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Preface

For forty-three years, Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) provided clairvoyant, medical diagnoses and treatment suggestions for thousands of people who requested readings. His psychic source drew on a vast knowledge of herbs, nutrition, hydrotherapies (colonics, steam/fume baths, whirlpool baths, etc.), osteopathy, mechanical and electrical devices, and much more. Usually twice a day, he would lie down on a couch, go into a trance state, contact the unconscious mind of an individual and Universal Consciousness, and respond to the seeker’s questions. The response was then transcribed by Cayce’s secretary.

These readings are available to the public. Names have been replaced with numbers to preserve the privacy of the individuals who received the readings. For example, if a person’s first reading is numbered (2056-1), the second reading will be (2056-2), and so on. Of the 14,256 readings given, almost 9,000 are on the topic of health.

The A.R.E., the Association for Research and Enlightenment, is a non-profit membership organization formed in 1931 to preserve and research the readings. The A.R.E. Library/Conference Center houses the largest collection of documented psychic information in the world. The A.R.E. offers such member benefits as a newsletter, a magazine titled Venture Inward, lessons for home study, and a lending library by mail. Study groups meet in private homes worldwide and apply the Cayce material for personal growth. Conferences and seminars are offered year round, and the Visitor Center has daily tours; free lectures on dreams, meditation, healing, and other topics; a movie on Cayce’s life; and audiovisuals and exhibits. The bookstore and the Cayce/ Reilly^® School of Massage are also open to the public.

The readings on colonics are indexed in the A.R.E. library under “Intestines: colonics,” in the card catalog. About 1350 readings were given on colonic irrigation, 500 on colon problems, 1000 on enemas, 10 on diarrhea, 300 on colitis, 175 on constipation and almost 2900 on laxatives. Cayce obviously had a great deal to say about the importance of colon health.

For twenty years, colonics, massage, and other hydrotherapies were available at the A.R.E. Therapy Department, which opened in 1966. As you may know, it was directed by Dr. Harold J. Reilly, D.Ph.T., D.S., a physiotherapist (one who uses physical and mechanical remedies, such as massage, hydrotherapy, electricity, heat, etc. in the treatment of disease) who also held degrees in naturopathy and chiropractic, and completed two years of osteopathy. He studied with John Harvey Kellogg, M.D., of Battle Creek, Michigan, and owned the Reilly Health Institute in Rockefeller Center, New York City.

In January of 1920, a woman came to see Reilly, saying that she had been specifically referred by Cayce, in a reading, to have massage and hydrotherapy with Dr. Reilly. Reilly had never heard of Edgar Cayce, and could not understand how Cayce knew not only his name, but also the therapies he offered in his practice. The two finally met in person two years later and developed a close, working partnership. Reilly himself had several readings from Cayce, and learned that he had spent many past lives as a healer, working with massage and hydrotherapy. Reilly continued to work with the guidance given in the readings long after Cayce’s death, for he fully believed in drugless therapies that allow the body to heal itself. Reilly was a good example of health and productivity and lived well into his nineties.

Dr. Reilly “retired” from his practice in 1966, became Director of the A.R.E. Therapy Department and donated all of his equipment: Dierker colonic machines, massage tables, a whirlpool bath, and two porcelain Sitz baths.

In 1986, the Therapy Department closed and the Cayce/Reilly School of Massotherapy was founded. It offers both a 225-hour and a 600-hour program teaching the Cayce-Reilly method of massage, hydrotherapy, Cayce remedies, sports massage, anatomy/physiology, and related body therapies. In May of 1995, the Therapy Department was reborn as the Health Services Department of the A.R.E., offering massage, hydrotherapy (including colonics), and related services.