a life and an experience of peace, harmony and happiness. Follow that. We are through for the present. [5/30/34 Following above rdg. the sister, Mrs. [913], said that it was a perfect description of her sister's condition. She said Mrs. [565]'s husband was a druggist, so he could prepare the compound for her. "I agree with the lady who said to me yesterday that Edgar Cayce is the greatest man in the world." Mrs. Ellington said Dr. M. L. Richardson said he doesn't know how EC gets it, but he does get it. She reported that Dr. Carl S. Frischkorn, N.D., recently highly recommended EC.] REPORTS OF READING F ADULT R1. 6/18/34 Friend of Mrs. [913] reported that Mrs. [913] on a recent visit found that Mrs. [565] was physically unable to visit a hospital or go near a doctor, having such a great dread and fear of both, but when she rec'd her rdg. she got up enough courage to go to see a doctor as recommended, and after each visit it was easier next time. Dr. A. R. Tucker refused to follow the reading until he had made an x-ray. Mrs. [565] finally consented. The x-ray verified the reading in every detail. Dr. Tucker was astounded. He agreed to follow the suggestions and to not charge for the x-ray. He said he didn't know how Edgar Cayce knew this, but it was true. Mrs. [565] said she would not take five million dollars for the rdg., poor as she was. Relatives and friends are elated over the outcome of this rdg. She is taking treatments regularly and improving under them. Mrs. [913], sister of Mrs. [565], became worried when it was learned that one of the doctors recommended in the reading was dead [Dr. Carson]. Some members of Group #3 were also worried, but it was pointed out that "the forces" recognize no time or space. The mere fact that a doctor who had been in that town was named was truly remarkable. R2. 8/17/34 Mrs. [565]'s sister reported: Great improvement; nerves better. "Doctor showed me pictures of x-rays of her stomach - it was under her heart and pressed against this organ. She thought she had heart trouble. Intestine four 22

23 inches lower than it should have been. It is thought that an operation sometime before might have caused the condition. "She eats better and shows splendid appetite. Bowels wonderful. For 18 yrs. she had not had a movement without medicine. She says she wants to come to Va. Beach to hear her next rdg." R3. 11/7/34 Miss Mildred Davis wrote Dr. A. R. Tucker requesting a report on Mrs. [565]. 11/8/34 See his reply below, Par. R6. R4. 11/24/34 Mrs. [565]'s letter: "For the past 8-9 yrs. I have been in extremely bad health, having been to the most prominent doctors in Raleigh. I have been to the hospital and undergone five operations at one time. Instead of getting relief I was gradually growing worse. No one was able to diagnose my case successfully. And 5 yrs. ago I had a complete nervous breakdown at the time of my father's death. During this period I was unable to attend the funeral of either my father or mother. Unable to do any shopping or be in a crowd or even in the presence of a small group of people without going completely to pieces. "Having heard of your work and after it was suggested, during a visit to Norfolk, I was most anxious for a Physical Rdg., which was obtained through you after I ret'd to my home in..., N.C. When the rdg. was rec'd I was determined to carry it out to the letter if possible. I went to the Tucker- Carson Sanitarium in Raleigh, and the rdg. was turned over to Dr. Tucker. I asked him if he would treat me as suggested in the rdg. After reading it he said he would not treat me as suggested, and would give me no treatment at all until after he had made a thorough examination, which I submitted to. I went to his office 4 days in succession. I was x-rayed several times and was given a very thorough examination. At the completion of this I was informed that his diagnosis of my case including the x-ray pictures were identical to the diagnosis in the rdg., after which he treated me as suggested in the rdg. I followed the diet as closely as possible and after several treatments I began to feel some improvements. I cont'd with the tr. and took every tr. as suggested in the rdg. I can truthfully say that I feel better than I have felt in yrs. I can drive my car and go any place that I wish at any time, something I have not been able to do in yrs. I am indeed most grateful to you." R5. 11/8/34 Letter from Dr. A. R. Tucker from the Tucker-Carson Sanitarium, Inc., Raleigh, N.C., to Mildred Davis: Miss Mildred Mary Davis Association for Research and Enlightenment Virginia Beach, Va. Dear Miss Davis: I have your letter of Nov. 7th, 1934 in reference to Mrs. [565]. Mrs. [565] was under our care for about six weeks, her last treatment being July 31st, We made Gastrointestinal X-ray and checked her up physically for every angle. Your diagnosis was verified by our physical findings and we followed closely as possible your suggestions as to treatment. Mrs. [565] made splendid progress under treatment and she told me to-day that she is much better than she has been for a long time. 23

24 I appreciate your referring Mrs. [565] to us and will be glad to co-operate with you in any case you send. We certainly appreciate your recommending the other three patients you mentioned in your letter, and if they come to us we will do our very best for them. Sincerely, [signed] A. R. Tucker R6. 12/5/34 In reply to inquiry: "We have no objection to your using our name and the name of our institution in reporting Mrs. [565]'s case." R7. 12/34 A.R.E. Bulletin carried quotes from [Text of Reading] with marginal notes by Hugh Lynn Cayce as follows: Par. 3 - NOT SERIOUS - Considering the fact that this woman had been ill for several years, while being treated unsuccessfully by several doctors, this statement is not only encouraging, but startling. The proof is results. Par. 6 - WITHOUT EXAMINATION MILES AWAY - No examination of Mrs. [565] had been made by Mr. Cayce or anyone connected with the Association, yet in the very first of this reading we find specific descriptions of the condition of the blood that were later verified by thorough, physical examinations. Par. 6 - COULD THIS FIT ANYONE? - Here we have a description of spells of dizziness with references to periods and causes. Only the patient would know if these statements were accurate. Par. 6 - ENCOURAGEMENT - In view of the long periods of suffering and the alarming symptoms that might easily have indicated more serious conditions, these statements are most encouraging. Par. 8 - WITHOUT X-RAY - Here is a specific reference to the position of an internal organ. (This was checked with X-Rays.) Notice that definite cerebrospinal nerve centers are described as controlling this area, and that other spinal centers are mentioned as being affected reflexly, thus producing disturbances in the head and throat. Par. 9 - NO VAGUENESS HERE - Any hit or miss approach is entirely lacking. This reading goes directly to the causes of both the principal troubles and the resulting reflex or secondary conditions. (In many cases, unfortunately, these more disturbing reflexes are treated rather than the real cause.) Par. 9 - MORE SYMPTOMS - Here are mentioned more definite symptoms, results of reflex actions. Surely the patient could judge as to whether these conditions existed as described. Par INTERNAL ANALYSIS - This summary of the relative activity of the various organs of the body is clear and concise, completing a remarkably thorough analysis of this physical condition. Par TREATMENT - Note the logical connection of each phase of the treatment with the condition described. These are not suggestions for temporary relief by the use of some sedative, but clear directions for remedying the basic cause of the trouble. Par DIET - The suggestions for diet include not only foods that should be taken at each meal, but also some that should not be taken. 24