People usually demand a beginning, so in the beginning there was a sea of spirit and it filled all of

space. The spirit was static, content, and aware of itself. It was a giant resting on the bosom of its
thought and contemplating what it is.

Then the spirit moved into action. It withdrew into itself until all of space was empty. In the center,
the restless mind of the spirit shone. This was the beginning of the individuality of the spirit. This
was what the spirit discovered itself to be when it awakened. This spirit was God.

God desired self-expression and desired companionship; therefore, God projected the cosmos
and souls. The cosmos was built with music, arithmetic, geometry, harmony, system, and
balance. The building blocks were all of the same material - the life essence. It was the power of
God that changed the length of its wave and the rate of its vibration which created the patterns for
multitudes of forms. This action resulted in the law of diversity which supplied endless patterns.
God played on this law of diversity as a pianist plays on a piano - producing melodies and
arranging them in a symphony.

Each design carried within it the plan for its evolution. This plan corresponds to the sound of a
note struck on a piano. The sounds of several notes unite to make a chord; chords in turn
become phrases; phrases become melodies; melodies intermingle and move back and forth,
across and between and around each other, to make a symphony. Then in the end, the music will
stop and the physical universe will be no more; but between the beginning and the finish of the
music there was glorious beauty and a glorious experience. The spiritual universe will continue.

Everything assumed its design in various forms and their activity resulted in the law of attraction
and repulsion. All forms would attract and repel each other in their evolutionary dance.

All things are a part of God and an expression of God's thought. The Mind of God was the force
which propelled and perpetuated these thoughts. All minds, as thoughts of God, do everything
God imagined. Everything that came into being is an aspect of the One Mind.

The souls of individuals were created for companionship with God (the Whole). The pattern that
God used to create souls was the pattern of God's own Spirit. The spirit is life. From the spirit, the
mind builds patterns. From the mind, the physical creation is the result. This is how the spirit, the
mind, and individuality, became the pattern for souls. This is how cause, action, and effect
became the pattern for everything. First there was the spirit (the first cause); then there was the
action which withdrew spirit into itself; then there was the resulting individuality of God.

The spirit of the individual existed before their soul was created. The spirit keeps the knowledge
of its identity with God. The soul has the ability to experience the activities of the mind in a
manner separate from God.

Thus, new individuals issued from God and remained dependent upon God; but individuals were
also aware of an existence apart from God. Individuals were given the power to choose and direct
their own activity. Without free will, it would only remain a part of the individuality of God. The
mind, issuing as a force from God, would naturally fulfill God's thoughts, unless directed
otherwise. The power to do this - to direct the force of mind individually from God - is free will.
And the record or memory of this freedom is the soul. The soul began with its first expression of
free will through the force of mind. The first thought that the spirit generated of free will (i.e., the
first diversion of the force of mind from its normal path of unity with God) was the beginning of the
soul.

The nucleus of the soul was the balance of positive and negative forces that are equal in power.
These forces produce harmonious activities: the positive initiating, impregnating, and thrusting
forward; the negative receiving, nourishing, and ejecting. The steps of this evolutionary process
are also the stages of the thought process: perception, reflection, and opinion.
Thus, the soul consists of two states of consciousness: (1) the spirit which bears a knowledge of
its identity with God, and (2) the soul which bears a knowledge of everything it experienced.

The plan for the soul is a cycle of experience that is unlimited in scope and duration. Through this
evolutionary cycle, the soul will come to know the creation in all its aspects at the discretion of the
will. The cycle would be completed when the desire of the will was no longer different from the
thought of God. The consciousness of the soul would then merge with its spiritual consciousness
of its identity with God. Then the soul will return to its source as the companion it was intended to
be.

As a companion, the soul would remain conscious of its separate individuality and would be
aware of its own free will as it now acted as a part of God, but not diverting its mind because it
was in agreement with God's influence on the mind of the soul. Until this state of at-one-ment was
reached, the soul would not be a companion in the true sense of the word.

The idea that returning to God means a loss of individuality is paradoxical, since God is aware of
everything that happens and must therefore be aware of the consciousness of each individual.
The return of the soul is the return of the image to that which imagined it. The consciousness of
the individual - its soul record - could not be destroyed without destroying a part of God. When a
soul returns to God it becomes aware of itself not only as a part of God, but as a part of every
other soul, and everything.

What is lost is the ego - the desire to do other than the desire of God. When the soul returns to
God, the ego is voluntarily relinquished. This is the symbology behind the crucifixion of Christ.

The plan for the soul included experiencing of all creation, but it did not necessarily mean
participating in all forms and substance. Nor did it mean that souls can interfere with the creation.
Nor did it mean that souls are to spin their own little worlds, twisting and bending laws to make
images of their dreams.

But these things could happen. The soul was the greatest thing that God made because it has
free will. Once free will was given, God did nothing to curb it. However it acted, it had to act within
God's reality. By whatever route, the soul will return to God.

The fact that the human body is a speck of dust on a small planet in a universe of galaxies can
lead to the illusion that humans are a small creation. But the soul is the unlimited activity of the
mind and the grandeur of imagination.

At first there was little difference between the consciousness of the new individual (i.e., soul) and
its consciousness of identity with God (i.e., spirit). Souls merely watched the flow of the Mind,
somewhat as people daydreaming, marveling at its power and versatility. Then souls began to act
itself, imitating and paralleling what Mind was doing. Gradually souls acquired experience,
becoming a complementary rather than an imitative force. It helped to extend, modify, and
regulate creation.

Certain souls became aggressive with their own power and began to experiment with it. They
mingled with the dust of the stars and the winds of the spheres - feeling them - and becoming part
of them. One result of this was an unbalance between the positive and negative forces. To feel
things demanded the negative force. To express through things (and directing and managing
them) required the positive force. Another result of souls becoming aggressive with their own
power was the gradual weakening of the link between the two states of consciousness (i.e., spirit
and the soul). Some souls became more concerned with and aware of their own creations rather
than God's. This resulted in the fall of certain souls to an even lower consciousness. The Bible
allegorically refers to this event as the Fall in the Garden of Eden and the revolt of the angels in
the Book of Revelation. This event is also the basis for the cosmology of Christian Gnosticism
and Jewish mysticism.
To enter into another level of creation and become part of it, the soul had to assume a new, or
third consciousness - a physical form. Assuming a physical form is a way of experiencing that
level of creation by means of a conscious mind (i.e., the third consciousness). Through the
conscious mind, an individual can experience physical consciousness: the physical body, the five
senses, the glandular and nervous systems. This transformation of consciousness does not apply
everywhere at this level of creation. In other worlds and solar systems, the transformation may
differ. One can only imagine the number of these other worlds and the aspects of divine mind
which they represent.

When a soul enters into another level of creation and its consciousness, it separated itself
temporarily from the consciousness of its own soul, and became even further removed from the
consciousness of its spirit. Thus, instead of helping to direct the flow of creation and contributing
to it, the soul found itself in the stream and drifting along with it. The farther the soul traveled from
the shore, the more it succumbed to the pull of the current and the more difficult was the task of
getting back to land.

Planets and solar systems became a temptation to souls. Each solar system had its own course
and its own plan. Souls moved toward them through the activity of a constant stream of mind.
When a soul leaped into the stream (by immersing itself in the system through which the stream
was flowing) it had the force of the current to contend with, and its free will was hampered. It was
very easy, under these circumstances, to drift with the current.

Each solar system also represents an opportunity for development, advancement, and growth
toward the ideal of complete companionship with God - the position of co-creator in the vast
system of universal mind.

Our solar system also attracted souls. Since each solar system is a single expression of the
divine, with its planets as integral parts, the earth came into the path of souls.

Each solar system in the universe is like an atom in a universe of worlds. Atoms have quantum
levels for electrons to travel around. The sun has "quantum levels" for planets to travel around.
The planets of our solar system are physical representations of heavenly dimensions. These
levels as a whole are the consciousness of our solar system. There are nine planetary/heavenly
dimensions to the consciousness of our solar system. The planet earth represents the third
dimension. Earth represents three-dimensional life in our solar system.

The earth is an expression of Divine Mind with its own laws, its own plan, and its own evolution.
Souls, longing to feel the beauty of the seas, the winds, the forest, and the flowers, mixed with
them and expressed themselves through them. They also mingled with the animals, and made
thought forms in imitation of them. Souls played at creating and imitated God. But this interfered
with the evolutionary plan of the earth. Thus, the stream of mind that was carrying out this plan for
the earth gradually drew souls into its current. Souls had to evolve into the bodies they had
themselves created.

This entanglement of souls into physical form was a probability from the beginning. But God did
not know when it would happen until the souls, of their own free will, had caused it to happen.

All souls that exist were created by God in the very beginning. None has been made since. This
means all souls on this planet, pre-existed before birth. Of the souls which God created, only a
comparative few have entered into the experience of our solar system. Many other souls have
gone through or are going through a similar entanglement in other solar systems in the universe.

A way to liberate the souls that were entangled in matter was created. A physical form became
available as a vehicle for the soul on earth. A way became available for souls to enter the earth
and experience it as part of their evolutionary/reincarnation cycle. Of the physical forms already
existing on earth, a species of anthropoid ape most nearly approached the necessary pattern.
Souls descended on these apes - hovering above and about them rather than inhabiting them -
and influenced them to move toward a different goal from the simple one they had been pursuing.
They came down out of the trees, built fires, made tools, lived in communities, and began to
communicate with each other. Eventually they lost their animal look, shed bodily hair, and took on
refinements of manner and habit.

The evolution of the human body occurred partly through the soul's influence on the endocrine
glands until the ape-man was a three-dimensional objectification of the soul that hovered above it.
Then the soul fully descended into the body and earth had a new inhabitant: the homo sapien.

Homo sapiens appeared in five different places on earth at the same time, as the five races. This
evolved human is what the Bible refers to as "Adam". When souls incarnated into physical form, it
would bring the divine consciousness (i.e., the spirit) in with it. Cayce referred to this divine
consciousness as the "Christ Consciousness" or "Buddhahood" or the "superconsciousness".
Christ consciousness has little to do with the personality known as Jesus. It means that a person
has attained a complete human-divine unity. This human-divine unity has been attained by many
people thus far - one such person was Jesus.

The problem for the soul entangled in flesh was to overcome the attractions of the earth to the
extent that the soul would be as free in the body as out of it. Only when the body was no longer a
hindrance to the free express of the soul would the cycle of earth be finished. This is the condition
of having a perfect unity of the human with the divine.

In a smaller field, this was the evolutionary drama of free will and creation. In a still smaller field,
each atom of the physical body is a world in itself where a drama of free will and creation is
occurring. The soul brings life into each atom, and each atom is a physical reflection of the soul's
pattern.

With the advent of consciousness, humans became aware that sex meant something more to
them than to the animals. Sex is the "door" which new souls enter the earth, a door unnecessary
in other heavenly planetary/realms. Sex is the only means which trapped souls have of being
liberated from their predicament - through the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

The plan for the earth cycle of souls was a limited series of incarnations with periods in between
of dwelling in other heavenly dimensions of consciousness. Reincarnation would continue until a
soul's every thought and action of the physical body was in accord with the plan originally laid out
for the soul (i.e., a human-divine unity, Christ consciousness). When the body was no longer a
hindrance to the free expression of the soul - when the conscious mind had merged with the
subconscious, the earth cycle was finished and the soul liberated to move on to new adventures.
This conquest of the physical body could not be attained until there was perfection in the other
dimensions of consciousness that is a physical representation of our solar system. Astrologically,
the goal for the soul is to attain a level of consciousness that represents the total expression of
the sun and its planets. Whichever level of consciousness that the soul assumes, it becomes the
focal point of activity. The other states of consciousness receded to the position of urges and
influences.

The human race was fostered by a soul who had completed his experience of creation, attained
Christhood, returned to God, and became a companion to God and a co-creator. This is the soul
known as Jesus. The first evolutionary transformation of ape-men to homo sapiens is what the
Bible refers to as "Adam". This was the beginning of the divine consciousness into flesh on the
earth. The soul known as Jesus, was one of the first souls to enter into one of the Adamic races.

The soul of Jesus was interested in the plight of its fellow souls trapped in earth. After supervising
the influx of souls into flesh, the Christ soul took form itself, from time to time, to act as a leader
for the people.
At first, these souls just slightly inhabited the bodies of ape-men while remembering their true
identities as spirit beings. But gradually, after many incarnations, these souls descended even
further into physical consciousness and the result was a decrease in their spiritual mentality. They
remembered their true selves only in dreams and in fables that were handed down from one
generation to another. Religion came into being as a ritual of longing for lost spirit memories. The
arts were born which included music and geometry. This knowledge was brought into the world
from incoming souls who gradually forgot their heavenly source. This knowledge had to be written
down, learned, and taught to each new generation.

Finally, humans were left with a conscious mind that was separated from their own individuality
as souls. This individual identity as a soul became the subconscious mind. The individual identity
or awareness of the physical world became the conscious mind. The subconscious mind (i.e., the
soul) influenced the conscious mind and gave it its stature and quality. The subconscious mind
dwelt in the "suit of clothes" that is the physical body and only in sleep is it disrobed.

Conscious minds, left to its own influence, will work out the plans and desires of God. Humans
eventually developed theories for what they felt was true, but no longer knew to be true. The
result was the creation of philosophy and theology. Humans searched and discovered higher
knowledge which they carried within themselves but could no longer reach with the conscious
mind. This resulted in the creation of science.

Humans evolved from having an awareness of higher spirit knowledge to having only mystical
dreams, revealed religions, philosophy and theology. This evolution of consciousness ultimately
reached a plateau and humans generally only believed what they could see and feel and prove in
terms of their conscious minds. Then humanity began the struggle of regaining this higher
knowledge.

Meanwhile, the Christ soul continued to teach and lead humanity by incarnating as the Biblical
characters named Adam, Enoch, and Melchizedek. Enoch and Melchizedek experienced neither
birth nor death. Then Christ soul realized after these incarnations that it was necessary to give
humanity a pattern by which they could follow in order to return to God. The Christ soul achieved
this goal by incarnating as the personality known as Jesus, who became victorious over the death
of the physical body by laying aside the ego, accepting the crucifixion of the body in order to
return to God. Jesus created a pattern for humans to follow. Through the acts of leading a perfect
life and becoming unjustly killed, this reversed the negative karma (i.e., the law of God, an eye for
an eye) which came from Jesus' first incarnation as Adam.

At present, humanity is in a state of great spiritual darkness - the darkness which precedes dawn.
Humanity developed a level of skepticism that reached a point where it forced humans to make
conclusions that they knew was intuitively wrong. At the same time, humanity continued their
investigation of natural phenomena to the point where conscious awareness disproved all the
higher knowledge that souls had in the beginning. The free will of humanity is discovering that all
roads to higher knowledge is leading toward the same destination and conclusions. Scientific,
theological, and philosophical knowledge, which has no desire to join forces, are approaching a
point of merger. Skepticism faces destruction by its own hand.

Humanity is at all times the total of what they have been and done, what they have fought and
defended, and what they have hated and loved. In the three-dimensional consciousness of every
human, in every atom of the human body, is a reflection of the soul and a crystallization of their
individuality. Their emotional and nervous structures, their mental abilities, aptitudes, aversions,
preferences, fears, follies, ambitions, and character, are the sum of what humans have done with
their free will. This makes every personality, as the earthly "cloak" of an individuality, is different
from every other personality.

The law of karma, which is earth's law of cause and effect ("of reaping what one sows") also
makes humans different from one another in their joys and sorrows, in their handicaps, their
strengths, their weaknesses, their virtues and vices, their appreciation of beauty, and their
comprehension of truth. Transgressions that humans make in life must be corrected in life, if not
in the same life, then in a future incarnation. The earth's natural law, not the law humanity or God,
demands an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

This same law applies to groups of people, as they act together. There is karma for families, for
tribes, for races, and for nations. For example, when a nation of individuals started a war in a
previous life and are reincarnated, a war will be committed upon that nation. Only when such a
nation is defeated in humility by a nation with justice and mercy, will the karma of war be lifted
from the defeated nation.

Every person's life is shaped to some extent by karma: their own, their associates, their loved
ones, their nation, their race, and the entire world itself. But karma is not greater than free will. It
is what a person does with these influences and urges, how they react to them, which makes the
difference in their soul development. Because of karma, some things are more probable than
others, but as long as there exists free will, anything is possible.

Thus free will and predestination coexist within human beings. Their past experiences limit them
in probability and incline them in certain directions, but free will can always "draw the sword from
the stone." The combination of free will and predestination means that humans freely choose their
own predetermined destiny to return to God.

No soul incarnates without having a general plan for the life to be experienced. The personality
that a person expresses in life is only one of the many personalities (i.e., facets of the soul) that a
person could express. The mission of every soul is to work on one or several facets of the soul's
karma (which can be thought of as the soul's memory of its prior actions). A soul does not choose
a mission that is more than it can handle or that is too much for the personality assigned to or
chosen by the soul. Some souls can freely choose their own conditions in which to be born and
complete their missions. Other souls who have made too many mistakes in past lives and who
have become dangerously influenced by worldly desires, are incarnated into conditions chosen
by law of karma at a time and under circumstances that are best suited to help them with their
karmic debt. Their mission is seldom perfectly fulfilled because of the such a soul's large amount
of negative karma. Their mission is sometimes badly neglected.

The circumstances and conditions that a soul chooses to incarnate into is usually made at
conception, when a channel for a soul's expression is opened by the parents. When this occurs, a
pattern is made by the mingling of the soul patterns of the parents. This sets up certain karmic
conditions. A soul whose own karma approximates these karmic conditions will be attracted to the
opportunity presented. Since the karmic pattern created by the parents will not be exactly the
same the incarnating soul's own karma, the soul must take on some of the karma of the parents.

Conditions other than the created pattern are conditions that the soul must consider when
choosing a body to be born with. Such conditions include: the future of the incarnated person's
life, former associations with the parents, the incarnation of souls that it wishes to incarnate with,
live with, and with whom the soul will have problems to work out with. In some cases the parents
are the only reason for a some souls to incarnate. Such a child will be devoted to them and
remain close to them. The child then completes its mission by dying so that the child's death can
teach the parents very valuable lessons in life and of spirit. In other cases, the parents are only
used as a means for which the child can leave home and go about its business in completing its
mission.

The soul may actually occupy a fetus as early as three months after conception or even as late as
a month after birth. In the latter case, the soul hovers over the infants body since birth to decide
whether or not to occupy it. Once the decision is made and the occupation completed, the
separation between the conscious mind (i.e., personality) and subconscious mind (i.e., the soul)
takes place and the soul record (i.e., memory) of the child begins. The fact that some babies are
miscarried does not mean that it was refused as a vehicle for a soul. Just the opposite is true.
The opportunity to incarnate was taken away from the soul due to natural forces and this made
the occupation of that body impossible.

The personality is a facet of the soul's individuality experienced in three-dimensional

consciousness (i.e., body, soul, spirit). The other facets of the soul remains in shadow - in the
background. It gives tone to the personality through its urges, appreciations, tastes, avocations,
and intuition.

A particular personality of an individual is shaped by three or four incarnations. The emotions and
talents of a person reflects these past incarnations. A person's dreams, visions, and meditations
are reflections of the soul's experience in other dimensions (i.e., heavenly realms) of
consciousness associated physically by our solar system. The human intellect was created from
the stars and planets. The intellect is the mind force of the soul which is conditioned by its
previous incarnations on earth and its experiences in other dimensions and even in other solar
systems. The intellect becomes dimmed or brightened by its recent experiences within the three-
dimensional consciousness of the solar system and the experiences within other dimensional
realms of consciousness.

Thus, a personality is only a facet of the soul. The soul may incarnate as any facet to express that
portion of itself. As a soul approaches its completion of the solar cycle of consciousness, the
personality becomes more multi-sided and expresses greater facets of the soul. This is because
each incarnation "burns off" negative karma which requires less and less attention. Finally, the
personality will become a complete expression of the soul and the cycle of reincarnation is
finished for the soul.

As the soul succumbs to worldly desires by abandoning its intellect for sensuality, it becomes
more and more one-sided.

When the individual has attained complete human-divine unity, its cycle of reincarnations is
finished, the soul is liberated, and the soul then merges with its spirit and, therefore, with God.
The soul record (memory) is forever retained. This record is, at all times, is the sum total of what
the soul personality has been: all it has thought, all it has experienced; all it has eaten, drunk, and
felt through the ages.

Thus, as the soul is subjected to reincarnation, both the atheist and the religionist are correct. The
atheist believes the personality does not survive after death. The religionist believes the soul is
judged after death by its Creator. Substituting "personality" for "soul", both are expressing the
truth. The personality is evaluated after death and then returns to the soul which created it,
thereby giving up its own independent existence and becoming once again a facet of the soul.
This process is different from the process where the soul merges with the spirit after it completes
its cycles of reincarnation.

With each incarnation into the physical realm (the solar system) and the other realms of
consciousness, the general plan for perfecting the soul proceeds. Another facet of the soul is
assumed and incarnated to experience tribulation in order to reinforce the character of the soul's
entire personality.

The trials and tribulations of individuals, groups, nations, and races, are dealt with time and time
again through free will until they are solved. Then souls are free to journey to other worlds, or
other solar systems, or other universes, or other dimensions of the hierarchy of consciousness.

Quotes from Edgar Cayce concerning the cosmos and souls

Citate din E C referitoare la cosmos si suflete
 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. How? The Mind of God
moved, and matter, form, came into being."
La inceput Dumnezeu a creat cerurile si pamintul. Cum? Mintea lui Dumnezeu s-a pus
in miscare si materia, forma, au primit un inceput

"Spirit is life. Mind is the builder, and the physical is the result."
Spiritul este viata. Mintea este constructorul si lumea fizica este rezultatul

"In each atom, in each corpuscle, is life. Life is that you worship as God."

"For the earth is only an atom in the universe of worlds."

"All souls in the beginning were one with the Father. The separation or turning away
brought evil."

"For man may separate himself from God - the Spirit - but the spirit does not separate
from man."

"All souls were created in the beginning and are finding their way back to whence they
came."

"Each soul is destined to become a portion again of the First Cause, or back to its
Maker."

"The Father has not willed that any soul should perish, and is thus mindful that each soul
has again, and yet again, the opportunity for making its paths straight."

"Life is, in all its manifestations in every animate force, Creative Force in action; and is
the love of expression - or expressing that life; truth becoming a result of life's love
expressed. For, these are but names - unless experienced in the consciousness of each
soul."

"All power, all force, is a manifestation of that which is termed the God-consciousness."

"The coming into the earth has been and is, for the evolution or evolving of the soul unto
its awareness."

"Birth in the physical is death in the spiritual. Death in the physical is the birth in the
spiritual."

"Each soul enters with a mission. We all have a mission to perform."

"The conquering of self is truly greater than were one to conquer many worlds."

"He who understands nature walks close with God."

"What is truth? Law. What is Law? Love. What is love? God. What is God? Law and
love. These are as the cycle of truth itself."

"You grow to heaven. You don't go to heaven."

Edgar Cayce on astrology

Edgar Cayce received a tremendous amount of knowledge about astrology and how it relates to
every aspect of our lives. He defined reality in astrological terms and used astrology to describe
the multi-dimensional nature of life, the universe, stars, planets, and how we are connected to
them. He explained how our solar system was created for souls to have "cycles of experiences"
for the purposes of soul growth.

According to Cayce, there are many levels of heaven, many levels of hell, and many levels in
between. It is a hierarchy of afterlife realms with the lowest hell at the bottom level and the
highest heaven at the top level. Our universe is one of these levels and probably exists
somewhere in the middle of the hierarchy. This hierarchy of afterlife realms are often referred to
as "dimensions of consciousness" or "realms of consciousness" by Cayce. Because of this, we
can say that reality is multi-dimensional. Surprisingly, this agrees with the quantum physics
principle of the existence of ten dimensions of reality. Cayce identified each dimension of reality
to be a single realm in a hierarchy of realms that make up the "afterlife". The universe we
currently inhabit is only one of these realms or dimensions.

Our lives in the universe is three-dimensional. We live in a realm of time, space, and motion. We
think of space in terms of height, length, and width. We think of time as past, present, and future.
We speak of ourselves as having physical, mental, and spiritual life. The world about us can be
seen as having mineral, plant, and animal life. The Bible refers to a three-dimensional God as
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. According to Cayce, the dimensions of human awareness is:
consciousness, subconsciousness, and superconsciousness.

Cayce revealed that our life experience involves more than just the earth. It involves our entire
solar system. Through the principles of astrology, each solar system in the universe is like a
"university" - a place for higher learning. Our solar system has nine planets and each planet is a
physical representation of a particular afterlife realm (or "dimension"). Our universe is only one
realm out of many afterlife realms.

Our universe (including the earth) is the third realm in the afterlife hierarchy and represents three-
dimensional life. Because Cayce associated each planet as a physical (three-dimensional)
representation of a particular afterlife realm, Cayce referred to these afterlife realms using the
name of the planet associated with it. For example, when Cayce uses the name "Venus", he is
referring to the afterlife realm that are associated astrologically with the planet named Venus.
When Cayce mentions that souls inhabit Venus, he does not mean that souls live on the surface
of the planet Venus, he means that souls inhabit the afterlife realm named Venus which is
associated astrologically with the planet Venus.

For example, the planet earth is a physical representation (three-dimensional) of the third afterlife
realm (our universe). The planet Mercury is a physical representation (three-dimensional)
associated with the second afterlife realm, also named Mercury, in the afterlife hierarchy.

The afterlife realms are dimensions which souls can experience when not active in the physical
body on earth. These non-active states include death, deep sleep, or other altered states that free
the subconscious from its normal physical constraints.

The planets exert an astrological influence on us. These astrological planetary influences
originate from the afterlife realms that our souls have sojourned before our current earth
experience and in between earth lives. The purpose of these astrological influences is to provide
certain life lessons we must learn and for which we are tested on earth.

Cayce described how we are connected in mind, body and spirit, to various afterlife realms and
astrological bodies such as the moon, sun, planets, and stars. In fact, Cayce affirmed that
everything is connected together as one. Our solar system is our larger body and our bodies act
as a miniature solar system.
While on earth, we are influenced in strong ways by desires that originate from our bodies. These
desires not only affect our bodies but our soul as well and how we deal with these influences can
determine our level of spiritual development. Through meditation and prayer, one can unlock the
doors to the many dimensions, the many mansions, of God's kingdom. But the door must first be
unlocked here on this earth realm.

Jesus taught that the kingdom of heaven is within us. We seek God and his kingdom by looking
within ourselves. Our bodies are temples for the very Spirit of God both as the place where we
may meet him and as an instrument of awareness through which we may attune to him.

According to Cayce and the eastern religions, there are seven locations within the body that act
as "spiritual centers" (called "chakras" in the East). It is through these spiritual centers that our
soul finds a means of expression.

These are the parts within our body that function like a miniature astrological "solar system" with
our hearts performing the function of the sun - the center of the system.

The connection between the body and afterlife

realms
Cayce mentioned that these seven "spiritual centers" within our
body are the seven endocrine glands. These glands are known by
science to be the emotional and motivational centers of our body.
They act especially in responses to the imaginative forces of the
mind. They are the organs of perception through which we may
become aware of other afterlife realms in the same way that our
commonly known five senses are organs of perception of our
earth experience. The endocrine glands are the pituitary gland,
the pineal gland, the thyroid gland, the thymus, the adrenal
glands, the lyden gland, and finally the sexual glands (the testes
or ovaries).

As an instrument for attunement, the endocrine glands serve as

points of contact between the spirit and the body. These centers are the transformers of the spirit
into physical consciousness and manifestation. The functioning of these centers is, in turn,
dependent primarily upon the quality of motivation or ideal chosen and dwelt upon by the
imaginative forces of the mind.

An example of how our endocrine glands works can be found when we get angry. Whenever we
experience the emotion of anger, our adrenals glands secrete. The activity of our sexual glands is
directly related to sexual motivation from our minds. Science knows that the pituitary gland is the
master gland of the body. It's secretions have a direct and coordinating effect on all the other
glands.

Cayce stated that each endocrine gland center is influenced by the influence of a particular
afterlife realm through its associated astrological planetary influence. The lowest endocrine gland
in our body, the sexual glands, is associated with the lowest afterlife realm in the hierarchy of
spirit realms. The pituitary gland is associated with the highest afterlife realm in the hierarchy. The
afterlife realm we travel to upon death is determined by the highest endocrine gland within our
body that we have spiritually activated. Activation of the highest spiritual center, the pituitary
gland, creates a spiritual awakening and enlightenment that brings an awareness of our one-ness
with God. This is the spiritual condition that Christians refer to as "atonement", or as Cayce would
say: "at-one-ment". We can achieve spiritual enlightenment through meditation and any other
experience that unites our awareness with that of God. Such experiences include the near-death
experience.

Cayce revealed that each afterlife realm has a particular astrological function that influences us
physically by the corresponding planets in order to attain soul growth. Cayce identified the planet
earth as the realm of "testing". Cayce stated that the earth is the "cause and effect" dimension.
This means that if a soul has a mental ideal and would like to physically manifest this ideal for the
purpose of education, the soul can come to the earth to be tested and apply themselves. By
actually going through the experience themselves on earth they can realize if what they believe is
true (or not true) for themselves. The earth realm is good for overcoming certain weaknesses and
applying yourself to see that those weaknesses are truly overcome. Here we can learn for certain
whether we have really changed. It is one thing to have an idea; but its another thing to make this
idea into a physical reality. This is why we come to planet earth.

Cayce also revealed that the earth realm is a sort of laboratory for the other realms of the afterlife
associated with our solar system. This is because only on earth is free will completely dominant
and only on earth does three-dimensional life exist in our solar system. In the other afterlife
realms, some measure of control is kept over the soul to see that it learns the proper lessons. The
control is usually by the soul itself, if it has evolved sufficiently. This is because, at death, the soul
leaves the body and the soul's consciousness is absorbed into the subconsciousness and the
separation between the two is lifted.

The color-coded chart below represents the spiritual relationships between the glands, the
planets, and the afterlife realms. As an example, the pituitary gland (the "third eye" in Eastern
religions) is an astrological and spiritual point of contact with the planet Jupiter in our solar
system. The planet Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun. And the planet Jupiter is an astrological
and spiritual point of contact with the 7th realm in the afterlife hierarchy.

Planet in our solar Position of planet in solar Position of the realm in

Endocrine gland Eastern chakra
system system the afterlife hierarchy
------- ------- Pluto 9th -------
pituitary third eye Jupiter 5th 7th
pineal crown Mercury 1st 2nd
thyroid throat Uranus 7th 8th
thymus heart Venus 2nd 4th
andrenals navel Mars 4th 5th
lyden lower abdomen Neptune 8th 6th
gonads root Saturn 6th 1st

------- ------- Earth 3rd 3rd

Looking at the next color-coded chart below, we can see the spiritual relationships between the
glands and the spiritual influence exerted upon the gland (i.e., the vibration and light). It should be
noted here that not only is this spiritual influence of light vibrations exerted upon the gland from
afterlife realms, but these same light vibrations are exerted from our glands upon the afterlife
realms. This is how we are spiritually connected to the planets and the afterlife realms. This
connection also makes it possible for us to connect with others through the same planetary/realm
connection. This is because everything is spiritually connected together.

As an example, looking at the chart below will show that the pituitary gland is associated with
spiritual strength through the spiritual vibration on the scale of "la" and the violet light spectrum.
This spiritual vibration astrologically connects the pituitary gland to the planet Jupiter. It also
connects Jupiter to its corresponding afterlife realm - the 7th realm (see the chart above). Taking
all the information together shows how we are spiritually connected with the physical dimension
and the spiritual dimension.

Endocrine gland Spiritual influence Vibration Light Spectrum Planet

------- subconscious ------- ------- Pluto

pituitary strength la violet Jupiter
pineal mind tea indigo Mercury
thyroid psyche so blue Uranus
thymus love fa green Venus
andrenals anger me yellow Mars
lyden mysticism ray orange Neptune
gonads woes doe red Saturn
------- testing ------- ------- Earth

The energy of the sexual glands, used wholly on the sexual level and without control, may bring
sexual perversions and unbridled sensuality. If this spiritual center is the highest center activated
during a person's life, at death they may dwell in the corresponding afterlife realm associated with
the planet Saturn. According to Cayce, this afterlife realm can be referred to as the realm of
"earthly woes". It is similar to the afterlife realm which is known by Catholics as "purgatory", a
place of cleansing, purification and starting over.

The Saturn afterlife realm is not a pleasant place according to Cayce. Cayce said this is the
realm where "all inadequate flesh goes to be redone." A soul may "banishes itself" to the Saturn
realm to begin anew. This place is also known as the "Great Changer", the great force for starting
over. Sometimes when Cayce would begin a reading for someone, he would identify what the
last afterlife realm that soul experienced before entering the earth realm. He would not limit
himself to a person’s past lives on earth, but would include their lives in the cosmos as well.
During a reading, Cayce told a person he identified as having previously experienced an
incarnation in the Saturn realm that "God loves those who are willing to start over."

The lyden (or Leydig) gland, located above the sexual glands, is the starting point of the soul's
activity toward higher levels of spiritual consciousness. This endocrine gland can act on the body
to function as a "door" through which the soul may go on to higher afterlife realms. If this gland is
the highest gland activated during a person's life, at death they will be able to dwell in the
corresponding afterlife realm associated with the planet Neptune. According to Cayce, this
afterlife realm is referred to as the realm of "mysticism", where souls have the ability to have
direct experience with the Creator and perceive the Creator. Neptune gives the urges to seek the
unusual, the mystical, the "unseen" forces around us. People who come to earth from this realm
seem peculiar to others and are many times misunderstood. A love of mysteries can indeed be
spiritual, but it can also be "of the sleuth or detective nature."

The adrenal glands are located above the kidneys. We are actively aware of this center in times
of stress, when it pours adrenaline into the blood stream to aid us in fighting or fleeing. The
adrenals are also the storehouse of our emotional karma according to Cayce. From these glands
come the negative energy of anger and hatred. If this gland is the highest gland activated during
a person's life, at death they will be able to dwell in the corresponding afterlife realm associated
with the planet Mars. According to Cayce, this afterlife realm is referred to as the realm of
"anger". Cayce said this realm was the place to learn how to control the warrior-like power,
aggressions and urges that each soul has the ability to project. People who come to earth from
this realm may bring with them anger, impulsiveness, and a temper. Stubbornness needs to be
handled with patience and self-control. Such people may have an exalted opinion of themselves,
but it makes them courageous.

The thymus gland is found behind the heart in the solar plexus area of the chest. Since the
thymus gland is related to the heart, it is associated with love. Love opens all doors. At this gland,
love is awakened, bringing with it consideration, unselfishness, sincerity and honesty. If this gland
is the highest gland activated during a person's life, at death they will be able to dwell in the
corresponding afterlife realm associated with the planet Venus. According to Cayce, this afterlife
realm can be referred to as the realm of "love." Sympathy, the alleviating of hardships, the
seeking of love, beauty and song are some influences that people from that realm possess.
Beauty, either natural or man-made, will move these individuals; furthermore, there is a desire to
beautify the home. There is a strong attraction to the opposite sex.

The thyroid gland, located in the throat, is related to will-power. From the misuse of the will for
selfish and domineering ends, may come the condition known as hyper-thyroidism. When little
effort is made to the will at all, the opposite may occur, an imbalance known as hypo-thyroidism.
It is worthy of note that in some cases where there has been a growth on the thyroid, a degree of
clairvoyance or telepathy has developed. The energy released upon the thyroid gland opens the
"door" into the psychic realms of consciousness. If this gland is the highest gland activated during
a person's life, at death they will be able to dwell in the corresponding afterlife realm associated
with the planet Uranus. According to Cayce, this afterlife realm is referred to as the realm of the
"psyche." Cayce used the term "psyche" in the same way as the ancient Greeks used the term
meaning the "sense of the soul." Cayce said it was natural for every soul to have a "sixth sense."
The Uranus afterlife realm is where the soul develops psychic ability. Uranus is also the realm of
extremes. It gives people who came from there an interest in the occult and psychic phenomena.
Such people have times of smoothness and other times, periods of ecstasy and depression.

The pineal gland is situated a little above the pituitary gland and is the so-called "Mind of Christ"
gland. When this gland has been truly awakened, one may experience spiritual holy communion.
It is by this gland that the mind of the soul meets the Holy Spirit. This gland, when stimulated daily
through meditation, can bring seer-ship or prophecy. If this gland is the highest gland activated
during a person's life, at death they will be able to dwell in the corresponding afterlife realm
associated with the planet Mercury. According to Cayce, this afterlife realm is referred to as the
realm of the "mind." Mercury is associated with high mental abilities. People who come to earth
from this realm are gifted souls who need to watch out for self-aggrandizement or their abilities
will be merely stumbling stones upon his path. Mercury brings understanding, specifically the
understanding of the other spheres.

The pituitary gland is the master gland of the body. It is situated between and behind the eyes in
the brain, acting as the "third eye" of ancient mysticism. It is through the pituitary gland, the
highest endocrine gland, that ultimate awakening comes. It is through the energy of the pituitary
gland that one may enter the very presence of God through meditation and prayer. If this gland is
the highest gland activated during a person's life, at death they will be able to dwell in the
corresponding afterlife realm associated with the planet Jupiter. According to Cayce, this afterlife
realm is referred to as the realm of "high mindedness and large groups." People who come to
earth from this realm may bring with them universality and ennoblement. They may turn their
attention to large groups of people or nations. They can be expansive and may become blessed
with wealth, which includes a wealth of friends, a broad-mindedness, and the ability to consider
others. They often have grand ideas and notions.

The planet Pluto the seventh planet from the earth and is associated with the afterlife realm
referred to as the realm of "consciousness." This afterlife realm is the realm for the final
development of full consciousness. The planet Pluto was discussed by Cayce years before it was
actually discovered! He referred to it as "Vulcan" and also as "Septimus." When Pluto was
discovered, Cayce affirmed that Vulcan or Septimus was the same planet as Pluto. The Pluto
realm of the afterlife brings regeneration and a growth in consciousness, but also can bring self-
centeredness. Pluto represents spiritual growth and development of the soul and its influence is
just now developing in the destiny of humanity.

After all the afterlife realms associated with our solar system have been fully experienced and all
the lessons have been fully learned and the proper level of soul growth has been attained, the
soul can move on to other afterlife realms and even other solar systems where other souls are
going through the same thing.

The stars represent soul patterns, not experiences. The twelve signs of the zodiac are twelve
patterns from which the soul chooses when coming into the earth realm. They are like races -
patterns of temperament, personality, etc.

The star signs of the zodiac, for instance, influence people in subtler ways: by making them
bullish, or lionish, or airy, or introspective. The afterlife realms, manifested physically by the
planets, are old dwelling places of the soul. The planets influence people when they come to a
point of prominence in the sky just as a person who had once lived in a certain city would be
influenced by reading of it, or meeting someone from the town, or by seeing photographs of it.

Take the moon, for instance. It's influence is obvious on such things as the tides and the female
cycle. These influences are observable when the moon is close. The word "lunatic" stems from
"luna" meaning moon. In law enforcement and emergency circles, accounts of the affect a full
moon has on the crime rate have been reported. The planets are farther away than the moon,
and the stars are far beyond them. But their light comes to the earth, and they influence in some
way the heart, or the brain, or the emotions.

Cayce stated that souls reincarnate, not only to the earth realm, but souls also reincarnate to
other realms between earth incarnations as well. If a soul incarnates into an earth life from one of
these afterlife realms, the soul will manifest the influence of the realm from which it recently
came. These influences, which are defined by astrology, are related to the spirit realm associated
with the astrological influence of the associated planet.

As an example of how a soul sojourns to various afterlife realms, Cayce described his most
recent sojourns throughout the cosmos. Cayce's soul sojourned in the Uranus afterlife realm, the
realm of the "psychic", and just before incarnating into the physical realm, had a brief experience
in the Venus afterlife realm. He incarnated to earth with these most recent experiences ingrained
in his soul. Such a combination would make a person "psychic" having a "heart" for helping
others.

As another example, Cayce described his sister Lila's sojourns. Her soul sojourned in the
afterlife realm associated with Jupiter prior to incarnating into the earth. But before incarnating
she had an experience in the afterlife realm associated with Mercury which added to her mental
ability. Jupiter’s influence of "high mindedness and large groups" is one of the reasons she later
became an executive for the International Red Cross. Large groups and high ideals often come
with incarnations in the Jupiter realm according to Cayce. These influences, Cayce says, are
latent within the soul by soul experience, not just because the stars are in a certain position at the
time of birth. The soul actually had experiences in these realms. This is an energy the soul can
draw on during their experience on earth. During sleep, we also enter into these afterlife realms
again according to Cayce. We are truly "citizens of the cosmos" even as we walk the earth.

Astrology in the Bible

Cayce affirmed what many Bible scholars have known for a long time - the Bible is filled with
references to astrology. This is because astrology was widely accepted as truth in Biblical times.
Christians who believe that astrology is Satanic would be surprised to learn that the Bible is filled
with astrology and even Jesus himself made numerous references to astrology.

People believed in the study of the stars in Biblical times. Everyone knew the influence of the sun
on the earth, and the sun was a star. It certainly made a pattern, so far as life on earth was
concerned - it shaped everything, or at least nourished everything - and the shape had to be such
as to allow the sun to give life to it.

One of the great astrological stories in the Bible is the story of the star of Bethlehem. It is written
that the star was a sign from God signaling the birth of the Messiah into the world. The three
Magi, Persian astrologer-kings, determined the time of this birth by the position of this star. In
1600, Johannes Kepler hypothesized that this star was actually a conjunction of Jupiter and
Saturn. Confirmed by modern astrology, this symbolism ties in with the prophecies of that era
concerning a Messiah amongst the Jews. The conjunctions occurred at the end of Pisces, ruled
by Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of kings. Saturn is the planet that rules the Jews, thereby giving
the king of the Jews. This was a very infrequent triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn and it
occurred in the year 7 B.C.

The following are some of the most interesting Biblical references to astrology.

"I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the THIRD HEAVEN.
Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know - God knows. And I know that this
person - whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows - was caught
up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that humans are not permitted to tell." (2
Cor. 12:1-4)

The phrase, "I know a person," is a euphemism people used in those days to refer to themselves
in a humble manner. Paul explained that he was taken to the "third heaven." The phrase, "third
heaven," is a reference to the multi-level realms of the afterlife. This is an astrological/religious
concept believed by Jews, Christians, Gnostic Christians, Platonists, and other people in those
days. A correlation with Paul's third heaven can be found in the Gnostic book entitled "The
Apocalypse of Paul."

The Apocalypse of Paul also describes Paul's afterlife visit to the third heaven. It also describes
how Paul travels through a hierarchy of heavenly realms all the way to the "tenth heaven."

According to Flavius Josephus, the famed Jewish historian, the Jewish temple at Jerusalem had
the twelve signs of the zodiac inlaid in its floor. Josephus also stated that the twelve loaves of
showbread in the temple was a reference to the zodiac. In modern times, Israel issued stamps
with the zodiac signs identified with the twelve tribes of Israel and the astrological symbolism of
the temple.

The Bible states that God made the heavenly bodies to show us "signs" of his intentions. These
signs can be read by anyone who knows how to interpret them. Astrology is about interpreting
these signs in the motions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

"And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night,
and let them serve as SIGNS to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the
expanse of the sky to give light on the Earth." And it was so." (Gen. 1:14-15)

"And there shall be SIGNS in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the Earth
distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for
fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the Earth: for the powers of heaven
shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great
glory." (Luke 21:25-27)
In the verse above, Christ uses astrology to reveal the "signs" in the sky of his coming.

The Bible states that the first communication from God came from the stars. David writes in his
Psalm:

"The HEAVENS declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork. Day after day
utters his speech and night after night shows his knowledge. There is no tongue or language
where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the Earth and their words to the
ends of the world. In them (the heavens) he has set a tabernacle for the sun." (Psalm 19:1-4)

"Can you bring forth the Mazzaroth (the zodiac) in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its
cubs? (an astrological constellation)" (Job 38:32)

This Bible verse shows God using astrology to answer Job.

The Bible also describes an astrological sign called the "Morning Star" which is a reference to the
planet Venus. The Morning Star, also known as the "light bringer", is also an astrological symbol
that functions as a sign for the onset of dawn. It appears as a brilliant "star" at night just before
the sun rises and brings light each morning to earth. The greatest function of this "light bringer" is
as a symbolic reference to the Messiah who brings the light of God to the people. The Bible also
uses the term "Morning Star" as a reference to all sons of God including Lucifer, the "light
bearer".

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the
Offspring of David, and the bright MORNING STAR." (Rev. 22:16)

"And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to
it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the MORNING STAR rises in your
hearts." (2 Peter 1:19)

"Just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the MORNING STAR."
(Rev. 2:27-29)

"How you have fallen from heaven, O MORNING STAR, son of the dawn! You have been cast
down to the Earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to
heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of
assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the
clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." (Isaiah 14:12-14)

"After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. He said: "May the day of my
birth perish ... May its MORNING STARS become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not
see the first rays of dawn, for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my
eyes." (Job 3:1-10)

"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? ... On what were its footings set, or who laid
its cornerstone - while the MORNING STARS sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?"
(Job 38:4-7)

In one of the prophetic dreams of Joseph, he saw eleven stars bowing down to his star. The
interpretation of this dream was obvious and that was that Joseph's brothers will bow down to
him.

"Then he (Joseph) had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. "Listen," he said, "I had
another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, "What is this
dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the
ground before you?" (Gen. 37:9-11)

Of course, we all know the rest of the story that they indeed had to bow down to Joseph when
Pharaoh made him a prince because of his ability to interpret dreams.

Here is an excellent Bible passage that describes the astrological influences on humanity:

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born
and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to
tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to
dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to
refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to
tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace." (Eccl. 3:1-8)

Astrology refers to every 2160 years as a new "age" which is a different sign of the zodiac that
comes into position to influence the Earth. The Bible describes events that will occur according to
the signs of the astrological "ages".

“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the AGE.” (Matt. 28:20)

“Anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this AGE or in the AGE
to come.” (Matt. 12:32)

“The harvest is the end of the AGE, and the harvesters are angels. As the weeds are pulled up
and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the AGE.” (Matt. 13:39-40)

“What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the AGE?” (Matt. 24:3)

“No one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom
of God will fail to receive many times as much in this AGE and, in the AGE to come, eternal life.”
(Luke 18:29-30)

“We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this
AGE or of the rulers of this AGE ... None of the rulers of this AGE understood it.” (1 Cor. 3:6-8)

“These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on
whom the fulfillment of the AGES has come.” (1 Cor. 10:11)

"[Christ was raised] far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can
be given, not only in the present AGE but also in the one to come.” (Eph. 1:21)

“... who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming AGE.” (Heb.
6:5)

“Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has
appeared once for all at the AGE of the ages.” (Heb. 9:26)

“Just and true are your ways, King of the AGES.” (Rev. 15:3)

All these Bible verses are referring to the end of the AGE of Pisces (the fish, the Church age) and
the beginning of the AGE of Aquarius (the water-bearer, Christ).

Jesus was born under the end of the age of Aries (the ram or lamb) and this may explain why he
called himself the "lamb of God." By the time Jesus began his ministry, it was the beginning of the
age of Pisces (the fish, the Church age). The sign of the fish has special significance to
Christianity because the sign of the fish has been known throughout the millennia to be the sign
of Christianity. Jesus recruited "fishermen" as disciples to make them "fishers of men." He fed the
masses with a miraculous draft of fishes. His followers were know in Latin as "pisciculi", the "little
fishes." A commonly used icon in Christian churches is the "Vesica Piscis", which is Latin for
"mouth of the fish". Its shape resembles a fish without a tail. It can be seen in the shape of
stained glass windows in many churches and cathedrals. The Pope wears a ceremonial hat in the
shape of a fish head.

Around the year 2300 A.D., the end of the age of Pisces will occur. The world will then enter a
new age, the age of Aquarius (the Water-Bearer). It should be obvious to Christians that the
identity of this "Water-Bearer" is the one who (1) came from the waters of Galilee (2) baptized
with water (3) changed water into wine (4) walked on the water (5) washed the feet of others with
water (6) calmed the ocean waters (7) gives living water (8) says we must be born of water (9)
drank the cup from the Father.

Sometime before the age of Aquarius arrives, major earth changes were foretold by Jesus and
Cayce to occur. Jesus said that before this happens, there will be wonders in the sun, moon, and
stars signaling this coming age of the Christ consciousness. This is a good reason why
every Christian should study astrology so that these heavenly signs can be interpreted.

Another astrological reference concerning Christianity deals with the winter equinox which begins
on December 21. It is the day of the year when the night is longest and the daytime shortest.
The ancient Egyptians noticed that on the winter equinox, the sun does not set farther south and
sets in the same place on the horizon for three days. This is an astrological reference to when the
sun (Son) goes down for three days (dies) and then begins to rise again (resurrection). Using the
crude instruments available, ancient astronomers were able to detect by December 25th of each
year that the daytime had become noticeably longer. This date was chosen, and remains, the
traditional date for followers of many different religions to celebrate the "rebirth" of the sun.
Following the solstice, each succeeding day has slightly more sunlight than the previous day. It
was seen as a promise that warmth would return once more to the earth. Numerous pre-Christian
religions honored their gods' birth or rebirth on or about that day.

The ancient Egyptians knew that as long as the sun rose in the morning, life would continue on
the Earth. This explains why the Egyptians used the sun as their symbol for the eternal life of the
cycle of the seasons. In many Christian churches today, the symbol of the cross with a circle in
the center of it appears on church steeples. This icon of the circle as representing the sun, comes
from the Egyptian belief that the sun represents eternal life.

In the Book of Revelation, the following symbolism is used to describe the appearance of the
Son:

“Behold, he comes with clouds and every eye shall see him.” (Rev. 1:7) The Son (sun) is the
“light of the world” and is seen by everyone.

“The Son (sun) of righteousness arises with healing in his wings.” (Malachi 4:2)

The Egyptian religion held that the Sun of God, Horus, was killed under the sign of Virgo (the
virgin) but was resurrected in the age of Leo (the lion). This is why the Egyptians built the Sphinx
with the head of a woman (Virgo) and the body of a lion (Leo).

During the days of Moses, the Hebrews were subject to the religion of Egypt. Before the worship
of Amen-Ra (God) was instituted, Egyptians worshipped Isis (the Mother of God). When the
Hebrews left Egypt and arrived in Canaan, their religion was influenced by the Canaanite religion
whose God was named El (the planet of Saturn). The Star of David is a symbol which comes
from the “star” of Saturn (El) which is the planet the ancients used to refer to the Hebrews.
With the influence of the religions of Isis, Ra and El, the Hebrews named their nation Is-Ra-El, or
Israel. The Hebrews adopted Saturday (from Saturn’s day) as their day of worship. Christians,
whose astrological influence was the sun (also from Egyptian origin), worshipped on Sunday (or
the sun’s day).

The story of Jonah (Semetic for "sun") is about a man who is swallowed by a whale (death) and
remains in it’s belly for three days at which time the man is freed (resurrection). This story is
another symbolic of the astrological account of how the sun remains still for three days during the
winter equinox. It is also symbolic of the resurrection of Christ.

When Moses came down from the mountain, he saw the people worshipping a golden calf. This
idol came from the Egyptians astrological worship of the sun. Golden represents the color of the
sun. The calf (Taurus the bull) represents the age in which the Moses lived when he wrote the
Torah. When history moved into the next sign (Aries the ram), the Hebrews celebrated the
approach of their Messiah by blowing rams horns. The sign of Aries influenced many religions to
adopt the “lamb of God” concept.

The concept of the zodiac is very ancient, with roots in the early cited cultures of Mesopotamia.
Astrology is, more than likely, the oldest religion created by humans. The first twelve-sign zodiacs
were named after the gods of these cultures. The Greeks adopted astrology from the
Babylonians, and the Romans, in turn, adopted astrology from the Greeks. These cultures
renamed the signs of the Mesopotamian zodiac to symbols of their own mythologies. This is why
the familiar zodiac of the contemporary West bears names out of Mediterranean mythology.

The concept of reincarnation is a necessary tenet of astrology. The notions of reincarnation and
karma together explain why some people are born into lucky circumstances and others into
unfortunate conditions. For astrologers concerned with the question of why some people are born
into a life of hardship written large across their horoscopes and other people seem to be born
under a lucky star, reincarnation and karma prove important explanatory tools to understand
divine justice. Reincarnation also provides a framework for explaining why a person has certain
personality traits. They are carryovers from past lifetimes.

Edgar Cayce on religion

The system of metaphysical thought which emerges from the Cayce
discources is a Christianized version of the mystery religions of ancient
Egypt, Chaldea, Persia, India, and Greece. It fits the figure of Christ into
the tradition of one God for all people, and places him in his proper place,
at the apex of the philosophical structure; He is the capstone of the
pyramid.
The mysteries were concerned with man's problem of freeing his soul from the world. In the
mystery symbologies the earth was always represented as the underworld, and the soul was lost
in this underworld until freed from it by wisdom, faith, and understanding. In the Greek mysteries,
Persephone, was abducted by Pluto, Lord of Hades. Persephone is the soul of man, whose true
home is in the heavens.

Jesus said he came to fulfill the law, and part of that law was the Kabbalah, the secret doctrine of
the Jews - their version of the mysteries.

It is interesting to speculate on the fact that Cayce was raised in strict nineteenth century Bible
tradition, and suffered the greatest mental and emotional shock of his life when he discovered
that in his spiritual readings he declared the truth of the mysteries and acclaimed Jesus as their
crowning glory. Cayce had only a seventh grade education and consciously knew nothing of what
he said under hypnosis. He was only versed in the Bible and had no high school or college
background of any kind. Up until his revelations, Cayce had never heard of the mystery religions.
Yet his readings check with everything about them that is known to be authentic. He spoke at
length on Christian Gnosticism well before the Gnostic writings were discovered. Cayce affirmed
that Christian Gnosticism is the type of Christianity that was taught by Jesus.

The mystery religions were a preparation for the coming of Jesus. He was the fruit of their efforts,
and his message was a fuller revelation to the people at large of the mysteries themselves. In the
scramble which Christianity made to establish itself as the dominant religion of the decaying
Roman Empire, the mysteries were denied their proper place, since to grant that they had truth in
them would justify their further existence.

The complex symbology employed by the mystery religions has survived fragmentarily in
Christianity, notable in church architecture and in the sacrifice of the mass. The early Christians
used every means possible to conceal the pagan origin of their symbols, doctrines, and rituals.
They either destroyed the sacred books of other peoples among whom they settled, or made
them inaccessible to students of comparative philosophy, apparently believing that in this way
they could stamp out all record of the pre-Christian origin of their doctrines. The Christian doctrine
of reincarnation and the Gnostic mysteries of Christ were declared heresies by the Church in 553
A.D.

"Jesus the Christ", according to the Cayce readings, is the central instrument of God to make it
possible for all souls to fulfill the original purpose of their creation.

Cayce affirmed that the "trinity" of the Godhood (the so-called "Father, Son and Holy Spirit") is
actually three-dimensional consciousness when viewed from the level of earth consciousness,
which itself is a "three-dimensional realm in one." The Godhood in its multiplicity can be
perceived as more complex than three-dimensional when viewed from the perspective of higher
levels of consciousness. Nevertheless, the Christ, whether one speaks of the Godhead as three-
dimensional or multidimensional, is seen as an essential part of the Godhead. Indeed, Cayce
stated that the Body of Christ is the Father, the Mind of Christ is the Son, and the Spirit of Christ
is the Holy Spirit. In other words, Jesus represented the body, mind and spirit of God. Jesus'
message was that "ye are gods" (John 10:34). In other words, all humans can be as God in body,
mind and spirit, just as Jesus was.

Jesus, who became the Christ (i.e., a full manifestation of the divine consciousness in flesh), is a
soul created with other souls in the beginning and, like them, a part of God's Universal
Consciousness. This is not to say that the Christ Consciousness is a created being. Jesus was
the created being. In the Cayce readings, the Christ Consciousness is the spiritual condition of
integrally being "one with God", or as Cayce would called "at-one-ment". The union of the Christ
Consciousness and the human Jesus constituted, according to the readings, a unique divine-
human unity, although this relationship is properly the ultimate goal of everyone and is spiritually
possible for all. Cayce affirms that there seemed to be two wills - divine and human - in Jesus
Christ. Cayce flat out states that the Christ soul's first incarnation was Adam of the book of
Genesis.

It is well known that the apostle Paul wrote of Adam as:

"... a type of the one who was to come." (Rom. 5:14)

and drew between Adam and Christ a parallel that was also a contrast:

"The first human Adam became a living being; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit." (1 Cor.
15:45)
Christ is thus seen as the last Adam, the "one man" who by his obedience undoes the results of
the disobedience of the first (Rom. 5:12-21). Jesus recapitulated the stages of Adam's fall, but in
reverse order and quality. It is understandable how shocking this statement of Cayce's is to most
fundamental Christians, that Jesus whom they have always believed to be sinless had been not
only guilty of sin, but the very person who has been traditionally regarded as the author of sin on
the human level. However, Cayce in no way states that Jesus as the Christ was guilty of any sin
of any kind. At that stage of his personal and cosmic development his obedience was flawless,
his relationship with God perfect. In Cayce's words: "... the perfect relationship to the Creative
Forces or God, the Father - which the human Jesus attained when he gave of himself to the
world, that through him, by and in him, each entity might come to know the true relationship with
the Father."

The Cayce material, however, go on to speak of the singular appropriateness of Adam finally
emerging as Jesus, the man, to become the savior of the world, the Christ. It must also be noted
that sin did not begin with Adam according to Cayce, but it had its origins in spiritual realms
before even the creation of the earth. We can therefore assume that this was Adam's redemptive
intent all along - to be savior of the world.

The perception that Jesus had previous human incarnations did not originate with Edgar Cayce.
For example, the early Jewish Christian group known as the Ebionites taught that the Spirit had
come as Adam and later reincarnated as Jesus. The Samaritans believed that Adam had
reincarnated as Seth, then Noah, Abraham, and even Moses. Other Jewish Christian groups
such as the Elkasaites and Nazarites also believed this. The Clementine Homilies, an early
Christian document, also taught many incarnations of Jesus.

According to Cayce, the incarnations of the Christ soul were as follows: Adam, Enoch,
Melchizedek, Joseph, Joshua, Jeshua (the scribe chiefly responsible for forming the Hebrew
Bible according to Cayce) and finally Jesus.

When will Jesus return again? The Cayce material affirms the second coming of Jesus occurred
in 1998 through reincarnation. Cayce often stated in his readings that "the day of the Lord is
indeed at hand". When asked how soon the second coming will be Cayce responded: "When
those that are his have made the way clear, passable, for him to come."

Destiny, karma and fate

John Van Auken is a former director of the Association of Research and Enlightenment, the
Edgar Cayce research foundation. He is editor of Living in the Light and author of books, audio
tapes, and videos. He’s an expert in Egyptian, Hebrew, and Christian mysticism, and is a skillful
teacher of meditation – from kundalini to his unique “passage in consciousness.” He practices the
techniques he teaches and has become a popular speaker, leading retreats, workshops, and
tours, and writes regularly as a columnist. He is also the author of several books: The Lost Hall of
Records, Past Lives and Present Relationships, The End Times: Prophecies of Coming Changes,
Ancient Egyptian Mysticism, Edgar Cayce on the Revelation, Spiritual Breakthrough, and
Reincarnation: Born Again and Again.

In order to fully appreciate the secret teachings, we need to understand how the Universal Law of
Cause and Effect works. It's easy to say that the experiences in one's life are the result of past
activities, but the forces of this law are greater than we may first imagine.

Every action, every thought, every idle word sets up reactions, according to the Universal Law.
When one thinks a thought, that thought makes an impression on the Universal Consciousness.
Nothing is lost or done in secret. Everything is done within the Universal Consciousness, and the
Whole is affected by it (as well as all others within the Whole).
This isn't easy for us to believe, living in our own little worlds. Secret, private, alone and separate
are active words in our vocabulary. This is due to our current separation in consciousness from
the Whole. In the higher realms of consciousness there is no space. Things and people are not
separate, but part of a Whole. All is actually One. All is within the Whole. By increasing the focus
on self, we have created the illusion of a self separated from the rest of life, but it just isn't so. Our
individual actions and thoughts make an impact on the Mind of the Universal One.

When the legendary seer, Edgar Cayce, was in the deeper levels of consciousness and was
asked to give a "reading" of the soul-record for an individual, he found it very difficult to determine
whether the soul had thought of doing something or had actually done it. In the deeper levels of
consciousness, thoughts and actions are equal in their impact. Perhaps this explains Jesus'
admonition that adultery in one's heart is the same as committing it in deed.

Thoughts are things. Thoughts are real.

Reactions to past thoughts and actions become our fate, destiny and karma. An individual's fate
is simply the rebounding effects of previous choices remembered by its soul. The reason the
effects of these previous choices often seem unfair to the conscious mind is because the
personality doesn't see beyond its own life for sources of current conditions.

"Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" (John 9:1-2)

Now if these disciples didn't believe in and understand pre-existence of the soul and karma, why
would they ask if this man's own sins had caused him to be born blind? The only way this could
happen is for him to have sinned before his birth! And, in fact, that is just what they thought he
might have done. Notice also how the disciples thought that his parents might have brought this
upon themselves through past mistakes. Here is a clear indication that within the inner circle of
Jesus' followers there was the concept that misfortune had a source, and that that source could
extend beyond the present lifetime.

As companions of God, we are free to live and choose and grow almost as we desire, but not
without being subject to Universal, Spiritual Law. Through meeting our thoughts, actions and
words we learn to discern wisdom from folly, lasting strength from weakness and true life from
illusion. In turn we become more able to fulfill our ultimate purpose for existing: to be a
companion to the Universal Creator. The law is actually a magnificent tool for perfect learning. It
is completely impersonal -- everyone experiences it equally and for the purpose of enlightenment,
even Jesus:

"Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered." (Hebrews
5:8)

The Memory Complex

The law of karma is not some fierce god in the sky keeping track of everything so that it can zap
people when they least expect it. Most karmic reactions in fact come from the individual's own
deep memory of what it has done.

You see, actions and thoughts build a consciousness much in the same way that exercise and
food build a body. In a way, we are a memory complex. Our body and mind is the subtotal of all
we have done. The memories, whether conscious or unconscious, make up our present
condition. Thus, when we look at one another we are actually seeing a memory complex.
Decisions are based on our past; reactions are based on our past; so are our goals. To
understand a person, we must know something about their memory complex.

Not surprisingly, karma has been described as memory. Karma is memory coming to
consciousness again. What has occurred in the past is recalled and has an effect on the present.
Now, the recollection may not surface to the conscious level; the personality may have no
awareness of the memory, in fact. Yet, it exists at the deeper, soul level. Nevertheless, the soul
sees through the same eyes as the personality, and is reminded of its past use of free-will and
consciousness. Naturally, some of these memories will be compatible with the Universal, and
some will not.

Memory is an important concept in understanding how the law of karma works.

As a soul draws closer to the Universal Mind it becomes aware that some of its memories are not
compatible with the Creator, and since its ultimate purpose for being is companionship with the
Creator, it seeks out opportunities to resolve these incompatible memories.

Suppose a soul criticizes another soul among its peers and behind its back. As it becomes more
aware of its true nature it will recall this wrong, and because of its incompatibility with the Creator,
will seek to correct it. Now, the resolution could take many forms. The soul might seek out an
opportunity to work closely with the injured soul as a supporter, assistant, publicist, agent or the
like. Or perhaps it would seek to re-create the original scene -- putting itself in a position to
criticize the other soul again in front of the same peers. The test would be to see if the soul would
choose not to criticize this time, even if it meant a certain loss of position for itself. Throughout all
of this the soul grows wiser and more compatible with the Creator.

If, however, a soul has gotten so far away from its true nature that it has no conscience, then the
Law can become a formidable obstacle to any further free-will action. Such a soul becomes
surrounded by its karma; everywhere it turns it meets the terrible effects of its previous actions
and thoughts. Yet, even a soul who has gotten in this pathetic situation can return to perfection
because there is no total condemnation from the Creator or the Law. If the soul turns away from
its self-centeredness and begins acting, reacting, thinking and speaking like a companion to the
Universe, then the Law is just as perfect as it is with error; and the reactions begin to build and
establish a new destiny for that soul.

Karma is memory. As one recalls or relives situations, one meets self again, and a new decision
point or crossroads is presented to the soul.

"Before thee are set good and evil. Choose thou." (Deuteronomy 30:15)

In our portrait of life, good would be equated with compatible, harmonious actions and thoughts
which consider the needs and desires of others along with self's needs and desires. Evil would be
equated with actions and thoughts that are motivated by a self-orientation that pays little or no
attention to the needs and desires of others and the Whole. Metaphysically speaking, good
results in oneness, and evil results in a sense of separation. Decisions in one's life could be
approached by evaluating which choices promote greater oneness and which promote
separation.

However, it gets a little difficult to support this idea much further than that because in most of the
secret teachings there is the belief that one must separate oneself from the world if one is to
awaken to the greater reality beyond this life. Yet if we look closely at this belief, we find that the
separation is more accurately a detachment than a separation. One is to strive to release oneself
from the possessive power of the things of this world while still actively participating in it. In other
words, one is to enjoy food and drink without being possessed by food and drink; one is to enjoy
material life without being possessed by it.

Look at the "Seven Deadly Sins" of Western religion. Each of them (lust, envy, greed, gluttony,
etc.) expresses a type of possessive power that overtakes the partaker. The "Seven Virtues" on
the other hand, express selflessness on the part of the recipient: kindness, gentleness, patience,
etc. Notice also that the Sins are mostly self-experienced, but the Virtues require another person
in order for them to be realized. This follows Jesus' teaching:

"I seek mercy, and not sacrifice. He who has ears..."

Sacrifice can be done alone, but mercy requires that one reach out beyond oneself and consider
others and their needs.

Again, we come to the inevitable conclusion that sin is self to the exclusion of others and the
Whole, while virtue is oneness with the Whole and consideration of others. It's important to note
here that the ultimate goal is not the complete loss of self-identity, rather, as Cayce so aptly
phrased it: to know yourself to be yourself, yet one with the Whole.

Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness

In one sense it is true that "not one jot or tittle shall be removed from the Law." One must meet
every bit of its karma. However, there is a way that it can be modified, softened, even
ameliorated. If a soul, knowing another soul has wronged it, forgives that soul and holds no
lingering resentment -- perhaps has even forgotten the wrong in the depths of its forgiveness and
understanding -- then it begins to take hold of the power of forgiveness. The more it forgives, the
more it perceives and understands forgiveness. Then, when it approaches the Universal
Consciousness and realizes it possesses memories that are incompatible with the It, forgiveness
is much more viable, removing the barrier between Father/Mother and son/daughter. The law is
so precise (what one gives one receives; no exceptions) that if one begins showing mercy and
forgiveness for others, one begins to receive mercy and forgiveness upon oneself. Now, the law
is very sensitive to the deep, true purpose for which one does something, and if the purpose for
forgiving another is simply to obtain forgiveness for oneself, then little is gained. But if one truly
forgives, and forgives by understanding, through empathy and compassion, then there is no way
one can avoid receiving forgiveness upon oneself.

The law also works in some very curious ways. Somehow one's greatest weakness possesses
the potential to become one's greatest strength. With each difficult situation, whether physical,
mental or spiritual, there comes an opportunity. These "opportunities" sometimes appear to be
hopeless problems, like a crippling disease, an uncontrollable habit or a situation in which one
feels totally victimized without cause. More often they appear as annoyances or frustrations, like
an unattractive nose, a difficult sibling, spouse, colleague, boss, lover or friend; or an ever
present lack of money. In each case, the soul has an opportunity to resolve and overcome some
weakness in itself, and by doing so with the right attitude, the soul can rise to new heights of
consciousness, love, and companionship. Attempting to sidestep one's crosses is simply a
temporary diversion, delaying the eventual glorification that is the soul's inheritance when it is
sought.

All has to be met. And yet, no soul is given more than it can bear to carry -- this is the paradoxical
blessing hidden in the limitations of time and space. A soul is given the time it needs to turn away
from its selfish ways and, like the prodigal son, return home to a feast of joy and welcome from its
Father in heaven. Reincarnation is not a way to avoid judgment and responsibility; it is a way to
allow the soul enough time to correct its mistakes and develop itself.

Fatalism and Free Will

How can free will coexist with fate?

Suppose while traveling on a road you arrive at a point where the road divides into two and you
must decide which road you will take. Once you make your decision, you have set a direction that
 can be almost totally predicted. In this way your fate is decided; but remember, it was your
free decision that cast it in the first place. Now suppose that you could fly up in the air and
get a bird's eye view of the road you selected to travel. From this vantage point you would see
your future. The catch is that you couldn't be absolutely sure you'd stay on this road once you
started. You might decide to go back to the beginning and take the other road, or you might
choose to take a side road off of this road. You might even decide to sit down for a long time in
one place along the road. In this way, your fate is before you, but you still have the free will to
change your direction. It may take you some time before you can make a significant change, and
perhaps it will require some considerable effort. For example, let's suppose you did decide to
travel a different road. Where you are on the present road will in some way determine what
options are available to you. There may be only one side-road within miles. You might be close
enough to the beginning of the road to turn around, or too far down the road for that, in which
case you'd have to push on until you could choose another route. Many of the decisions in our
lives are like this. They are affected by our original choices, which may be long forgotten by now.
The present road we're taking also affects our options. Nevertheless, no matter where we are in
our lives, no matter what circumstances in which we find ourselves, once we finally wake up and
take notice of what we're doing, our free will is at our disposal to effect the necessary changes.
The only limitations are how long it will take us to get to the place where we can make a
significant new choice.

"It's My Karma"
One of the most distorted views of karma is the idea that nothing can be done about it. No matter
how terrible our predicament, there is always something we can do, even if it's just dealing with it
as best we can with a patient smile, a good attitude and a loving heart. The time will come when
we will be through with this stretch of the hard road, and it's best to come out of it with no
bitterness. Remember, no one has done this to you, it is a result of your own actions, thoughts or
words. In patience you will overcome it and rise again to an even greater level than before. Again,
keep in mind that in the worst situation often lies the greatest opportunity.

The Center in the Center in the Midst of Conditions

From the ancient Taoist text, The Secret of the Golden Flower, we find another wonderful
concept: Amid all the circumstances of our life, all its activities, all its demands, there lies deep
within us an undisturbed, unmoved place of ultimate quiet and peace. This is the center in the
midst of conditions. When we learn how to enter this place for short periods each day, the
demands of the day lose much of their sting. We find we can not only cope better, but we can
actually make better decisions and effect better use of our time and energy each day. Meditation
is a key tool for experiencing the center in the midst of conditions. See the section of Prayer and
Meditation in this web site.

"Happiness is love of something outside of self.

It may never be obtained, may never be known
by loving only things within self or self's own
domain." - Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce on the future
Almost every day, several times a day, for more than forty years, Cayce would induce himself into
an altered out-of-body state of consciousness and reveal profound information on various
subjects such as health, dreams, meditation, religions, and reincarnation, to name a few. But it
was the information that Cayce revealed about the future which he is probably most known for.
He provided information about the history of humanity from the very beginning to a time in the
future when humans will evolve into beings with supernatural powers. He described a new era of
enlightenment and peace when divinity within humans would be manifested on the earth. But
before this "kingdom of God" would rule the world, Cayce foresaw world events that can only be
described as apocalyptic, a period of purification involving natural disasters that will dramatically
alter the surface of the earth, wars, economic collapse, and socio-political unrest. These visions
of the future agree with what is known about prophecies from NDEs.

Cayce believed that these horrible future events could be averted if humanity changed its
behavior. And this is the purpose for giving prophecies - to warn people to change so that the
prophecies won't happen. Since Cayce certainly was not 100% accurate in his predictions, I
believe this only shows how some of Cayce's apocalyptic predictions have been averted. So, a
successful "gloom and doom" prophecy is one that does doesn't occur. Cayce's prophecies
became well-known all over the world and a case may be made that he may have had some
influence in creating the change within people to alter the course of history enough so that the
prophecy would not happen. Cayce would repeatedly say that even the "Lord of Lords" could not
accurately predict future events because human free will can alter and change the future. Cayce
is referring to the Biblical account when Jesus is asked when he would return. His reply was:

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the
Father." (Matt. 24:36)

So, prophecy is never given for any other purpose than as a warning. For this reason, a
successful prophecy is one that has been averted and therefore does not happen. Skeptics of
Cayce's prophetic ability like to point out that because some of his predictions did not happen,
this means he was a fake. But from another perspective, one can say that his prophecies helped
to change enough people to prevent them from occurring.

Cayce envisioned that a time would come when all individuals would realize their responsibility
toward one another – a realization that would change the thought of humanity. During the height
of World War II, he saw the possibility of a united world and a renewed sense of spirituality all
over the world. When asked in 1944 which religious thought would lead the world toward the
greatest amount of spiritual light and understanding, the reply was simply, “You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself!”

Cayce's visions of the future that already have come true

Cayce received many visions of the future and many of them have already come to pass. From
these visions he made a number of remarkably accurate predictions. The following is a list of
them:

Foresaw the Stock Market Crash and Great Depression

In 1924, Cayce predicted the crash of the market after a long bull run during the late 1920’s.
During the mid-1920’s he chronicled the rise and fall of the stock market, teaching his clients how
to play the bull market and how to prepare for the crash of 1929. He even outlined what growth
industries would give them the best long term portfolio after the market reached bottom. Cayce
should have been quite well-to-do with endowment from a share of their speculations, but his
clients did not pay attention to the readings and failed to pay heed to his warning. Six months
later, they lost all they had when the great October 1929 Stock Market Crash occurred. This was
also the trigger for the Great Depression which Cayce also foresaw. In 1931, Cayce foresaw that
the Great Depression would lift in the spring of 1933 which it did.

Foresaw revolutions in foreign lands

In March 1935, Cayce added that eventually, unless there is more of the spiritual attitude raised
in groups here and there, world conditions would terminate in a revolution throughout many of the
foreign nations. There was nothing in 1935 which caused much unrest. But in 1936, the Spanish
Civil War broke out, Italy invaded Ethiopia, Japan invaded China, and Stalin elevated the "Great
Purges" to star billing throughout Russia.

Foresaw the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler

In January 1934, Cayce predicted that Hitler would rise in power to reign over Germany. In
August 1935, Cayce predicted that Hitler would remain in power until it will "come as an
overthrow or an outside war."

Foresaw a world war that would begin in 1936

Cayce gave one of his greatest world prophecies in February 1932. He sweepingly outlined the
course of most of the decade of the 1930’s, which centered around:

"A great catastrophe that's coming to the world in ' 36, in the form of the breaking up of many
powers that now exist as factors in the world affairs."

Cayce predicted the acceptance or rejection of the League of Nations in 1936, after which
changes would come which would create different maps of the world. He detailed that before
1936 arrived the powers in Russia, United States, Japan and England, or United Kingdom would
be "broken up", as indeed they were with major changes in the governments and policies of each
nation.

Cayce began 1935 with predictions about a revolution throughout many of the foreign nations and
finished up 1935 with his first grim predictions about a universal war which he described as the
whole world on fire. He predicted that international patterns would spiral out of control after 1936,
resulting in new national boundaries. By 1937 he foresaw both the beginning and the end of
World War II. Cayce’s readings continued to provide highly accurate predictions about the
escalation of the whole world on fire, the U.S. entry into the effort to fight it, the establishment of
peace, and the return to normalcy within the new world order. Early on he twice gave a highly
accurate time frame for the ending of the war. Before the war even began, Cayce was describing
the nature of the post-war era.

Foresaw America's 1941 entry into the war

America’s entry into the war was revealed through a reading in July 1939 for a retired naval
commander, which also contained a message of hope:

Question: "Am I likely to be recalled to active service within two or three years?"

Answer: "The only likelihood will be in ‘41. This, too, if the people pray, and live as they pray, will
pass."

Cayce ominously called the American Destiny, hinting about U.S. involvement in the great fire:
America must remain:

"As it were - the balance of power in not only the money forces of the world but those influences
that will later be for the manning of those powers where greater destructive forces will arise in
those portions of the world... "

He laid out the worldwide scope of the conflict:

"Disturbance in Asia, that will be effective or active through the changes in Germany, Italy and
especially through the Balkan forces or Balkan States, will produce a disturbance that may reach
proportions that will become rather terrifying to all of Europe and Asia."

Foresaw a decisive World War II battle

On June 20, 1943, Cayce described a battle that would happen and determine the outcome and
length of the world war.

Five days after making this prediction, the German and Russian armies clashed in the greatest
tank battle of all time.

Foresaw the deaths of Presidents FDR and JFK

In 1939, Cayce predicted the deaths of two presidents in office:

"You are to have turmoil -- you are to have strife between capital and labor. You are to have a
division in your own land, before you have the second of the Presidents that next will not live
through his office ... a mob rule!"

President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office in April 1945. In November 1963, President John F.
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, when racial tensions in the United States were
boiling.

"Unless there is more give and take, "Cayce said, "consideration for those who produce, with
better division of the excess profits from labor, there must be greater turmoil in the land."

Kennedy was killed during the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Great civil and racial
unrest followed just as Cayce foresaw.

Foresaw India's independent from Britain

Cayce predicted that India would become independent from Britain.

This prophecy was fulfilled in 1947 when India began a transition to a democratic republic after
independence from Britain.

Foretold archeological facts which later proved true

Cayce was equally as far ahead of the archeologists and paleontologists. It took nearly another
60 years for the predominance of evidence from around the world to prove Cayce probably
correct in his claim that the human species is 10.5 million years old, that the Giza monuments in
Egypt were aligned with the stars as of 10,500 BC, that the structure of the Egyptian religion was
defined from astronomical relationships, and that an ancient civilization influenced the
development of Egypt, Maya, and Bharati.

Foretold the discovery of the Essenes and Dead Sea Scrolls

Cayce correctly described the location of an Essene community which was discovered when the
Dead Sea Scrolls were found. He revealed a series of information concerning Palestine which
was given for people who were told they had been together during the life and times of Jesus.
This data includes a description of the Essenes and their part in the advent of the Messiah, and is
prophetic of the light thrown upon these mysterious people by the discovery of the Dead Sea
Scrolls in 1948, fully ten years later after Cayce described them.

Foresaw the rebirth of the nation of Israel

In 1932, Cayce advised the Jews to regard the advent of Fascist anti-Semitism in Europe as the
time to fulfill the biblical prophecy which foretold that the Jews would return to Israel.

In May of 1948, the nation of Israel was re-established just as Cayce predicted. This was followed
by war between Israel and the Arab countries around it.

Foretold the discovery of the land from Atlantis

Cayce revealed that new land will appear in 1968 or 1969 off the east coast of North America, the
so-called "rising of Atlantis".

It was in that timeframe that the "Bimini Road" was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean. Whether this
is actually a "road" or "natural, geologic erosion" is being hotly debated. Many people believe this
to be the actual portion of Atlantis that Cayce was referring to.

Cayce maintained that Atlantis was an ancient civilization that was technologically superior to
even our own and that its last surviving islands have disappeared somewhere in the Atlantic
ocean some ten thousand years ago.

Cayce revealed that the size of Atlantis was equal to "that of Europe, including Asia in Europe."
He saw visions of this continent of the past which had gone through three major periods of
division; the first two occurred around 15,600 B.C., when the mainland was divided into islands.
The three main islands of Atlantis Cayce named were Poseida, Og and Aryan.

He said the people of Atlantis had constructed giant laser-like crystals for power plants, and that
these were responsible for the second destruction of the land. Cayce blamed the final destruction
of Atlantis and the disintegration of their culture on greed and lust. But before the legendary land
disappeared under the waves, Cayce revealed that there was an exodus of many Atlanteans to
ancient Egypt. Cayce attributed the Biblical "Great Flood" of Noah to be a result of the sinking of
the last huge remnants of Atlantis.

During Cayce's otherworldly journeys, Cayce would often reveal the past lives of those who
would come to him for information concerning their health. A number of people who came to
Cayce were told by him that they had past lives in the legendary lost land of Atlantis. In fact,
Cayce revealed that a vast number of souls who lived past lives in Atlantis have been incarnating
to America for a long time now to usher in a new era of enlightened human consciousness. In all,
Cayce referred to Atlantis no fewer than seven hundred times over a span of twenty years.

Foresaw the collapse of Soviet Union and communism

Cayce predicted the failure of communism and the collapse of the Soviet Union:

"[Through Russia], comes the hope of the world. Not in respect to what is sometimes termed
Communism or Bolshevism -- no! But freedom -- freedom! That each man will live for his fellow
man. The principle has been born there. It will take years for it to be crystallized; yet out of Russia
comes again the hope of the world."
Cayce's words, despite all disbelief, were fulfilled in 1991 when the Soviet Union dissolved as a
nation, abandoned communism, and instituted economic and political freedom.

Foresaw the alliance of Russia and US

Cayce foresaw that Russia would one day become America’s ally. Russia, he said, would be
guided by friendship with the United States. The Soviet Union's attempt to rule "not only the
economic, but the mental and spiritual life" of its people was doomed to failure.

"... for changes are coming, this may be sure -- an evolution or revolution in the ideas of religious
thought. The basis of it for the world will eventually come out of Russia. Not communism, no! But
rather that which is the basis of the same as the Christ taught -- his kind of communism."

Cayce's vision came true after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Foresaw Russian religious freedom and religious movement

Cayce predicted a strong religious movement would come out of Russia after the collapse of the
Soviet Union.

In 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union and atheistic communism occurred as Cayce predicted. The
resulting freedom to practice religion released a flood of Russian spirituality.

Discovered scientific facts which were later verified to be true

Cayce provided many descriptions of the workings of the world and the cosmos. Many of them
seemed implausible in his day but during the past 50 years none of Cayce’s comments about
science or the natural principles of how the cosmos works has been unproven. Many have been
proven and more and more of his ideas have come to form the basis of modern science.

Cayce described part of the fundamentals of what would become the sciences of weather and
earthquake prediction in the later part of the 20th century, easily 30 years ahead of scientists. He
predicted the existence of a ninth Planet (Pluto) many years in advance, and the discovery of
major quantities of gold on the bottom of the ocean, which was discovered in the 1970’s. He also
attributed the main cause of motion in the earth’s tectonic plates and crust to the motions and
relationships of the planets, which the Trilogy thoroughly documents as an important scientific
discovery.

Foresaw the rise of major technological industries

Closely related to his ability to read science well in advance of its practitioners, Cayce astutely
predicted the broad stream of the technological future. He was able to fully describe the major
technology industries which would drive the development of the American economy after World
War II. Consistently, 10 to 30 years in advance of the economy, while ideas were still in their
novelty stage, Cayce advised his clients to focus on all aspects of radio, telegraphy, telephones,
communications and electronics industries which were associated with war products, deluxe fine
furniture cabinetry for electronic products, composite woods and molded materials, and plastic
resins. A man named David Kahn made millions of dollars with this information.

The following are some more of Cayce’s most astute predictions about science and technology:

Discovered the existence of the long economic cycle

Cayce described a long term economic cycle of 24 to 25 years which predicts depressions and
major recessions. Starting with a base year of 1907, every 24th or 25th year precisely describes
an economic downturn. Based on Cayce’s definition, the next major depression is forecast for the
year 2006 or 2007. The cycle does not describe all of the downturns but it definitely describes the
worst downturns.

Foresaw a shift of the earth's poles around the millennium

In the late 1920’s and early 1930’s, Cayce was the first to describe the concept of the shifting of
the pole as a result of the crust of the Earth moving independently from the core of the Earth to
bring different a surface area over the spin axis. During the past 30 years, this concept has
received more and more attention by geophysicists, some of whom now seriously argue that the
crust does move independently. Some geophysicists now also argue that the best way to explain
a variety of paleo sea-level and other data is that it moves and shifts fairly frequently and more
rapidly than previously imagined.

Cayce predicted changes to the earth surface to begin some time between 1958 and 1998. The
cause of these dramatic earth changes will be the shift in the world's magnetic poles around the
year 2000. Cayce predicted that when this pole shift occurs it would begin reversals in the world's
climate so that:

"... where there has been a frigid or semi-tropical climate, there will be a more tropical one, and
moss and fern will grow."

Cayce's prediction of a pole shift occurred in 1998. According to NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center, in 1998 something changed the earth's gravitational field which moved the magnetic
poles closer together. The NASA article explained that as the ice on the poles melted, ocean
currents moved water toward the equator, which factors researchers believe to be partly
responsible, in conjunction with shifts in atmospheric patterns, for this ongoing shift in the earth's
magnetic field. This NASA finding affirms Cayce's prediction of a pole shift.

Foresaw the rise of the aviation and radio industries

In May 1930, despite the deepening depression, Cayce predicted the industries which would
become the next U.S. focus of industrial activity: those of the aerial nature; that is, radio and its
associations; aerial and its associations. At the time, both the radio and aviation industries were
still widely regarded as commercially unproven toys.

Foresaw the rise of new communications technologies

Cayce foresaw that exceptional changes and improvements would come in the communications
and broadcasting industries: he pointed years in advance to the coming of TV, fax, telex,
expanded stock ticker-tape services, and microwave transmission on land to replace copper wire.

Foresaw the great influence of aviation on the world

During the 1930’s Cayce told his clients to get out of rails and to get into the air. In February
1933, he named the most outstanding change that would come - airplane manufacturing and
transportation industry. In November 1942, Cayce predicted that air transportation will become
more and more the basis of ALL relationships with other nations, countries, as well as the internal
or national activity. By 1944 he predicted that any town that has any name will eventually be on
an airline and when they're off it's as bad as being off the railroad (in another ten to twenty years).
Foresaw the development of infra-red vision for night vision

Cayce was probably the first human being to describe the concept of infra-red vision. Infrared
night vision is now one of the mainstays of U.S. military superiority.

Foresaw the union of the radio and telegraph industry

Cayce foresaw the rapid integration and expansion of the communication industry which would be
driven by the new technology. In October 1935 he predicted that by '39 should be a fact - that is,
the united activity of Radio and the Telegraph lines. By the end of the 1930’s the ITU had created
the technical standards which allowed all forms of communication to inter-operate. In November
1942 he added:

"Thus, all communications are a part of this activity. This means not only radio and telegraph (for
these must be eventually one)...but more and more the air as the greater means of
communications. With more and more satellite communication facilities coming on line, even in
the 1990’s, it is more and more the air."

Discovered an investment strategy that proved to be successful

In March, 1936, Cayce advised investing in allied industrials, that deal with preparations of war
materials, for the next few months. But the industrials having to do with communications of all
natures, for long terms.

Discovered a consumer products strategy that proved to be successful

In September, 1942, Cayce advised investing in any electrical appliances, all forms of home
appliances, those of greater conveniences, - all of these will offer the greater investment now and
for the future - for the next few years, at least. These consumer products drove the economy for a
long time and companies which manufactured them become huge. It is still true today, in the form
of computers and digital electronics. In March, 1944, Cayce again predicted post-war economic
leadership for technology in all of the industrial products, including radio, ice box, automobile,
lights. He predicted at the same time that TV would become an important consumer product
before the TV broadcasting industry had even been conceived.

Foresaw the day of his own death

The last vision of the future Cayce received concerned himself. His visions would often warn him
that he should not use his powers more than twice a day or serious health problems would occur.
But because Cayce would receive thousands of requests for help, he would ignore these
warnings and help them anyway. Many letters were from mothers who were worried about their
sons fighting World War II. Cayce's final vision warned him that the time had come for him to stop
working and rest.

But on January 1, 1945, Cayce announced that he would be buried in four more days. This was
yet another prediction that proved to be true.

Cayce's visions of the future that are yet to happen

The year the battle of Armageddon will occur in the spirit realm (may be happening already)
Cayce predicted that the so-called "Battle of Armageddon" described symbolically in the Bible
would begin in 1999. Cayce foresaw that this "battle" will not be a war fought on earth. Rather, it
will be a spiritual struggle between the "higher forces of light" and "lower forces of darkness" for
1000 years of earth time. The reason for this struggle is to prevent souls from lower afterlife
realms from reincarnating to earth. By preventing souls from the lower afterlife realms from
reincarnating to earth, only enlightened souls will be permitted to reincarnate. The result will be
1000 years of building a world of peace and enlightenment. After 1000 years, souls from lower
afterlife realms will be permitted once again to reincarnate to earth. By this time, the so-called
"kingdom of heaven" will have been established on earth.

The year of the second coming of Christ (may have already happened)

Cayce often maintained that humanity would soon experience a "day of reckoning." He predicted
the year of the second coming of Jesus to be 1998.

Critics who are not very familiar with the Cayce material have pointed out that 1998 has come
and gone and the second coming has not occurred. Such critics wrongly expect the second
coming to happen when Jesus appears in the sky with a chorus of angels while Gabriel blows a
horn and dead bodies crawl out of their graves. This idea of the resurrection was the result of a
misunderstanding of the concept of reincarnation - the ancient concept of birth and rebirth.

It is more logical and more realistic for Jesus to make his entrance the same way he did in his
previous life - rebirth. For this reason, I believe that Jesus has indeed returned just as Cayce
foresaw. If my theory is true then it means that Jesus is currently living on earth as a young child.
Here is why I believe my theory is highly probable:

(1) Cayce has a good track record about his predictions - especially the major earth-changing
ones.

(2) Cayce was a very spiritual and religious person in love with Jesus. He actually met Jesus on
occasion during his afterlife sojourns and had a strong personal relationship with him.

(3) As a Christian "prophet", the second coming of Christ would be perhaps his most important
prophecy to make. It would seem highly unlikely that he would be so accurate on other
prophecies and not accurate on the event his heart was set on most.

(4) One particular NDE supports the idea that Jesus has already returned. Dr. Richard Eby had
an NDE in which he was told by Jesus that he would not die until Jesus returns. But on December
2, 2002, Eby died. Thus, either Jesus is already here, or Dr. Eby and/or Jesus is lying. The lying
theory seems improbable.

(5) One particular NDE supports the idea that Jesus is going to return very soon. Angie Fenimore
was also given information suggesting that Jesus is to return very soon, if he hasn't done so
already. Notice also that Fenimore agrees with Cayce about spiritual warfare going on now.

"Humanity is in the final moments before Jesus Christ returns to this earth. The earth is being
prepared for this event. The war between the forces of light and the forces of darkness are
growing so intense on earth, humanity is in danger of being consumed by the forces of darkness."
(Angie Fenimore)

(6) There is an ancient prophecy that quite possibly supports Cayce's timeframe for the second
coming of Jesus. Nostradamus gave a prophecy that I believe refers to the reincarnation of
Jesus. Here it is:
"In the year 1999 and seven months, from the sky will come the Great King of Terror. He will
bring back the great king of the Mongols. Both before and after this, war reigns unrestrained."
(Nostradamus)

(a) Here is my interpretation of this quatrain:

In the year 1999, the Great King of Terror (Jesus) will come from another dimension to be reborn.
Jesus will have the king of the Mongols (possibly Genghis Khan) be reincarnated. Before 1999
and after 1999, great wars will break out.

(b) Concerning the identity of the "King of Terror":

Whenever the Bible refers to the "day of the Lord" or "the end of days" or the "end of the age," it
always refers to a period of fear, terror, judgment, fire, and brimstone. This is why I interpret the
"King of Terror" to be Jesus. The year 1998 (that Cayce gave) could be a reference to the
conception of Jesus. The year 1999 (that Nostradamus gave) could be a reference to the birth of
Jesus.

(c) Nostradamus gives anagrams for the names the three antichrists:

The Nostradamus quatrain above describes a "king of the Mongols" which may be a reference to
the final "antichrist" of which Nostradamus named three of them. They are: "Napaulon Roy"
(Napoleon), "Hister" (Hitler), and the final one Nostradamus named is "Mabus."

(d) Why did Nostradamus use heavy symbolism?:

Nostradamus was clever enough to give us the names in a way that we could recognize them
without him actually naming them. In his day, the penalty for being a prophet was death. This is
why Nostradamus cloaked and scrambled his prophecies in symbols and anagrams so that they
can be hidden but still deciphered.

(e) Nostradamus names the third antichrist:

The identity of "Mabus", the third antichrist, has baffled many Nostradamus buffs. Many current
world leaders have been suggested to be this "Mabus." The identity of this antichrist may become
known someday soon - who knows? (Kevin Williams)

More Cayce prophecies for the future

A new field of science will be developed based on a psychic/spiritual phenomenon

Cayce predicted in September, 1939, that when there is the same interest or study given to things
or phases of mental and spiritual phenomena as has been and is given to the materialized or
material phenomena, then it will become just as practical, as measurable, as meter-able, as any
other phase of human experience. Cayce did not specify a time frame, he specified a condition,
placing as much research emphasis on the spiritual/occult phenomena as material causation. It
would be nice to think that Cayce was referring to near-death research which would fit the
description of the science he is referring to. Until we know more in the future, we will have to
assume that this prediction is still pending.

A new discovery in astronomy will occur

Cayce provided a major clue that astronomers have not yet taken up: the discovery of the
revolution of the solar system around a star system composed of Arcturus and the Pleiades.

There is a possibility of a World War III

Cayce foresaw the possibility of a third world war. He spoke of strife arising "near the Davis
Straits," and "in Libya, and in Egypt, in Ankara, and in Syria; through the straits around those
areas above Australia, in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf."

Given the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the tensions in the Middle East right now, such a war
could certainly be a possibility.

Major archeological discoveries concerning human origins will be found

Cayce predicted that there will be three profound archeological discoveries of a very ancient and
important nature that will revolutionalize the way we understand human origins, cosmology and
religion. Cayce stated that this will occur when humanity reaches a higher level of spirituality. The
three repositories mentioned are in Egypt (near the Great Pyramid), the Bimini area (where the
possible portion of Atlantis has already been discovered), and the Yucatan (the location where
the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs).

China will become a Christian nation

Cayce envisioned a future where China would be the:

"the cradle of Christianity as applied in the lives of men."

On the surface of it, this prediction appears to completely improbable. This prediction of Cayce's
has stumped a lot of people who are not familiar with the Cayce material. Some critics use this
prediction to show that Cayce is fallible. The answer to these critics is that, first of all, Cayce has
already been shown to be less than 100% in his predictions and there is no reason to believe that
a person with Cayce's ability have to be perfect in their predictions. This aside, those who are
more knowledgeable about the Cayce material knows that the brand of Christianity that Cayce
affirmed to be the highest form of Christianity is not modern or traditional Christianity, but rather
Gnostic Christianity. This sect of Christians possessed the secret teachings of Jesus that he did
not reveal to the general public.

Gnostic Christianity resembles Buddhism more than it does traditional Christianity because it
involves reincarnation, the divine light within, and concepts that can found in near-death
experiences.

One of the most respected scholars on the subject of Gnosticism is Elaine Pagels. She noted that
the similarities between Gnosticism and Buddhism have prompted some scholars to question
their interdependence and to wonder whether "...if the names were changed, the 'living Buddha'
appropriately could say what the Gospel of Thomas attributes to the living Jesus." Although
intriguing, she rightly maintains that the evidence is inconclusive, since parallel traditions may
emerge in different cultures without direct influence. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels, (New
York: Random House, 1979, repr. 1989), xx-xxi

Since the Chinese communist government has stopped its cultural war against religion and
democracy and lifted the restriction on the practice of Buddhism, I see no reason to doubt that
Chinese Buddhism will one day become the "Cradle of Christianity."
Volcanic activity will proceed major earthquakes

"If there are greater activities in [the volcanoes] Vesuvius or Pelee, then the southern coast of
California and the areas between Salt Lake and the southern portions of Nevada, we may expect,
within the three months following same, inundation by the earthquakes. But these are to be more
in the Southern than the Northern Hemisphere."

America's west coast will be destroyed

Te widespread destruction in Los Angeles and San Francisco as well as in many portions of the
west coast will occur. Earth changes will occur in the central portion of the United States as well.

NDE researcher Dr. Ken Ring discovered that many near-death accounts he was studying foretell
future earth changes such as earthquakes, volcanoes, a pole shift, strange weather patterns,
droughts, famines, tidal waves and a new social order followed by a "Golden Age. These NDE
visions of the future agree completely with the Cayce predictions described below.

The ocean level will rise significantly

With the shifting of the earth's magnetic poles that began in 1998 will come a gradual melting of
the polar ice caps and eventually cause inundations of many coastal regions resulting in a drop in
the landmass of about 30 feet. In 1941, Cayce elaborated on this effect:

"As to conditions in the geography of the world, of the country -- changes here are gradually
coming about ... For, many portions of the east coast will be disturbed, as well as many portions
of the west coast, as well as the central portion of the U.S. In the next few years land will appear
in the Atlantic as well as in the Pacific. And what is the coast line now of many a land will be the
bed of the ocean. Even many battle fields of the present will be ocean, will be the seas, the bays,
the lands over which The New World Order will carry on their trade as one with another."

Dramatic changes in coastlines around the world

Due to the shifting of the earth's magnetic poles and natural disasters, dramatic changes such as
this will occur:

"The earth will be broken up in the western portion of America. The greater portion of Japan must
go into the sea. The upper portion of Europe will be changed as in the twinkling of an eye. Land
will appear off the east coast of America. When there is the first breaking up of some conditions in
the South Sea and those as apparent in the sinking or rising of that that's almost opposite same,
or in the Mediterranean, and the Etna area, then we many know it has begun."

Interesting note: In 1991, a series of natural disturbances occurred following the eruption of
Mount Etna in Sicily. Soon after the eruption of Mount Etna, volcanic eruptions occurred in the
Philippines. These events may not be a fulfillment of Cayce's prediction, but they may be a
harbinger of greater earth changes.

Major earth changes will occur in America

Here is a description of these major earth changes in Cayce's own words:

"Portions of the now east coast of New York, or New York City itself, will in the main disappear.
This will be another generation, though, here; while the southern portions of Carolina, Georgia --
these will disappear. This will be much sooner. The waters of the lakes will empty into the Gulf,
rather than the waterway over which such discussions have been recently made. It would be well
if the waterway were prepared, but not for that purpose for which it is at present being
considered. Then the area where the entity is now located (Virginia Beach) will be among the
safety lands, as will be portions of what is now Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and much of the
southern portion of Canada and the eastern portion of Canada; while the western land -- much of
that is to be disturbed as, of course much in other lands."

A new era of peace and enlightenment will follow the tremendous earth changes

Finally, Cayce foresaw a new era of enlightenment and peace for humanity in the future. Cayce
states:

"A new order of conditions is to arise; there must be a purging in high places as well as low; and
that there must be the greater consideration of the individual, so that each soul being his brother's
keeper. Then certain circumstances will arise in the political, the economic, and whole
relationships to which a leveling will occur or a greater comprehension of the need for it."

"This America of ours, hardly a new Atlantis, will have another thousand years of peace, another
Millennium. All this done in the same manner that the prayers of ten just men once saved a city.
And then the deeds, the prayers of the faithful will glorify the Father as peace and love will reign
for those who love the Lord."

Cayce's glimpse of his next incarnation and a view into the future

Cayce once had a prophetic dream involving an event in his next incarnation on earth. It gives us
an interesting look into the future:

“I had been born again in 2100 A.D. in Nebraska. The sea apparently covered all of the western
part of the country, as the city where I lived was on the coast. The family name was a strange
one. At an early age as a child I declared myself to be Edgar Cayce who had lived 200 years
before. Scientists, men with long beads, little hair, and thick glasses, were called in to observe
me. They decided to visit the places where I said I had been born, lived, and worked in Kentucky,
Alabama, New York, Michigan, and Virginia.

"Taking me with them the group of scientists visited these places in a long, cigar-shaped metal
flying ship which moved at a high speed.

"Water covered part of Alabama. Norfolk, Virginia, had become an immense seaport. New York
had been destroyed either by war or an immense earthquake and was being rebuilt. Industries
were scattered over the countryside. Most of the houses were built of glass. Many records of my
work as Edgar Cayce were discovered and collected.

"The group returned to Nebraska, taking the records with them to study... These changes in the
earth will come to pass, for the time and times and half times are at an end, and there begins
those periods for the readjustments...”

From the list of prophecies that Cayce gave which proved successful, his prophecies of the future
should be seriously considered. However, Cayce himself stated that the future is not fixed and
that human free will makes virtually everything possible.

"As each second passed there was more to learn, answers to questions, meanings and
definitions, philosophies and reasons, histories, mysteries and so much more, all pouring into my
mind. I remember thinking, 'I knew that, I know I did, where has it all been?'" - Virginia Rivers
describing her NDE

Edgar Cayce on afterlife realms

Longtime Edgar Cayce researcher and an A.R.E. Board member, Harvey A.
Green looks at the broad spectrum of the soul's existence. He uses the
Cayce readings as well as references from Rudolf Steiner, Emanuel
Swedenborg, and others to describe the realms after death and the
transcendency of the soul. As the author presents this awesome sweep of
the soul's experience after death, he covers the movement of the soul
through death and into the higher levels of the afterlife. Harvey Green has
been involved with the Cayce material since the early 1970s.

The following is an excerpt of his book, Life and Death: The Pilgrimage of
the Soul. It is his analysis of what happens after death using the important metaphysical
knowledge of others.

Introduction
It cannot be stated too often that the spiritual perspective is inward and not outward. Once we
leave the physical realm we will view reality inwardly and not outwardly. All that we have
placed inside ourselves will act as a lens, a filter. All that we see will be seen through and be
distorted by these things we have stored within ourselves. This is why it is important to remove
as much clutter as possible so as not to obscure our reality. The dimensions which immediately
surround the earth have been called the mental realms by both Edgar Cayce and Rudolf
Steiner. It is here we face, we inhabit, we experience what we have built into our minds as a
result of our activities. It is in the mental realms where our minds embody our souls. In this
reality we do not leave behind the attitudes we held in the earth but we inhabit them. This was
illustrated many times in the Cayce discourses when he said that we not only take our attitudes
with us into death, but we inhabit them. They will, however, become much, much larger in
death, much harder to bear, with no way to set them aside easily.

In essence, after death, Steiner said we expand into the planetary spheres. The moral
disposition we carry over with us allows or prevents us from moving on in a conscious manner.
After this experience, we fall asleep and the cosmic forces act directly upon us preparing us for
the next earthly experience. Our cosmic sleep regenerates us. There comes a time when the
desire to reincarnate starts to work on us. When that happens, we begin the process of going
back through the planetary spheres picking up what we will need from each in order to fulfill our
purpose in the next earth life. The "soul kernel" is carried in to the embryo, forgets the whole
trip and is born again on earth.

In the end, our transition after death is like stepping into our own thoughts where we have
existed all along. This is an inward step, so small, so natural; yet from a material perspective it
is so abrupt, and so extreme. At the moment of change some of us are completely aware of
what is happening, some of us only partly aware, and yet others totally unaware. Ultimately we
meet and greet our own death with the same awareness and attention to detail we gave to our
experiences in life.

Since taking leave of the earth realm, we have been traveling throughout many realms of
reality. In each dimension we experienced that which was helpful, in some we reviewed and
evaluated our experiences, but in all we were resuscitated. The realms in which we made our
temporary homes and the order in which we experienced them were exactly what we needed
to complete our earthly experience, to be refreshed, renewed, and prepared for our next
material adventure. Each of the realms we visited were focal points from which certain basic
qualities of our being emanate. We not only worked in the unique surroundings, but we mixed
with the essence of each quality of which each realm was comprised. These qualities are not
external things to which we responded, but they are what we are.

[The following discussion is] not meant to promote an attachment to the wonder or splendor of
any particular dimension of reality. All that [will be given is] for the better understanding of who
we really are. We are the sum total of all of our experiences from the very foundations of our
beginning up until this moment.

Each experience is but another thread woven into that fabric of which we are composed. No
realm is any more important than another, nor is our habitation or incarnation into any realm
more important than any other. Our experiences in reality are continuous and although certain
happenings may seem more momentous than others, it is the accumulation of what we do with
creation which is our quest. For it is only in that accumulation of experiencing the various
expressions of our God that we truly fulfill our destiny. It is important to note that we carry all of
our experiences into each dimension because we are the focal point of their accumulation.
Further, although each dimension operates under different sets of basic laws, they are but
variations of laws we already know. There is one Creator, one set of principles of life we call
laws, and one direction in which to grow. The infinite variety in creation is largely due to the
limitless ways in which the same things may be manifest. If we would just watch the patterns of
what we know unfold before us, we would see ever so clearly the most important aspects of
what seems both behind and ahead of us.

The material land

When in the earth, we live simultaneously in all regions of the soul and spirit lands. We are not
aware of our presence in other realms at the same time as we are embodied in the earth, but
our lack of cognizance does not in any way inhibit our multi-presence. It is from the earth that
our desires, our ambitions, and what we do about them sends waves of life resonating through
all regions of the soul and spirit lands. As there is no time and space outside of the material
universe, we have ample opportunity to experience these waves of our own soulness when we
arrive in the regions where they are manifest. From the soul and spirit regions we draw life as
well as send it; here we experience ourselves as well as all of life.

Life in the earth is not only experiencing ourselves, within the confines of universal laws, but it
is done in a much more focused fashion. As we live in the earth realm we are at the same time
building conditions in succeeding realms. The building process in materiality is therefore
multidimensional. The Edgar Cayce source expressed it best in discourse 5749-3 when the
entranced psychic stated, ".. with error entered that as called death, which is only a transition –
or through God’s other door – into that realm where the entity has built, in its manifestations as
related to the knowledge and activity respecting the law of the universal influence."

As all of life is a gradual metamorphosis, so is that period of transition we call dying. From a
physical perspective we might say one was alive one moment and gone the next. We may
comment that death came without warning. Because we see only those external happenings
which are perceptible to the physical senses, we often assume there was no activity outside of
this perspective. As we grow in stages from infancy to maturity, we likewise grow from life in
material realms to life in spiritual dimensions. The pattern here is ever the same: We do not
instantly arrive at, occupy, or depart from any condition in reality.

Dying is a process which begins before the soul takes leave of the body and in fact begins
before any illness, accident, or happening which may cause physical death. In that rest we call
sleep, the soul departs and prepares for the transition it is moving toward. How far in advance
of our departure do we begin our preparations? In a sense, one is preparing for death through
all of life. Again, let us refer to the Cayce work and psychic discourse 5488-1 which states, "..
in the midst of life one is in the midst of death, for death is but the beginning of life, as life is but
the beginning of an opportunity to manifest that as is innately built within the soul of an
individual itself.

Immediately after death

There is a definite happening at that point we call death, the least of which is the falling away of
the physical body. Our awareness, emotions, memories, likes, dislikes, desires, and fears all
live on within us. We have tried to make a case thus far to illustrate that our consciousness
more than our physical senses is what we are. We have used materiality but we are not
material.

Our material experiences are to our soul what food is to our bodies. The memories, the
relationships, the tastes of life are all carried over unadulterated in the first stage of death but
as the digestive process continues they lose their prominence and our attention turns to other
things.

In the first stage following physical death we find ourselves in the realm which is made of and
held together by the mental activity of life in materiality. Here, in what we will call the nearest
reaches of what Cayce termed the borderland, life is bigger than life. It is a narrow reality
bordered on one side by a gradual density and on the other by a likewise gradual quickening or
elevation. It is the state occupied by Dr. George Ritchie, which he describes in his book, My
Life After Dying. Further, it is the divide between life in the earth and life in the mental realms.
This divide is in fact that part of the mental realm completely overlapped by the material realm.
One can move into closer proximity to the earth and become so fixed by desire, as Ritchie
observed, that one is unable to extricate oneself. One may move toward a quickening into finer
realms or one may slide into one of the densest realms we call "outer darkness."

The earthbound realm

Many people who die surely do not do so willingly. For some, their deaths, like their lives, are
rebellious and their minds are fixed on materiality. Before gaining a cognizance of what and
where they are, they try to fly on the wings of their misguided values back into the density of
materiality. One thing, however, is amiss; they are not material. As they go about trying to
function, the newly discarnate entities do not understand why they cannot communicate with
others; as a result, they are gripped by fear. The Cayce discourses contain much material on
this state of confusion. Some think they have lost their minds, others think those around them
have gone mad, and others adapt in the world of semi-reality. They do encounter objects that
are manifestations of thought but they have no way of separating those objects from denser
ones with which they cannot interact. This extreme edge of the mental realm is so close to
materiality that it intertwines with it at every turn. The fact is that interaction with mental
counterparts of material activity that exist in this stage of consciousness is so like materiality,
so closely conjoined to the physical, that the lost soul cannot tell where one stops and the other
begins. This confusion, or blurring of divisions, lends credence to the perception that the
troubled soul is in the same physical state it held while embodied in the earth.

It is natural to ask why these souls who make their home at the edge of the borderland do not
realize they have died and passed on to another reality. How often do dreamers realize they
are dreaming even though their activities are not what one would consider consistent with
waking reality?

Some souls adjust to this confusion and as a consequence, are tied to the earth for years.
They derive their satisfaction by mingling with those forces, those energies which are given off
from life in material realms. They live vicariously, as Dr. Ritchie noted, in the emotions and
mental activities of those who are in the earth realm.

Those souls who have trapped themselves in this region endlessly try to influence matters in
the earth realm. Some are from time to time successful as they mix with thought patterns
emanating from the earth realm and some are not. Some souls have even become self-
destructive enough as to occupy or possess the body of a material human being who has, by
its own uncoordinated activities, separated its mental from its physical forces.

God and all of creation personify patience and await those souls turning back to the road they
began to travel after awakening in the borderland. To assist their return, there are countless
ministers of mercy all about them in their existence in the borderland. These who would help
them need only for them to will that help, for us to let go of their fixation on materiality; then
they will set their shaky feet on the path they must follow.

Outer darkness
Let us now take a detour into a yet denser reality so we can better understand another of our
options upon awakening in the borderland. There are some of us who have lived our lives in
such a way that we have turned completely within ourselves. We have blocked out all love, all
warmth, and all spirit from our daily doings; we have created a void within and around
ourselves. We chose to deny our responsibilities to others and to ourselves; we choose
ourselves at all cost. Upon passing on, before we become conscious that we have entered the
borderland, we swiftly move on to that realm to which our life choices in the earth resonate.
This region is void of love, life, and light, void of all of those things we cast out from our lives in
the earth. The region in which we find ourselves is approximately our wish come true. We are
truly alone, with ourselves, within ourselves; it is pain beyond pain for us. Edgar Cayce
described this region of void as "outer darkness." The name of this dimension describes it very
accurately, as we find no love, hope, friendship, kindness, benevolence, or any of what we
have come to know as human qualities. Instead there is nothing but ourselves, and it is
unbearable. In the absence of that which we term "fruits of the spirit" – truth, love, patience,
gentleness, kindness, long-suffering, and brotherly love – we fill the void with an irrational and
unbelievable amount of pain and fear. It is so dark in the realm of outer darkness that the dark
hurts and panic grips us without our knowing why. Like our material universe, outer darkness
seems endless and without any meaningful boundaries. There is nowhere we can go to escape
the agony and horror which fills almost every part of our being, and the desire to flee consumes
us. The farther and faster we travel through this realm the greater the feeling that it is endless.
Even outer darkness has degrees, and it is darker and denser at the center than at its outer
fringes. Helen Greaves describes these degrees as hells. Likewise, this is the hell described by
Emanuel Swedenborg in Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen. The
closer we are to the outer edges, the more interaction there is with others in the realm, while
the closer to the center we find ourselves, the darker and more painful we find the solitude.
One who finds himself in outer darkness cannot move toward the center by force of his own
motion. The center represents levels of reality and are not linear. One cannot travel across this
dimension; one must grow through the levels of this realm.

Outer darkness is not one of those realms which must be overcome in stages, although we can
choose that method of growth. One may find himself on a particular level after death that most
closely corresponds to his activity and the degree of absence of those fruits of the spirit in his
life, and there is no need to experience other levels here. No level of outer darkness is without
pain and fear, but, as we have noted, the very center is the most agonizing. In the reality we
call outer darkness, we have very little memory of our earthly lives. We remember little, if
anything, of our earthly relationships, and we are so absorbed in pain and fear that our
suffering exacts every last ounce of our attention.

This lower region of outer darkness is not a punishment. It is a region which operates lawfully
for the benefit of those agonized souls. This region is not a realm which was created for any
soul to experience, but one which came about as a consequence of the negative activity of
souls in creation. So great has been the desire for self, so monumental across time and space
has been the selfishness of some of God’s creatures, that this realm is the creation or
manifestation of their own collective activities. Outer darkness and the reality with which it is
associated were created and are held in place by collective self-interest.

As noted previously, universal law is perfect and works for the benefit of all, all of the time. An
excellent example of the law of grace is that no evil, no negativity, whether single or collective
in nature, exists without a way of redemption being simultaneously imprinted by the Creative
Forces throughout its fiber.

Nowhere is it more obvious than in the realm of outer darkness that no one needs to remain
here beyond one’s own will to do so. We might conjecture that no one wishes to suffer such
misery but that simply is not so. We constantly do things on the earth realm that cause us
difficulty, unhappiness, pain, and illness. We do not wish to suffer the discomfort of our actions,
but this does not keep us from those activities. In the earth realm, as in spiritual realms, until
we turn our attention from ourselves, we cannot in any way change our estate.

The occupants of outer darkness are there for various lengths of earth time. It is peculiar to
discuss length of residence by a measure which does not exist in that dimension. For most of
us it is very difficult to relate to a timeless condition, so the use of finite terms helps us to better
understand. Some residents feel they have been in outer darkness for weeks or months, others
for eons. No doubt, all are correct in their assessment of length of time spent in this realm. In a
reality of pain and torment, even a moment can seem like an eternity and there is no way to
judge length of stay until after one has long departed. Doubtless, some souls have occupied
outer darkness for what we would measure as hundreds, even thousands of years. But it is
more likely that most stay for a considerably shorter period. It is not possible for souls to be
forever confined to outer darkness since, in such a case, there would be no hope of
redemption. Further, Swedenborg noted in his book, Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell from
Things Heard and Seen, that it is God who keeps the balance in the realm of outer darkness so
that all things would not be destroyed. Again, outer darkness is not a punishment, rather it is
the ultimate manifestation of our own undoing, and he who is Mercy would never abandon us
to such spiritual agony.

The borderland
Let us return our attention to the realm that we call the "borderland". The borderland is the
outer edge of the mental realms overlapping materiality. All that we experience in materiality is
manifest in its purity in the mental realms. When one is in any of the mental realms, reality
seems so much purer, so much more real. One arriving here would become aware that there
has definitely been a change, an awakening. What we would perceive as our senses in this
realm would seem infinitely sharper, and we would be much more sensitive. All that is material
is but an expression of what is manifest in the mental realms. So here we find ourselves with
the authentic original and not the copy. As we look around and absorb our surroundings, we
feel as though we have just emerged from a haze. We do not see anything we did not see on
earth and everything is quite familiar. There are those around us that we know. Some may
have been friends or relatives who passed on before us, and others may be souls that do not
incarnate with us but with whom we shared a genuine connection. We do not notice all of the
souls around us, only those for whom we have sympathy or have shared experiences.

We notice that sleeping and waking seem to be faculties still with us, as Ruth Mattson Taylor
noted. We feel that we have just wakened, and we go through periods of what appear to us to
be states of awake and asleep. Certainly, we do not need sleep outside of the earth realm. But
we are accustomed to periods of rest and seize the opportunity when first entering the mental
realms. Gradually this cycle of sleep and work leaves us. But we do find periods of refreshment
akin to rest. We have a major adjustment to make and all of those we meet in the borderland
are there to help us. In every realm in which we find ourselves between lives on earth, there
are those who are resident in those dimensions, except for those in the borderland. This state
of reality is unique in that it is a transient state for all who inhabit it. There are those souls and
beings who choose to work for the betterment of souls in the borderland, but they are visitors
there, not residents.

In the borderland is where we review in detail the life just lived in the earth realm. We see our
lives with a clarity obscured from us when we were in the earth realm. We see the potential,
the ultimate possibilities of all the choices we didn’t make. Although this is an emotional
experience, Steiner notes that we are protected by those beings around us from immersion in
our own emotions and from becoming lost. There is not one review, but several; each exacts
yet another focus. Although we are free from the fetters of time and space, we still take this
review process gradually so that we are not overcome and immobilized. Part and parcel to this
review, a healing takes place. As the scars left on the mind become evident, a healing takes
place so that the soul will be able to move on. Now we take note of great Beings of Light for the
first time, and we are struck by how we recognize them. There is total familiarity and the
realization of their always having been with us, whether before, during, or after our earth life.

"You see, death is not the grave as many people think. It

is another phenomenized form of life." - Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce on dreams
Cayce was able to obtain virtually an unlimited amount of knowledge on an unlimited number of
subjects. One of these subjects was dreams and dream interpretation. Cayce was able to
astound people by interpreting their dreams and giving them insight into their psyche, lives and
even past lives. Cayce revealed that dreams are actually journeys into the spirit world.

Edgar Cayce once said, "Dreams, visions, impressions, to the entity in the normal sleeping state
are the presentations of the experiences necessary for the development, if the entity would apply
them in the physical life. These may be taken as warnings, as advice, as conditions to be met,
conditions to be viewed in a way and manner as lessons, as truths, as they are presented in the
various ways and manners."

Each night the average person spends approximately ninety minutes in a dream state. Some of
us can remember all or most of our dreams, and others have trouble remembering even a snippet
from one of our nightly sojourns.
The dream state is an experimental playground which gives you a chance to explore and express
emotions without the usual inhibitions you may display in your waking life. Dreams provide an
avenue of expression for that part of yourself that knows both your history and your potential as a
spiritual being. They are another way the universe provides guidance about relationships,
careers, and health problems. Through dreams you may find answers to your spiritual questions
and even receive encouragement to some challenge in your life. While some dreams may allow
you to release bottled emotions from your day's activities, others can lead to profound insights in
a psychological or spiritual way.

However, Carl Jung said dreams are "the main source of all of our knowledge about symbolism."
This means that the messages you receive from your dreams are expressed symbolically and
must be interpreted to find their true meanings.

Mark Thurston, executive director for Edgar Cayce's research foundation and author of the book,
Dreams: Tonight's Answers for Tomorrow's Questions, says, "A dream symbol is the very best
way for your unconscious self to communicate to your conscious self. The particular image
chosen - be it an object, a person, an animal, or whatever - has shades of meaning and personal
associations that make it the best communicator of some truth about yourself."

Ancient Chinese tradition held that it is your spiritual soul which creates your dreams and leaves
the body to travel to other realms and meet other souls. They and other ancient cultures,
including the Greeks, erected dream temples for seekers to find guidance about their lives. Many
times purification rituals as well as other rites of preparation were performed by the seeker prior
to entering the temple and the dream state. Upon awakening, the seeker consulted with the
temple dream interpreters.

Cayce believed that our dreams serve several functions. Somatic dreams - dreams referring to
the body - are extremely important to be mindful of. Very often dreams will offer solutions to
health problems. For example, one man was plagued with food allergies for many years, but was
unable to find the source of his discomfort. Then one night he went to bed and he dreamed of a
can of coffee. He quit drinking coffee and his symptoms disappeared.

Jung says that rarely do the symbols in dreams have just one meaning. And when interpreting the
messages in your dreams, he suggests going with your first hunch, relying on your intuitive
abilities, before applying more rational methods of dream interpretation.

Cayce also believed that deceased friends and family members do occasionally visit us in our
dream state. These occurrences may offer direct communication with those people or allow us to
resolve our feelings about their death. The person may also represent some aspect of ourselves.

One man reports that occasionally he hears a voice in his dreams. This voice usually is loud and
strong and is not associated with any characters in his dreams. "Typically, I'm told something very
specific to do or not to do," he relates. "I know this is God speaking to me - loud and clear. And I
know I'd better listen."

Morton Blumenthal, who received more dream interpretations from Cayce than anyone else -
often reported dreams of a disembodied "voice," which offered counsel. Cayce usually indicated
this was input from the Creative Forces, God. For example, in one dream, Blumenthal dreamt of a
figure leading him by the hand, and a voice which said, "The Lord will lead you - but you must ..."
He had forgotten the rest of what was said to him, but Cayce interpreted it as follows:

"As in this, as is seen, again and again, the entity receives that reassurance of the higher forces
guiding, guarding, and directing the entity in its actions, as it were, with the cloud by day and the
pillar of fire by night."

Blumenthal also had a fascinating dream in which God came to visit him. To the dreamer's
surprise, God was a modern businessman. Cayce's interpretation pointed out that God was
someone with whom we can "do business." God is not only transcendent but also actively
involved in human affairs. It was a powerful message and, in a sense, a wonderful revelation from
the divine.

More Cayce on dreams

The following is an excerpt from the excellent A.R.E. book entitled Cayce on Dreams.

During the dreaming state of sleep, we experience the different levels of consciousness and
receive input from the different realms of the spirit world. Through dreaming, we have special
access to our spirit within. According to the Cayce readings, there is not a question we can ask
which cannot be answered from the depths of our inner consciousness when the proper
attunement is made.

A dream may be of a physical, mental, or spiritual nature and may deal with all manner of psychic
manifestations. These include telepathy, clairvoyance, prophetic visions, out of body traveling,
remembrance of past lives, communication with beings in other realms including deceased
friends and relatives, spirit guides, angels, Christ, and even the voice of God. Dreams can also
give invaluable information on the status of the body.

All subconscious minds are in contact with one another. Through the subconscious, dreams may
place us in attunement with those in the physical realm or those in the spiritual realm. We may be
visited in the night by discarnate entities for many reasons: they may seek to give us assurance
about their well-being in other realms of existence; they may come seeking our aid through
prayer; they may come to bring us information which may be very helpful or limited; or they may
come to influence us with their own desires or perspectives, which may be helpful or harmful. For
example, there are dream reports of deceased relatives appearing and giving instructions about
where to find a will or a lost object.

The events we experience in the third-dimension are, as it were, a "past condition" because this
dimension is simply a projection or a reflection of what is being built at another higher level.
Therefore, when we tune into these higher levels, as we may in dreams, we become aware of
what is being built, and what may be projected into the physical in the future. Nothing of
importance happens to us that is not foreshadowed in our dreams. Which is not to say that all
dreams are precognitive or that the exact detail of everything we experience is given earlier in
dreams. However, the word "foreshadowed" suggests that we may glimpse and be warned of
what we are building now which may come into manifestation later. We call these dreams
"precognitive" or "prophetic."

Just as the angels spoke to people in dreams in the times of the Bible, the spirit world still speaks
to people to this day. Some people came to Cayce with dreams of Christ. None was told that it
was simply his imagination, but all were assured they were indeed in touch with him.

There is no dimension of human life, whether social, financial, emotional or physical, mental or
spiritual with which the dream may not on occasion deal. Dreams may encourage or reprimand,
instruct or deceive, inspire or seduce, guide or confuse. The potential for an immense array of
experiences in consciousness is always there. What we actually receive depends upon our
attitudes, motivations, the measure of our attunement, and the extent to which we have made
applicable what was received in earlier dreams and in waking experiences.

Many people came to Cayce to have their dreams interpreted. An example was the dream of a
young man about his father-in-law, who had recently taken his own life. In the dream a voice
commented:
"He is the most uncomfortable fellow in the world."

Then the dreamer was shown his own baby crying for food. The image was to convey the dead
man's hunger for guidance and spiritual sustenance, said Cayce. The next night the dreamer
heard the man's own voice, together with "a wandering impression of restlessness." The voice
said:

"I seek rest. I want to leave and be with my family down there."

Again Cayce said the dream contact had been authentic, showing the dreamer how much his
prayers were needed for the father-in-law, who was still an "earthbound" discarnate. He added
that the reason the discarnate was turning towards people in earthly life was that "the lessons are
learned from that realm, see?" It was a point Cayce often made, that souls who had once entered
the earth had to learn their final lessons in the earth, where will is called into play in a fashion
different from existence on other realms.

Yet contact between the dead and the living can be joyous. Sometimes it occurs because the
dead want to show the living what death is like, to take away their fear and grief. Exploring the
possible reality of such contact, one dreamer had her side pinched by a discarnate friend, so
vividly that she screamed in fright, while another had his toe pulled when he asked for it - and did
not ask again.

One dream took a man inside the brain of a woman dying of cancer, a relative, and showed him
precisely what a relief death was, when it finally came. A later dream also showed him how a
soul feels when awakening to consciousness after death.

Discarnates are not only rewarded by recognition from the living, they can experience the joy of
teaching the living. They can also, in relatively unusual cases, work directly with the living for the
fulfillment of worthy causes. The dead differ from the living only in this respect: they are in a
permanently subconscious state because the conscious mind of the physical body no longer
exists. But the body is an expendable shell, and all else is intact. On the astral level of existence,
the subconscious mind replaces the conscious mind of the soul, and the superconscious replaces
the subconscious.

Hence, in dreams, we find that communication with those who have passed on is more logical
than the average person is able to comprehend. The following are more excerpts from spirit
communications in dreams as told to Edgar Cayce and interpreted: One man related to Cayce:

"Both my mother and father [deceased] came to me and were so glad to see me, but then they
told me my sister had committed suicide."

Cayce replied in trance:

"This dream presents to the entity, through the mother and father both dead, the thoughts being
entertained by the sister because of dissatisfaction to meet properly the conditions in her life. And
as seen, the father and mother depend upon you to so instruct, to so direct, and to so counsel
your sister. Give the sister spiritual counsel so that she may better understand, thereby enabling
her to grow; otherwise, detrimental experiences will destroy her. Suicide is in her mind.
Remember, too, that thoughts are deeds in the mental realm, and they increase or mar the
activities of the higher self." [136-70]

A woman related to Cayce this dream:

"I dreamed my mother told me I should warn Aunt Helen against an accident between an
automobile and a streetcar. My mother then became ill."

Cayce replied in trance:

"This is a warning. Tell Aunt Helen about it. If she observes the warning, and stays out of
automobiles and streetcars until the waning of the moon, it will not happen. Warn her, then, for
this is a direct communication from one in the spiritual realm to one in the physical realm. This
attunement is made when the conscious mind is subjugated, as in meditation or in sleep, and an
attunement with the universal forces is established. This is also an illustration of the ability of
those in the spiritual realm to see the future." [136-48]

Perhaps the most common dream experience in spirit communication according to Cayce is
related by the message which in essence says:

"I am fine and happy. Your grief, however, is holding me back and making me sad. You can help
me greatly by trying to overcome your sorrow. You must stop grieving!"

Dream analysis tips from Edgar Cayce

Keep a notebook beside the bed. Record your dreams as soon as possible after waking.

Suggest to yourself every night as you fall asleep, "I will remember my dreams."

If you wake during the night, write down the main symbols, and the entire dream will usually come
back in the morning.

Practice keen observation in your dreams through self-suggestion prior to sleep.

Look for these components in your dreams: the setting, the people, the action, the color, the
feeling, and the words.

Work on analyzing your dreams every day, otherwise their progression will be difficult to assess.

If dreams are illogical, three reasons are possible:

A. Only the fragments of the dream have been recalled.

B. The dream is reflecting something illogical in the dreamer's life.
C. Mental blocks have erased your recall.

If you are unable to decipher an important dream, suggest to yourself, before your next sleep, that
the dream repeat itself more clearly.

Nightmares, which bring with them an inability to move or cry out, usually indicate the wrong diet.
To end the nightmarish dreams change your diet.

Dreams that are unchanged through the years indicate the dreamer's resistance to change.

Dreams of ill health can be either literal or symbolic warnings.

When a problem confronts you, ask by prayer for guidance to be sent to you through your dreams.

Be practical in your interpretations. Always look first for a lesson. What have you refused to face or
been ignoring?

Observe carefully recurrent dreams, as well as the serially progressive ones. These often illustrate
progress or failure.

Dreams are the reaction of the inner self to daytime activity and often show the way out of the
dilemma. So relate them to current activity, because dreams may be retrospective as well as
prospective.

Dreams come to guide and help, not to amuse. They direct your attention to errors of omission and
commission and offer encouragement for right endeavors. They also give us the opportunity to
pray for others and to help them bear their burdens.

If you receive an unusual message, reduce it to common terms. See if the symbolism of the Bible
can be of help in interpreting the dream.

Look for past-life experiences in your dreams. These manifest themselves not only in color, but in
the proper costume and setting of their period. They come to warn you against repeating the same
old mistakes; to explain your relationship and reactions to certain people and places; to reduce
your confusions; to enable you to better understand life.

Do not fear conversation with the so-called "dead" in dreams. If the communication is one-sided, it
denotes telepathy. If both participate, it may be an actual encounter of bodiless consciousness.

Dreams are primarily about self. Only a few dreams relate to family, friends, and world events.

Watch for mental telepathy in dreams.

Remember, persistence is necessary to learn any new language, and dream symbols are the
forgotten language of the subconscious.

Give daily thanks to God for all things and use daily prayer to improve the quality and reception of
your dreams.

Other dream information on this site

Cayce's dream interpretation of the Book of Revelation

The dream and afterlife connection
A dream induced near-death experience
The excellent video "The Secret Word of Dreams"

How to interpret your dreams

It would seem that sensory experiences are permanently recorded by our subconscious mind,
even though we remain consciously unaware of them. Under hypnosis, eyewitnesses to a crime
 are able to recall detailed facts that they had previously been unable to remember. Asleep
or awake, the subconscious, like the tape recorder, registers continuously. This is because
the senses are awarenesses of the inner self which never sleeps. This may also explain
why associations with some symbols appearing in dreams are difficult to interpret – they are
not consciously observed.

Dreams symbols, such as a house, a bird, or a friend, always represent much more than
that which first meets the eye. This is why the beginner can benefit from help received from
those who have made a serious study of dreams. Carl Jung voiced much the same thought
when he said that, if one understands symbols, one can understand the dream as much by
empathy as by formal analysis.

The ideal, however, is for the individual himself to learn to understand his dreams by writing them
down. Dreams are more easily understood in series. Dream researchers have discovered that
three or even four of the dreams each night often relate to the same basic problem or subject, but
in different symbols.

It is also helpful not only to pray for guidance, but also to learn to meditate. Meditation, which is
the art of listening with the ego subdued, improves the clarity of dreams, expands the
consciousness, and encourages extrasensory perceptions by breaking down the barriers
between the conscious mind and the subconscious and superconscious.

Perhaps the most fundamental aspect of symbology is that it is a universal language, teaching
and preserving permanent basic truths. What shorthand is to words, symbology is to ideas. This
is especially true of religious concepts.

According to Edgar Cayce, the Book of Revelation is a compilation of the Apostle John’s dreams
and visions while he was in exile. It illustrates his growth in consciousness as he sought, through
meditation and prayer, to fully comprehend the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in his life.

The following are many of the dreams symbols Cayce encountered from all those who came to
him to have their dreams interpreted. Each dream symbol and its meaning are given. If you
cannot find the dream symbol in the list below, visit the Edgar Cayce Dream Dictionary website.

Dream Symbol Index

Situations Body Clothing

Vehicles Buildings In the House
Nature Animals Birds
Trees Flowers Numbers
Colors Miscellaneous

"Each soul enters with a mission. We all have a

mission to perform." - Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce on meditation
Prayer is speaking to God and mediation is listening to God. Mastering the technique of
meditation is not easy. There are three keys necessary to succeed in meditation. The three keys
to this door of communication with God are sincerity, enthusiasm and perseverance.
As for sincerity, ask yourself these questions: Do I really know who and what God is? Do I know
him personally as a loving Father, or do I just know about him? More important, does he know
me? Are we on speaking terms, or do we just nod occasionally? If we find ourselves answering in
the negative to these questions, we may begin to realize how greatly we need him. His promise
has ever been that if we believe, live by his laws, he will aid us swiftly when we call, no matter
where we happen to be.

Enthusiasm is important because it is an inner fire, an inner light seeking its own source. In
Webster's dictionary, the origins of the Greek word "enthusiasm" meant to be "inspired, or
possessed by a god." In meditation, this inner fire stimulates every cell of the body and every
reflex of the brain to listen. How do we evoke enthusiasm for our search for God? By first
examining those people who, from the beginning of time, have found him. The Bible tells of man's
experiences with God. Studying it in conjunction with efforts at meditation and prayer awakens
the necessary enthusiasm to begin.

Perseverance is perhaps the most difficult key. We need to keep on, day after day, in the effort to
re-establish our communion. When we first attempt to harness the thoughts, to control the body,
to sit still, we realize just how much the body controls us, mind and spirit.

The purification and control of the spiritual body takes place within the endocrine glands, under
the direction of the mind. The Cayce readings and modern science concur that constructive
thoughts and emotions release healing hormones into the body and mind. But the Cayce
readings go further. They suggest that the endocrine glands are the spiritual centers of the body
and that through them our spiritual forces find means of expression. Meditation is a key to
opening these spiritual centers.

These spiritual centers are: the sex glands, the Lyden gland, the Adrenal glands, the Thymus, the
Thyroid, the Pineal and the Pituitary glands. The proper application of the energies illuminates
them, transforming the individual into a light in the world.

Ideals enter the mind when led by the spirit. The Cayce readings remind us over and over again
that mind is the builder, led by the spirit we are entertaining, the spirit of God or the spirit of the
devil - self. What one thinks and eats, one becomes.

Spiritual cleansing begins when the mind is in accord with his spirit. It is across the bridge of the
mind that we pass, as we come to know God. Once a soul sets for itself an ideal which is spiritual
in essence, every cell in the body is made aware of this and changes begin to take place. Our
seven spiritual centers become the points of contact with the divine within; thus we experience a
stepping-up of activity in all these centers. We have redirected the use of this energy to its
highest function. A refining process has taken place in the body, a lifting of the rate of vibration;
these centers now disseminate their energies and hormones to the entire body.

As the individual sits in meditation, his mind focused on an affirmation (an idea), spiritual energy
begins to move upward from the sexual glands. Usually, at this point, a pulsation may be felt at
the end of the spine. If the spiritual force has been able to rise unhindered and undefiled to the
pineal and pituitary, one may experience an incandescence as if the whole body had been filled
with light and become transparent.

It is at the pineal center that we gradually become oriented to the Christ-presence, where we may
even receive the Mind of Christ, depending on the degree of the attunement.

This force then flows into the pituitary, from whence, being now in purified form, it flows
downward, cleansing and strengthening body and mind.
And Jesus also said, "He that believes on me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow
rivers of living water." (John 7:38) The movement of these spiritual forces in meditation are the
"rivers of living water."

The more we become able to still the conscious mind, the more trouble we can expect from the
subconscious mind, for it is the conscious mind of the soul. It, too, must be purified. We have
stimulated this area of the mind as a result of the ideal we have upheld; attitudes and thoughts
previously concealed in the subconscious rise to the surface for examination. Symbols and old
familiar scenes begin to flash before us like pictures on a screen. However, this is still only the
beginning of meditation. We should not dwell too long on these pictures but press on to the
silence. In other words, we must return attention to the affirmation.

We may at this point be fascinated by the many faces appearing, or numerous pairs of eyes
staring. We may even hear our names called; we may feel as if we were in the midst of a crowd,
listening to chatter and laughter. We must not stop there, for we are not yet in real meditation. Of
course, it is fascinating at first, for it is an entirely new experience. The sounds, the voices, the
pictures, the eyes and faces may all belong to souls already in the beyond who, having seen the
light pouring through the open door (the spiritual center), have been attracted. It is much akin to
the sensation of looking through a strange keyhole, only to see another eye looking back.
Intriguing, perhaps, but neither stands to gain much from such a restricted encounter.

We must leave this entertainment behind and "press on to the mark of the high calling," his mark,
the superconscious mind, the Christ Consciousness, the Holy Spirit, the "hill of the Lord."

Spiritual height is reached by attunement to the Creative Forces in meditation. The release of
energy should never be forced by such methods as exercise, or holding the breath, or by focusing
one's mind on a special center, or by willing the center to open. When meditation is properly
approached, these centers will open voluntarily. The knowledge, power and illumination of the
soul which accompany this opening will then be concentrated on the good of others and not to
one's own misdoing.

The opening of the centers should come only as a result of spiritual growth, not through any
abnormal means. Unless the power released is used to express his spirit with and for others, it
will but inflame our lower natures.

The glands of reproduction are the reservoirs of the life force. They house the creative energy of
the body. As the individual sits in silence, having lifted his mind by use of the Lord's Prayer (an
excellent affirmation), creative energy is released at this level. This energy now carries the stamp
of the divine, because both the purpose and the thought which released it were holy.

The lyden gland, control-center of the soul's activity, opens its doors to this energy, enabling the
mind of the soul - the subconscious mind - to rise to the level of the pineal, seat of the Christ
consciousness. This energy is then transmitted to the other centers of the body by means of the
pituitary. As it passes through the centers, it illuminates them.

Meditation brings an increase in vigor and improved health. An expansion of consciousness is

achieved, and with this expansion comes the realization that we are in eternity now. The
realization dawns that indeed there is no death. The only real death is the separation in
consciousness of the soul from God. When this has been overcome there is no death, for
consciousness is continuous in whatever realm one manifests.

Jesus said, "In my Father's house are many mansions." (John 14:2) These "mansions" of God
are afterlife levels of consciousness. Where is consciousness? Within the bodies we now occupy,
wherever we are. "For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them,
and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." (2 Cor. 6:16)
Through meditation, we may become aware of these afterlife realms of consciousness as in
dreams. Therefore, whether we are on this earth, or in another afterlife realm, the "house of the
Lord" is the shell which we occupy. For while God wills that no soul shall perish, he will not force
humankind to seek him.

Meditation tips from Edgar Cayce

Meditation is the attuning of the mental and physical body to your spiritual source.

Meditation builds a protective barrier around yourself against harmful forces.

Meditation will help you manifest the fruits of the Holy Spirit and the white light of the Christ.

Meditation allows you to obtain information on any subject and the answer will come from within.

Meditation is the way to at-one-ment with God.

Constant communication with God through meditation will result in spiritual guidance.

During meditation, you can increase the spiritual forces taking place within your inner self.

This is necessary to help you attune and become one with the Creative Force - just as in the pitch
of a song of praise.

Raise these spiritual forces in yourself and you will enter the presence of your Maker.

Attunement through meditation comes not above yourself - but within yourself.

No sacrifice is necessary except your desire to be one with God.

You will know within yourself when you are in an at-one-ment with God.

Read about the promises of Jesus in the book of John, chapters 14-17, to learn about the spirit of
light within you to help unlock your inner self.

Set definite time periods to listen to the voice of your Maker. Meditate either at 11:00 am to noon in
the day or 11:00 pm to midnight in the evening. The best time is 2:00 am to 3:00 am in the
morning. (For at least 30 minutes)

Meditate facing east (for polarity with the earth) and in the same place each day.

For some people, the song of the spheres is necessary for their comfort in meditation and to rest
the senses.

Sit or lie in an easy position, without any binding garments around your body.

Sit as in readiness. Crucify desires within yourself. Turn yourself inward.

Quiet yourself mentally. Cleanse the inner room of your mind. No unkind thoughts are allowed.
Shut out all thoughts pertaining to activities or attributes of carnal forces.

The hands should always cross the solar plexus, the balancing between the forces of the body,
when meditating or seeking to open yourself to the unseen sources.

Never open yourself without surrounding yourself with the Christ Consciousness by thought, by
word of mouth, by impressing it upon yourself - also for protection.

Certain types of breathing are suggested, that there may be an even balance in the respiratory
system, that the circulation becomes normal in its flow through the body.

With low music or incantations, let yourself go deeper, to the seeing, feeling, experiencing the
creative forces of love and enter into the Holy of Holies.

Then listen to the music of your inner spiritual centers responding.

Enter in the closet of your inner self and pour out your self so that you may be filled with the Spirit
of God.

Find what is the impelling desire (i.e., your ideal) in your inner self - council with your soul.

Make your will to be one with the whole.

In your temple, let the voice, the feeling, the spirit of your purpose be free in its direction to
yourself.

Meditate on the fruits of the Spirit in the inner secrets of the consciousness and the cells in the
body will become aware of the awakening of the life in their activity.

Only in patience can you become aware of your soul's activity.

Attune yourself almost in the same manner as you would tune a violin for harmony.

Seek God’s face and God’s ways. When you are fully attuned, let your intonations, breathing, and
posture be rather an outgrowth of your attunement.

As the body attunes itself, it may be a channel where there may be instant healing with the laying
on of hands.

Voices can be heard when attuning yourself during meditation.

Visualizing while attuned in meditation can influence others.

Many people meet their "spirit guide" during their first experience of meditation. Do not be satisfied
with a guide other than one from the Throne of Grace itself.

After raising your consciousness, God meets you in your own temple (the Holy of Holies, the "third
eye").
No one can know attunement who has not developed their inner self.

If we fail to apply what is given us in meditation, the body will act!

"For life and death are one, and only those who
will consider the experience as one may come
to understand or comprehend what peace
indeed means." - Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce on the Book of Revelation
The final book of the Bible is called the Book of Revelation. Written by a man named John
(possibly John the Apostle) toward the end of his life, he records a vision he experiences,
probably while dreaming or meditating. This vision contains a tremendous amount of symbolism;
the same kind of symbolism one would see in a dream, a vision of the spirit world. In fact, the
Book of Revelation contains the same symbolism found in the symbols in the Prophet Daniel's
dream. All Biblical dreams, such as those of Joseph, Gideon, Daniel, Paul, and Peter, are very
symbolic and therefore had a hidden spiritual meaning rather than a literal interpretation of the
symbols. Such is the case with the Book of Revelation.

During several of Cayce's journeys into the spirit realms, he was able to unlock the secrets to the
symbolism in the Book of Revelation. He gave a large amount of information specifically for the
purpose of discovering the book's hidden meaning.

Cayce described the true nature between humanity and God. Cayce revealed that humans
actually have three different dimensions of human awareness: the conscious mind (the
personality), the subconscious mind (the soul) and the superconscious mind (the spirit). An
important goal in everyone's life is to "awaken" our superconscious mind to attain what Cayce
called "at-one-ment" with God.

The superconscious mind is called by many names by many religions in many different cultures.
Some of these names are: Buddha consciousness, Christ consciousness, the Collective Mind,
the Universal Mind, the Collective Unconsciousness, the Holy Spirit, Brahman, God, the Clear
White Light, Allah, Higher Self, the Mind of Christ, etc.

Cayce's references to "the Christ", "the Christ consciousness" and "the "Mind of Christ" has little
to do with the personality known as Jesus. Cayce revealed that Jesus became "the Christ", in that
he attained a full manifestation of the "Christ consciousness" - the divine nature within humanity.
It is God's desire for all of humanity to become "Christs" (or "Buddhas" if you live in the East).
Such a condition will truly bring the Kingdom of God to the earth. Cayce revealed that the Book of
Revelation is the symbolic story of how humanity in general (and a human in particular) attains
this manifestation of the divine.

Cayce's symbolic interpretation about the Book of Revelation can be contained in a book all by
itself. In fact, a whole book has been written about Cayce's interpretation of Revelation. It is
entitled Edgar Cayce's Commentary on the Revelation. There is also a video on this subject from
the ARE Foundation (the Cayce organization)

What follows is a very brief (too brief) summary of the information he received.

Chapters 1-3: Letters to the Churches

Literal: John, on the island of Patmos, explains that he was in the Spirit when Christ appears to
him standing in the midst of seven candlesticks. Christ then tells John to write down what he sees
and hears concerning seven churches.

Interpretation:
While in meditation, John's conscious mind becomes open to his subconscious mind and his
superconscious mind. The seven "churches" and the seven "seals" represent the seven "spiritual
centers" (or "chakras") of the body where the physical, mental and spiritual forces all come
together. The superconscious mind within John, tells him that anyone, who can regain control of
these spiritual centers within their bodies, can access the superconscious mind, and never need
to reincarnate again (Rev. 3:12). Here is a table of the symbols:

Church Gland Seal

Ephesus gonads 1

Smyrna lyden 2

Pergamos adrenal 3

Thyatira thymus 4

Sardis thyroid 5

Philadelphia pineal 6

Laodicea pituitary 7

Chapter 4-11: Christ opens the seals of the book in heaven

Literal: John now appears at the throne of God and sees four beasts and twenty-four elders
around it. On the throne sits God who has a book with seven seals. John weeps when he learns
that no one can open the seals to the book. One of the elders tells John that Christ is able to
open the seals. Christ then opens the seals, resulting in many earth changes. The seventh seal
unleashes seven angels who sound seven trumpets which are sounded one by one.

Interpretation:
John has a mental awakening when he attains the spiritual level of the superconscious mind,
within the throne of his own body. The "four beasts" are his four lower spiritual center's animalistic
desires and the "twenty-four elders" are the twenty-four nerves from his brain leading to his five
senses. The superconscious mind, is now in full control of John's body. The body is symbolized
as a "book" with "seven seals" which "no one has the ability to open on his own" (Rev. 5:3). Only
through the development of the superconscious mind within a person, can these spiritual centers
within the body be "opened" (i.e., spiritually activated).

As each spiritual center within the body is activated, different parts of the body are purified and
upheavals of the body occur mentally, physically, and spiritually. The superconscious mind
spiritually activates the seventh spiritual center (the pituitary, the master gland of the body). As a
result of this, it becomes "quiet in heaven for one half hour" (Rev. 9:1). This is symbolic of the
perfect control of the mind for one half hour through meditation. The following are some of the
symbols of Revelation interpreted by Cayce:
 Symbol Meaning
Paradise of God the original consciousness of humanity before its fall into flesh

the spiritual centers of the body, such as the heart and the pituitary, that
Tree of life
becomes perfectly synchronized

Angel of the church the intelligent force governing a spiritual center within the body

self-centeredness, self-interest, self-gratification, self-righteousness,

Satan
self-consciousness, self-glorification, self-condemnation, self-will, SELF

Book of life the collective unconscious record of all souls (memory)

Earth the physical body

New Jerusalem the superconscious mind awakened

nakedness the exposure of faults

seven lamps the wisdom of the seven spiritual centers within the body

Chapter 12-14: A woman, a dragon, two beasts, and a lamb

Literal: John sees a woman with twelve stars about to bear a child. Next to the woman is a
dragon that is ready to devour the child she is giving birth to. After the child is born, the child is
taken to the throne of God. Afterward, a war in heaven occurs and the devil and his angels are
cast out of heaven to earth. John also sees a beast rise out of the sea which the world worships.
John then sees a lamb on the earth and angels proclaiming the fall of Babylon.

Interpretation:
John is shown a picture of the soul of humanity in its development since the days of eternity. The
"woman" symbolizes the soul of humanity crowned with "twelve stars," the twelve basic patterns
of human personality as described in the zodiac. The "child she bears" is the conscious mind. As
the conscious mind is born, a rival force of the self occurs, which brings about recurring periods of
rebellion in humanity. Through divine intervention, the conscious mind is protected while the
unconscious mind, from which it sprung, is withdrawn below the conscious level. This is the same
story as symbolized as the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Rebellion from the
physical brings conflict into the soul but the soul can remain above it by remaining concealed
from the forces of self will.

The "beast rising out of the sea" is the selfish animalistic desires that arise which are capable of
ruling humanity. These desires spring from the self will of the unspiritual intellect of humanity
whom the world worships as a "symbol of success." The human intellect, lacking spiritual
orientation, cuts itself off from all that is divine. The "lamb" John sees are the forces of the
superconscious mind in the world going into action. "Babylon", the human desire for earthly riches
and success in the gratification of the flesh, begins to be "destroyed" as humans are shown the
consequences of their "prostitution" of their higher faculties.

Symbol Meaning
the number for divinity seven (Spirits of God, candlesticks), perfection
the number for man six, imperfection

the mark of the beast un-evolved animalistic behavior in humanity

the mark of the lamb evolved divine behavior in humanity

un-evolved behavior (symbolized by the number 6), influencing all

the number of the beast
aspects of a human being (physical, mental and spiritual), which is
(666)
symbolized by the number 666

Chapter 15-18: Seven angels, seven vials of seven plagues, and a great
prostitute riding a seven-headed beast.

Literal: John is shown seven angels each of whom holds a vial containing a plague which they
pour upon the earth one at a time. John then sees a woman sitting on a seven-headed beast with
ten horns. The woman wears on her forehead the name "Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother
of Harlots and Abominations of the earth." John is told the seven heads symbolize the seven
mountains on which the woman sits and the ten horns symbolize ten kings. These make war
against the lamb and the lamb conquers.

Interpretation:
John is seeing within the soul of humanity, the collective unconscious, that the souls of individuals
are purified and tested on seven levels of consciousness symbolized by the "seven plagues"
being poured out by the "seven angels". When all seven levels of consciousness have been
"purified", then, and only then, can a person control the physical, mental, and spiritual forces
within his body.

Physical diseases arise from the misuse of the forces and self-gratification of the flesh, "wars"
against universal truth. This brings about conflict in the world against groups and governments.
The end of the "seven ordeals" comes when humanity's social institutions and concepts collapse,
leaving universal truth to be realized.

The "Prostitute of Babylon" symbolizes humanity's desire lust for riches and gratification of the
flesh. The "beast" it rides on are man-made ideas stemming from self-gratification. It is explained
to John that these forces have taken control of the seven spiritual centers of the human body,
thereby becoming possessed and ruled. However, as the highest forces of evolving humanity
overcome the forces of self, even the ten basic urges of the body, symbolized by the "ten horns",
will in time fulfill the divine pattern. As the divine nature in humanity becomes less realized,
society is destroyed by its own hand through self-gratification.

Symbol Meaning
the purification and tribulation the soul experiences which may
seven plagues
overcome the karma of the soul

vials of the wrath of God karma, consequences, reap what you sow, eye for an eye

Armageddon spiritual conflict within a person

false prophet self-delusion

Chapter 19-22: Rejoicing in heaven, the devil thrown into a bottomless pit,
a new heaven and new earth.

Literal: John now sees much rejoicing in heaven and the appearance of Christ. An angel casts
the devil into a bottomless pit for one thousand years. John then sees a new heaven and a new
earth come into being.

Interpretation:
What was the final salvation of the bodily, mental, and spiritual forces described within John, now
are shown to take place in collective humanity. When humanity recognizes the divinity within
them as the controlling force in the world, and turns away from their own selfish pattern of living
for self alone, the old pattern disappears and the Christ pattern emerges.

John is told that the merging of the evolved self with the divine superconscious, which has taken
place in John, must also take place in all humanity (Rev. 19:7). The fulfilled pattern of evolved
humanity, the Christ (superconscious mind), is now shown in a position of power (the "second
coming").

Now the archetype of humanity's continual rebellions, the self-willed intellect symbolized as the
"devil", is confined for a time in the collective unconscious mind. During this period of one
thousand years (the thousand year "rule of Christ"), only the evolved souls will be permitted to
incarnate the earth (Rev. 20:4). At the end of this period, the remaining souls begin to incarnate,
bringing with them their unsatisfied ambitions and desires. This, of course, brings about the
former conditions of imbalance (wars and plagues). These conditions, all man-made, are now
themselves eliminated and all mental forms and patterns not formed by divine will are purged
(Rev. 20:14).

The "new heaven and new earth" John sees is humanity's perfected state of consciousness and
regenerated body. The human mind at this point is now one with the divine in the perfection of
control and is free from outside limitations. The human conscious mind merges with the
superconscious mind.

John states that if anyone adds or takes away from this book, that person will experience the
plagues in this book. The "book" is the body, which is the vehicle for human experience in the
world. Through it, the lessons of the soul are learned. There can be no shortcuts or meanderings
without dire consequences to the body.

Symbol Meaning
marriage of the lamb the union of the self with the Christ consciousness

the "logos", the Christ consciousness, the fulfilled evolved

Word of God
pattern of humanity

lake of fire the subconscious mind's area of repression, the "id"

first resurrection the reincarnation of advanced souls

gog and magog worldly influences

the dead in judgment reincarnating souls

hell remorse, self-condemnation, guilt and frustration

second death the destruction of all man-made un-evolved conditions

12 tribes of Israel, 12 gates, 12

angels, 12 foundations, 12 the 12 basic patterns of human personality, the zodiac
disciples

temple of God the superconscious mind, the Christ consciousness

New Jerusalem the evolved soul that is one with divinity

"The conquering of self is truly greater than were

one to conquer many worlds." - Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce on the soul realms

The first region

As we move further from the review process, we become more fixed in the mental realms. We
leave the mental-material overlap and move more into that part of the mental which we will call
the First Region of reality after death. Rudolf Steiner, in Theosophy, discussed at great lengths
successive realms he called the First Region, Second Region, and so forth. Now, we are fully
invested in reality beyond physical materiality, and those periods of rest in which we approximate
sleep are behind us. We will, from here and throughout the spiritual realms, now experience
ceaseless activity, since life, like the spirit which it animates, is continuous. This region is ruled by
those things which comprise such emotions as our urges, passions, sensual love, and all that is
connected with them. Here in the First Region we begin to deal with our unfinished emotional
business left over from our past incarnation. Those who lived by and were ruled mostly by their
emotions will have more difficulty in this realm than those who were not. Those who are still
fixated on Earthly desires will feel an expansion of those yearnings and will suffer by virtue of the
inability to satisfy them directly. In any event, the souls will not move on until all of their material
fixations are laid aside. Some of the desires, Steiner notes, will be purged permanently and
others will be left aside in "safe keeping" to be dealt with at a more appropriate time.

This laying aside is a concept which may be alien to some because we think of spiritual
progression as an overcoming rather than a continuous experience. In the First Region, as in
others, we deal with those parts of ourselves which are ruled by forces which emanate throughout
that realm. We are not required to deal successfully with all of those things; we will pass this way
more than once, so we can set aside those things that can better be dealt with some other time
and return later to deal with it. We may not pass from the First Region carrying our emotional ties
to materiality; so we will deal with what we can and move on. We cannot choose to set aside that
which we are able to successfully deal with simply because the challenges are difficult; our soul
forces united with this region will not permit us to delude ourselves in such a way. Here in the
First Region we live in communities with those with whom we share a like sympathy.

Helen Greaves, Ruth Montgomery, Edgar Cayce, Rudolf Steiner, Emanuel Swedenborg, and
Ruth Matteson Taylor all discuss these groups, communities, or societies at length. We share
relationships with souls with whom we have done so throughout our travels through reality. There
are those in every realm who are part of our soul group, those with whom we have shared
experiences, and those who will remain our soul family throughout our experiences.

Our communities in the First Region appear to us much the same as they did in the earth realm.
But they appear slightly different to each inhabitant. As we grow in a region, its appearance
changes, but this is so gradual it goes largely unnoticed. All experiences are for learning; here we
deal largely with our choices in our most recent earth incarnation. We do not merely deal with
observation but we actually inhabit the experience in all of its potential. This may be difficult to
understand, so let us again explain by illustration. In the earth realm we may have had an
experience of helping another to grow. This choice may have caused us difficulty to a varying
degree and may have opened the door to countless choices along our journey. The experience
could have been complicated and spread over a long period of time. In the First Region we may
experience the glory of growing fields of magnificently beautiful flowers. Such flowers would not
only be attractive in appearance but beautiful beyond explanation to our soul. We may experience
the radiance, the peace, the glorious symphony of creation at play in the fields and then we may
find ourselves the keeper of those fields. The flowers, whose beauty we now experience on every
level, find their growth and nourishment at our hand. We are the gardeners of the fields, the
symphonic conductors of beauty; we share an exclusive relationship with what they represent.
Likewise, we deal with our not so glorious choices by having the opportunity to be changed by
their true essence.

For those who chose to experience materiality more passively, the First Region is more difficult
than for those who made inappropriate choices. As much can be learned from unsuitable choices
as from correct ones; but nothing can be learned from making no choice. If we lived a life of
indifference in the earth realm, Steiner notes that in the First Region we experience a helpless
and useless state of being where we cannot participate in life around us. We have a burning
desire to associate, to experience, but we are not guided by impelling forces that draw us into
such experiences. We experience our own indifference and then see the possibilities all around
us from which we may make choices. The desire to participate in any of our possible choices
wells up inside of us because we see the full potential of those options never taken. We may not
see the earthly potential of the choices not made, instead we see the emotional, mental, and
spiritual possibilities. For a while, or what may seem like a thousand years, we find our
experience very difficult. Then finally, when we have fully experienced our indifference, we begin
to set it aside to be combated after we have gained more protective light for the task.

As we deal with our earthly experiences, good and bad, unfolding in their full potential, we glean
the best and overcome or set aside the worst. All with whom we associate help us in our
relationships to reality. We meet those with whom we feel close and others with whom we feel
distant. Our clarity of vision and our relationships are in proportion to our affection; we have only
the most limited use of the laws of cause and effect at this time. Life here is accented by the fact
that we cannot change one aspect of our relationships with others. The lack of the full force of
cause and effect seems so natural that we do not question it or even lament its absence. As in
the earth realm, we are surrounded by angels and other spirits. But their presence is somewhat
more discernible to the senses in this dimension. Swedenborg and Steiner agree that as we rise
into finer dimensions, those permeating from yet higher dimensions are more apparent to us. We
all work together to experience the spiritual potential of our activities and are protected, guided,
and healed by the angels of mercy.

From the First Region we take trips, as described by Helen Greaves, into higher dimensions and
return again to use those experiences in our communities. This is not so unusual when one
realizes that the same things are experienced in our sleep state in the earth realm. Frequently we
move out of our earthly bodies in sleep and travel to spiritual realms. This is accomplished under
the guidance and protection of souls and spirits who have taken this as their ministry. The only
difference is that after death, we do not sleep and we vividly recall the experience of having
traveled to another dimension. Greaves notes that, when appropriate, those who minister to us
always come to us; they change their own vibrations to be sympathetic with the realm to which
we are to travel. Like two tuning forks, we are drawn to their resonance and eventually vibrate at
the same rate. This process transports us to that realm with which we have been helped to
develop a sympathy, where we are ultimately instructed and refreshed. When our experience is
complete, we return to the First Region where we once again resonate to this dimension. Such a
form of travel is not limited to the First Region and, in fact, exists in almost all dimensions of
reality. It may seem hard to conceive of, but before we leave we expand to fill out all of the First
Region. Each individual in the region occupies the same time and space but interacts only in
accord to those with whom each has had a relationship.

The second region

Passing on from one region to another is not as traumatic as the exit from the physical earth. It is
not as outwardly abrupt nor are we as likely to become as fixed in these regions as we did in
materiality. When our experiences in the First Region are complete we leave behind those karmic
memories we will again reclaim and move to the Second. Here we now find ourselves in a
balanced state of sympathy and antipathy. In such a balanced state we no longer are gripped by
regrets of unfulfilled potential and are much more objective in our experiences. Here in the
Second Region we are also divided into communities but are as unaware of those outside of our
community as we were in the First Region. Swedenborg mentioned that those who led indifferent
lives in the earth are still relatively isolated from others; but their need for being part of the soul
family is no longer as burning as it may have been in the First Region, nor does it last as long.
Here, in this region, sympathy and antipathy are general laws and do not attach themselves to
things as they do in the earth, the lower realms, or the First Region. Because of this, emotions
triggered by situations and things pass very quickly. We have now begun to move away from the
relationship of experiences and the emotions they arouse, and likewise we have begun to deal
with creation in a more balanced fashion. Here in the Second Region we begin to appear much
younger if we lived past middle age in the earth. This is not a physical youth but an internal youth.
If we were to appear to others in materiality at this time we would project that image we had at the
height of our physical vitality. The further we move through the regions outward from materiality,
the younger and more vital we appear internally. We are illumined by those great ministers of
mercy, and we receive life, light, and wisdom through this irradiation. In this region we are much
more aware than ever before of those influences which work upon us; life becomes much more
instructive for us. We still deal largely with our earth choices and potentials, but because
sympathy and antipathy are in balance, we do so much more objectively.

Rudolf Steiner noted that in the Second Region we interact more with spirits, souls, and angels
from higher realms, and our travels to other dimensions continue at the same rate as they did in
the First Region. Like before, our travels are to give us that which we need to better grow in the
Second Region as we continue to work with the elevation and true nature of our lives just lived in
the earth. We feel just as close to those in our communities as we did in the First Region and we
find that we possess a striking familiarity with all of those we contact.

All activity in the Second Region is mental and we are present by force of our mental energy. We
can easily find ourselves anywhere we wish just by thought and can even be in more than one
place at a time. Omnipresence is a concept we find difficult to relate to in materiality, but it is far
more natural a state in other regions. We have shadows of omnipresence in the earth, where we
can be several places by force of our influence. We are aware of how mechanical communication
devices can lend an aura of omnipresence to our being in the earth, but these are only the
poorest reflections of the true omnipresence which is a normal attribute in other regions ruled by
mental or spiritual energy. Helen Greaves wrote that in the Second Region we have just to think
of something and it is reality. However, we cannot change things as they exist; we can only
experience them. Essentially reality works on us rather than us on it, and although we can move
into any or all aspects of reality, we cannot in any way modify what we experience.

The pattern is the same; as we grow in experience, we expand to fill more and more of the region
we occupy, until we embody it all. Nonetheless, we do not crowd out the countless others who
occupy the same time and space as we do, for we have left time and space far behind us in the
earth.
When leaving the Second Region we leave behind those illusions created by our mental activities
in the earth. But by contrast with the First Region, we do not return to pick up anything left behind
in this realm. Anything of a karmic nature is left in the First Region, and all that we shed thereafter
is totally discarded.

The third region

The Third Region is that from which our desires emanated and one in which Rudolf Steiner notes
we experience all of our earthly wishes. This includes our ambitions, our yearnings, our hopes,
and all else connected with them. Here in this realm we work with the unfoldment of all we had
aspired to in the earth and see these aspirations blossom in their full purity. We are relatively
unaffected emotionally, because we have left such a capacity behind in the First Region. We
experience not what we had aspired to, but rather the combination of our earthly motivation and
our expectation, raised to their ultimate expression.

Those who were particularly religious in the earth spend the longest time or experience more in
the Third Region than others, as also do those with very strong faith. Those whose lives were
more mental in their attitudes spend far less time in this region than those who were not. As in
other realms, we live in community in the Third Region and work together as well as with the
angelic kingdom as described by Emanuel Swedenborg. Also, we cannot change what we
experience in the Third Region. We travel out of this region from time to time as in the others
which preceded it. There are striking similarities between the First, Second, and Third Regions.
One deals with the mental, another the emotional, and another with the aspirations.

The fourth region

The Fourth Region is the region of attraction and repulsion. When passing through this region we
have the opportunity to deal with our earthly likes, dislikes, and our attachment to them. Steiner
notes that here, in the Fourth Region, growing souls complete purging themselves of remaining
earthly attachments before moving on. Community is especially important because of the help
and support it can give in the overcoming of those last great material weights we still carry.
Because we are digging deep into our consciousness, this process can make for a difficult
journey. Both the angels of grace and mercy are present in abundance to protect us from being
overcome by more than we can deal with.

As in other realms we are not resident but transient in the Fourth Region, and we also take leave
of this region occasionally to visit others. We never travel alone but are guided and helped by
spirit guides in our journeys. When visiting another realm we take on the form of that realm, or we
could not exist fully within it.

As an example, if we were to visit the physical earth we would probably go as far as what we
earlier called the outer fringes of the borderland. Here we would take on the form we had just
after leaving material life, only it would be modified by our interior changes which have since
taken place. We would probably look younger, healthier, more vibrant, and remarkably like we
would have looked under such conditions in a physical body. Our exteriors would be comprised of
finer matter which we have conformed to our interior reflection. One of the functions of our
guardian would be to adjust our vibratory patterns so that we could attract and take on the matter
of the borderland. The adjustment would come about your guardian’s establishing and drawing us
into a sympathetic resonance to this region as described by Helen Greaves in her work. The
same process holds true when we visit any realm in which we are not currently anchored.

As in the Second and Third Realms, we discard what we leave behind in the Fourth Region
without returning to reclaim any of it. It cannot be repeated frequently enough that our transition
from one level of reality to another is gradual and without the trauma we may have suffered in
leaving the earth. The reason separation from the earth is so traumatic is because of our fixation
resulting from such an extremely narrow focus.

The fifth region

In the Fifth Region we find that our sympathy with our community and all of those who inhabit it
reaches its highest point. Here, Steiner notes, one grows from a stage similar to attachment to
earthly things for their sensory values to attachment to them because they are representative
here of God and life in higher realms. We work largely on our sympathy here, so that before we
leave it will resonate to all here that is representative of what is holy. From the Fifth Region we
begin to perceive life being resonated and held together by the harmonies which the
Pythagoreans called the Music of the Spheres. This becomes the first region since leaving the
material earth where we begin to appreciate the creative force of harmonies. At first we are
overwhelmed by the magnificence of the harmonies, the awesomeness of the "music"; then when
we gradually overcome our initial wonder, we begin to work with the harmonies. As part of our
learning process we witness symphonies of life unlike anything we could ever have imagined.
With the help of our more experienced fellow souls as well as the ministers of grace, we mix with
the harmonies; we vibrate to their resonance and become almost as one with them.

We are not allowed to go too deeply into mixing with the "music" because we are not yet ready to
do so. If we were not kept toward the outer edges of the harmonies, we would risk becoming
spiritually paralyzed and being permanently lost at this stage of our growth. All reality is the result
of the combined activity of seemingly countless sources, acting together, transforming spirit to
give it form. In this way manifest spirit can be said to have compound form, which we do not even
begin to understand until we blend with the musical harmonies where we find the combined
creative process, or compounding, in a much more primal state of existence. Subsequently, the
benefit gained from our experience with the harmonies is that we learn through experience more
of how compound reality is manifest. The experience in this region is to move ever closer to our
awareness of oneness with our surroundings and to renew this attribute within ourselves. As in
the other regions discussed, we cannot cause anything to happen to ourselves or our
surroundings. We are changed as is our relationship with our surroundings by being acted upon
by the realm and all whom we encounter there.

The sixth region

In the Sixth Region we find those impulses which move us into material action. Void of those
things which were acquired in and tied us to the earth, we are able to use this impulse in truly
creative fashion. Steiner observed that former artists, musicians, poets, and scientists are
especially at home in the Sixth Region where they learn how to move their creative focus from
materiality to spirituality. In the Sixth Region we are active, but active only with experience. Our
experience is transforming but has no external effect. Consequently, we still cannot change
anything we find about us, because we left cause and effect a long, long way behind. From here
on we are less likely to visit lower regions or the physical earth. In the Sixth Region we have now
moved so far from physical manifestation that we have little interest in the affairs of the earth. We
have learned by experience in all of the realms since leaving the earth, but here is where we
learn of the blessings of continuous activity for God’s sake.

The seventh region

In the Seventh Region where we complete the first stage of growth after a material life lived in the
earth, we finally become free of all earthly impulses. Here we find ourselves in a community with
all of those who are on the same level as ourselves. We find ourselves in surroundings which are
entirely of our own true nature. There are no emblems of materiality here nor are there any
resemblances between the forces we encounter and materiality. Here in this final level of growth
in this first series of regions, we no longer have any desire to visit the earth nor any preceding
realm through which we have traveled. When we first arrived in the Seventh Region we were
certain that we had reached our eternal home. So in tune were we with it that there was not even
a hint of internal conflict. We could not conceive of any higher order of life than here, from where
we were certain the Music of the Spheres originated. Gradually we learn that there are higher
realms of life, and we are in yet another stage of growth.

After the Seventh Region we will reverse the flow to which we have grown accustomed. Instead
of releasing, we will begin acquiring. In the first six regions we had to release our fixations to
become refreshed and allow for the influx of spiritual gifts. Now, as Swedenborg observed, we will
experience influx continually.

Here in the Seventh Region we are prepared for such a condition by the harmonies and every
energy which embraces us. We are modified so that we may again receive internal energies more
continually. We no longer live in the result of our earthly activities. We live in a region made up of
that which is sympathetic to our soul essence.

From the soul land to the spirit land

When we have been sufficiently prepared, we leave the entire set of regions in which we released
our earthly ties. Rudolf Steiner called the first group of seven regions the Soul Land and the next
seven regions the Spirit Land. The next seven regions are made up of the same substance of
which thought consists. This is not thought as we had in the material body but a truer,
unadulterated, and primal thought. In the Spirit Land there is ceaseless creating which takes
place. Rest, immobility, and stillness do not exist in these regions, nor are they necessary. In
these regions are found the archetypes which are creative beings and the builders of all that
comes into being in the material and soul realms. They draw upon spirit from yet higher realms
and transform it into a seemingly endless variety of forms which take shape in other realms.
Shapes of infinite variety flow from the archetypes and no sooner does one end than a completely
different one begins. The archetypes work together in unison and share a very close relationship.
They cannot operate alone and even though each appears to be creating separately, the
archetypes are totally dependent one on the other.

Steiner wrote that each archetype is visible to the senses of the realm in which it resides and it
emits a sound as it creates. The sound of each archetype mixes with the sounds of the others, as
they interact, expressing themselves in a variety of harmonies and spiritual music. The melodies
and rhythms which result are not only the byproduct of creation but they are creative in
themselves. All that is seen here can be heard as well. The lights and colors correspond to the
harmonies and melodies which likewise correspond to the creative process. All is creative, all is in
motion, visible, audible, and all can be perceived by the senses of that realm. The Spirit Land is
one of brilliant lights, colors, harmonies, and melodies, all in concert with one another.

As we enter the regions of the Spirit Land we lose ourselves in the life of these realms. We lose
our sense of personal identity, but not our individuality, and take on the characteristics of each of
the Spirit Regions we pass through. Our being is permeated with the life in each sphere, and we
will use as faculties in our next earthly incarnation what we experience here. Unlike the regions of
the Soul Land, here we do not work on or even experience ourselves. We are however worked on
by the forces of each region, and we experience the essence of each dimension in which we find
ourselves.

"The spirit is life. The mind is the builder. The physical is the result." - Edgar Cayce