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What do you think of Edgar Cayce?
April 23rd, 2010
Question:
I am interested in finding out more information about Edgar Cayce and his life. I have been to edgarcayce.org and was not impressed. Does anyone know of any other good ones. I am a skeptic, but love the study of paranormal. From what I have read and watched he seems to be pretty reputable.
thanks all for great links and information
He made some amazing prophecies,and diagnosis of peoples illnesses and enabled healings.
http://www.sleepingprophet.org/
He was a smart man.
Used astral projection to do his work
Perhaps reiki too? I don’t know
He is one of those people that can make the hairs raise on the back of your neck – a very special man. There is a very strong case that his reincarnated soul is now with David Wilcock.
Check out this link, it is a new web site and actually has some of his remedies listed.
Hope you find it helpful.
http://www.cayce.com/
EC was especially helpful in personal healing. There are some well-verified readings which clearly indicate the abiltiy to far-see details. One example: EC remote-viewed a person, prescribed a particular medication at a particular local pharmacy, and, when the bottle was said not to be there, gave a second reading, saying it was behind such and such. Never was near the place in his outer waking life.
Overall, his accuracy rate was well above chance, albeit wrong in perhaps one in five readings or assessments of situations. HIs accuracy rate in personal health is most confirmed, and perhaps most accurate.
Three examples of his prescience: bitter almonds, 1-3/day as a preventative re malignancy, contain a substance which metabolizes and destroys malignant cells, a kind of booster for one’s natural immune system function. Bitter apricot kernals and e.g. seeds of apples have same chemicalization. These effects have been shown experimentally, and in fact presage modern chemotheraputics.
He also noted the use of baking soda and table salt (or, nowadays, substituting for table salt, Morton’s “Litesalt” (as the latter is a healthy balance of Na+ and K+)) would prevent much tooth decay issues. It has been confirmed that this mixture chemically alters the pH of the oral region, and seriously retards the ecological niche of decay-producing bacteria.
He also noted the wearing of a small piece of cold-forged steel raised one’s immune system’s strength re its ability to protect against common cold viruses. This has not, to my knowledge, been experimentally proven, although anecdotal affirmations have been given.
“The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?”, Free and Wilcock, is also worthwhile. Reviewed at http://www.amazon.com
http://www.divinecosmos.com is a related site to the latter.
Some skepticism is important – it helps us separate fact from fiction. Skeptics of Cayce say that the evidence for his powers comes from contemporaneous newspaper articles, affidavits, anecdotes, and testimonials, which are not scientifically rigorous. They are also critical of Cayce’s support for various forms of alternative medicine, which are regarded by many as quackery.
The book “There is a River” by Thomas Sugrue is a decent read.
I think he was an honest and caring person. For example he went to the trouble of having a physician check all of his prescribed treatments to make sure they weren’t harmful to anyone (at least by the standards of medical science of his day).
I think his abilities with medical diagnosis was fairly impressive even though proper scientific investigation was never really undertaken. His reputation simply grew because his cures worked (by whatever means).
As for his other abilities (talking to angels, etc.) I think that was a corruption by those around him that sought to profit from him and possibly a misunderstanding on their part that ability in one area doesn’t mean ability in all areas.
Psiexploration
The Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E) about which you read at the edgarcayce.org website has been around for a long time. As is the case with any organization over time, the people change, and so does the nature of the organization.
If you want to learn about Edgar Cayce you don’t have to do it through that organization, or even from books published by the A.R.E. Start at your local library and use inter-library loan. Buy used books at Half.com or Amazon at other places on line.
I think Edgar Cayce had some pretty impressive abilities, especially in being able to diagnose illnesses while in a trance and to suggest a plan of action.. That is not something the established medical community liked.
You’re right to be skeptical. I think part of Cayce’s good rep really is due to the fact that he lived a century ago (died in 1945) and in that amount of time legends grow and the ability to critically investigate them diminishes. Personally, I think Cayce probably honestly thought he had psychic powers at the beginning, but likely turned charlatan when the fame hit. When critically examined the claims of his accuracy in diagnosing illness or other predictions seem to fall apart. There’s some good links on him below.
You can find many books about his work;