Edgar Cayce, America's best-documented psychic, is widely known through four books, There is a River by Thomas Sugrue; Edgar Cayce, The Sleeping Prophet by Jess Stearn; Many Mansions by Dr. Gina Cerminara, and A Seer Out of Season by Dr. Harmon Bro. More than 300 books have been written about Edgar Cayce's life and work.

He was born on a farm near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on March 18, 1877, and died in Virginia Beach, Virginia, January 3, 1945. Even as a child, he displayed abilities which extended beyond the five senses. At 13, he had a vision of a lady who asked him what he most wanted in life. He told her he wanted to be able to help people, especially children when they were sick. The experience influenced him for the rest of his life.Shortly after that vision, he found that he could absorb the contents of books simply by sleeping on them, which helped him greatly at school. But he completed only 7th grade before going to work.

By 21, at the turn of the 20th century, Cayce had become a salesman in a stationery company. Unfortunately, his career was throttled by paralysis of the throat and vocal chords, leaving him unable to speak above a whisper. He left the stationery company and began work in a photographic studio. His laryngitis baffled doctors. Eight months passed. Finally, Edgar asked a hypnotist to help him enter a kind of self-induced sleep that had enabled him to memorize his schoolbooks as a child. In this state, Edgar spoke normally, diagnosing his own ailment and prescribing a simple treatment. His voice was restored.

A group of physicians from Kentucky began using Edgar's talent to diagnose some of their most difficult medical cases. Cayce only needed the name and address of an individual anywhere in the world in order to give a detailed medical diagnosis and treatment. One doctor, Wesley Ketchum, M.D., submitted a report to the Clinical Research Society in Boston. On October 9, 1910, the New York Times picked up the article and carried a full page spread about the farm boy who became a doctor while asleep. This article and those which followed caused people from all over the country to begin seeking Cayce's help.

As the years passed, Cayce's diagnoses and treatments proved accurate. Also, in the sleep state, he would answer any question. The transcriptsof these discourses are called “readings.” In 1923, Edgar began to give readings on the mind and soul as well. Eventually, the readings expanded to include information on meditation, the lost years of Jesus, comparative religions, dream interpretation, prophecy, life after death, prehistoric civilizations, world affairs, and psychic and spiritual development. In the collection of 14,305 recorded readings are more than 10,000 different topics.

Cayce left behind one of the largest and most impressive collections of psychic information ever to emanate from a single source.Today, thousands of people around the world continue to find help through his enduring legacy.

A wide selection of books on metaphysics, health and other topics of interest, as well as Cayce-recommended products, are available from the A.R.E. Bookstore at the Virginia Beach Headquarters. A varied inventory of titles is available at most Region programs, or books & products can be ordered direct from the Headquarters Bookstore: Order a free catalog — call 800 723-1112.

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There Is A River: The Story of Edgar Cayce
by Thomas Sugrue. Henry Holt & Co., Inc., 1942

Many Mansions
by Gina Cerminara. William Sloane Assoc, Inc., 1950 

Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet
by Jess Stern. Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1967

A Seer Out Of Season: The Life Of Edgar Cayce
by Harmon Hartzell Bro. Nal  Books (Penguin), 1989

Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet
by Sydney D.Kirkpatrick. Riverhead Books, 2000

The Edgar Cayce Companion: A Comprehensive Treatise of the Edgar Cayce Readings
by B. Ernest Frejer. A.R.E. Press, 1995

For more information on the readings of Edgar Cayce, contact the A.R.E.^® directly at 1-800-333-4499, or write to A.R.E., P.O. Box 595, Virginia Beach, VA 23451-0595, or contact the nearest Northeast Region representative.

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