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Hugh Lynn Cayce’s Preface

BEING THE SON OF A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED AMERICAN CLAIRVOYANT HAS seemed difficult at times; however, it has always made for an interesting life. This book is the story of my experiences, not as a scholar or as a laboratory technician recording experimental data, but rather as an intimate observer of the day-to-day activities of what surely seemed to be incredibly helpful clairvoyance for several thousand people over a period of forty years. If you have never met Edgar Cayce through any of the numerous books or magazine articles about him, I welcome this opportunity to introduce him.

In trying to understand the ever-present mystery of my father, I have worked through the years with a number of people who seemed to have a variety of extrasensory experiences. My efforts to study and help both my father and these people—many troubled in mind, body, and emotions—have resulted in some unusual experiences. Also, I have had to look at some startling and what I consider to be helpful concepts about the nature of man and his life in the earth. I would like to share these experiences and lay these ideas in front of you.

All of my observations are expressed against the background of information which poured through my father’s unconscious mind in daily sessions. As the unconscious spoke, it revealed, it seems to me, depths of the mind and pathways to these deep areas which are worthy of consideration and further investigation.

Some people who read this book will see it as an attempt to justify the psychic work of my father. Others may question the wisdom of spending so much time, energy, and money in examining what came through a sleeping man. A few people may point out that there was no controlled study on which to base statistical data as evidence for extrasensory perceptions. All of these are legitimate questions and points of view, but you must judge for yourself.

Actually, you may disagree or be disturbed by many of the ideas which are examined. The records of Edgar Cayce’s unconscious expressions are uniquely voluminous. This is only my admittedly inadequate appraisal. It may be possible for others to go much further. Certainly, I will continue to try to do so.

For this present volume, it is my hope that this effort may prove of interest to many, helpful to some, and even inspirational for a few who read it.

Hugh Lynn Cayce