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Prophecy
Often you wonder is it possible to predict the future???? The question is yes 2 famous prophets named Edgar Cayce and Nostradamus did exactly that. But goes beyond just predictions of the future it also goes into knowing secrets of mankind, seeing the end of mankind and much more. Alot of people do no believe in prophets however if we did actually study this more we might find the answers we seek and be able to prepare for impending disasters. What makes a person a prophet and how does this happen? In theory I believe some people can focus there energies threw dreams and yes this can happen I have had prophetic dreams that have come true. What are these prophetic visions do they come from a higher power or are we unleashing the true power ever man can possibly perform? Perhaps the soul is able to wander from the body and they say time is different in the spiritual realm so maybe these prophets did just that they are able to see into the future because there spirit told them so. Nobody truly knows but these 2 prophets are very accurate there is no doubt about that therefore with very few left and possibly the worst ones left we have no reason to believe that they will not come true in the future. Copyright By Rick-AngelOfThyNight
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Nostradamus 2000
By Doug Yurchey The name Nostrodamus evokes everything from reverence, mystery and the occult to total skepticism. It is easy to be a skeptic. It is far more difficult to truly understand. A man from the 16th Century should NOT have been able to write about these 20th Century things: * U.S. & its Eagle symbol. * Free America to the west. Nostrodamus often mentions exact specifics such as 'Franco' and 'Pasteur.' Even a hardcore skeptic must soften when they realize that somehow...modern events were published in the 1672 edition: 'The True Prophecies and Prognostications of Michael Nostrodamus.' In 1946, Henry C. Roberts wrote as he read the 1672 edition: 'I had perused but a few pages when I was struck by the sense of familiarity that these verses seemed to hold for me. Words that that the author claimed held no significance for him, took on for me a definite meaning, became clearly focused into patterns of events - past, present and future.' Seer to French kings, Nostrodamus was careful not to be too specific. He understood that this could trouble powerful people in his own time. The result is 4-lined quatrains that serve as enigmatic puzzles. Nostrodamus wrote: 'They would condemn that which future ages shall find and know to be true...(quatrains) are perpetual prophecies from this year to the year 3797, at which some perhaps will frown, seeing so large an extension of time...' The following verses are some of the most extraordinary. At times, the seer is very specific and the quatrains are not a matter of interpretation. How did Nostrodamus predict? We may never know. Although in the very first two quatrains, the prophet described his source of knowledge: I / 1 - Seated at night in my secret
study, I / 2 - With divining rod in hand, I wet
the limb and foot, His nightly preparations and visitations seem like a paranormal experience in an occult setting. He employs a divining rod; used for dowsing. Clearly, Nostrodamus trembled in fear during these encounters. As to precisely what 'Genius sitteth by' him, we can only imagine. X / 66 - The chief of London by rule
of America, This remarkable quatrain states that British & USA leaders will empower a dictator. An Anti-Christ will betray the leaders and peoples of both countries. The French prophet should not have written 'L'Americh' but he did in X / 66. VI /33 His last hand bloody through
all U.S. Here Nostrodamus actually writes of the U.S.; similar to the previous verse. A number of quatrains speak of the 'Black One' which refers to the leader of the Black Shirts; Mussolini. VIII / 1 - Pau, nay, loron, more in
fire their blood shall be, This odd quatrain is actually a play on words. If 'Pau, nay, loron' is switched around, it becomes Nay, pau, loron or Napoleon. III / 35 - Out of the deepest part
of the west of Europe, Hitler (Anti-Christ #2) was born in Austria and in poverty. With his powers of speech and mob-control, he seduced many. Hitler's influence was even felt in the Eastern empire of Japan. VIII / 71 - The number of
Astronomers shall grow so great, Nostrodamus dates all events starting with the Council of Nicaea; A.D. 325. With a given date, 325 must be added. 1607 + 325 = 1932. In January 1933, Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany; banishing and burning books. VI / 49 - By the project of Mammon,
high priest, 'Crosses of iron, topsy-turvy' is certainly a description of the Nazi Swastika. Hitler and his men also wore the Iron Cross. Subjugating the lands around the Danube was foreseen as well. 11 / 22 - The Camp Ascop shall go
from Europe, And shall come near the submerged Island, Classic interpretations of this quatrain attribute it to Atlantis (Arton). Nostrodamus did not speak of fantasy-lands, but real history. Atlantis was the 'navel of the world' and spread out to all corners of the Earth. I / 69 - The great mountain
encompasses seven stadia, Could the 'great mountain' be a very large pyramid? This quatrain could speak of the Atlantean destruction. A great tumble might be the Fall of Man. The sinking of the continent is the reference. The 'great foundations' could be massive monoliths that compose the ancient structures. I / 91 - The Gods shall make it
appear to mankind, Does 'Gods' refer to an advanced technology in our far future? Are the sword and lance hi-tech weapons like lasers and EMPs? VI / 34 - The contraption of flying
fire, The word 'contraption' could mean your basic flying-machines. The rest of the verse seems to describe the destruction airplanes have caused in the World Wars. IV / 42 - The head cut off of the
valiant Captain, Here is a remarkable quatrain because of the modern word: 'antenna.' Henry C. Roberts interpreted this to mean radio. Roberts wrote before the age of UFOs. A 'ship's antenna' could mean a flying saucer topped with a power/receiver-type of antenna. III / 67 - A new sect of
Philosophers shall rise, This quatrain appears to describe the origin of the Secret Society known as the Illuminati. In Bravaria of 1776, the Order of the Enlightened planned to take over the world by deposing Imperial rule. IV / 27 - Salon, Mansol, Tarascon of
six arches, Could the 'shameful ransom' be the killing of Princess Diana? She died in France, not far from the Louve where a glass pyramid stands. Artemis is the Greek goddess that in Roman mythology was called Diana. Around where she died is a garden devoted to the goddess Diana. On the Internet, under Nostrodamus, you can read where he predicted 9/11. They have posted that Nostrodamus wrote of the destruction of the 'twins.' This is not exactly true. On line never gives you the quatrain # where you could look it up in his completed works. The following quatrains could refer to 9/11. They are actual Nostrodamus verses that any reader can verify: I /87 - Ennosigee, fire of the
center of the earth, V / 8 - The fire shall be left burning, VI / 97 - The heaven shall burn at five
and forty degrees, I /41 - A siege laid to a city, and
assaulted by night, 'Assaulted by night' could mean the WTC attack was first initiated at night or mean by dark forces. New York is not far from the sea and some escaped the tragedy. The POISON hidden in the fold of letters is an obvious reference to the anthrax scare that hit D.C. and the rest of the country. X / 96 - Religion of the name of the
seas shall come, 'Caitifs of the Moon' translates to the Arab nation. 'A. and A.' is an incredible reference to America. Nostrodamus might be describing the U.S. and its 21st Century war with Afghanistan. X /67 - The earthquake shall be so
great in the month of May, Confirmation of a previous prophecy (IX / 83) of a May 10th destruction of the 'great theatre.' VI / 2 - In the year five hundred
eighty more or less, Adding 325 to 1589, we arrive at 1914 or WWI; a very critical time in our history. 325 added to 1703 is 2028; where powerful nations war and realign. IX /66 - Peace, union, shall be and
profound changes, The classic interpretation is that a 'Utopian age' shall come to be; but not without much pain. Is this when the meek inherits the Earth? X / 72 - In the year 1999 and seven
months, This is one of Nostrodamus' most famous predictions and the reason Prince wrote his 1999 song. Does 999 mean 666? Could it possibly foretell of a Martian invasion in 2324? **************************** The following two verses predict an End of the World! In 7000 years, will the sun expand and consume the Earth as in I / 48? I / 48 - Twenty years of the reign
of the moon having passed, X / 74 - The year seven of the great
number being past,
EPILOG: Skeptics should think again before they criticize Nostrodamus. Investigate the prophecies yourself.Comments? Email Doug at: dugco@surfside.net Crystal Skull in Devon(Prophetic Artifact) Mysterious and priceless, the crystal Skull of Doom, which is predicting global destruction, was once housed in South Devon. The fabulous treasure, discovered by former Shaldon resident Anna Mitchell-Hedges in Central America more than 70 years ago, is the subject of a fascinating new book which reveals the skull's bizarre powers.Miss Mitchell-Hedges, now 90 and living in Canada, is the adopted daughter of Frederick ''Mike'' Mitchell-Hedges, the author and explorer who was the inspiration for Steven Spielberg's movie hero Indiana Jones. He died at Shaldon House, Toquay, in 1959. His daughter was helping him uncover Mayan ruins in the British Honduras (now Belize) jungle in 1924 when she came across a shiny object in the undergrowth on her 17th birthday. Her discovery has since been described as one of the century's most amazing archaeological finds.Villagers were overjoyed as the skull held a reverential place in the folklore of the Mayan people. They erected an altar to it and lit fires to celebrate the discovery. |
Michel de Nostradame Michel de Nostradame, known mostly by his Latin name Nostradamus, lived in the small town of Salon in Povence, now Southern France. He lived in a time when the medieval world of Europe was turning into the Renaissance world of art and expression. This was known as the Piscean Age, an age of miracles and of blind belief. The prophet was a clairvoyant, an astrologer, a doctor of medicine, a cosmetician, and a considerable historian. Because of his clairvoyance, he was sought by the Spanish Inquisition and the French royal family. The Catholic Church regarding him as heretical because of his study into astrology. At that time, the study of astrology was considered to be of the occult. His grandfather taught him the fundamentals of Greek, Latin, Hebrew and astrology/astronomy. The fundamental basis of astrology was founded on the Greek understanding that the heavens corresponded with everything and everyone on Earth. That everything was interconnected. Science in Nostradamus' life was mixed with magic. This was magic derived from the most ancient and pagan practices that were kept alive even within the French Court. Nostradamus, however, was primarily a scientist. He obtained his bachelor's degree in medicine in 1525. These practices were used in towns and cities around Toulouse, Bordeaux and Avignon where he had enormous success in curing the plague. Ironically, his wife and children died shortly after of this same disease. It was after this tragedy that his father-in-law sued him for the amount of the dowry that was given to him at the time of his marriage. At the darkest time of his life, he was forced to leave Agan. Nostradamus began wandering the streets of France and Italy. This would last for six years of his life. When he settled again, he started on the 12 volumes of prophecies covered thousands of years into his future. No other prophet since has covered such a large span of time. The Centuries contains 965 quantrains written in the latter part of his life. It is these volumes that interpreters have studied in the last four centuries. All of Nostradamus' predictions are written as riddles and puzzles. Many pieces of the puzzle are based simply on historical references that were familiar to Nostradamus, which may not be familiar to us. Many of the words that have puzzled interpreters may simply be names of individuals who were know to him during his life. Is there any truth to what Nostradamus has written in the past for our future? You will need to judge this for yourself.
How did Nostrodamus do it? The D.Cannon books I-III contain a great deal of information on Nostradamus' techniques, which came from a variety of sources. First, he acknowledges he was born with an inner "sixth sense", i.e. a strong intuition and great psychic abilities. Secondly he had enormous drive to develop it. His grandfather apparently passed him books on witchcraft that allowed him to experiment with some rituals. He also had access to "lost" manuscripts handed down outside of the libraries of the time. He talks about guides from the astral plane and from other worlds who helped him. Some pointed him in the direction of esoteric plant recipes and mind-enhancing drugs (but he emphasized they only enhanced his powers and were not the source of them). One apparently bestowed on him a mirror during one of his meditations. The mirror was especially important to his predictions. Nostradamus also talked of using different crystals to focus on various telepathic frequencies. Occasionally he refers to staring at fire or water (such as in a bowl on a tripod) as a way of focusing his mind. He had access to some lost works of mysticism from his travels (apparently to some Moslem lands). He communicated with other expert astrologers and mystical teachers. However it is possible that some of his notes about and explanations of his techniques were a means of throwing the Inquisition off track. One of the most amazing possibilities explored in various places in the D.Cannon books was that in a sort of "twist of time" Nostradamus was tapping into the subconscious of the people from the future who contacted him. D.Cannon talks about this in the introduction of II. Some have wondered about Nostradamus' healing capabilities. He talks about a sort of holistic approach to health and reveals that he was skillful in avoiding the shock that was induced in many patients of surgeons at the time using psychic approaches. He talked about the importance of the "aura" of the person in determining the health of the patient and criticized the practice of treating symptoms. He said that a patient will find some other way to make themselves sick if their critical mental attitude is awry. He talked about cancer being caused by deeply ingrained self-sabotaging thoughts. Nostradamus also confirmed what many have speculated, that he was able to see future approaches to treating the diseases he encountered (such as the plague) and adopt key aspects of the techniques. Did Nostradamus Predict World War III? Are prophets
ever right? Most prophets, especially economists and televangelists, should be without honour, says the author. Are prophets ever right? Well, yes, they are, just about as often as the laws of random probability might suggest.
ee Hays, the rumbling bass voice of the 1960s folk group The Weavers, once remarked how "The future ain't what it used to be - and what's more, it never was." Academic corroboration of this observation can be found in David Wilson's fascinating book The History of the Future. Professor Wilson, who teaches Celtic Studies and History at the University of Toronto, has traveled back and forth through real and imaginary time to explore our fascination with predicting the future. "There is no nation whatever," declared Cicero, the Roman orator, "however polished and learned, or however barbarous and uncivilized, which does not believe it possible that future events may be indicated and understood and predicted by certain persons."
Economists don't predict the futureOur ancestors consulted soothsayers, the astrologer and his charts, the oracle at Delphi, or the gypsy's tea leaves. Today prognosticators tend to wear three-piece suits and be called social scientists or economists - although John Kenneth Galbraith once observed that "Economists don't predict the future because they know; they predict because they're asked."
Similarly, we expect finance ministers and central bankers, to say nothing of people with names like Faith Popcorn, to tell us what is about to happen. Also, there is still to be found the occasional, odious televangelist, the type who stands scripture on its head ("But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven") by pretending that through some daft reading of apocalyptic texts what is known only to God has been revealed to him. In exchange for a modest love offering, he is usually willing to share the secret. I confess to a lifelong partiality for prophet types, both religious and secular. I think I would have enjoyed the company of William Sedgwick, for example, an English vicar who in 1647 rushed into the center of London to proclaim that the world would end in precisely two weeks. When the appointed day came and went without being (as Peter Cook said in Beyond the Fringe) "quite the conflagration we'd been banking on," Rev. Sedgwick crept back to his rural parsonage where he was ever after known as Doomsday Sedgwick.
Fortunately, Nosterdamus died befor Princess DiTwo centuries later, an American Baptist, William Miller, looked up from the Book of Daniel and announced that the world would end in 1843. When 1843 passed without incident, Mr. Miller discovered that he had made an arithmetic error; the real date was not 1843 but Oct. 22, 1844. When that date also came and went, Mr. Miller grasped the rudiments of prognostication:
Perhaps the most famous seer of all, the 16th-century physician and astrologer Nostradamus, not only understood but exemplified the rules: "She who was cast out will return to reign, her enemies found among her conspirators. More than ever will her reign be triumphant. At three and 70 death is very sure." By some Nostradamus-interpreters this was said to mean that Princess Diana and Prince Charles would enjoy connubial bliss until the Princess died at 73. Now, just why Nostradamus would have bothered himself over the fate of a couple too bizarre to be imagined in our time let alone in his, was not explained. Fortunately, Nostradamus died 500 years before Princess Di and was thus spared both the shame of being wrong and the mass hysteria that her death occasioned.
Are prophets ever right?At least the religious seers are interesting. But seldom the secular prophets, like Karl Marx, who thought that he had discovered immutable laws of class and capital to make possible scientific prediction of the future course of human history. Marx had the good sense to take up residence in Highgate Cemetery before his theories were reduced to the rubble of the Berlin Wall. Today, Marxists are pretty much extinct in what were once Communist countries, although the odd one may still be found in Canadian institutions of higher learning.
"Not only men but women shall prophesy," said Mary Cary during the English civil war; true enough, before Madam Justice Rosalie Abella had thought up (or Bob Rae had implemented) employment equity, prophesy turns out to have been pretty much an equal opportunity profession. Back in the 12th century, Hildegard of Bingen may be said to have had our era in mind when she wrote of "an effeminate age" in which men would behave like women, surrendering their last vestiges of authority without a whimper. The real question is: Are prophets ever right? Well, yes, they are, just about as often as the laws of random probability might suggest. But, oh, what hardship and suffering some of them - like the Rev. Jim Jones in Guyana or David Koresh in Waco - have inflicted on their gullible followers. In his Essay on Man, Alexander Pope wrote:
This is an observation worth pondering. But to take it to heart and to live by it seems almost beyond human nature. (c) 2001 Copyright Prof. Ian Hunter,
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About Edgar Cayce
Every year, tens of thousands of people from all
over the world become interested in the life work of one ordinary man.
He was an average individual in most respects: a loving husband, a
father of two children, a skilled photographer, a devoted Sunday School
teacher, and an eager gardener. Yet, throughout his life, he also
displayed one of the most remarkable psychic talents of all time. His
name was Edgar Cayce.
For forty-three years of his adult life, Edgar Cayce demonstrated the uncanny ability to put himself into some kind of self-induced sleep state by lying down on a couch, closing his eyes, and folding his hands over his stomach. This state of relaxation and meditation enabled him to place his mind in contact with all time and space. From this state he could respond to questions as diverse as, "What are the secrets of the universe?" to "How can I remove a wart?" His responses to these questions came to be called "readings" and contain insights so valuable that even to this day individuals have found practical help for everything from maintaining a well-balanced diet and improving human relationships to overcoming life-threatening illnesses and experiencing a closer walk with God. Though Cayce died more than half a century ago, the timeliness of the material in the readings is evidenced by approximately one dozen biographies and more than 300 titles that discuss various aspects of this man's life and work. These books contain a corpus of information so valuable that even Edgar Cayce himself might have hesitated to predict their impact on the latter part of the twentieth century. Sixty years ago who could have known that terms such as "meditation," "akashic records," "spiritual growth," "auras," "soul mates," and "holism" would become household words to hundreds of thousands? Further details about his life and work are explored in such classic works as There Is a River (1942) by Thomas Sugrue, The Sleeping Prophet (1967) by Jess Stearn, Many Mansions (1950) by Gina Cerminara, and Edgar Cayce-An American Prophet (2000) by Sidney Kirkpatrick. Daily for over forty years of his adult life, Cayce would lie down on a couch with his hands folded over his stomach and allow himself to enter a self-induced sleep state. Then, provided with the name and location of an individual anywhere in the world he would speak in a normal voice and give answers to any questions about that person that he was asked. These answers, which came to be called "readings" were written down by a stenographer, who kept one copy on file and sent another to the person who had requested the information. Today on file at the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. (A.R.E.), in Virginia Beach, Virginia, are copies of more than 14,000 of Edgar Cayce's readings. These are available to the public and have been filed along with any follow-up reports received from the individuals who had asked for the readings. This material represents the most massive collection of psychic information ever obtained from a single source. The organization founded by Cayce in 1931 to document, research and disseminate his information has grown from a few hundred supporters at the time of Cayce's death in 1945 to one which is worldwide. Countless individuals have been touched by the life work of this man who was raised a simple farm boy and yet became one of the most versatile and credible psychics the world has ever known. Since 1901, the information in the Cayce readings has been explored by individuals from every imaginable background and discipline. In addition to individuals from all walks and stations of life, this vast scope of materials has come to the attention of educators, historians, theologians, medical professionals, and scientists. No doubt, part of the attraction has been that regardless of the field of study, Cayce has continually proven himself years ahead of his time. Decades ago, he was emphasizing the importance of diet, attitudes, emotions, exercise, and the patient's role - physically, mentally, and spiritually - in the treatment of illness. As a result, he has been called "the father of holistic medicine" and has been recognized for describing the workings of the human body and foreseeing the direction of health care. In the field of psychology, he has often been compared to Carl Jung. In the realm of education, he stands with Rudlolf Steiner. Dr. Richard H. Drummond, one of the world's most renowned theological scholars, called the Cayce information on spirituality "the finest devotional material of the 20th century." In history, the Cayce readings gave insights into Judaism that were verified a decade after his death. In world affairs, he saw the collapse of communism nearly fifty years before it happened. Even in the field of physics, a professor and fellow of the American Physical Society theorized a connection between the elementary-particle theory and the way in which Edgar Cayce received his information. Repeatedly, science and history have validated concepts and ideas explored in Cayce's psychic information. The wealth of these insights has resulted in hundreds of books that explore various aspects of this man's life and work, not to mention foreign translations around the globe.
As fascinating as
the breadth of the material and its accuracy is the activity level of
Cayce's mind while he was in the reading state. It was not unusual for
Edgar Cayce to be giving a reading, laying on his couch, somehow
mentally in touch with another individual and his or her surroundings,
activities, and relationships, providing answers to any question
imaginable or any time-frame in history, and at the same time have a
personal dream that Cayce could recall upon awakening. Occasionally, it
was found that at the same time all this was going on, if an individual
in the room with Cayce thought of something, he could respond to their
query without even being asked! Even a casual perusal of the Cayce
information makes it quite evident that the capacity of this man's mind
was not limited to what we might call the conventional parameters of
time and space.
Perhaps we can gain insights into this amazing talent from one of Edgar Cayce's own dreams. In 1932, while giving a reading to another individual, Cayce had a dream in which he saw himself as a tiny dot that began to be elevated as if in a whirlwind. As the dot rose, the rings of the whirlwind became larger and larger, each one encompassing a greater span of space than the one that had gone before it. There were also spaces between each ring that the sleeping Cayce recognized as the various levels of consciousness development. A reading was given (294-131 ) confirming that this experience had provided a visual representation of the very thing that transpired as Cayce entered the trance state. The information went on to say, "As indicated, the entity is - in the affairs of the world - a tiny speck, as it were, a mere grain of sand; yet when raised in the 'During Cayce's life, the Edgar Cayce readings were all numbered to provide confidentiality. The first set of numbers (e.g., "294") refers to the individual or group for whom the reading was given. The second set of numbers (e.g. "131") refers to the number in the series from which the reading is taken. For example, (294-131) identifies the reading as the one hundred and thirty first given to the individual assigned #294. atmosphere or realm of the spiritual forces it becomes all inclusive..." In other words, as he entered the readings state, he was no longer limited to the confines of space or time and was able to make available to himself higher levels of consciousness. It was a talent which would enable him to access insights into virtually anything imaginable. Once this ability was underway, Edgar Cayce stated that his information was derived from essentially two sources: 1) the subconscious mind of the individual for whom he was giving the reading; and, 2) an etheric source of information, called the "Akashic Records," which is apparently some kind of universal database for every thought, word, or deed that has ever transpired in the earth. In the language of the readings, these sources are further described as follows:
and, In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them, it is well - especially for this entity - that there be given a premise from which the reasoning is drawn. Upon time and space is written the thoughts, the deeds, the activities of an entity - as in relationships to its environs, its hereditary influence; as directed - or judgment drawn by or according to what the entity's ideal is. Hence, as it has been oft called, the record is God's book of remembrance; and each entity, each soul - as the activities of a single day of an entity in the material world - either makes same good or bad or indifferent, depending upon the entity's application of self towards that which is the ideal manner for the use of time, opportunity and the EXPRESSION of that for which each soul enters a material manifestation. The interpretation then as drawn here is with the desire and hope that, in opening this for the entity, the experience may be one of helpfulness and hopefulness. 1650-1 The ability to gather information in this manner may sound unusual, but even today much of the workings of the human mind remain a mystery. Some contemporary research has estimated that the brain filters out as much as ninety-nine percent of the information available to it. Although this may seem high, how often do we become aware of the sounds made by our heating and air conditioning systems, our own breath, or the car driving next to us in traffic? How frequently are we cognizant of the seat upon which we are sitting, the weight of our glasses upon our nose or the feeling of clothing against our skin? Do we generally let ourselves notice the intensity of colors around us, or even the slight variation in smells within the rooms of our own home? How many times have we driven to a location and then not recalled any portion of the trip that actually got us there? All this information resides just beyond the bounds of conscious awareness and yet we are not cognizant of it. Without our brain filters, we probably could not survive all the stresses, distractions, and stimuli that are simply a part of everyday life. Perhaps one component of Cayce's psychic talent was an ability to set aside the very filters that prevent our own sensory system from being overloaded. ESP is simply an extended sense perception. With this in mind, perhaps as amazing as Cayce's extraordinary psychic ability is the fact that he was somehow able to survive and live some semblance of normalcy even while being exposed to such a vast array of incoming data. Edgar Cayce was born near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on March 18, 1877 and had a normal childhood in most respects, one rich with the heritage of nineteenth-century farm life. The only boy in a family of five children, he grew up surrounded by grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins living nearby. Like many children, he had imaginary playmates, but they vanished as he grew older. He was raised at a time when much of the country was experiencing the excitement of religious revival meetings. This atmosphere may have in part accounted for his lifelong interest in the Bible, and even as a child his dream was to become a medical missionary. At that early age no one might have ever guessed the unusual manner in which his dream would become a reality. At the age of six or seven, he told his parents that he could sometimes see visions, occasionally talking to relatives who had recently died. For the most part, his family attributed these experiences to an overactive imagination and paid little attention to them. He found comfort in reading the Bible and decided to read it through from cover to cover, once for every year of his life. Its stories and characters became familiar and very real to him. At the age of thirteen, he had a vision that would influence him for the rest of his life: a beautiful woman appeared to him and asked him what he most wanted in life. He told her that, more than anything, he wanted to help others - especially children when they were sick. Shortly after the experience, Edgar displayed a talent that could no longer be explained by his family in terms of the boy's imagination: he could sleep on his school books and acquire a photographic memory of their entire contents! It was found that he could sleep on any book, paper or document, and upon awakening, be able to repeat back, word for word, any length of material - even if it contained words far beyond his limited education. To be sure the gift helped him in school, but it gradually faded. In order to help out his family financially, Edgar left school as a teenager and started working with an uncle on his grandmother's farm. The following year, when his family moved to the city in Hopkinsville, Edgar got a job at the bookstore on Main Street. A few months later, he met, and fell in love with Gertrude Evans. They became engaged on March 14, 1897, four days before Edgar's twentieth birthday, and decided to marry when he was able to support a family. In June of 1898, Edgar lost his job and worked for a while in a dry goods firm before moving to Louisville, Kentucky, in order to obtain a better paying job. His goal was to raise enough money so that he and Gertrude could begin their life together. During the Christmas season of 1899, he went back to Hopkinsville and formed a partnership with his father, Leslie Cayce, who was then an insurance agent. As a result, Edgar became a traveling salesman. It was the turn of the century, he was almost twenty-three-years-old, and seemed to be doing quite well. In addition to insurance, he sold books and stationery and he became quite confident that it would not be long before he could afford to get married. Unfortunately, one day after taking a sedative in order to alleviate a headache, Edgar Cayce developed a severe case of laryngitis. At first he was not really concerned. After all, many people lose their voice for a day or two, but the condition persisted. Doctors were called in and later on specialists, but still Edgar was unable to speak above a whisper. As the days turned into weeks, he was forced to give up his job as a salesman and he began looking for something else he could do that did not require much speaking. The laryngitis persisted for months and for a time Edgar gave up the idea of ever speaking normally again. Eventually, he found the perfect job in Hopkinsville as a photographer's assistant. There he could be close to Gertrude and his family, and with those closest to him nearby it would not bother him so much that his condition was incurable. Sometimes he regretted the fact that he had never been able to finish school, becoming the doctor and preacher he had dreamed of, but he found comfort in his loved one and in the Bible and he became content with the idea of settling down with a wife and children. During the first decade of the 1900's hypnotism and stage shows were experiencing a renewed revival in this country. One showman, who called himself "Hart, the Laugh King," brought his comedy and hypnotism act to the Hopkinsville Opera House. Although not a therapist, Hart had witnessed some interesting experiences with hypnosis. Somehow he heard about Edgar's laryngitis and offered to try an experiment in an attempt to help the young man. In the first session, Hart hypnotized Cayce and told him that he would be able to regain his voice. To the amazement of everyone present, Edgar responded to any question asked of him in a normal voice. However, he would not take a post-hypnotic suggestion, and the laryngitis returned when Hart awakened him. The experiment was repeated several times; each time, Edgar was able to speak normally in his sleep state. Nevertheless, when the young man was awakened, his soft-spoken whisper returned. Even when Hart had to leave Hopkinsville because of other commitments, Edgar's predicament was not forgotten. The local papers became excited about the case. Many people became convinced that somehow hypnotism was the cure to Cayce's problem. Knowing that some patients under hypnosis showed powers of clairvoyance, a New York specialist interested in the case advised the Cayce's to repeat the experiment but this time instead of suggesting that the young man's voice return, to ask Edgar himself to talk about his condition. His parents were against the idea. Ever since the first experiment with Hart, their son had lost weight. It appeared as though the sessions were a drain on his physical body. Gertrude let her fiancé make the decision, for with or without his voice they could have a life together - and besides, Edgar rather liked working with photography. In the end, Edgar consented to one further test. A local man, Al Layne, was found who could give the hypnotic suggestions. Layne had educated himself. Not only had he worked with hypnotism, but he was familiar with osteopathy as well. Edgar offered to put himself to sleep - much as he had done when he had slept on his schoolbooks. Once he was asleep on the couch, Layne asked him to explain what was wrong with him and how he could be cured. And Cayce spoke back! While asleep, Edgar Cayce described his problem as a "psychological condition producing a physical effect." He went on to explain that the condition could be removed by suggesting to him while in the unconscious state that the blood circulation increase to the affected areas. After Layne made the suggestion, he and Cayce's family watched in amazement as the upper part of Edgar's chest and his throat turned a bright crimson red and the skin became warm to the touch. Twenty minutes passed before Edgar spoke again, stating that before Layne awakened him the suggestion should be made that the blood circulation return to normal. Layne followed the instructions. When Cayce finally awakened, he was able to speak normally for the first time in almost a year. The date, March 31, 1901, marked the first time Edgar Cayce would give a psychic reading. Edgar, his parents, and Gertrude were overjoyed that he could finally talk. The young man's plan was to continue being a photographer, getting married as soon as possible. He would never have given another thought to putting himself into the sleep state, except that Al Layne had witnessed something truly extraordinary and was beginning to have other ideas. For years, Layne had been bothered by a stomach difficulty that doctors had been unable to cure. Because he knew enough about medicine to realize what therapeutic suggestions could be harmful, he asked Edgar to try giving a reading on the stomach problem. Although skeptical, Edgar agreed. He felt obligated to Layne for having helped him regain his voice. The reading was given to satisfy Layne's curiosity. Asleep on the couch, Cayce spoke in a normal voice and described the problem exactly; he recommended herbal medicines, foods, and exercises for improvement. After one week of following the sleeping Cayce's suggestions, Layne felt so much better that he became even more excited about Edgar's ability and he strongly encouraged the young man to try other tests. With this turn in events, Edgar Cayce felt as if he had been placed in a precarious position. On the one hand, this business of readings was very strange to him. He knew nothing about medicine or the diagnosing of illness or even the workings of psychic ability. He only wanted to live a normal life in Hopkinsville with a wife and a family. On the other hand, Layne argued that Cayce had a moral obligation if his talent could be helpful to people. Finally, after a great deal of prayer, after talking it over with his family, and after looking to his Bible for guidance, Edgar agreed to continue the experiments under two conditions: the first was that if he ever suggested anything in the sleep state that could be at all harmful to people, they would stop the readings, and the second was Layne had to always remember that Edgar Cayce was first, and foremost, a photographer. One of the earliest readings was for a five-year-old girl, named Aime Dietrich, who had been seriously ill for three years. At the age of two, after an attack of influenza, which doctors then called the grippe, her mind had stopped developing. Since that time her tiny body had been racked with convulsions. Her mind was nearly a blank and, though doctors and specialists had been consulted, she had only gotten worse instead of better.In order to see if he could be of assistance, Cayce put himself to sleep while Layne conducted the reading and wrote down everything that was said. While in the sleep state Cayce stated that Aime's real problem had actually begun a few days before catching the grippe. Apparently, she had fallen and injured her spine while getting down from a carriage. According to the reading, because of the trauma the influenza germs had settled in her spine and the convulsions had begun. Aime's mother verified the accident. To cure the condition, Edgar Cayce recommended some osteopathic adjustments that were to be carried out by Layne. Layne made the adjustments on the little girl's spine and got a check reading. The sleeping Cayce told Layne he had made the adjustments incorrectly and provided further instructions. After several attempts, Layne was able to carry out the suggestions to the exact specifications of the sleeping photographer. Several days later, Aime recognized a doll she had played with before getting sick and called it by name. As the weeks passed, her mind recognized other things as well, she suddenly knew her parents, and finally the convulsions stopped completely. Within three months, Aime's mind was able to catch up where it had left off, and she became a normal, healthy, five-year-old girl. Cayce was truly happy that he had been able to help, but still he only wanted to live a normal life. However, Layne's enthusiasm, along with the enthusiasm of Cayce's own father and people like Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich, made it all the more difficult to leave the "psychic business" behind. Cayce continued giving readings without charge, while Layne conducted. It was soon discovered that Cayce only needed the name and location of an individual to be able to give a reading, diagnose the person's condition, and outline a regimen of treatment. The readings puzzled him, many times he did not even understand what he had said after he had awakened and Layne showed him was had been written down, but Edgar vowed to continue if somehow his unusual gift could be helpful to people. In addition to his job and his work with the readings, Edgar decided the time had come to get married. On June 17, 1903, after an engagement of more than six years, Gertrude Evans and Edgar Cayce finally became husband and wife. They made a home together in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Although still somewhat uncomfortable with the readings, his life was fulfilling. He had a loving wife, a home, a Sunday school class at the local church, and a good job. A year later he formed his own photographic partnership and was able to open a studio. Eventually, Layne decided to become a fully accredited osteopath. The number of patients coming to him had continued to increase as he and Cayce had become well known. To continue his studies, Layne left Hopkinsville and entered the Southern School of Osteopathy. In the end, Cayce's belief that the readings might be put to rest for a time was short-lived. Edgar spent most of his time working as a photographer. The studio was prosperous. Unfortunately, disaster occurred when a studio fire destroyed a large collection of prints and reproductions that Cayce had borrowed on consignment. Suddenly he was deeply in debt. Nine months later, a second fire destroyed the studio. Edgar stayed in Bowling Green to pay off his debts. Gertrude returned to Hopkinsville with Hugh Lynn, their son born on March 16, 1907. Eventually Edgar looked for work in Alabama, where photographers were scarce. During a return visit to Hopkinsville, Leslie Cayce introduced his son to Dr. Wesley Ketchum, a homeopath who had just moved to town. Dr. Ketchum had heard of Cayce through some of Layne's former patients and had decided to get a reading for himself. Unbeknownst to Cayce, Ketchum had recently diagnosed himself as having early problems with appendicitis. The doctor wanted to see if Cayce could pick up on the problem. However, while asleep, Cayce gave an entirely different diagnosis and outlined a simple treatment. In order to humor the young man, Dr. Ketchum went to another doctor for a third opinion and was surprised to discover that Cayce's diagnosis had been correct! As a result, Dr. Ketchum started using Cayce's psychic talent in some of his most difficult cases. In 1910, Wesley Ketchum submitted a paper to the American Society of Clinical Research, calling Cayce a medical wonder. As a result, the October 9th issue of the New York Times featured a long article on Cayce's ability. The headline read: "Illiterate man becomes a doctor when hypnotized." Requests for readings began coming to Hopkinsville. In order to meet these requests, Dr. Wesley Ketchum, Edgar Cayce, Leslie Cayce and Albert Noe, a hotel owner formed the Psychic Reading Corporation. Edgar moved back to Hopkinsville, where he opened a photographic studio, the "Cayce Art Studio." He began to give readings in his spare time and became known as a "psychic diagnostician," although he was much happier as a photographer. It would not be until the following year that his attitude about the readings finally changed. In one of the medical cases, a construction supervisor named Dalton severely fractured his leg and kneecap in an accident. He was told by several doctors in town that they could set the leg but because of the seriousness of the injury he would never be able to walk normally again. Apparently, Dalton's kneecap was damaged beyond repair. Not satisfied with their reports, Dalton consulted Dr. Wesley Ketchum. Cayce gave a reading and recommended what was an extremely radical treatment for 1905: Ketchum was to drive several nails into the kneecap to hold it in place while it healed. The procedure was unheard of at the time but Ketchum, trusting in Cayce's ability, carried it out. The surgery was performed, and several months later Dalton was up and walking around as though the accident had never occurred. Edgar Cayce's fame continued to spread. A second son was born to Gertrude and Edgar in 1911. They named him Milton Porter. Soon after his birth, however, the baby developed whooping cough and later on colitis. Several doctors were called in, but the baby continued to get worse. For some reason, Edgar Cayce never really thought about consulting his own readings until the doctors had given up all hope. As a last resort, Cayce gave a reading for his second son. When he woke up, he was shattered to learn that the condition was too serious. The readings offered no hope for the child and the baby died before being two months old. Afterwards, Cayce and his wife went into a state of depression. He blamed himself for not getting a reading sooner - perhaps it might have helped; now he would never know. Gertrude's health took a turn for the worse. She became weak after the baby's death, causing the doctor to think she had contracted pleurisy. As the months continued to pass, the illness hung on, and she showed no signs of improvement. In fact, she was getting worse and was eventually confined to bed. By late summer, Gertrude's doctor had changed his diagnosis. He called Cayce aside and spoke the awful truth: Gertrude had tuberculosis and was dying. A TB specialist confirmed that nothing further could be done. Everyone expected her to die by the end of the year except for her husband. Not knowing what else to do, Edgar gave a reading. While in the sleep state, he recommended a combination of prescription drugs as well as filling a charred oak keg with apple brandy. Gertrude was to inhale the fumes to clear up the congestion. Although the doctors claimed that the combination of drugs would be useless, Dr. Ketchum wrote the prescription anyway. After following this treatment for only two days, Gertrude was feeling better and her fever had fallen. By September she was better still, and by November even her doctors decided that she was going to get well. By the first of January, 1912, Gertrude Cayce was fully recovered. That same year, a delegate from Harvard University, Dr. Hugo Münsterberg, investigated Edgar Cayce. The visit had been to determine whether or not Cayce's work was fraudulent but when Münsterberg left Hopkinsville, the professor had become convinced of the legitimacy and the effectiveness of the readings. Still, Edgar was happiest being a photographer and he decided to dissolve his partnership with Ketchum, his father and Noe and he obtained a job as a photographer in Selma, Alabama. The following year, he bought for himself the studio where he had been employed. In Selma Cayce was able to escape from the readings' notoriety and live out a quiet life. The quiet normalcy of life did not last long. One day his son, Hugh Lynn, was playing with flash powder in the studio and severely burned his eyes. The local doctors gave no hope that the boy would ever see again. In fact, they recommended removing one of the eyes due to the extent of the damage. Cayce decided to give a reading instead. During the course of the reading he gave assurance that sight was not gone. He recommended an additional compound to be added to the solution that had been prescribed by the doctors and stated that Hugh Lynn should remain in a darkened room for two weeks with his eyes bandaged. No eye surgery was performed and when the bandages were removed, the boy could see. Local newspapers picked up the story and again, Edgar Cayce's fame grew. In addition to his job and his work as a Sunday school teacher, he began giving readings. On February 9, 1918, Gertrude gave birth to another son, Edgar Evans. As his psychic reputation grew the request for readings continued and Edgar Cayce was faced with a problem. Although people were being helped by the readings, many were having difficulty finding doctors to carry out the treatments that were being recommended. Doctors seemed hesitant to follow the guidance of a sleeping psychic who, in many instances, had never even seen the people he was diagnosing. This situation led to Cayce's dream of a establishing a hospital, staffed with fully qualified doctors, nurses, and therapists, who would carry out the treatments recommended in the readings. This pursuit of a hospital caused Edgar Cayce to form an ill-fated partnership with others who were seeking oil. He went to Texas to give readings on possible oil sites but was repeatedly disappointed. The readings made it quite clear that the information was never to be used for financial gain and that some of his partners did not share his dream of a hospital. Some of his partners wanted money only for themselves. After many failures, Cayce returned to Selma and picked up where he had left off. He had his wife, his two sons, his business, and the church. His Sunday school classes became the most popular in the county because Cayce had the ability to make the Bible come alive. In the fall of 1923, he hired a secretary, Gladys Davis, to take down the information in the readings while Gertrude conducted and asked her sleeping husband the questions. Until 1923 most of Cayce's readings were limited to medical and physical conditions. However, that year a printer from Dayton, Ohio, who had obtained successful readings for two of his nieces, asked Cayce for a horoscope reading. Toward the end of the reading [5717-1] the sleeping Cayce spoke the curious sentence: "he was once a monk." That statement opened up the door to a whole new area of research - the possibility of reincarnation - and Edgar was faced with a new dilemma. There was no doubt that the information was helpful and accurate when dealing with health, but the readings matter-of-fact reference to reincarnation seemed foreign to his fundamental Christianity. He prayed about it, did much soul searching, and obtained a few readings. He was advised to read the Bible once through from cover to cover while keeping the idea of reincarnation in mind. The underlying philosophy that emerged was one that focused upon the oneness and the purposefulness of life. In time, Edgar Cayce found that the concept of reincarnation was not incompatible with any religion and actually merged perfectly with his own beliefs of what it meant to be a Christian. Soon afterwards, the "Life readings" were developed, dealing with an individual's previous lifetimes, as well as the person's potential and purpose in the present. In time, the topics in the readings were further expanded to include mental and spiritual counsel, philosophy and contemporary spirituality, meditation, dream interpretation, intuition, history and ancient civilizations and even advice for improving personal relationships. Because the requests for readings continued to grow, Cayce gave up his photography studio and began looking for financial backing for his hospital. He also began to accept donations for the readings, but he never refused to help those who were unable to pay. Over the years, several backers were found to make Cayce's dream of the hospital a reality. One group wanted to locate the facility in Chicago, another wanted it to be in Dayton. However, time and again, the readings advised that the hospital needed to be located in or near Virginia Beach, Virginia. Finally, a New York businessman named Morton Blumenthal agreed to finance the hospital project. In September of 1925, the Cayce family moved with Gladys Davis to Virginia Beach and in 1927, the Association of National Investigators was formed. Its purpose was to research and experiment the information contained in the readings. Its motto was: "That We May Make Manifest Our Love for God and Man." The following year, on November 11, 1928, the Edgar Cayce hospital opened its doors. Patients came from all over the country to obtain readings and to be treated by a qualified staff composed of doctors, nurses, and therapists. The sleeping Cayce gave each patient a reading, diagnosed the ailment, and recommended everything from a change of diet to surgery. Cayce's approach was that healing worked best when all the schools of medicine worked together in cooperation, finding what was best for the patient. In spite of the stock market crash in October 1929, a university, "Atlantic University," was also underwritten by the hospital backers and opened in the fall of 1930. Until 1931 the hospital operated successfully. In the midst of the Depression, however, financial backing was lost and the hospital had to close its doors in February. The University survived until Christmas. In June of 1931, the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. (A.R.E.), was formed as a research body whose goal was to investigate and disseminate the information contained in Cayce's readings. This organization became interested in such things as holistic health care, the workings of ESP, meditation, spiritual healing, the importance of dreams, and the study of life after death. When individuals asked Edgar Cayce how they could become more psychic themselves he responded by saying that the goal should be to become more spiritual, "for psychic is of the soul." From Cayce's perspective as individuals became more spiritual, psychic ability would develop naturally. Rather than trying to find converts to the readings' philosophy, people were told that if they could incorporate information into their own religious and belief systems, enabling them to become better people, it could be a useful and positive experience; otherwise they were advised to leave the information alone. As the years passed, Cayce became more and more psychic in the waking state as well. He once fled from a room in sorrow because he knew that three young men would not be returning from the war. He also had developed the ability to see auras, which are fields of light that surround all living things. From these auras Cayce could perceive people's moods as well as their overall physical condition. As his fame as a psychic grew, so did the number of skeptics. Many people came to Virginia Beach to expose him as a fraud, but in time all were convinced of the legitimacy of what he was doing. A number stayed in Virginia Beach and received readings for themselves. One staunch Catholic writer, named Thomas Sugrue, came to Virginia Beach to investigate what he thought had to be trickery and ended up writing There is a River, Cayce's biography published in 1943 while he was still alive. Coronet magazine, one of the most popular of the era, sent a reporter to investigate. The article, written by Marguerite Harmon Bro, "Miracle Man of Virginia Beach," drew widespread attention, and Edgar Cayce became more famous than he had ever been before. During the height of World War II, sacks of mail were delivered to Cayce with ever-growing requests for readings. Despite the readings' warning that he should give no more than two a day, Cayce began giving eight in an effort to keep up. Gladys Davis' appointment book had readings scheduled two years in advance! In the spring of 1944, Edgar began to grow weak. His own readings advised him to rest, but he felt a tremendous obligation to those who were asking for his help. Finally, he collapsed from sheer exhaustion, and just as he gave his first reading for himself, he gave his last reading for himself in September of 1944. The reading told him he had to rest. When Gertrude asked "How long?" the response was "until he is well or dead." Shortly afterwards, he had a stroke and became partially paralyzed. By the end of the year his friends feared the worst. Although Edgar told them he would be healed after the first of the year, they understood what he meant and he died on January 3, 1945. At the time, no one really understood how ill Gertrude was, yet within three months, on Easter Sunday, she died as well. Gladys Davis took it upon herself to preserve the information she had taken such great pains to write down, until Edgar's sons returned from the war. Eventually, she took charge of the project of cataloguing and indexing the more than 14,000 readings. Because of the number of readings as well as the follow-up reports and documentation the project was not even finished until 1971, more than a quarter of century after Cayce had died! Once indexed, it was discovered that the readings covered as astonishing 10,000 different subjects - nearly every question imaginable had been asked. Gladys continued working as secretary for the Board of Trustees of the Cayce organizations and chaired the computerization of the readings until her death in 1986 at the age of eighty-one. Today, the complete set of Cayce readings is available on CD-Rom. Hugh Lynn took over the organization his father had started and was able to encourage interest all over the world. When Hugh Lynn died, in 1982, the Association had grown from a few hundred members into one composed of ten of thousands. Today, several organizations work with the information contained in the Edgar Cayce readings. The Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. (A.R.E.) continues to make the material more readily available through practical presentations and publications, and members throughout the world are kept up-to-date on activities and developments concerning the Cayce work. The Edgar Cayce Foundation is a separate organization that is legally responsible for the readings. It spends time and resources sponsoring comparative studies between the Cayce information and other schools of thought. Atlantic University, which closed in 1931, was reactivated in 1985 and offers a master's degree in Transpersonal Studies. The Health and Rejuvenation Research Center analyzes the medical information contained in the readings and incorporates the material into contemporary medical research, and the Cayce/Reilly School of Massotherapy trains therapists from around the world in the therapeutic benefits of massage. Together, these organizations have found that the psychic information of a photographer from Kentucky has stood the test of intensive research for years. Throughout his life, Edgar Cayce claimed no special abilities nor did he ever consider himself to be some kind of twentieth-century prophet. The readings never offered a set of beliefs that had to be embraced, but instead focused on the fact that each person should test in his or her own life the principles presented. Though Cayce himself was a Christian and read the Bible from cover to cover every year of his life, his work was one that stressed the importance of comparative study among belief systems all over the world. The underlying principle of the readings is the oneness of all life, tolerance for all people, and a compassion and understanding for every major religion in the world. [This article is taken from Edgar Cayce's
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Desecration of the Tomb of NostradamusCentury 9, Quatrain 7 The man who opens the tomb when it is found Anne Gemelle, Nostradamus' wife, carried out his last wishes concerning the disposal of his body. He was entombed upright in a wall of the Church of the Cordeliers in Salon, France to ensure that his detractors would not be able to "put your filthy feet on my throat while I'm alive or after I'm dead." His resting place became a pilgrimage site soon after his entombment, and for centuries, a rumor circulated that the prophet had had a secret document, giving the keys to deciphering the quatrains, buried with him. In 1700, city officials decided to move his body to an area behind a more prominent wall of the church. While they had the tomb open, they couldn't resist a careful peek inside the coffin. No papers were found, unfortunately. However, a medallion hung around the skeleton's neck. This medallion had been inscribed with the date 1700. Nostradamus had a last laugh by predicting, in 1566, when his tomb would be invaded. The tomb was resealed and undisturbed for another 91 years. In 1791, during the French Revolution, drunken soldiers broke into the church and, using picks and shovels, looted the tomb of Nostradamus. The sound of the commotion alerted the mayor of Salon, who hurried to the church to investigate. He arrived to witness the ghastly scene of soldiers and townspeople tossing the prophet's bones into the air, dancing in macabre drunkenness. One guardsman stood in the center of the group, drinking wine from the skull of Nostradamus. (Local people believed that drinking blood from the skull of the great prophet would bestow psychic abilities.) Nostradamus had warned that anyone who dared disturb his rest would suffer a quick and violent death. The mayor acted quickly and explained to the soldiers that Nostradamus, in having predicted the French Revolution in supportive tones, should be considered a national hero. Those present collected the bones from the floor and helped to reenter the remains. According to the legend, these revolutionary soldiers were ambushed by royalists while returning to their base in Marseilles. The soldier who had brazenly drunk from Nostradamus' skull was killed, quickly and violently, by a sniper's bullet. In Paris, for ten days following the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, visitors to the fortress filed past a table upon which was a copy of The Centuries opened to the page of Nostradamus' predictions describing the French Revolution ("Common Advent of the People"), written over 200 years earlier.
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Cayce: Long-Distance Healer's LegacyEdgar Cayce may have been the greatest prophet and healer of this millennium. And he did it all in his sleep.Though he could barely read, Cayce's knowledge of the human body matched any surgeon's, and in a self-induced hypnotic trance he could identify diseases and prescribe cures within minutes. He did not even need to see the patient. He worked via telepathy. With a letter in his hand from a sick person 3,000 miles away, Cayce believed he could communicate with their diseased cells. The idea sounds laughable. The effect was not. Thousands of people believed Cayce cured them. His first cure was his own, solving a throat disorder in 1898. After that his fame spread until, in his sixties, between June 1943 and June 1944, he conducted 1,385 trance readings, at up to six a day. Exhausted, he died on January 3, 1945, leaving a mass of individual prescriptions for patients he had never met. Cayce, a modest man, believed everyone was naturally psychic - and all ESP was a manifestation of faith and love. Though hundreds of doctors attested to his genuine powers, he was harassed by the establishment, charged with fortune-telling and even accused of complicity in a murder after identifying a killer while in a trance. He is regarded as the father of holistic medicine, who developed the notion that one unbalanced element in our lives can throw everything out of line. Societies exist to promote his views. Cayce founded one himself, and the Association for Research and Enlightenment is still run by his grandson, Charles. Its website (http://www.are-cayce.com)looks like a high-quality brochure selling property or vitamin tablets. It features a small library of audio lectures on ESP, healing and mindpower, and a simple psi test based on a colour wheel which gives an instant read-out of your psychic abilities. Cayce's wider views were more odd. In fact, weird. He believed the Bimini Islands in the Bahamas were the peaks of mountains in Atlantis - all that remained of a continent which was home to Earth's greatest civilization. And he claimed that every deed and every secret thought of every human are set down in an infinite journal, the Akashic Records. I'm glad to say that, so far, there is no Web address for the Akashic Records . . .
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In February the Skull was returned to its old home in Torquay for
display. A limited number of £20 ticket holders were allowed access to
the skull and its healing powers at a special gathering at Torbay's
Imperial Hotel on February 25. Organisers were promoting the evening as
a ''rare opportunity to spend quality time in the vicinity of the
Crystal Skull.'' It was once kept in a house on the Newton Road in
Torquay where people who came into contact with it talked of its
''awesome presence.'' Healer, clairvoyant and mystic David Cousins was
on hand to offer an interpretation of the skull's energies ''through the
right use of meditation.''
