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In reply to the discussion: Is anyone familiar with Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet"? [View all]bucolic_frolic
(55,797 posts)3. He was quite a fascinating fellow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce
Edgar Cayce (/ˈkeɪsiː/; March 18, 1877 January 3, 1945) was an American clairvoyant who reported and chronicled an ability to diagnose diseases and recommend treatments for ailments while asleep.[1] During thousands of transcribed sessions, Cayce answered questions on subjects including healing, reincarnation, dreams, the afterlife, past lives, nutrition, Atlantis, and future events. Cayce said he was a devout Christian and was not a spiritualist or communicating with spirits. Cayce is regarded as a founder of the New Age movement and a principal source of many of the movement's characteristic beliefs.[2]
In 1931, Cayce founded a non-profit organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment.[3] In 1942, a popular and highly sympathetic biography of Cayce titled There is a River was published by journalist Thomas Sugrue.[4]
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A career counselor once mentioned him extensively. I found the subject a bit complicated.
Edgar Cayce (/ˈkeɪsiː/; March 18, 1877 January 3, 1945) was an American clairvoyant who reported and chronicled an ability to diagnose diseases and recommend treatments for ailments while asleep.[1] During thousands of transcribed sessions, Cayce answered questions on subjects including healing, reincarnation, dreams, the afterlife, past lives, nutrition, Atlantis, and future events. Cayce said he was a devout Christian and was not a spiritualist or communicating with spirits. Cayce is regarded as a founder of the New Age movement and a principal source of many of the movement's characteristic beliefs.[2]
In 1931, Cayce founded a non-profit organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment.[3] In 1942, a popular and highly sympathetic biography of Cayce titled There is a River was published by journalist Thomas Sugrue.[4]
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A career counselor once mentioned him extensively. I found the subject a bit complicated.
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Ironically, I was thinking about him a few months back and was going to research a bit more...
hlthe2b
Yesterday
#2
Yes, I am familiar with him. it's been years since I have tried to read anything by him.
mwmisses4289
Yesterday
#4
He supposedly knew where Atlantis was -- somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle? -- which
displacedvermoter
Yesterday
#5
Cayce died in 1945, during WWII, so unless it was an old movie reel, I don't see how he was on Nimoy's show (1976-1982).
Celerity
Yesterday
#13
He wasn't on the show himself, unless, perhaps in another astral dimension..
displacedvermoter
23 hrs ago
#45
There's a lot of recent research into "lucid dreaming" which mirrors some of what you talk about.
erronis
22 hrs ago
#47
One has to read and understand a figure in history before determining that he is a "con"
hlthe2b
23 hrs ago
#44
Since I have argued the exact opposite, you show that you are just posting to see your own words
hlthe2b
16 hrs ago
#113
Cayce was a HEALER not a murderer. That could be the difference between the two
Clouds Passing
21 hrs ago
#71
Verify evidence that he didn't heal anyone. People have a right to question and explore.
live love laugh
8 hrs ago
#134
Thank you. Well said. I tend to be very skeptical having been taught that the scientific methods are best.
erronis
22 hrs ago
#53
Oh, REALLY?!!! Where have YOU been the past decades-- and especially the past five years
hlthe2b
17 hrs ago
#95
I think there is a relevance that is helpful to these times we are living in....
kentuck
23 hrs ago
#42
Interesing subject kentuck. I do beleive that as we sleep, our unconscious does 'communiicate'
c-rational
22 hrs ago
#48
Being a cat person I know that Edgar Cayce had a lot of interesting things to say about cats.
flashman13
22 hrs ago
#55
Cats most certainly have a sixth sense. Several years ago an elderly stray orange cat wandered in and came
flashman13
18 hrs ago
#80
I heard an interview with one his followers on the Art Bell Radio Show years ago.
Jacson6
14 hrs ago
#124