Edgar Cayce in Context: The Readings: Truth and FictionSUNY Press, 1998/01/01 - 178 ページ Edgar Cayce, widely acclaimed clairvoyant and forerunner of the holistic health movement, is revealed here as a pivotal figure in the transition from the esoteric and metaphysical movements of the late nineteenth century to the New Age movement.This book describes and evaluates his psychic "readings," more than 14,000 trance discourses that address medical, theological, historical, and psychological concerns raised by thousands of inquirers. The author evaluates evidence for and against Cayce's reliability in the subject areas emphasized by the readings. Cayce's medical and psychological advice is shown to be well ahead of his time in many respects, and his spiritual teachings are appraised as a reconciliation of Protestant mysticism with New Thought and Theosophy. Although the medical readings provide intriguing evidence for Cayce's ESP, his clairvoyant time travel illustrates the fallibility of information derived through hypnotic trance. The author contends that the contents of the readings reflect the knowledge and interests of their recipients as much as Cayce's personal opinions and beliefs. This is the first book to focus solely on appraising the entire body of the Cayce readings from a scholarly perspective. |
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... objective introduction to the readings . In Tidewater Virginia , where I was born and reared , Edgar Cayce is regarded by many locals as an adopted native son . As a child I heard only good things about him ; my Virginia Beach cousins ...
... objective introduction to the readings . In Tidewater Virginia , where I was born and reared , Edgar Cayce is regarded by many locals as an adopted native son . As a child I heard only good things about him ; my Virginia Beach cousins ...
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... objective standard of his literary presence , Cayce's historical significance is immense . As of May 1997 , there were 123 entries in Books in Print ( U.S. ) under the subject of Cayce , com- pared to ninety - three for Joseph Smith ...
... objective standard of his literary presence , Cayce's historical significance is immense . As of May 1997 , there were 123 entries in Books in Print ( U.S. ) under the subject of Cayce , com- pared to ninety - three for Joseph Smith ...
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... , however , has lagged far behind the interest shown by popular culture . As the date Cayce set for the Aquarian Age ( 1998 ) arrives , it seems an appropriate time to turn to his readings with objective but sympathetic Introduction.
... , however , has lagged far behind the interest shown by popular culture . As the date Cayce set for the Aquarian Age ( 1998 ) arrives , it seems an appropriate time to turn to his readings with objective but sympathetic Introduction.
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... objective but sympathetic scholar- ship , examining them in cultural context and evaluating them in historical terms . Andrew Weeks , biographer of Jacob Boehme , defines a pivotal figure as " one into whom all the earlier currents ...
... objective but sympathetic scholar- ship , examining them in cultural context and evaluating them in historical terms . Andrew Weeks , biographer of Jacob Boehme , defines a pivotal figure as " one into whom all the earlier currents ...
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... objective , if not infallible standard . His claims about history and the future can be checked , respectively , for corre- spondence to scholarly reconstruction of the past and recorded events after his death . But in matters spiritual ...
... objective , if not infallible standard . His claims about history and the future can be checked , respectively , for corre- spondence to scholarly reconstruction of the past and recorded events after his death . But in matters spiritual ...
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