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[[File:Cayce 1910.jpg|thumb|Edgar Cayce in 1910]] | [[File:Cayce 1910.jpg|thumb|Edgar Cayce in 1910]] | ||
'''Edgar Cayce''', known as the “sleeping prophet” was a famous clairvoyant whose medical readings from trance state astounded scientific experts | '''Edgar Cayce''', known as the “sleeping prophet” was a famous clairvoyant whose medical readings from trance state astounded scientific experts. Cayce completed only the seventh grade, but he went on to provide the most profound teaching advice in his life readings. Through his unique gift, he dispensed medical diagnoses and described natural remedies that healed many who came to him for help. These readings are on file at the Association for Research and Enlightenment at Virginia Beach, Virginia. | ||
Cayce completed only the seventh grade, but he went on to provide the most profound teaching advice in his life readings. Through his unique gift, he dispensed medical diagnoses and described natural remedies that healed many who came to him for help. These readings are on file at the Association for Research and Enlightenment at Virginia Beach, Virginia. | |||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
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Cayce’s remarkable readings, however, were not limited to advice about personal issues. Out of answers to seemingly mundane questions came profound teachings about spirituality and our relationship to God. Cayce himself was startled at the content of some of his readings. | Cayce’s remarkable readings, however, were not limited to advice about personal issues. Out of answers to seemingly mundane questions came profound teachings about spirituality and our relationship to God. Cayce himself was startled at the content of some of his readings. | ||
A devout and orthodox Christian, Cayce revealed while in his sleep state—to his utter surprise—that [[reincarnation]] is indeed a reality and that our past interactions with others determine the course of our present life and of future events. More than twenty-five hundred people learned about their past lives through Cayce’s work | A devout and orthodox Christian, Cayce revealed while in his sleep state—to his utter surprise—that [[reincarnation]] is indeed a reality and that our past interactions with others determine the course of our present life and of future events. More than twenty-five hundred people learned about their past lives through Cayce’s work. In many cases, he told them how karmic patterns woven through lifetimes had resulted in their emotional or physical afflictions. | ||
== Prophecy == | == Prophecy == | ||
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Cayce’s readings also contained unexpected [[Prophecy|prophecies]] of world import, such as how World War II would end, the future liberation of Soviet states, and the dramatic transformation of the surface of the earth. | Cayce’s readings also contained unexpected [[Prophecy|prophecies]] of world import, such as how World War II would end, the future liberation of Soviet states, and the dramatic transformation of the surface of the earth. | ||
One of the prophetic themes in Cayce’s readings is the shifting of the earth’s poles and the subsequent earth changes that could literally reshape the face of the | One of the prophetic themes in Cayce’s readings is the shifting of the earth’s poles and the subsequent earth changes that could literally reshape the face of the planet. In one famous reading, he is shockingly stark. He says Japan will disappear into the sea and the upper part of Europe will be changed “in the twinkling of an eye.” Upheavals in the Antarctic and Arctic will cause volcanoes. “The earth will be broken up in many places,” and South America will be “shaken from the uppermost portion to the end.” The shifting of the poles will cause cold and semi-tropical areas to become more tropical.<ref>Hugh Lynn Cayce, ''Earth Changes Update'' (Virginia Beach, Va.: A.R.E. Press, 1980), pp. 87, 89–90.</ref> | ||
According to other readings, many areas of both the east and the west coasts as well as the central portion of America “will be disturbed.” There will be greater and lesser changes all over the country. Cayce said the greater changes would take place along the North Atlantic seaboard. | According to other readings, many areas of both the east and the west coasts as well as the central portion of America “will be disturbed.” There will be greater and lesser changes all over the country. Cayce said the greater changes would take place along the North Atlantic seaboard. | ||
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Men with long beards and thick glasses were summoned to observe the boy and they took him to the places where he had lived and worked as Cayce. They traveled in a fast-moving “long, cigar-shaped, metal flying ship.” In the dream, Cayce noted, Alabama was partially covered by water, “New York had been destroyed either by war or an earthquake and was being rebuilt,” and most homes were made of glass.<ref>Hugh Lynn Cayce, Earth ''Changes Update'', p. 104.</ref> | Men with long beards and thick glasses were summoned to observe the boy and they took him to the places where he had lived and worked as Cayce. They traveled in a fast-moving “long, cigar-shaped, metal flying ship.” In the dream, Cayce noted, Alabama was partially covered by water, “New York had been destroyed either by war or an earthquake and was being rebuilt,” and most homes were made of glass.<ref>Hugh Lynn Cayce, Earth ''Changes Update'', p. 104.</ref> | ||
Although Cayce’s new map of the world seems foreboding, like other prophets, Cayce explained that prophecy is not set in stone. The changes we make in our own lives, he said, will have a great impact on what the world will look like in years to come. | Although Cayce’s new map of the world seems foreboding, like other prophets, Cayce explained that prophecy is not set in stone. The changes we make in our own lives, he said, will have a great impact on what the world will look like in years to come. While some of Cayce’s readings predict major changes, he saw his prognostications, like those of the Old Testament prophets, as warnings. He believed that the final outcome was in our hands. He saw several factors that can change the future—our free will, our harmony with divine law, our trust in God, our faith in “a divinity that is within.” | ||
While some of Cayce’s readings predict major changes, he saw his prognostications, like those of the Old Testament prophets, as warnings. He believed that the final outcome was in our hands. He saw several factors that can change the future—our free will, our harmony with divine law, our trust in God, our faith in “a divinity that is within.” | |||
When asked, for instance, what form the physical changes he had predicted for Alabama would take, he replied that it would depend in part upon the “metaphysical.” He said that people’s thoughts and actions often keep “many a city and many a land intact” as the people apply spiritual laws in their relationships.<ref>Ibid., p. 25.</ref> And when asked what we could do to counteract serious events in the earth, Cayce replied: “Make known the trouble—where it lies, that they who have forgotten God must right about face!”<ref>Ibid., p. 106.</ref> | When asked, for instance, what form the physical changes he had predicted for Alabama would take, he replied that it would depend in part upon the “metaphysical.” He said that people’s thoughts and actions often keep “many a city and many a land intact” as the people apply spiritual laws in their relationships.<ref>Ibid., p. 25.</ref> And when asked what we could do to counteract serious events in the earth, Cayce replied: “Make known the trouble—where it lies, that they who have forgotten God must right about face!”<ref>Ibid., p. 106.</ref> | ||