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Edgar CayceFortune teller and healer.
Date of Birth: 18.03.1877
Country:  USA |
Content:
- Biography of Edgar Cayce
- Early Life and Abilities
- Discovery of His Abilities
- Marriage and Career
- Last Years and Legacy
Biography of Edgar Cayce
Predictor and HealerEdgar Cayce's name may not be as well-known in our country as the names of other prophets such as Vanga, Nostradamus, and Messing. However, influential figures such as Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Edison, George Gershwin, and others paid attention to his prophecies. He made his predictions while in a state of trance and, upon waking up, could not remember what he had said, earning him the nickname "the sleeping prophet." Cayce's healing gift, despite his lack of medical education, was repeatedly confirmed, as were his abilities to accurately discuss matters he couldn't have known about. The clairvoyant founded a hospital where he gathered information about diseases and treatment methods through clairvoyance, as well as predicted the fates of soldiers during World War II. Edgar Cayce's legacy is currently being studied and developed by the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E), which he founded.
Early Life and Abilities
The future seer was born on May 8, 1877, on a farm near Beverly, Kentucky. Among the six children of Leslie and Carrie Cayce, Edgar was the most unusual. Even as a young boy, he saw strange creatures and talked to his deceased grandfather, which did not prevent him from diligently reading the Bible and attending all church services. One day, while rereading the Bible, he saw a winged woman who told him that his prayers would be answered, and she asked what he desired. In response, Edgar said he wanted to be of service to others and become a missionary. The next day, his father became angry at him for his poor grades in English and his inability to learn the rules, and he slapped him, causing him to fall off his chair. At that moment, Edgar heard the voice of the woman again, offering him sleep while she provided assistance, and he fell asleep with his head on the textbook. When he woke up, he knew all the rules, and the same happened with every subject, making Edgar the best student. As a teenager, he began earning money. Alongside his father, they sold insurance policies, but soon, due to laryngitis, he lost his voice and turned to photography instead.
Discovery of His Abilities
In 1891, Edgar Cayce attended a performance by the hypnotist Hart, who put him into a trance and he began to speak. However, after waking up, his voice disappeared again. In 1893, his family moved to Hopkinsville. Edgar completed eight grades of education, which was considered good for a poor family. He changed jobs several times until he met the hypnotist Lane. Lane made another attempt at healing. In the trance state, Edgar, referring to himself in the plural form, began to describe the cause of his illness - psychogenic paralysis of the ligaments and insufficient blood supply to them. Lane suggested to him that the blood circulation would increase, after which Edgar's face and chest turned red, and upon awakening, he could speak. After this success, Lane and Cayce started working together. In trance, Edgar would provide diagnoses for those who sought their help. Over time, Cayce learned to diagnose remotely, significantly increasing his popularity and client base. He did not believe in medication and his suggested treatment methods were often unconventional, such as massaging with precious stones, ultraviolet radiation, and prolonged exposure to seashore sand.
Marriage and Career
In 1901, the clairvoyant, who was already able to enter a trance independently, married Gertrude Evans, who participated in his sessions as a stenographer. They had three children - Hugh (1907), Milton (1911), and Edgar (1918). Cayce was consulted not only about health problems. Cotton traders offered him huge sums of money for crop forecasts, and gamblers for the outcome of races. However, Cayce participated in these predictions only a few times, as an experiment, and felt completely drained afterward. During some sessions, the clairvoyant would start speaking in German or Italian, despite not knowing those languages. Once, he dictated prescriptions for remedies that no one had asked for, but two days later, patients with those specific ailments appeared. In 1923, Cayce began collaborating with successful publisher Lammers, who was involved in metaphysical teachings. During a trance, Cayce told Lammers about his past lives and reincarnations, although these concepts contradicted the Christian principles that the clairvoyant adhered to. Cayce refused to believe in the accuracy of the stenographic records made during the session. From that time on, Cayce gained a reputation as a strong medium specializing in occultism and esotericism. He started working with a team of assistants, which in 1925 became the foundation of the still-existing Association for Research and Enlightenment.
Last Years and Legacy
During one of his trances, Cayce received information that he needed to move to Virginia Beach, where the sand of the seashore would be very beneficial to him. His time in Virginia Beach was incredibly active. With the support of successful New York stockbroker Morton Blumenthal, who consulted Cayce more than 400 times for predictions, a hospital was built, which continued to operate until Blumenthal's bankruptcy during the Great Depression. During this period, Cayce developed his theory of spiritual growth. His sessions primarily focused on the development of intuition, karma, astrology, past lives, and reincarnation. This material was also presented in his published books. During the war, the clairvoyant worked with relatives of servicemen, providing information about their fate. In 1943, the magazine "Coronet" published an article titled "The Miracle Man from Virginia Beach" about these sessions. Cayce entered a trance up to eight times a day, greatly affecting his health. In the fall of 1944, he suffered a stroke, and on January 3, 1945, on the date he had predicted, he passed away. After his death, over 30,000 stenographic reports on diagnoses and treatments, more than 14,000 stories about the past and predictions for the future, as well as esoteric research, were left behind. Among Cayce's predictions were the history of biblical Israel, the disappearance of Atlantis, Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx, and other ancient events. He accurately predicted World War I, the fall of communist regimes, and the emergence of lasers. However, other prophecies, such as the creation of a democratic Europe under Hitler, the American system in China, the rise of Atlantis in the 1960s, have not come true yet. Events such as pole shifts, the destruction of New York, the resurgence of the USSR, and the appearance of the fifth root race with an improved DNA structure, increased life energy, and higher phosphorus content, or light, in the body, are still pending. As for effective healings, modern specialists tend to explain them (including the detailed medical histories compiled by doctors) as the placebo effect. Nevertheless, Edgar Cayce has gone down in history as one of the most remarkable and talented prophets of the past century.
