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My Life As a Seer : The Lost Memoirs [Hardcover]

Edgar Cayce (Author), A. Robert Smith (Compiler), Charles Thomas Cayce (Foreword)
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October 1999
For over seventy-five years, the prophecies and readings of Edgar Cayce-- The Sleeping Prophet-- have inspired millions of people around the world, and been the subject of hundreds of books. Over fifty years after his death, Cayce is still regarded as the father of the new age movement, and the foremost psychic of the twentieth century. His thoughts on the soul's journey, past lives, dreams, ancient civilizations, and astrology are still closely studied and followed by practitioners in these fields. But until now, only those who knew and studied him have been able to tell Cayce's story and philosophy. From Jess Stearn's The Sleeping Prophet to Thomas Sugrue's There Is a River, many bestselling books have sold millions of copies and touched many lives.

Now, for the first time, Edgar Cayce tells his story in his own words. Only recently discovered, this new memoir delivers Cayce's important message to the world at a most crucial time, the dawn of the twenty-first century. In this personal, moving story, readers learn how Cayce felt about his amazing powers. Here Cayce speaks about the angelic presence that visited his childhood Kentucky home and told him that he would become a healer to millions. We also learn about his extraordinary childhood ability to learn his school lessons simply by sleeping on his books. Cayce also addresses the devastating throat paralysis that he miraculously overcame, and how he ultimately realized that his powers could only be used to help and enable people, and not for personal profit. Cayce even gives a "behind the scenes" glimpse at his many psychic readings.

The combination of ability and humility, compassion and caring turned Cayce from social outcast to world-renowned psychic healer. Throughout his life, Edgar Cayce's was the voice people turned to for advice on issues as diverse as health and healing and philosophy and world issues. Now, Cayce speaks once more on these issues and delivers his ultimate message to humanity for the first time. My Life as a Seer brings to life the emotional frustrations, motivations, fears, and visions of the century's premier spiritualist.


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More than 50 years after his death, Cayce's diagnoses of medical conditions, conducted under hypnosis, remain controversial. Unfortunately, this disjointed collection of Cayce's writings and accounts from others fails to elucidate the life of the psychic. Contributing to the volume's unwieldy presentation is the variety of source material: Cayce's recollections from various points in his life, his father's flattering "biography," excerpts from Cayce's other biographers and newspaper notices. A number of appendixes mainly echo Cayce's own descriptions provided earlier in the book: for example, background on the Association of National Investigators in Virginia Beach, the first group established to sponsor Cayce's work, and the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE), which is now directed by Cayce's grandson. Readers may wonder why editor Smith, who wrote a biography of Cayce's eldest son, Hugh Lynn, and is the founding editor of Venture Inward, a publication of the ARE, was not able to organize the book to highlight the questions that haunted Cayce from the time he discovered his psychic abilities as an uneducated boy in rural Kentucky to his role as head of a large organization. A profoundly religious man, Cayce struggled to understand his abilities within the context of his spirituality, all the while battling business setbacks, family crises and negative publicity. Despite the plethora of detail and documentation bogging down Cayce's life story here, readers will likely be moved by his commitment to pursue answers to his questions, surmount his many hardships and leave a legacy that continues to draw followers. (Oct.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Cayce enthusiasts and those interested in psychic phenomena in general will find a treasure in these republished memoirs. A well-known psychic who did what were called "readings" (primarily diagnosing illnesses and prescribing cures) while in a self-induced trancelike state, Cayce died in 1945. These memoirs give the reader insight into Cayce's childhood, his values and beliefs, and how he viewed his gift. The person who emerges from these memoirs is someone who, despite his fame and an unusual ability, was quite ordinary and who found success in life somewhat elusive. Cayce's significance makes this a recommended addition to public and academic libraries alike.AJohn Moryl, Yeshiva Univ. Libs., New York
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (October 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312204191
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312204198
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #797,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) has been called the "sleeping prophet," the "father of holistic medicine," and the most documented psychic of the 20th century. For more than 40 years of his adult life, Cayce gave psychic "readings" to thousands of seekers while in an unconscious state, diagnosing illnesses and revealing lives lived in the past and prophecies yet to come. The organization founded by him in 1931 is still in existence today.


 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A rare glimpse into the mind of a great 20th-century mystic, July 19, 2000
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Have you ever wondered what it might be like to see inside the mind of a great psychic? To be able to access information about people and places that reaches far beyond the physical dimension? Edgar Cayce's biography, expertly compiled by a professional journalist and editor from Cayce's never-before-published autobiographical notes, a personal diary, and lecture records, allows us just such a rare glimpse. Cayce (1877-1945) is the world's best-documented psychic, with over 14,000 verbatim transcripts of 'readings' on topics ranging from health concerns, reincarnation, astrology, spiritual development, earth change predictions, and other metaphysical topics catalogued in the Library of the Association for Research Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, VA.

Edgar Cayce is also known as the "Father of Holistic Medicine," whose unorthodox naturopathic cures, while helping many regain their health who had been given up as hopeless by the medical establishment, once led to his arrest on grounds of practising medicine without a licence.

In "My Life As a Seer," we get to know the Edgar Cayce who struggled with self-doubts regarding his psychic gift, and with concerns about the impact which the information from his readings might have on those who sought his counsel. We meet Cayce the family man, a photographer by profession, whose deep faith sees him through a series of defeats, including the destruction by fire of his studio; the closure, for lack of funds, of the hospital he had spent years trying to build; an eviction from his home; and physical injuries suffered while being the target of a humiliating attempt to expose him as a fraud. Through it all, Cayce remained a sincere and humble man,who was motivated not by fame nor by riches (which eluded him all his life), but by an overwhelming desire to serve God and help his fellow human beings.

"My Life As a Seer," as grandson Charles Thomas Cayce says in the foreword, represents "the first account of Edgar Cayce's life told completely in his own words. He does not dwell on all of the personal aspects of his life, but focuses primarily on those experiences that marked him since childhood as decidedly different from anyone else in his world."

Reading this fascinating book is the closest most of us will come to talking with Edgar Cayce in this lifetime.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Edgar!, April 19, 2010
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As a life-long follower and adherent of Edgar Cayce and his teachings, I was elated to find this book at Amazon, having borrowed it from my public library. If you don't already know about Edgar Cayce, this is a wonderful way to come to know him. The descriptions of his childhood visions are priceless!
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20 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but I'd rather have it in paperback, December 21, 1999
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Much of the Kirkus review was accurate, although, the point that New Agers will find little that resonates is probably the most compelling reason to buy this book. It isn't New Age mystical garbage---I wasn't levitating when I read this book.

Cayce is a fascinating character. Because of his deep faith, he wrestled with the concept of reincarnation and tries to reconcile a biblical explanation for what he experienced in the "life" readings. I found the final chapters of the book more interesting than much of the rest of the book. But it deserves better treatment overall than was given by Kirkus.

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I was born on a farm in south Christian County, Kentucky, Sunday afternoon, March 18, 1877. Read the first page
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