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In reply to the discussion: Is anyone familiar with Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet"? [View all]hlthe2b
(114,667 posts)44. One has to read and understand a figure in history before determining that he is a "con"
and you want to preclude others from making their own judgement after doing so. That is a very patronizing and demeaning attitude you are taking toward your fellow DUers--many/most who have probably never heard of him.
I have great skepticism about Cayce based on a limited reading about the man and one that was shared by people of his time. But skepticism, while healthy, is not a conclusion about him because I admittedly know little about him. But, my final judgement is not going to come from one person screaming about the idiocy of others who are merely expressing curiosity. Read my sig line and kindly consider for one damned minute your attempts to censor discussion and others' attempts to learn for themselves.
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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
Yesterday
#45
There's a lot of recent research into "lucid dreaming" which mirrors some of what you talk about.
erronis
Yesterday
#47
One has to read and understand a figure in history before determining that he is a "con"
hlthe2b
Yesterday
#44
Since I have argued the exact opposite, you show that you are just posting to see your own words
hlthe2b
18 hrs ago
#113
Cayce was a HEALER not a murderer. That could be the difference between the two
Clouds Passing
Yesterday
#71
Verify evidence that he didn't heal anyone. People have a right to question and explore.
live love laugh
11 hrs ago
#134
Thank you. Well said. I tend to be very skeptical having been taught that the scientific methods are best.
erronis
Yesterday
#53
Oh, REALLY?!!! Where have YOU been the past decades-- and especially the past five years
hlthe2b
20 hrs ago
#95
I think there is a relevance that is helpful to these times we are living in....
kentuck
Yesterday
#42
Interesing subject kentuck. I do beleive that as we sleep, our unconscious does 'communiicate'
c-rational
Yesterday
#48
Being a cat person I know that Edgar Cayce had a lot of interesting things to say about cats.
flashman13
Yesterday
#55
Cats most certainly have a sixth sense. Several years ago an elderly stray orange cat wandered in and came
flashman13
21 hrs ago
#80
I heard an interview with one his followers on the Art Bell Radio Show years ago.
Jacson6
17 hrs ago
#124