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Is anyone familiar with Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet"? [View all] kentuck 22 hrs ago OP

Edgar Cayce. Yes I'm familiar with him raccoon 22 hrs ago #1

Ironically, I was thinking about him a few months back and was going to research a bit more... hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #2

He was quite a fascinating fellow bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #3

The Association for Research and Enlightenment The Blue Flower 22 hrs ago #9

Not sure how it could be secure from climate change? hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #10

I cant's answer that The Blue Flower 21 hrs ago #11

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Hey, welcome to DU! The Blue Flower 15 hrs ago #93

............ paleotn 20 hrs ago #32

Lucid dreaming is realizing you are dreaming, while you are dreaming jimmy the one 15 hrs ago #91

Yes, I am familiar with him. it's been years since I have tried to read anything by him. mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #4

He supposedly knew where Atlantis was -- somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle? -- which displacedvermoter 22 hrs ago #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 21 hrs ago #13

A couple of episodes of "In Search Of" went into Cayce's theories. Beartracks 20 hrs ago #25

Ok. Makes sense. Celerity 20 hrs ago #31

He wasn't on the show himself, unless, perhaps in another astral dimension.. displacedvermoter 20 hrs ago #45

Yes, another poster above already explained it. Celerity 19 hrs ago #60

Probably??? paleotn 21 hrs ago #23

The clock isn't broken. mr715 19 hrs ago #69

......... paleotn 14 hrs ago #99

displacedvermoter...... Upthevibe 18 hrs ago #73

Yes, I read quite a few books about Edgar Cayce PatSeg 22 hrs ago #6

When facing problems or tasks I need help with... MiHale 22 hrs ago #7

I understand that technique has been quite successful. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #33

There's a lot of recent research into "lucid dreaming" which mirrors some of what you talk about. erronis 20 hrs ago #47

I also lucid dream...not always... MiHale 18 hrs ago #75

Quite an effective method! SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #51

I've used some of his remedies. Here is one. Maraya1969 22 hrs ago #8

Yes! I was in a study group in the 80's discussing his writings hauckeye 21 hrs ago #12

I think his writings about this time... kentuck 21 hrs ago #14

I'm reading one of his books now and find it very interesting. MLAA 21 hrs ago #15

When I was a sophomore in college... ananda 21 hrs ago #16

;-{)..... Goonch 21 hrs ago #17

Crazy shit. paleotn 20 hrs ago #34

Barnum and Bailey meets Carter's Pills nt Maru Kitteh 16 hrs ago #81

I have many books about him karin_sj 21 hrs ago #18

I e heard of both of them and read about both of them. AllaN01Bear 21 hrs ago #19

George Carlin said Cayce was not a medium, Sneederbunk 21 hrs ago #20

Ah, don't we all miss George Carlin? hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #28

George Carlin was always right. Srkdqltr 11 hrs ago #127

He predicted that San Francisco would be destroyed SCantiGOP 21 hrs ago #21

After it was destroyed in 1906. By an earthquake. paleotn 20 hrs ago #35

This is insane Wifes husband 21 hrs ago #22

I would venture that some on DU have never heard of him... hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #26

So there's value delving into the works of a con and nut? paleotn 20 hrs ago #30

One has to read and understand a figure in history before determining that he is a "con" hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #44

I'm not precluding a goddamn thing. I'm merely pointing and laughing. paleotn 14 hrs ago #106

Your cursing at me doesn't help your argument, paleotn. Not one bit... hlthe2b 14 hrs ago #107

What? That's silly. paleotn 13 hrs ago #111

Since I have argued the exact opposite, you show that you are just posting to see your own words hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #113

Oh please. To some degree? i.e., you want it both ways. paleotn 13 hrs ago #115

Desperation and ridicule for sure hithe2b Clouds Passing 13 hrs ago #112

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Hmmm. Wonder about Jesus, Moses, etc., etc. erronis 20 hrs ago #49

I'm sure many shared this thought stopdiggin 19 hrs ago #68

Cayce was a HEALER not a murderer. That could be the difference between the two Clouds Passing 18 hrs ago #71

Bwahahahaha! paleotn 14 hrs ago #105

Verify evidence that he didn't heal anyone. People have a right to question and explore. live love laugh 6 hrs ago #134

I was really into him in my younger years bif 20 hrs ago #24

Oh, please. He was equal parts con and nutter. paleotn 20 hrs ago #27

We heard you the first time. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #37

Plus several more MorbidButterflyTat 19 hrs ago #61

I get the inclincation to boil everything down to "woo" hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #40

Thank you. Well said. I tend to be very skeptical having been taught that the scientific methods are best. erronis 20 hrs ago #53

No one would call vaccines woo TxGuitar 15 hrs ago #92

Oh, REALLY?!!! Where have YOU been the past decades-- and especially the past five years hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #95

Did you just invoke Hitchens's razor!? mr715 14 hrs ago #101

This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn 14 hrs ago #102

" There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of niyad 19 hrs ago #65

Very true. SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #79

Yup. Fascinating person and his work was all documented. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #29

Documented as complete BS. paleotn 20 hrs ago #36

Back off. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #38

Or what? Wifes husband 20 hrs ago #46

My response was not directed at you. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #54

I will not. paleotn 14 hrs ago #104

Why? Truth hurts?? paleotn 14 hrs ago #103

would you please provide NJCher 19 hrs ago #57

Where is Atlantis? mr715 19 hrs ago #67

post was directed to paleotn NJCher 18 hrs ago #72

Don't blame me, I was just astral projecting. mr715 18 hrs ago #74

... reACTIONary 15 hrs ago #83

Ahem, my post was directed to NJCher mr715 15 hrs ago #85

Unfortunately.... reACTIONary 11 hrs ago #125

I kant handle philosopher puns. mr715 11 hrs ago #126

Give me some documentation that his conman ramblings are actually true. paleotn 14 hrs ago #100

Did you go to college? NJCher 7 hrs ago #132

What does "Did you go to college?" have to do with anything. Abolishinist 6 hrs ago #133

And all bull shit Wifes husband 20 hrs ago #43

Nostradamus only "predicted" things in reverse. Gore1FL 20 hrs ago #39

That right. Nostradmus predictions are retrofitted Buckeyeblue 15 hrs ago #94

I visited his research center in Virginia Beach beveeheart 20 hrs ago #41

I think there is a relevance that is helpful to these times we are living in.... kentuck 20 hrs ago #42

Interesing subject kentuck. I do beleive that as we sleep, our unconscious does 'communiicate' c-rational 20 hrs ago #48

I wouldn't know. kentuck 20 hrs ago #52

"Little Death" JoseBalow 20 hrs ago #50

Being a cat person I know that Edgar Cayce had a lot of interesting things to say about cats. flashman13 20 hrs ago #55

Cats have a sixth sense, I am sure. kentuck 19 hrs ago #59

Cats most certainly have a sixth sense. Several years ago an elderly stray orange cat wandered in and came flashman13 16 hrs ago #80

Yes, he was a fraud. mr715 19 hrs ago #56

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Science is falsifiable mr715 15 hrs ago #87

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Pluto being a planet or not is a matter of definitions. mr715 15 hrs ago #90

"you're" ( contraction for "you are"), not "your" (possessive). niyad 14 hrs ago #96

Ooof, that is always embarrassing mr715 14 hrs ago #97

When I was in my twenties I read Cayce. 1WorldHope 19 hrs ago #58

Well said PatSeg 12 hrs ago #120

Too me he was Faux pas 19 hrs ago #62

just the name Kali 19 hrs ago #63

Thanks for this thread! MorbidButterflyTat 19 hrs ago #64

I'm more familiar with Carl Jung's similar work Brother Buzz 19 hrs ago #66

Although Jung was pretty woo too. mr715 19 hrs ago #70

kentuck........ Upthevibe 18 hrs ago #76

Yes, I've read some of his work and I agree. ms liberty 17 hrs ago #77

Did read some of his stuff when I was a teenager because it was allegorical oracle 16 hrs ago #78

He still has a following in Virginia Beach. GreenWave 15 hrs ago #84

me ma read his books duckworth969 15 hrs ago #88

Fraud, huxster and con man edhopper 14 hrs ago #98

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The sleeping profiteer? usonian 13 hrs ago #108

I believe there is much we do not know. kentuck 13 hrs ago #109

Quantum and consciousness get lumped together because of woo. mr715 13 hrs ago #110

That is what is being questioned. kentuck 13 hrs ago #114

It is a challenging question... mr715 13 hrs ago #116

In some unexplainable way... kentuck 13 hrs ago #117

These are not supernatural, though. mr715 12 hrs ago #118

That is how I tend to see it PatSeg 12 hrs ago #119

Poe "Up Through The Spiral" 1971 Concept Albums,Psych Omaha Steve 12 hrs ago #121

My great Aunt in Portsmouth, Va once saw him speak SomedayKindaLove 12 hrs ago #122

He cured my great aunt's TB jcboon 12 hrs ago #123

I heard an interview with one his followers on the Art Bell Radio Show years ago. Jacson6 12 hrs ago #124

I find him fascinating MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #128

Familiar with him but not aware of any 2026 RubyRose 10 hrs ago #129