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An important question—especially when dealing with psychic readings—is, Where is the information coming from? When we take the time, energy—and money!—to seek answers beyond and outside of ourselves, it is imperative that we question the source of the information. A unique aspect of the body of Cayce’s material is the set of readings called the Work Readings, the 254 series, which was devoted to questions and comments on just what to do with or how to develop this material so that it would be beneficial and helpful to others. One such reading in this series described the seeker’s part in making the effort to obtain health information: “When an individual seeks for personal or bodily aid, it is part and parcel of that individual and [the information] is read by and through the real desire of the seeker.” (254-95) This places a degree of responsibility on the part of the recipient as to what is “the real desire,” what is the purpose for the request, why is one really asking for this reading. Then, according to this excerpt, the material that is forthcoming from the psychic who is dispensing the information will be colored by the recipient’s motives and desires. The resultant reading would need to be studied and analyzed with these purposes in mind.

While a number of sources were given for the body of Cayce’s readings—for example, for life readings the information was obtained from the Book of Life, or the Akashic Records, of that particular individual—the health information was fairly specific regarding the origin. As stated in the above excerpt, the information “is part and parcel of that individual” seeking. Does this mean that we do know the source or origin of our illness? That it is indeed a part of us already? Which part? If this information is stored within us, then we already know what has created our sickness—better even perhaps than any psychic—and we also know what route we need to take to return to better health. Another reading alludes to this same concept: “From any subconscious mind information may be obtained . . . as we see a mirror reflecting direct that which is before it.” (3744-3)

According to a number of sources, the subconscious mind is like a storehouse of memories that have been forgotten, where suppressed thoughts and ideas remain hidden, where knowledge not needed is held in abeyance, and maybe even details of former incarnations are shelved. Through the process of giving a reading, Cayce’s conscious mind was laid aside (as if he were asleep), and his subconscious mind became activated, attuning itself “with the purpose of the seeker” (294-202), to give the information based upon the suggestion offered at the beginning of the reading itself. Cayce, as the channel for this work, already prepared himself through prayer and meditation and by setting an ideal of service, and the ones requesting the reading were to “attune themselves to that promise which was made to this entity, Edgar Cayce.” (294-202)

The “promise” mentioned here refers to an event from Cayce’s boyhood, as recounted in several biographies. When he was about twelve years old, Edgar had an encounter with an angelic presence as he was reading his Bible. The angel asked him what he would like most of all, and he replied, “To be helpful to others, especially children when they are sick.” Evidently pleased with this selfless reply, the angel promised fulfillment of his wish. Those tens of thousands of individuals who obtained readings from Cayce all became beneficiaries of this generous legacy.

If one’s own subconscious mind is the real origin of information for one’s physical ailments, the people who requested readings from Cayce were, in essence, asking him to “read their minds.” In his altered state, Cayce could do this simply and easily, acting upon the suggestion that was read aloud to him by the conductor of the reading (usually his wife, Gertrude). The subsequent discourse, taken down in shorthand by his secretary, most often Gladys Davis Turner, offered a detailed analysis of one’s physical condition plus a treatment protocol to follow.