Fulfilled Prophecies
The term "root race" is defined as a time period, an epoch, or a stage in human evolution according to Edgar Cayce and esoteric cosmology. However, many esoteric cosmologists believe the term "race" is a misnomer to use for modern humanity because root "races" have nothing to do with human racial types. According to Cayce, the time period around World War II (the end of Dynastic Imperialism) was the end of the so-called fourth "root race", the "leveling" which was part of the process for the beginning of the next root race. Cayce predicted the fifth root race would begin to appear in the year 1998 and the advent of the "Christ Consciousness" on earth -- leading to the creation of "a New Heaven and a New Earth". I believe NDE studies and the proliferation of NDE insights are playing a part in bringing this "new heaven" to earth.
In an article by NDEr and NDE expert, P.M.H. Atwater, Ph.D. (Hon) entitled "The Fifth Root Race -- In Ascendancy," Atwater defines "root race" as "the gene pool in the human family." In esoteric literature, advanced beings were used to describe groups of people who were decidedly different from their ancestors. The more of these advanced beings there were, the more assuredly they bore the mark of evolution-physiological and psychological traits characteristic of gene mutation. DNA changes over time and can be accelerated if transformative events occur in numbers large enough to jumpstart the evolutionary process. Once the new traits overspread land masses and population groups, a genetic "makeover" -- a species-wide alteration can result. According to Atwater, that shift is now happening which can be viewed as an update within the human family. Cayce mentioned that the initial appearance of the first root race occurred around 4.5 billion years ago with the entry of spirit into matter. Cayce's prediction is that the previous root race consciousness, the fourth root race, which was separated into two hemispheres (East and West), would fuse together during the fifth root race period; a global leap in species refinement.
The Cayce readings suggest that humanity's fifth root race consciousness is an evolutionary occurrence that would mark the golden age to come and a new understanding of humanity's relationship to God. On June 22. 1942, Cayce gave a reading to a 52-year-old construction engineer who asked about this expanding consciousness. Cayce commented that each individual had to essentially work with personal soul development in order to resonate to that new consciousness:
"You expect a new root race. What are you doing to prepare for it? You must prepare food for their bodies as well as their minds and their spiritual development!"
Ten years earlier, on July 1. 1932, Cayce gave a reading on the Great Pyramid in Egypt where he suggested that the ancient Hall of Records would be discovered at a time signifying the manifestation of this new fifth root race consciousness:
"There will come a greater influx of souls from the Atlantean, Lemurian, La, Ur or Da civilizations. These conditions are indicated in this turn in the journey through the pyramid. How was this begun? Who was given that this should be a record of man's experiences in this root race? For that is the period covered by the prophecies in the pyramid..."
(Q) "What is the significance of the character of the figure of the Sphinx, mentioned above?"
(A) "...With the storehouse, or record house (where the records are still to be uncovered), there is a chamber or passage from the right forepaw to this entrance of the record chamber, or record tomb. This may not be entered without an understanding, for those that were left as guards may not be passed until after a period of their regeneration in the Mount, or the fifth root race begins."
EC: "Much has been written respecting that represented in the Great Pyramid, and the record that may be read by those who would seek to know more concerning the relationships that have existed, that may exist, that do exist, between those of the Creative Forces that are manifest in the material world. As indicated, there were periods when a much closer relationship existed, or rather should it be said, there was a much better understanding OF the relationship that EXISTS between the creature and the Creator. In those conditions that are signified in the way through the pyramid, as of periods through which the world has passed and is passing, as related to the religious or the spiritual experiences of man - the period of the present is represented by the low passage or depression showing a downward tendency, as indicated by the variations in the character of stone used. This might be termed in the present as the Cruciatarian Age [?]*, or that in which preparations are being made for the beginning of a new sub-race, or a change, which - as indicated from the astronomical or numerical conditions - dates from the latter portion or middle portion of the present fall [1932]. In October there will be a period in which the benevolent influences of Jupiter and Uranus will be stronger, which - from an astrological viewpoint - will bring a greater interest in occult or mystic influences.
At the correct time accurate imaginary lines can be drawn from the opening of the great Pyramid to the second star in the Great Dipper, called Polaris or the North Star. This indicates it is the system toward which the soul takes it flight after having completed its sojourn through this solar system. In October there will be seen the first variation in the position of the polar star in relation to the lines from the Great Pyramid. The dipper is gradually changing, and when this change becomes noticeable - as might be calculated from the Pyramid - there will be the beginning of the change in the races. There will come a greater influx of souls from the Atlantean, Lemurian, La, Ur or Da civilizations. These conditions are indicated in this turn in the journey through the pyramid.
How was this begun? Who was given that this should be a record of man's experiences in this root race? for that is the period covered by the prophecies in the pyramid. This was given to Ra and Hermes in that period during the reign of Araaraart when there were many who sought to bring to man a better understanding of the close relationship between the Creative Forces and that created, between man and man, and man and his Maker.
Only those who have been called may truly understand. Who then has been called? Whosoever will make himself a channel may be raised to that of a blessing that is all that entity-body is able to comprehend. Who, having his whole measure full, would desire more does so to his own undoing."
(Q) "What are the correct interpretations of the indications in the Great Pyramid regarding the time when the present depression will end?
(A) "The changes as indicated and outlined are for the latter part of the present year [1932]. As far as depression is concerned, this is not - as in the minds of many - because fear has arisen, but rather that, when fear has arisen in the hearts of the created, SIN lieth at the door. Then, the change will occur - or that seeking will make the definite change - in the latter portion of the present year. Not that times financially will be better, but the minds of the people will be fitted to the conditions better."
(Q) "What was the date of the actual beginning and ending of the construction of the Great Pyramid?"
(A) "Was one hundred years in construction. Begun and completed in the period of Araaraart's time, with Hermes and Ra."
(Q) "What was the date B.C. of that period?"
(A) "10,490 to 10,390 before the Prince entered into Egypt."
(Q) "What definite details are indicated as to what will happen after we enter the period of the King's Chamber?"
(A) "When the bridegroom is at hand, all do rejoice. When we enter that understanding of being in the King's presence, with that of the mental seeking, the joy, the buoyancy, the new understanding, the new life, through the period."
(Q) "What is the significance of the empty sarcophagus?"
(A) "That there will be no more death. Don't misunderstand or misinterpret! but the INTERPRETATION of death will be made plain."
(Q) "If the Armageddon is foretold in the Great Pyramid, please give a description of it and the date of its beginning and ending."
(A) "Not in what is left there. It will be as a thousand years, with the fighting in the air, and - as has been - between those returning to and those leaving the earth."
(Q) What will be the type and extent of the upheaval in '36?
(A) "The wars, the upheavals in the interior of the earth, and the shifting of same by the differentiation in the axis as respecting the positions from the Polaris center [See EARTH CHANGES booklet report, p. 30, published by E.C.F. in 1963]."
(Q) "Is there not a verse of scripture in Isaiah mentioning the rock on which the great pyramid is builded?"
(A) "Not as we find; rather the rock on which John VIEWED the New Jerusalem - that is, as of the entering in the King's Chamber in the Pyramid."
(Q) "What is the date, as recorded by the Pyramid, of entering in the King's Chamber?"
(A) "'38 to '58."
(Q) "If the Passion of Jesus is recorded in the Great Pyramid, please give the date according to our present system of recording time?"
(A) "This has already been presented in a fair and equitable manner through those students of same, and these descriptions have been presented as to their authenticity."
(Q) "How was this particular Great Pyramid of Gizeh built?"
(A) "By the use of those forces in nature as make for iron to swim. Stone floats in the air in the same manner. This will be discovered in '58 [See EARTH CHANGES booklet report pages 33-34, E.C.F. 1963]."
(Q) "What is the significance of the character of the figure of the Sphinx, mentioned above?"
(A) "In this particular period of Araaraart and of the priest (that began those understandings - and passed through those of the hell in the misinterpretation of same), there was even then the seeking through those channels that are today called archaeological research. In those periods when the first change had come in the position of the land, there had been an egress of peoples - or THINGS, as would be called today - from the Atlantean land, when the Nile (of Nole, then) emptied into what is now the Atlantic Ocean, on the Congo end of the country. What is now as the Sahara was a fertile land, a city that was builded in the edge of the land, a city of those that worshipped the sun - for the use of its rays were used for supplying from the elements that which is required in the present to be grown through a season; or the abilities to use both those of introgression and retrogression - and mostly retrograded, as we are in the present. The beginnings of these mounds were as an interpretation of that which was crustating in the land. (See, most of the people had tails then!) In those beginnings these were left.
When there was the entrance of Arart and Araaraart, they begin to build upon those mounds which were discovered through research. With the storehouse, or record house (where the records are still to be uncovered), there is a chamber or passage from the right forepaw to this entrance of the record chamber, or record tomb. This may not be entered without an understanding, for those that were left as guards may NOT be passed until after a period of their regeneration in the Mount, or the fifth root race begins.
In the building of the pyramid, and that which is now called the Mystery of Mysteries, this was intended to be a MEMORIAL - as would be termed today - to that counsellor who ruled or governed, or who acted in the capacity of the director in the MATERIAL things in the land. With the return of the priest (as it had been stopped), this was later - by Isis, the queen, or the daughter of Ra - turned so as to present to those peoples in that land the relationships of man and the animal or carnal world with those changes that fade or fall away in their various effect. These may be seen in a different manner presented in many of the various sphinxes, as called, in other portions of the land - as the lion with the man, the various forms of wing, or characterizations in their various developments. These were as presentations of those projections that had been handed down in their various developments of that which becomes man - as in the present.
We are through."
On January 19, 1934, Cayce gave a reading regarding future spiritual, mental and physical changes coming to the earth regarding a shift in the world's magnetic poles during a time period of 1958 to 1998:
"...there will be shifting then of the poles -- so that where there has been those of a frigid or the semi-tropical will become the more tropical, and moss and fern will grow. And these will begin in those periods in '58 to '98, when these will be proclaimed as the periods when His light will be seen again in the clouds. As to times, as to seasons, as to places, alone is it given to those who have named the name - and who bear the mark of those of His calling and His election in their bodies. To them it shall be given."
Cayce's prediction of a magnetic pole anomaly occurred in 1998. According to a 2002 NASA Jet Propulsion laboratory article, in 1998 something changed the Earth's gravitational field which moved the magnetic poles closer together possibly due to climate change. The NASA article explained that as the ice on the poles melted, ocean currents moved water toward the equator, which factors researchers believe to be partly responsible, in conjunction with shifts in atmospheric patterns, for this ongoing shift in the Earth's magnetic field. This NASA finding affirms Cayce's prediction of a pole shift. On August 11, 1936, Cayce indicated that the pole shift would become apparent in 2000 to 2001:
(Q) "What great change or the beginning of what change, if any, is to take place in the earth in the year 2,000 to 2,001 A.D.?
(A) "When there is a shifting of the poles; or a new cycle begins."
According to a 2011 GlobalRumblings Blog post, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a data set of annual magnetic north pole coordinates going back to the year 1590, noting that there has been lots of reporting of pole shift lately, to the point where the phenomenon is actually causing real-world issues such as temporary airport closures. Since 1860, the magnetic pole shift has more than doubled every 50 years. That is pretty significant. It's alarming to discover the amount of pole shift just since the last 50 years. From the time period of 2000 through 2010, the magnetic north pole has shifted nearly half of the total distance of the past 50 years! In other words, the pole shift has apparently sped up substantially. And during the past 150 years, the pole shift has been in the same direction. According to the data set, during the year 2000 the magnetic north pole actually shifted more than 70 kilometers. In 2003, BBC News published an article entitled "Is the Earth preparing to flip?" which mentioned how some researchers think the behavior of the Earth's magnetic field may presage a geomagnetic reversal when the north and south magnetic poles flip. A 2017 article, "Are the Earth's Magnetic Poles About to Flip?" makes an even stronger case.
And the Earth's magnetic field is now getting weaker. According to a NOVA PBS program entitled "Magnetic Storm", according to university studies, the rate of change in the Earth's magnetic field is greater over the last 300 years than it has been for any time in the past 5,000 years. It's going from a strong magnetic field down to a weak magnetic field, and it's doing it very quickly. And the rate of decline is increasing. In just a few centuries it could be gone altogether leaving the Earth vulnerable to the sun's destructive radioactive magnetic storms.
The NOVA show revealed that the shift has indeed begun in the South Atlantic Ocean region, between Africa and South America. Here the north-south polarity is fluctuating back and forth, weakening the shield against solar radiation. During the pole shift process, the planet's electromagnetic shield will no longer channel the solar winds to our current poles, where few people live. The Northern and Southern lights are a result of radiation moving to the poles. Since radiation causes many problems, the weakening of the shield is a concern. A weak magnetic shield also means that the Northern and Southern lights will be seen all around the planet, even along the equator making a beautiful display of lights in the night sky. This may be why Cayce links the pole shifting to "when His light will be seen again in the clouds" -- a reference to the "signs in the sky" prophecy given by Jesus in Luke 21:25 concerning his Second Coming -- which we will cover later in this article. Whether it's recent increases in the Earth's pole shift and anomalies, or decreasing magnetic field, or increasing dangers from the sun's magnetic storms, Cayce's prediction of pole shift is clearly accurate.
Fobes: "The Milky Way's Dust Mapped In 3D For The First Time Ever"
NASA published an article in 2013 entitled "Eleven Spacecraft Show Interstellar Wind Changed Direction Over 40 Years" that states:
"The heliosphere is situated near the inside edge of an interstellar cloud and the two move past each other at a velocity of 50,000 miles per hour. This motion creates a wind of neutral interstellar atoms blowing past Earth, of which helium is the easiest to measure."
The earliest historical data on the interstellar wind comes from the 1970s from the U.S. Department of Defense's Space Test Program 72-1 and SOLRAD 11B, NASA's Mariner, and the Soviet Prognoz 6.
Amazingly, on May 28, 1926, Cayce gave a reading which made a connection between temperature changes in deep ocean currents and weather changes:
"As the heat or cold in the various parts of the earth is radiated off, and correlated with reflection in the earth's atmosphere, this in its action changes the currents or streams in the ocean..."
According to Cayce scholar, Michael Mandeville, in his book "Return of the Phoenix" (Volume 3), trendlines in various planetary databases directly prove that most crustal motion and tectonic change is directly driven by the constantly changing location of the pole in a 6.5 year cycle of Chandler's Wobble which is due to a phenomenon called "vortex tectonics" to provide it a label for subsequent scientific discussion. Vortex tectonics can be used to accurately and easily forecast the danger periods for earthquake and volcanic activity in various regions of the earth. Most surprisingly, the El Nino phenomenon is directly produced by Chandler's Wobble. As the earth wobbles through the midpoints of its 6.5 year extremes in polar motion, the great rifts of the ocean bottom expand and contract, permitting greater lava and heat flow into the bottoms of the ocean. This heats the ocean water which produces the El Nino weather patterns. Doubtless, this is the most surprising finding of the Cayce readings. The El Nino weather patterns are in fact a product of vortex tectonics, they are in fact an earth change within the meaning of Cayce's predictions, and they do directly indicate and provide a measure of the rate of change in the earth. The record-breaking severity of the 1998/99 El Nino / La Nina oscillation in the weather directly fulfills Cayce's prediction that the rate of change in the earth would be seen to have increased by the period 1998.
The collapse of communism and the Soviet Union
Edgar Cayce gave 29 readings from 1921 to 1944 that have been grouped together as "World Affairs Readings" since the requestors were seeking to better understand the events happening around them from a global perspective. Some of these readings were about the future of the Soviet Union (Russia). On June 22, 1944, Cayce predicted freedom would come to Russia, instead of Communism, that would result in Russia becoming the hope of the world:
"What then of nations? In Russia there comes the hope of the world, not as that sometimes termed of the communistic, of the Bolshevistic; no. But freedom, freedom! that each man will live for his fellow man! The principle has been born. It will take years for it to be crystallized, but out of Russia comes again the hope of the world."
This reading suggests that it is the Russian people's concern for their fellow man that is the basis for this hope. Cayce's words, despite all disbelief, were fulfilled on December 25, 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved as a nation, abandoned Communism, thus ending the decades long Cold War.
An alliance between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
Cayce foresaw that the Soviet Union would one day become America's ally. Russia, he said, would be guided by friendship with the United States. The Soviet Union's attempt to rule "not only the economic, but the mental and spiritual life" of its people was doomed to failure. On February 8, 1932, Cayce was asked:
(Q) "Should the United States recognize the present government in Russia?"
(A) "Many conditions should be considered, were this to be answered correctly. You could say yes and no, and both be right, with the present attitude of both peoples as a nation, and both be wrong; for there is to come, there will come, an entire change in the attitude of both nations as powers in the financial and economical world. As for those of raw resources, Russia surpasses all other nations. As for abilities for development of same, those in the United States are the farthest ahead. Then these united, or upon an equitable basis, would become -- or could become -- powers; but there are many interferences for those already investments, those already under questions, will take years to settle."
Cayce suggested that an equitable partnership between the Soviet Union and the United States could become beneficial for both as the Soviet Union possesses more raw resources than any other nation and the U.S. has better abilities to develop those resources. Then on June 22, 1944, Cayce again mentioned a future friendship between Russia and the U.S.:
"...out of Russia comes again the hope of the world. Guided by what? That friendship with the nation that hath even set on its present monetary unit "In God We Trust... In the application of these principles, in those forms and manners in which the nations of the earth have and do measure to those in their activities"
From November 1985 through 1988, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met for several important groundbreaking summits that led to a thawing of Cold War tensions, brought sweeping arms control reductions, and resulted in a friendship between Reagan and Gorbachev such that Reagan said to reporters, just outside the Kremlin, that he no longer thought of the Soviet Union as an "evil empire." Just after the November 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, in December 2, 1989, President George H. W. Bush met with Gorbachev in a conference on the Mediterranean island of Malta. Though no agreements were signed, the meeting was viewed largely as being an important one; when asked about nuclear war, Gorbachev responded that the Soviet Union would never start a hot war against the U.S. and would like their relations with the U.S. to develop in such a way that they would open greater possibilities for cooperation. The meeting was received as a very important step to the end of the Cold War. Another summit was held in July 1991, where the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) was signed by Bush and Gorbachev in Moscow. The treaty took nine years in the making and was the first major arms agreement since the signing of the Intermediate Ranged Nuclear Forces Treaty by Reagan and Gorbachev in 1987. START reduced strategic nuclear weapons of both nations by about 35% over seven years, and the Soviet Union's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles would be cut by 50%. After the dissolution of the USSR on December 25, 1991, President Bush and Gorbachev declared a U.S.-Russian strategic partnership, marking the end of the Cold War. Cayce's vision of U.S. and Russian friendship was fulfilled.
The Soviet Union was established in 1922 by the Bolsheviks and became the first nation to have, as an ideological objective, the elimination of religion and its replacement with universal atheism. The communist regime confiscated religious property, ridiculed religion, harassed believers, and propagated atheism in schools. The confiscation of religious assets was often based on accusations of illegal accumulation of wealth. In the period from 1922 to 1926, 28 Russian Orthodox bishops and more than 1,200 priests were killed. Many more were persecuted. It was within this context that Cayce gave a reading on February 8, 1932, for a "plan for establishing peace on earth and good will among men" and predicted a strong religious movement would come out of Russia:
(Q) "What should be the attitude of so-called capitalist nations toward Russia?"
(A) "On Russia's religious development will come the greater hope of the world. Then that one, or group, that is the closer in its relationships, may fare the better in the gradual changes and final settlement of conditions as to the rule of the world."
On November 29. 1932, Cayce again predicted a Russian revolution of religious freedom:
"..for changes are coming, this may be sure - an evolution, or revolution, in the ideas of religious thought. The basis of it for the world will eventually come out of Russia; not communism, no but rather that which is the basis of the same, as the Christ taught - his kind of communism!"
During World War II, more open expression of Christian beliefs was permitted when the Soviet government sought the support of Christians in the fight against fascism, but restrictions were reimposed when the war ended. But in the 1980s, under the reformist regime of Mikhail Gorbachev, a policy of "glasnost" (openness) allowed for greater toleration for the open practice of religion. The subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991, made religious freedom a reality and revealed that large sections of the population had continued to practice a variety of faiths. Indeed, Russian nationalists who emerged beginning in the 1990s identified the Russian Orthodox church as a major element of Russian culture. As Cayce predicted, the resulting freedom to practice religion released a flood of Russian spirituality. Gorbachev's policies of glasnost did indeed become the greater hope of the world as Cayce foresaw.
On September 25. 1939, Cayce gave a reading predicting that within 50 years (ending 1989) psychic phenomena will become just as acceptable and provable as physics:
(Q) "Will psychic phenomena ever, or within say 50 years, be accepted and provable on directly scientific measurements; that is on meters (instruments) and mathematics? If not, why?"
(A) "When there is the same interest or study given to things or phases of mental and spiritual phenomena as has been and is given to the materialized or material phenomena, then it will become just as practical, as measurable, as meter-able, as any other phase of human experience. Ye did it before! Ye used it correctly, - even though the whole world was against you: Would you again?"
Concerning scientifically proving psychic phenomena, Cayce said in archaic language, "Ye did it before! Ye used it correctly, - even though the whole world was against you" suggesting psychic phenomena was already scientifically proven in the past -- before 1939 -- but was worldwidely rejected. The study of physics and the study of consciousness converged around the beginning of the 20th century with the beginning of quantum theory which ultimately led to the study of quantum consciousness. Quantum mechanics gradually arose from breakthroughs by Max Planck in 1900 and Albert Einstein in 1905 paper which offered a quantum-based theory to explain the properties of light. Early quantum theory was profoundly reconceived in the mid-1920s. Later work by David Bohm, described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century, who developed the "holomovement" in quantum mechanics in 1980 which led to the creation of the holographic principle in 1995. In the same year, 1995, the holographic principle was incorporated into string theory which has emerged as the leading candidate of the ultimate theory of the universe. Cayce mentioned "the whole world was against" him, which could be a reference to the fact that Bohm was persecuted in 1949 during the McCarthy era, was arrested, suspended from Princeton University, and deported to Brazil. In his day, Bohm's theories were considered "unorthodox". Cayce was right that, at one time, it seemed the whole world was against David Bohm.
But according to Bohm's holomovement interpretation of quantum mechanics, the possibility exists of an afterlife (a multiverse) where a person's quantum consciousness can survive after death (quantum immortality). Read more about the mechanics in this Reddit article. Also, Dean Radin of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, maintains a selected list of peer-reviewed journal articles containing scientific evidence of psi (psychic) phenomena which you can download in PDF format. David Bohm described a "holographic universe" using physics in 1980 which allows for phenomena once considered paranormal such as Einstein's "spooky action at a distance", psychic phenomena, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, and an afterlife.
Intrestingly Dr. Masaru Emoto (1943 - 2014) documented in his world-wide best-sellers “Message from Water” (released in 1999, HADO Kyoikusha, Co., Ltd.) the ability of the slightly paramagnetic water bonds to organize in patterns of electromagnetic waves such as thoughts.
Described as a lost civilization Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias (written about 360 B.C.) mentioned, a character named Critias claims that an island called Atlantis was swallowed by the sea about 9,200 years previously. According to the dialogues, this story was passed down to him through his grandfather, Dropides, who in turn got it from Solon, the famous Athenian lawmaker who got the story from an Egyptian sanctuary. Plato's dialogues locate the island in the Atlantic Pelagos "Atlantic Sea", "in front of the Pillars of Hercules".
According to Cayce, the lost continent of Atlantis was located from the Gulf of Mexico to Gibraltar and was destroyed in a final catastrophic event circa 10,000 BC. -- information which agrees with Plato's account. Cayce revealed that new land will appear in 1968 and 1969 off the east coast of North America, the so-called "rising of Atlantis." On December 20. 1933, Cayce was asked about a person's past life in Atlantis which prompted him to give a prediction about where parts of Atlantis would be discovered:
"A portion of the temples may yet be discovered, under the slime of ages of sea water - near what is known as Bimini, off the coast of Florida. And in the temple records that were in Egypt, where the entity later acted in cooperation with others in preserving the records that came from the land where these had been kept."
Then on June 28. 1940, Cayce gave a reading which mentioned when parts of Atlantis would be discovered:
"And Poseidia will be among the first portions of Atlantis to rise again. Expect it in sixty-eight and sixty-nine (1968 and 1969); not so far away!"
On September 3. 1968, in The Florida Times-Union, a Jacksonville newspaper, an article entitled "Do Bahamas Hold Clue To Atlantis Legend?" by Bill Middleton, described how a Miami archaeologist, Dr. J. Manson Valentine, was reported to have said he had discovered in Bahamian waters and ancient "temple" he thought might be part of the legendary lost continent of Atlantis. The archeologist based his information partly upon Cayce's prediction that parts of Atlantis would begin to reappear in 1968 and that the first appearance would be that of a temple in the waters near Bimini.
Cayce maintained that Atlantis was an ancient civilization that was technologically superior to even our own. He said the Atlantians had constructed giant laser-like crystals for power plants, and that these were responsible for the second destruction of the land. Cayce blamed the final destruction of Atlantis and the disintegration of their culture on greed and lust. But before the legendary land disappeared under the waves, Cayce revealed that there was an exodus of many Atlanteans to ancient Egypt. Cayce attributed the Biblical Great Flood of Noah to be a result of the sinking of the last huge remnants of Atlantis. According to Cayce, a vast number of souls who lived past lives in Atlantis have been incarnating to America for a long time now to usher in a new era of enlightened human consciousness. In all, Cayce referred to Atlantis no fewer than 700 times over a span of twenty years. For more information about Cayce and Atlantis, read this article entitled, "Atlantis and the Edgar Cayce Readings."
During the course of a physical reading given for one individual, Cayce foresaw future medical advancements that might make diagnosis from a drop of blood a possibility. The reading was given on November 10. 1927, at the time when the prediction would have been considered the makings of science fiction:
"For, as is seen, there is no condition existent in a body that the reflection of same may not be traced in the blood supply, for not only does the blood stream carry the rebuilding forces to the body, it also takes the used forces and eliminates same through their proper channels in the various portions of the system. Hence we find red blood, white blood and lymph all carried in the veins. These are only separated by the very small portions that act as builders, strainers, destroyers, or resuscitating portions of the system -- see? Hence there is ever seen in the blood stream the reflections or evidences of that condition being carried on in the physical body. The day may yet arrive when one may take a drop of blood and diagnose the condition of any physical body..."
Dried blood spot testing (DBS) is a form of biosampling where blood samples are blotted and dried on filter paper. The dried samples can easily be shipped to an analytical laboratory and analyzed using various methods such as DNA amplification developed in 1983. The concept that capillary blood, obtained from pricking the heel or finger and blotted onto filter paper, could be used to screen for metabolic diseases in large populations of infants was introduced by Robert Guthrie in 1963. Neonatal screening for metabolic disorders became nationwide in 1969-70; and more recently for congenital hypothyroidism, sickle cell disorders and HIV infection. The limitations of sensitivity and specificity when screening such small volumes of blood restricted the use of dried blood spots for many years. This type of blood testing is now available for use at home by consumers in the U.S. Available blood tests include vitamin D, estrogen, testosterone, cortisol, TSH and lipids.
On June 16. 1939, while giving a reading on "the mass thought of the American nation, its ideals, principles and purposes," Cayce predicted two U.S. Presidents who would die while in office before "mob rule" would break out involving disputes between capitalists and labor in America including racial turmoil:
"All of these are problems in America today, as well as that of religious thought, religious principles, racial concern -- which are mass as well as individual and group thought. And these as they are stressed become more and more of a problem... Ye are to have turmoils -- ye are to have strifes between capital and labor. Ye are to have a division in thine own land before there is the second of the Presidents that next will not live through his office -- a mob rule!"
(Q) "Are capital and labor fulfilling their responsibility toward each other? Where does the basic fault lie and what attitude should we take in correcting this condition?"
(A) "Who is to judge one against another? As has been indicated, so long as there are disputes among labor, capital need not fear. When labor becomes a united effort, capital may fear. As to the fault, and the attitude -- in that same principle that he that labors may eat, he that labors not may not eat. These are principles; and, to be sure, capital labors as well as he that worketh with the hands. But not to the detriment of, but to the united effort of all to be a greater channel of service."
(Q) "What should be our attitude toward the Negro, and how may we best work out the karma created in relations with him?"
(A) "He is thy brother! They that produced, they that brought servitude without thought or purpose have created that which they must meet within their own principles, their own selves. These should be taken in the attitude of their own individual fitness, as in every other form of associations. For He hath made of one blood the nations of the earth."
The two Presidents who died in office after Cayce gave this prophecy were President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President John F. Kennedy. President Roosevelt died in office in April 1945. In November 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, when racial tensions and race riots in the United States were just beginning to boil in the 1960s. Cayce is affirming that unless there is more give and take, consideration by capitalists for those workers who produce, with better division of the excess profits from labor, there must be greater turmoil in the land. Also, after the JFK assassination. President Johnson greatly increased American involvement in the Vietnam War which led to massive social unrest in the 60's which can be described as a struggle between the capitalist, military industrial complex, versus the working class. Cayce's reading on this subject was an excellent vision of the racial and Vietnam social unrest of the 60's.
In 1933, Cayce advised the Jews to regard the advent of fascist anti-Semitism in Europe as the time to fulfill the biblical prophecy which foretold that the Jews would return to Israel. On November 4. 1933, in one particularly controversial passage, Cayce suggested that the Jews had wandered "far afield, and their rebelliousness and their seeking into the affairs of others has rather brought them into their present position," and made reference to the fulfillment of endtime Bible prophecy concerning "the beginning of the return that must come throughout the earth" referring to the return of the Jews to their homeland in Palestine:
(Q) "Analyze Hitler's attitude towards the Jews."
(A) "When the character of those that have received, in a manner, their dictations -- or the dictates of the activity of the director in affairs -- is considered, then it will be understood how that this is but that diction which was given of old; and how that those peoples though they were called -- have wandered far afield, and their rebelliousness and their seeking into the affairs of others has rather brought them into their present position. Read they not that which has been given? 'When ye forsake my ways ye shall be scattered, ye shall be without those things that would bring ye into the knowledge -- until that time is fulfilled.' Hence the attitude that is assumed is rather a fulfillment of that prophecy that has been made, and is the beginning of the return that must come throughout the earth."
(Q) "What should become of the Jews?"
(A) "They should harken to that call given of old. Their gathering together in their own land."
The idea that Jewish citizenship within their promised nation of Israel was tied to their obedience to God did not originate with Cayce, but with the Hebrew Bible (see Deuteronomy 8:19-20; Deuteronomy 28:62-64; Ezekiel 6:1-10; Ezekiel 36:19) and the Judeo-Christian Bible (see Matthew 24:1-2). There were several Jewish diasporas recorded throughout history and all were due to the general rebelliousness of the Jewish nation according to the Bible. As a nation, the Bible describes how the Jewish people, as a nation, have been rebellious against God (Deuteronomy 9:24; Isaiah 1:2; Exodus 32:9); unfaithful to covenant engagements (Jeremiah 3:6-8; Jeremiah 31:32; Ezekiel 16:59), often displeased God by their sins (Numbers 25:3; Deuteronomy 32:16; 1 Kings 16:2; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 5:24-25). They were punished by God for: idolatry (Psalms 78:58-64; Isaiah 65:3-7), breaking covenant (Jeremiah 11:10), and transgressing the law (Isaiah 24:5-6).
Cayce's reading affirmed that Hitler's treatment of the Jews would be the fulfillment of Bible prophecy of a time when the Jews would return to their homeland and the nation of Israel be re-established. These prophecies were fulfilled on May 14. 1948, when the British Mandate for Palestine ended and a Jewish state in Israel was reestablished after almost 2'000 years. There are several endtime prophecies regarding the reestablishment of Israel; and one of them was give by Jesus in the Bible:
"'Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.' He told them this parable: 'Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.'"
On June 5. 1967, during the Six-Day War against its Arab neighbors, Israeli forces captured Arab-controlled East Jerusalem thereby ending "Gentile" control over Jerusalem and fulfilling Jesus' prophecy of Luke 21:24-32. Along with this prophecy associated with Jesus' return, he mentions astronomical "signs" in the sun, moon and stars; and world anxiety over the ocean's strange behavior and threats from outer space. Jesus said this will be the time of his return. According to Cayce expert, Robert Grant, in his book, "Edgar Cayce on Angels, Archangels, and the Unseen Forces," the "generation" which Jesus said "will not pass away until these things have happened," according to Cayce, is a group of souls who are reincarnating to help fulfill the earth's spiritual destiny -- the reuniting in consciousness of humanity with God.
The Essenes were a small Jewish community during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 200 BC to 100 AD. The Essenes are not mentioned in the Bible; but people in Cayce's day would have known about them from the classical writings of Josephus, Philo, and Pliny the Elder. Josephus gave a detailed account of the Essenes in "The Jewish War" (c. 75 AD) claiming first hand knowledge, he lists them as one of the three sects of Jewish philosophy alongside the Pharisees and the Sadducees. He relates the same information concerning piety, celibacy, the absence of personal property and of money, the belief in communality, and commitment to a strict observance of Sabbath. He further adds that the Essenes ritually immersed in water every morning, ate together after prayer, devoted themselves to charity and benevolence, forbade the expression of anger, studied the books of the elders, preserved secrets, and were very mindful of the names of the angels kept in their sacred writings. Pliny the Elder relates in a few lines that the Essenes do not marry, possess no money, and had existed for thousands of generations. Unlike Philo, who did not mention any particular geographical location of the Essenes other than the whole land of Israel, Pliny places them next to the Dead Sea.
Some modern scholars and archaeologists have argued that the Essenes inhabited the settlement at Qumran, a plateau in the Judean Desert along the Dead Sea, citing Pliny the Elder in support, and giving credence that the Dead Sea Scrolls are the product of the Essenes. This theory, though not yet conclusively proven, has come to dominate the scholarly discussion and public perception of the Essenes (Ellegard, 1999).
Yet, during the 1930s and early 40s, Cayce correctly described the Essene community and its specific location many years before the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. He revealed information concerning Palestine about people who were told they had past lives together during the life and times of Jesus. While the word "Essene" is never used in the Qumran texts (the Dead Sea Scrolls), most scholars accept that the Qumran sect were either identical or closely related to the Essenes of these classical authors. Nevertheless, the Dead Sea Scrolls were not discovered until 1947, so Cayce could not have been influenced by these authors.
The Cayce readings affirm that Jesus, his mother Mary, and Joseph were affiliated with an Essene community based on Mount Carmel, which was a continuation of a "school of the prophets" begun by Elijah, Elisha, Samuel, and ultimately Melchizedek. On May 20, 1941, Cayce was asked a question inspired by H. Spencer Lewis' theory that the Essenes were a Palestinian branch of the Great White Brotherhood in Egypt whose purpose was to prepare for the coming of the messiah. (Lewis, 324):
(Q) "What is the correct meaning of the term 'Essene'?"
(A) "Expectancy."
(Q) "Was the main purpose of the Essenes to raise up people who would be fit channels for the birth of the Messiah who later would be sent out into the world to represent their Brotherhood?"
(A) "The individual preparation was the first purpose. The being sent out into the world was secondary. Only a very few held to the idea of the realization in organization, other than that which would come with the Messiah's pronouncements."
(Q) "Were the Essenes called at various times and places Nazarites, School of the Prophets, Hasidees, Therapeutae, Nazarenes, and were they a branch of the Great White Brotherhood, starting in Egypt and taking as members Gentiles and Jews alike?"
(A) "In general, yes. Specifically, not altogether. They were known at times as some of these; or the Nazarites were a branch or thought of same, see? Just as in the present one would say that any denomination by name is a branch of the Christian -- Protestant faith, see? ... The movement was not an Egyptian one, though adopted by those in another period -- or an earlier period -- and made a part of the whole movement. They took Jews and Gentiles alike as members -- yes."
Cayce mentioned the Essenes in 171 different readings and revealed a lot of interesting information about them. Although Cayce was not consciously aware of it, while in a trance he confirmed what a number of occult gospels had written about the Essenes. For example, that Jesus and John the Baptist were members of the Essenes, and hence, members of the Great White Brotherhood. Typical themes include white robes (mentioned by Josephus), mastery of the healing arts (Philo's observation that they cared for the sick), and a quasi-Masonic hierarchy (an extrapolation from Josephus' comment that their order consisted of four classes). On June 27. 1937, Cayce gave a reading which said the Essenes were:
"...students of what ye would call astrology, numerology, phrenology, and those phases of the study of the return of individuals, or incarnation..."
On November 6. 1937, Cayce mentioned the Essenes would record experiences of:
"...the supernatural or out of the ordinary experiences; whether in dreams, visions. voices, or what not."
On June 21. 1942, Cayce revealed that white-robed Essenes were mistaken for angels during the Annunciation to Mary, the mother of Jesus, an event mentioned in Luke 1:26-38 where Mary is made known she will give birth to the Christ child. According to Cayce:
"This was a part of that group of Essenes who, headed by Judy, made those interpretations of those activities from the Egyptian experience -- as the Temple Beautiful, and the service in the Temple of Sacrifice. Hence it was in this consecrated place where this selection took place."
Cayce's readings on the Essenes also revealed how the Essenes made the arrangements for the Christ child and his family for their flight into Egypt; and how they supervised Jesus' resurrection which they accomplished through their advanced healing arts.
On January 15. 1932, Cayce predicted Europe would be "a house broken up" and that Britain is losing India to non-resistance in a reference perhaps to Mahatma Gandhi:
(Q) "From the general trend of events, what is to be expected in the struggle between Great Britain and India?"
(A) "Great Britain is losing an excellent fight. Non-resistance is hard to be broken!! [Mahatma Gandhi] As to whether those peoples will remain, or whether the prayers and supplications of others will be with those, depends upon individuals."
(Q) "What can be expected in the trend of events in the political and economic conditions in Europe?"
(A) "Europe is as a house broken up."
In 1932, the British controlled Indian government granted untouchables separate electorates for which Gandhi protested by embarking on a six-day fast on September 20. 1932, while he was imprisoned. The resulting public outcry successfully forced the government to adopt an equitable arrangement. This was the start of a new campaign by Gandhi to improve the lives of the untouchables. Gandhi famously led Indians in challenging the British rule through non-violent resistance and later in calling for India's independence from Britain in 1942. Gandhi's vision of an independent India was based on religious pluralism. Eventually, in August 15. 1947, Britain granted India independence -- more than fifteen years after Cayce's predicted it would happen..
Cayce's own readings repeatedly warned that if he "read" more than twice a day, he would disintegrate. But because Cayce would receive thousands of requests for help, arriving at the rate of fifteen hundred a day, he would ignore these warnings and people with readings anyway. Many letters were from mothers who were worried about their sons fighting in the far corners of the earth. Cayce had two sons in the war and sympathized with them greatly. But Cayce could not turn from anybody. Often he undertook seven or eight readings a day. As he helplessly looked at the huge mailbag, crammed every day with fresh appeals, he would lie down with a sigh, and pray that something would come through. But by the fall of 1944, Cayce's final readings warned him that the time had come for him to stop working and rest. On August 28. 1944, in a reading for himself, Cayce was advised to get out the office and stay for awhile at a nearby nursing home.
(Q) "How can the body best free himself of worry and anxiety concerning the office routine?"
(A) "Get out of the office!"
(Q) "Would it be well for me to go to Roanoke, Virginia?..."
(A) "You can get all of these treatments there..."
(Q) "How long should I stay?"
(A) "Until you are well or dead one!"
Restless at home, and with each day's bag of mail staring at him accusingly, Cayce went to the nursing home. By now he could neither sleep to read by, nor to rest. The vital energies were slipping away. On September 17. 1944, Cayce continued to be tired, frazzled, and worn out. A reading for himself reiterated the same message:
(Q) "Would you advise us staying on here in Roanoke for a while?"
(A) "Stay on until you are well or dead one, as has been given."
In time, the man who seemed to know everything when asleep, could no longer go to sleep. His weary body and mind would no longer respond to his suggestion. In late November, as thin as a wraith, he returned home to spend his last days, and would tell visitors cheerfully, "It is all arranged. I am to be healed on Friday, the 5th of January." His friends understood what he meant. On January 1, 1945, Cayce announced that he would be buried in four more days. His funeral was on Friday, the 5th of January. Cayce was elsewhere were his true healing would occur. He was sixty-seven when he died of pulmonary edema.
In April of 1926, nearly twenty years before his death, Cayce had a dream which he interpreted to be the way he would die. In his dream, he visualized himself immersed in a tub of hot water. Two weeks before his death, his doctor warned him that he was in danger of "strangling to death" of pulmonary edema. This was yet another prediction that proved to be true.
In 1935, after many predictions about the economic recovery, Cayce predicted that the troublesome "breaking up" events in Europe (conflict between Germany, Spain, France, England, Italy and others which destroyed the League of Nations, would drive a boom to recovery in many directions in America. He foresaw that greater and greater amounts of foreign capital which came into the U.S. for parking in a safe haven and as a growing demand for war materials. On April 28. 1936, Cayce predicted that America would become what Roosevelt later figuratively termed "the arsenal of democracy":
(Q) "Will you comment on the present trends of events in Europe that will most affect conditions in this country, and what the effects here are likely to be during the next few months?"
(A) "...the whole of Europe may be said to be looking rather to America for a security in the monetary activities of new associations in world influence in this direction. The activities from Russia or the Asiatic relationships present rather a different condition, yet the very fact that there will be more and more the attempts through the Italian, the Spanish, the English for their investments, is the greater reason why America must remain -- as it were -- the balance of power in not only the money forces of the world but those influences that will later be for the manning of those powers where greater destructive forces will arise in those portions of the world."
Cayce was clear about America being the world's balance of power established upon principles of secular democratic ideas fused with older spiritual values. On August 13. 1941, Cayce gave a reading for a woman who was seeking guidance because she felt that a new life of service to humanity was calling her and she wanted definite information as to just what this work was. In the reading Cayce said:
"For, with those changes that will be wrought, Americanism - the ism - with the universal thought that is expressed and manifested in the brotherhood of man into group thought, as expressed by the Masonic Order, will be the eventual rule in the settlement of affairs in the world. Not that the world is to become a Masonic order, but the principles that are embraced in same will be the basis upon which the new order of peace is to be established in '44 and '45."
The fact that many signers of the Declaration of Independence were Freemasons is evidence that America was founded on principles of Freemasonry.
After World War II ended in September of 1945, the only "new order of peace" which Cayce said in 1941 would be established in "1944 and 1945" that "will be the eventual rule in the settlement of affairs in the world" was the United Nations (UN). The UN was formulated and negotiated in 1944 among the delegations from the Allied Big Four (the Soviet Union, the UK, the U.S. and China) at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference. The UN is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation and is a replacement for the ineffective League of Nations. The UN officially came into existence on October 24. 1945 after World War II to prevent another such conflict. The Preamble to the UN Charter is as follows (condensed):
We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war...to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom. And for these ends to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples... and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations.
The rise and fall of Adolf Hitler
On November 4. 1933, when Adolf Hitler was chancellor of Germany -- before the war and his atrocities -- Cayce gave perhaps his most controversial readings on the subject, suggesting that even Hitler had the potential to be a force for positive change in Europe if his personal will could be turned toward the brotherhood of man. In the reading, Hitler was described as being "physically led," and as having been called for a purpose, "not only in the affairs of a nation, but as in the affairs of the world." Cayce admonished, "study ... the impelling influence in the man, in the mind as it has acceded to power," and pointed out that, "few [men] does power not destroy." (Reading 3976-13) However, Cayce specifically stated that Hitler would be a force for good only if he were able to avoid falling into the trap of the forces of "self-aggrandizement." Cayce also tempered every positive statement about Hitler with qualifying clauses such as, "if imperialism does not enter in." (Reading 3976-13) But on January 19. 1934, Cayce predicted that Hitler would rise in power to reign over Germany by stating that, indeed, "[imperialism] is entering." (Reading 3976-15) On August 19. 1935, Cayce predicted Hitler would remain in power until it will "come as an overthrow or an outside war." (Reading 261-16) On March 25. 1938, eighteen months before war had officially broken out in September of 1939 when Germany invaded its neighbor Poland, Cayce condemned Germany in the harshest of words as "a smear upon its forces for its dominance over its brother, a leech upon the universe for its own sustenance!" (Reading 1554-3) On September 25, 1939, three weeks after Hitler invaded Poland, when asked about Hitler's future before the war ends, Cayce answered succinctly: "Death." (Reading 257-211)
Cayce gave two readings for a four-year-old girl named Faith Harding known at the time as "the Little Prophetess" whom Cayce affirmed possessed special gifts of prophecy and healing. On March 30. 1940, Cayce describes her as "a chosen channel of ... love which the Father hath bestowed upon the children of men." (Reading 2156-1) Cayce suggested that she would never have a normal childhood, because she was not a normal child, having been born with gifts beyond those of even Edgar Cayce. One of the prophecies revealed by "the Little Prophetess" was that Pontius Pilate was a previous incarnation of Adolf Hitler.
It should be noted that, despite all of Cayce's prophecies of Hitler, both positive and negative, Cayce's trance readings seemed to have ignored Hitler's 1926 "Mein Kampf" lunatic ideas of implementing Martin Luther's anti-Semitism. Although Cayce was certainly no anti-Semite, he did instead advise Jews to consider Hitler's attitude towards the Jews as fulfillment of biblical prophecy as a sign that it was time to return to Israel. In this respect, this is part of Cayce's prophecy that the Jews will indeed return to Palestine to reestablish Israel as a nation.
The beginning of World War II
After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson was convinced that world peace would come only through international cooperation and the establishment of a League of Nations. His concept for the League was that countries would solve potential global issues through united political and military solutions. Wilson's vision gathered international support, and the League of Nations was founded on January 10. 1920 as part of the Treaty of Versailles, which put an end to World War I. For his efforts, Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. Unfortunately, due to American political conflict in the U.S. Senate, the United States never did become a member of the League. On January 15, 1932, Cayce gave a reading which suggested that the Spirit of Christ (through President Wilson) sat with the American delegation at peace table in Paris establishing the League of Nations:
(Q) "Will the United States be drawn into war or go to war within the next five years? If so, with whom and over what will the trouble arise?"
(A) "The position or conditions that exist in the affairs, or the hearts of nations, is much as has been described. Now as to whether this will come to pass or not, depends upon whether there is the arousing in the hearts, souls and minds of a sufficient number of individuals -- who will align themselves with that that is right in his sight, or not! Some years ago -- this, we understand, is out of line with what many would have one believe -- There was a peace table, and about same were gathered representatives of every nation under the sun! In the soul of the representative of the United States [President Wilson] sat the Prince of Peace [Christ] ...As to whether it will be in three years or five years, depends upon those who would rally to, 'I will make of my life a channel of blessing to someone, today!'"
On February 8, 1932, Cayce gave one of his greatest world prophecies when he predicted that America's rejection of the League of Nations would result in a catastrophe beginning in 1936 which would "break up" many powers in the world involving the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan and England, and change the maps of the world:
(Q) "Please forecast the principal events for the next fifty years affecting the welfare of the human race."
(A) "This had best be cast after the great catastrophe that's coming to the world in '36 (1936), in the form of the breaking up of many powers that now exist as factors in the world affairs. The first notable change will be the acceptance or rejection of the world's interference, or court of last resort for the world, in this present meeting as presented by France -- and as rejected by America. Then, with the breaking up of in '36 (1936) will be the changes that will make the different maps of the world."
(Q) "Name the powers that will be broken up in 1936."
(A) "Rather by 1936. Will be Russia, United States, Japan and England, or United Kingdom."
On October 7. 1935, Cayce warned of catastrophic events that were building within the international community leading to an entire world at war:
"As to the affairs of an international nature, these we find are in a condition of great anxiety on the part of many; not only as individuals but as to nations. And the activities that have already begun have assumed such proportions that there is to be the attempt upon the part of groups to penalize, or to make for the associations of groups to carry on same. This will make for the taking of sides, as it were, by various groups or countries or governments. This will be indicated by the Austrians, Germans, and later the Japanese joining in their influence; unseen, and gradually growing to those affairs where there must become, as it were, almost a direct opposition to that which has been the theme of the Nazis (the Aryan). For these will gradually make for a growing of animosities. And unless there is interference from what may be called by many the supernatural forces and influences, that are active in the affairs of nations and peoples, the whole world -- as it were -- will be set on fire by the militaristic groups and those that are "for" power and expansion in such associations..."
In the wonderful biography about Cayce by Jess Stern, The Sleeping Prophet, the author describes an incident in June of 1936 when Cayce was in his garden working when he saw a vision in the sky of a chariot drawn by four white horses. He then heard a voice behind him saying, "Look behind you." When he turned around, he saw a being of light wearing shining armor of silver who then raised his hand in salute, and said, "The chariot of the Lord and thy horsemen thereof," then disappeared. Cayce was shaken by this vision and rushed into the house. He later explained to his family that he had seen the approach of World War II, with millions of people dead. It was an obvious jolt to his conscious mind.
The year 1936 was when events began the lead up to World War II, causing the League of Nations to collapse, bringing an end to the post-World War I dream of collective security. On March 7. 1936, Hitler defied the Versailles treaty by marching into the Rhineland and remilitarizing in which he encountered little opposition from other European powers. When civil war broke out in Spain on July 17, 1936, Hitler and Mussolini lent military support to the Nationalist rebels while the Soviet Union supported the existing government. In October 25, 1936, Germany and Italy formed the Rome--Berlin Axis. A month later, on November 25, Germany and Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, which Italy would join in the following year on November 6. 1937.
America's entry into World War II in 1941
On April 28. 1936, Cayce gave a reading where he mentioned America's future role as the "balance of power" in the world:
"The activities from the Soviet Union or the Asiatic relationships present rather a different condition, yet the very fact that there will be more and more the attempts through the Italian, the Spanish, the English for their investments, is the greater reason why America must remain - as it were - the balance of power in not only the money forces of the world but those influences that will later be for the manning of those powers where greater destructive forces will arise in those portions of the world."
On July 6, 1939, Cayce gave a reading for a retired naval commander for which America's entry into World War II was revealed:
(Q) "Am I likely to be recalled to active service within two or three years?"
(A) "The only likelihood will be in '41 (1941). This, too, if the people pray, and live as they pray, will pass."
On June 23.1940, without specifically naming Japan, Cayce delivered a wide ranging prophecy about conquests of "isles of the sea" as the precursor for U.S. entry into the war. Cayce then went on to predict that eventually all of the activities of the Axis powers will be destroyed:
"Why then the turmoil in the world today? They have forgotten God! Not that it is merely a karmic condition of a nation, of a people; for, know ye not that the prayer of one man saved a city?... Then, as to the needs for those things and conditions which are to come to pass in America. When many of the isles of the sea, many of the lands, have come under the subjugation of those who fear not man nor the devil, but rather would associate with that in which they may proclaim might and power as being right in that of the superman, that would be of the generations as would be established, then shall thine own land see the blood flow as in those periods when brother fought against brother. Then, what may ye do, what may ye think? Upon what may ye call? Only He who is able to keep that ye have committed unto Him against any experience that may arise... Suffer with them by giving of thy means, thy mind, thyself as channels to make His message known in the earth! Ye each seek to know -- or many do -- as to what will be the outcome of those activities in Europe, in Africa, in Asia. All will be broken up."
Two months later, on August 31. 1940, Cayce refused to say U.S. involvement was inevitable more involved than it currently was (the U.S. was currently supporting Britain with its "lendlease" program). But Cayce observed that it won't be until the later part of 1941 when the U.S. will enter the war:
(Q) "Will the U.S. go into war actively?"
(A) "Not much more than at present; that is, for the present -- but the war will be brought to the United States."
(Q) "Should i make any effort or attempt any plans to enter the Army or government service?"
(A) "No; not under present conditions, though there may be those activities later, but not in '40 or '41 - or until the latter part of '41, if then."
On August 3. 1941, four months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Cayce gave a reading for a young man who was debating whether he should enter the Army or Navy and wanted to know how long he would have to serve. Cayce's answer seemed to imply how long the war would last:
(Q) "Should the Army or the Navy be my life's work?"
(A) "If it is chosen as a life's work, choose the Navy by all means..."
(Q) "How many years are these [wartime] conditions likely to last?" "How many years are these conditions [wartime] likely to last?"
(A) "Until at least forty-five (1945)."
On December 7. 1941, the Japanese bombed the U.S. naval facilities at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which formally led to America entering into World War II. It ended on August 15. 1945 when Japan officially surrendered to U.S. armed forces -- the year Cayce predicted.
Decisive World War II battles occurring in June 1943
On June 20. 1943, Cayce mentioned "strange" events would occur during the war of a decisive nature to occur within five days that would determine its length and outcome. Cayce was asked:
(Q) "You will have before you the conditions in the world today, and that needed by those seeking advice in helping to construct a permanent basis for international peace founded upon understanding of one another's economic, social and spiritual problems. You will answer the questions, as I ask them."
(A) "Yes, we have -- as we have had before -- those problems which have brought about the upheavals and the wars, the distrust, the jealousy, the hate existing today. These are the result of man's forgetting God, and that which truly represents man's sincere attempt to worship, honor and glorify a living God... Thus -- nothing new, nothing strange; yet on Friday next strange things will happen, that will determine as to how long, as to how many, as to what will be necessary.."
When asked about a timeline concerning Italy, Germany and Japan, Cayce mentioned by June 25:
(Q) "Is there any indication of the time at which hostilities will cease between this country and Italy, Germany? Japan?"
(A) "These are dependent on the thoughts and principles of men. They will be able to determine much as regards more than one, by the 25th of June."
Indeed, during the time between June 20 and June 25. 1943, strange and decisive events were taking place which were about to change the course of World War II in the Allies favor. On Germany's Eastern Front, the greatest tank battle in history was about to begin -- the Battle of Kursk -- which was originally planned by Hitler to begin on June 17, 1943, but was postponed until June 20. 1943 due to concerns of an Allied landing in the south of France or in Italy and delays in deliveries of the new tanks. But Hitler continued to delay the offensive to the dismay of some of his top generals involved which gave the Soviet Union even more time to prepare for a defense. Finally, on 1 July, Hitler announced 5 July as the launch date of the offensive. The Battle of Kursk ended on July 16 and was a great victory for the Soviet Union and was the turning point in the war. The battle was the final strategic offensive that the Germans were able to launch on the Eastern Front. Their extensive loss of men and tanks ensured that the victorious Soviet Red Army enjoyed the strategic initiative for the remainder of the war.
Meanwhile, in another theater, by June 25. 1943, the Allies had planned and fixed a date for the invasion of "the soft underbelly of the Axis" my means of Italy with pre-invasion bombing of Sicily through June 20-30, 1943, followed by an Allied landing at Sicily on July 9. 1943. The Allied invasion of Italy was highly successful leading to a coup in July which deposed Mussolini as head of the Italian government that ultimately removed Italy as part of the Axis forces. The Soviets had been pressing the Allies to open a "second front" in Europe which would lessen the German Army's focus on the Eastern Front, where the bulk of its forces were fighting in the largest armed conflict in history.
In the Pacific, by June 20. 1943, Allied success in the Solomon Islands campaign paved the way for the planned Operation Cartwheel -- an "island-hopping" grand strategy launched on June 30. 1943, which destroyed much of Japan's sea and air supremacy and opened the way for Allied forces to recapture the Philippines and cut off Japan from its crucial resource areas in the East Indies.
Cayce had been asked about Italy, Germany and Japan, and he replied that more would be known "in respect to more than one [of these countries], by the 25th of June." Cayce had observed, "There is nothing new, nothing strange." Apparently, it was all part of a universal order in which there was no such thing as chance.
The end of World War II in 1945
World War II officially ended when Japan formally surrendered to the U.S. on September 2. 1945. Twice in 1941, even before the U.S. entered the war, Cayce gave a number of readings which predicted the end of the war would be in 1945 or 1946. On April 27, 1941, Cayce gave his first reading on the subject:
(Q) "Will the present European conflict create greater repercussions in the United States than those following the last World War?"
(A) "As just indicated, there will be greater repercussions [Pearl Harbor?, December 7, 1941], but as for the reactions afterward -- these are being very well safeguarded and, if there is not too much of excitement, should come through in a very different form and manner."
(Q) "When will this purge end and humanity enter a new era of peaceful living?"
(A) "In '45 and '46."
Then on August 30. 1941, Cayce gave another decisively clear prediction of the end of World War II:
"For, through the efforts of the entity much may be accomplished when in '45 to '46 peace again rules in the earth. Much is to be taken into consideration. Keep ahead, in knowing that justice and mercy are the basic principles in dealings with one another, in dealings with groups, in dealings with states and nations. For these are right in the Lord."
On May 30. 1942, Cayce predicted that normality would return to the world in about 2 to 2 1/2 years after the war has been declared closed, or after the fighting has ceased:
(Q) "When will things return to normal once the war is over?"
(A) "In two to two and a half years after the war has been declared closed, or after the fighting has ceased."
As mentioned previously, World War II ended on September 2. 1945 with the Japanese surrender. The time period that Cayce gave for when the world would return to normal was 2 to 2 1/2 years after the end of the war, which was from September 2. 1947 through March 2. 1948. Cayce was once again correct. When President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan on April 3. 1948, granting $5 billion in aid to 16 European nations, it ultimately resulted in a post-World War II economic boom. The post-1948 West German recovery has been called the German economic miracle. The U.S. emerged much richer than any other nation after the war and by 1950 its gross domestic product per person was much higher than that of any of the other powers and it dominated the world economy.
On March 26. 1935, Cayce said that unless there is more of the spiritual attitude raised in groups here and there, world conditions would terminate in a revolution throughout many of the foreign nations. At the time, there was nothing happening worldwide that anticipated such unrest; however, Cayce said:
"As to the unrest, first, in foreign associations and connections; these for the immediate future should not cause a great deal of anxiety. Yet these will eventually, unless there is more of the spiritual attitude raised in groups here and there, terminate in a revolution throughout many of the foreign nations."
Months after Cayce gave this reading, (a) the Spanish Civil War broke out; (b) Italy invaded Ethiopia; (c) Japan invaded China; (d) Stalin elevated the Great Purges throughout the Soviet Union; and (e), Arabs revolted in Palestine.
Cayce would give "life readings" where he would describe an individual's past lives including pre-birth "astrological / afterlife realm" influences. Cayce provided many descriptions of the workings of the world and the cosmos. Many of them seemed implausible in his day but during the past 50 years none of Cayce's comments about science or the natural principles of how the cosmos works has been unproven. Many have been proven and more and more of his ideas have come to form the basis of modern science. Concerning past lives, there is abundant scientific evidence suggestive of the reality of reincarnation. Concerning astrology, there is a growing body of evidence showing that the movements of the sun, moon and planets in our solar system have a significant influence on our lives. In his life readings, Cayce gave several readings mentioning the existence of the ninth planet, Pluto (which he called "Vulcan"), five years in advance before astronomers discovered Pluto on February 18. 1930. Here is an example of one of Cayce's astrological life readings mentioning Vulcan which he gave on May 15. 1925:
(Q) "You will give the relation of this entity and the Universe, and the Universal Forces, giving the conditions that are as personalities, latent and exhibited, in the present life..."
(A) "Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the Universe and the Universal Forces, as are latent and exhibited in the personality and individuality of the entity in the present earth plane. In the entering we find the entity comes or takes its place from that of Mercury, Vulcan and Jupiter, with those relations in Leo that have to do with the personalities as exhibited, with adverse influences in Venus, with Saturn."
Once Pluto was finally discovered by astronomers in 1930, someone finally asked Cayce during a reading whether or not Vulcan and Pluto were the same planet. On August 11. 1936, Cayce was asked:
(Q) "Is there a planet anciently known as Lilith or Vulcan?"
(A) "Pluto and Vulcan are one and the same. No Lilith. Lilith is a personality."
In his astrological life readings, Cayce also referred to a yet unknown planet which he called "Septimus". For example, on January 19. 1924, gave the following reading:
"Now with this we have those conditions in this entity that have to be considered so far as the will has already influenced the conditions under which the planets rule the destiny of the individual... and the influence of the Sun and of that of Mercury are the ruling forces, with that of Jupiter, Uranus and of Septimus. This gives then these influences with the afflictions afar of Saturn and Mars. In the Moon's change the new or the early changing of the first quarter has the most influence from these lunar forces."
In a NASA article entitled, "Hypothetical Planet X", it describes how in January 2015, Caltech astronomers found evidence suggesting there may be a "Planet X" deep in the solar system. This hypothetical Neptune-sized planet orbits our sun in a highly elongated orbit far beyond Pluto. The prediction of this giant planet is based on detailed mathematical modeling and computer simulations, not direct observation. If this "Planet X" turns out to be scientific fact, it will be yet another affirmation of Cayce's prophetic abilities.
During the mid-1920's, Cayce gave over 700 readings on business and the stock market chronicling its rise and fall and teaching his clients how to play the bull market. On February 26, 1925, Cayce gave a reading for a young doctor whom he said would soon find himself in possession of a great amount of wealth. But Cayce warned him about financial danger:
"Hence in the present sphere we find these conditions in the urge of the individuality of the entity ... one that within the present sphere will have great amount of monies to care for. In the adverse forces that will come then in 1929, care should be taken lest this, without the more discretion in small things, be taken from the entity."
Cayce issued a second warning about the stock market in May of 1927 that the bull run would not last and that his clients had two years (to May of 1929) to fulfill their goals or else they would have to start all over again in 1934. [Source] Cayce told his clients how to prepare for the crash and even outlined what growth industries would give them the best long term portfolio after the market reached bottom. Then on March 6. 1929, six months before the stock market crashed on October 29. 1929:
"We may expect a considerable break and bear market, see? This issue being between those of the reserves of nations and of individuals, and will cause -- unless another of the more stable banking conditions come to the relief -- a great disturbance in financial circles. This warning has been given, see?"
Cayce's clients did not heed his warning about the crash and, six months later, they lost everything when the stock market crashed.
"Man was made as man. ...and man's evolving, or evolution, has only been that of the gradual growth upward to the mind of the Maker."
Cayce was far ahead of paleontologists on some of subjects. It took nearly 73 years for the predominance of evidence from around the world to prove Cayce correct in his claim that the human species is tens of million years old. According to Cayce, about 10.5 million years A.D., the first family groups, lived in caves, and began to become more human than ape. Cayce identified this time period as the time when souls (i.e., fallen angels) from heaven began to gradually possess the bodies of apes to become the human race -- a time the Bible says was when the "sons of God" mated with the "daughters of humans":
"When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, 'My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.' The Nephilim (their offspring) were on the earth in those days -- and also afterward -- when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown."
"Now, as we see, as given, how and what the classifications were of the physical in the earth's plane at that period, the numbers then of human souls in the earth plane being a hundred and thirty and three million (133,000,000) souls. The beginning then of the understanding of laws as applied from man's viewpoint being in this second rule in the country now Egypt... The period in the world's existence from the present time being ten and one-half million (10,500,000) years, and the changes that have come in the earth's plane many have risen in the lands. Many lands have disappeared, many have appeared and disappeared again and again during these periods, gradually changing as the condition became to the relative position of the earth with the other spheres through which man passes in this solar system."
"In this we find the entity developed much and gave much to the peoples who were to succeed in this land, and in the ruins as are found that have arisen, in the mounds and caves in the northwestern portion of New Mexico, may be seen some of the drawings the entity then made. Some ten million years ago."