Edgar Cayce on the Arcane Mysteries

• 315-4 10. That this entity, now known as or called [315], has had and is to have an influence in the affairs of many is easily seen, if it will be noted by the student that in this entity particularly will no soul ever be the same after having spoken with the physical man in terms of any activity that relates to the mental or physical.
• 11. As to the relations with the influences about the earth and the entity's sojourn in same, that brings innately in the the experience of the entity those desires for seeking into the mysteries of nature, mysteries of the mind, into the mysteries of the formulas of the varied stages throughout the experience or sojourn of man into the earth to bring about certain activities in the experience of others:
• 12. These may be seen by the entity's sojourn in Neptune's atmosphere, or Neptune's emanations as an atmosphere in the place for indwelling of souls in that environ; for here - as has been accredited, or is innately experienced in those that delve into same - is found the realm of, or key to, the mysteries of ages. But if the mysteries are taken as the basis alone, and not that which is practical in the experience of souls along the path of their development, this too - as it has in the experience of the entity becomes a stumblingblock. For in materiality it may be found that it may be used, has been used by many, for the accumulation of that which becomes filthy in its expression of those things that bring power, position; yea, even fame, from the ability of accumulating such in their experience. And is often that which is seen used by those that are termed as the users of wealth, moneys, estates, lands or - more direct - those that use same in political ways, or the powers such as ye see manifested in the dictators or rulers in the varied ways.
• 13. In that sojourn the entity gained much of that which is innate in the expression of self in the present, and is as a ruling factor; yet, lest these be weighed well with those other influences, both in the earth and in the astrological sojourns, they become as that which unbalances. And when the wheel of life, that is given to each soul, becomes lopsided or heavy through carnal or too great seeking into those things that are not to be used other than in the will and desire of the Creator, it makes for the lack of that called in the earth poise, or temperament, such as to be the better for an inner or soul development.
• 14. Jupiter's influence also makes for the great expansions of vision in those things other than only the mysterious, or the occult forces that pertain to the mysterious influences in the experiences of self or others. Also the great breadth of acquaintanceships AS acquaintanceships to this entity; for the greater number are the passing, and well indeed is it for this soul development as well as for the good of the earth in the present that this is so.
  
• For, while these make for the opportunity to give off that which makes for the changes in the experiences of others, only when they have come to be in that realm of the earth known as the closer relationships with the entity may it be seen as to the kind of influence the entity wields upon others in their activity.
• 15. Also the influences from the sojourn in Venus make for hindrances, for these are adverse with Mercury. Hence so oft do those that come in contact with the mental abilities of the entity judge same as being weird and out of place, senseless even at times, yet are influenced irrespective of their expression by the very presence of, the very associations, the manner of expression of the entity itself. And it is to the credit of the entity in the present sojourn thus far that the abilities in this direction and its influences upon others have not been used as yet amiss. And the greater warnings might be given the entity in that direction, for there are the abilities to use such an influence even to the point of where the entity might subjugate even the minds of others. Then, never use those abilities of what is termed within the influence of self as hypnotic influence; for as to the opposite sex and as to its own relationships these would become stumblingblocks in the entity's experience. And keep the feet LITERALLY, mentally and - most of all - soully, on a firm foundation of truth and purpose in the earth, and in the present sojourn.
• 16. THESE be the mental inclinations, the mental temperaments that may be brought to bear on the present earth's experience; for, as has been given, the Mind - which is of the earth earthy but of heaven heavenly, and divine - is the Builder, and so the thoughts may become crimes or miracles depending upon how they are applied in the experience of each soul in its sojourn through any period of activity in the earth. But, as has been intimated, know that the thought of a soul influences the sun, the moon, and all the heavenly hosts; for as ye do unto the least of thy brethren ye do it unto the Creator. O that men would learn, would become conscious, that as ye think of those - even though they beguile thee, though they deride thee, though they tamper with thine own purpose - as ye do unto them, ye do it unto God. For, He is the Maker; He is Life; His Spirit moved and the earth and the fullness of same came into being - and the SOULS took on matter of that which was created and became LIVING, moving atoms, coordinating with the influences in the earth and in that realm of same, yet part and parcel and a portion of all that is divine, all that is of the filthy-filthy also.
• 315-4 And there may yet be, there recently has been uncovered in the Ethiopian land the RECORDS made by this entity of the teachings of Philip and of Simon in that land. For, these are among the purest records; for they were written not only on the papyrus that is of the better character but in the Ethiopian land it still remains intact, this experience of the entity meeting Philip and as to what were the words and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
• 32. If the entity in this experience will hold these as the basis, as the standards, as the principles, with all the studies, all the delving into the mysteries of nature, the mysteries of how certain chants, incantations and intimations bring the arising of the influences in the experience of bodies of others as well as in self, if they are grounded in Him, greater may be the blessings and the material gains, and - most of all - the soul development in this experience.
• the under standing that the SPIRIT maketh the most lowly alive, and the soul of same may develop into a thing of beauty, whether in the high, the low or the intermediate castes; for these are ever in the presence of those that look on material things. But to all is given that ability to use what they have for the service of the Creative Influence in the experience of all.
• 37. The entity gained in the experience, and in the present the Vedas or those things that pertain to the mysteries of old arise much from that experience. Yet, if the entity makes the tenets of the day as practical in the dealings with the individuals whom the entity contacts day by day, the entity may gain even as in that sojourn.
• 315-4 And, as will be seen from those that may yet be found about Alexandria, the entity may be said to have been the first to begin the establishement of the library of knowledge in Alexandria; ten thousand three hundred before the Prince of Peace entered Egypt for His first initiation there. For, read ye, "He was crucified also in Egypt."
• yet many, many, seek what ye have to give of the mysteries of life, of nature, of the past, of the future.
• 585-2 In Neptune we find an influence that is MOST in the making in the present experiences of the entity, so that those things that are mysterious, those things that are psychological, those things pertaining to what to the mental mind of man are the mysteries of life, are ever present - and would bring to the experience of the entity in this sojourn much that may be helpful, beneficial, if used or applied aright in the experience of the material things of this entity.
• 10. But to make personal, material application of the mysteries to many - and to this entity - may become a stumblingblock unless it is left rather in the INTERPRETATION of the SPIRIT that is with the soul in its activity. If there is the attempt to interpret or apply in the physical forces the stronger, it makes for that which becomes strange; and they that seek strange gods, strange forces, do so oft to their own undoing. Hence as to the innate urge, rather as has been given, let this mind be in you that was in Him, that the Father-God is ever present and has given His angels charge concerning thee rather than those that may be of thine own making. And His Spirit will bear witness with thy spirit whether ye be in that realm where the material, the mental or the spiritual application may be made of that THOU experienceth in the mysteries of thine inner self.
• 11. The influences in Mercury make for the mental abilities that are innate, and oft much that is either mental or spiritual may be comprehended by the entity; that, without understand- ing in Venus - that has been in adverse aspect to the entity in the earth - will understand but not able to interpret without being misunderstood by others. All the more reason in making personal or physical application that the entity seek slow, seek deep. For, He has promised and is faithful to those that keep His sayings that He will come and abide with thee; He will not leave thee comfortless but will send the spirit of truth that will abide with thee always; and with the spirit of truth and the spirit of the Creator in the motivating force of thine own soul ye may in patience become aware of thine soul development through those things mentally in Mercury, spiritually from Neptune, such as to KNOW the love of the Father even in the earth.
• it becomes a rolling-stone to those that in their own selves have seen a vision or find strength in their own purpose.
• 17. One accredited with, and oft in the realm of, those influences that transcend the senses of mortal man; and through those forces that may find the expressions in that called the sense or perception in man, through the innate feelings, finds those responses which if grounded in the self through the love of Him the entity walked close with in Galilee, as we shall see, will bring glory, honor, in an experience well-lived, well-applied in the present.
• 585-2 20. Before this the entity was in that land or place known in the present nativity as New England, when there were the periods of oppressions and much discussion arose through the visions - and especially of this entity, then in the name Margarie, as the minister's daughter that first saw the headless men in Salem and the riders that carried messages for the entity to those that were in the way of making changes politically in that specific period.
• 21. The entity suffered in body, yet in mind and in vision grasped much. Without those persecutions in the body much MIGHT have been gained; and there be those whom the entity may know in the present experience very soon that must pay - and pay - and PAY. If the entity will use self in the mercies of Him who said, "I condemn thee not - neither do I condemn thee - sin no more," the entity may gain much in this association and relation - and those who have wronged themselves and this soul in that experience may gain much. [See 585-6, Life Rdg., Par. 13-A of 10/11/39.]
• 25. From that experience in the present, then, may be found the interest in those things pertaining to material manifestations and the mystical forces from the innate soul forces of the body that often conflict; but know ye Him and HE will guide thee aright.
• 585-2 The star and the crescent, the SON of man and His LIGHT among men!
• For, thou art TROUBLED in the mysteries, yet in Him thou mayest find the answer to all thy problems.
• 900-14 In Neptune, those of the mysticism, mystery, spiritual insight, spiritual development.
• The Mercury influence of mental understanding of each. Then, with the mental insight into the operative elements of ennobling, of virtues, of good, of beautiful, with the mysteries of the universal forces, given understanding, brings the development to soul's forces. For the soul feeds upon that environment to which the mental guides and directs, and the expectancy is that soul development that each entity must exercise through will.
• (A) In Moon's influence in this entity has particularly to do with the earthly satisfaction of desire toward opposite sex, in the present plane's sphere. These we find are at times adverse to ennobling forces, and may be made to appear in self to coincide with mysteries of life; using will then to know that each and every such condition must be brought under those forces of Jupiter and Neptune, that this influence, through will, will be turned into that which will bring the better conditions in the life's plane. For with the mental carrying such conditions of any intrigue against ennobling influence in earth's plane, or carrying such intrigue that bring the mysteries of life to naught, these we see work condemnation rather than blessings in the life of an entity. Hence the warnings as given of the Moon's influence at times in the earth's plane. Will used directly. Warding against such conditions becoming detrimental to the body's development.
• (A) As has been given. All spoken from the astronomical point or vision. In mental declare the ennobling, the good, the mysteries of mental, of life, and thus give the better influence, insight, the better conditions from which the expectancy of the soul for its development. See? Simple, easy of understanding, when once gained the insight to same.
• 1629-1 The urge then as seen, that of the continuing desire to bring to-gether that which will correlate the various tenets of those that seek to understand the mysteries of the phenomenas of life, and in and through those channels that are being set in motion by those who occupied varied positions in that period will the entity be able to serve mankind and self and the brethren in the best in this experience. In the name Eaael.
• 1629-1 15. In the one before this we find in the land when the highest civilization existed in that land known as Atlantis. The entity then among those who preserved the laws of the peoples as relating to the mysteries of the races. Hence the entity lost and gained through that experience, for in the application of same to selfish desire the entity brought destructive forces to self and self's inner being; yet innately the mysteries of numbers, races, places, shrines, stones, temples, and such, keep the entity - as it were - in innate fear of their meaning. Forget 'em! and apply rather that in the occult that gives the answer or the study of those same mysteries that will make same applicable to the mind of man as is present in the earth's plane.
• 16. As to the abilities, here we find again the entity must first find self and self's relation to the Creative Energy, or his relation to the Creator, as is established through His Son in the world, and in finding same apply in that same direction as was applied in the experience of bringing the study of man's relation, man's application of those relations to his fellow man.
• 2223-1 18. One that will, in the application of self toward those elements as pertain to the occult or the mysterious, gain much for self. The study of the occult would bring greater blessings than those of mystery, for these are to the entity too easily allowed to slip into the night side of such studies.
• 22. In the one before this we find in the period when changes came in that land now known as the Utah and Colorado country. The entity [was] among those that dwelt in the land when this was submerged through the upheavals caused in the northern country. Then in the name Eili, and the entity lost through this experience, being in that position of bringing upon others those of condemnation, for the entity taught others to apply the night-side of life - through trickery and through soothsaying, counting of stones, of beads, of carvings. Hence in the present urge we find the desire to know of such, and the fear of the influence of charm, or of that that might bring to others the thoughts of same. WELL that the entity beware of same, and - as given - study the occult, rather than the mystery side of earth's experience.
• that to all must come first the knowledge of self and its relation to the creative energies
• study to show thyself approved unto Him, the Giver of all good and perfect gifts. Keep self unspotted from the world. Be ever ready to answer WITH the right word for the faith that lieth within.
• 5. In that in the Uranian, we find these accentuated in many varying effects.
• 6. In that in Mercury, we find in those of the mental developments - especially into those of the intricacies of the occult and of the mystic forces; and, as seen manifested in each, in the application of the abilities in the entity, these become accentuated especially in the expression OF self when it comes to manifesting that which gives expression, either to the mystery, the mysterious, the occult, or to that in Jupiter - as manifests in the bigness of purpose, of intent, of those elements that have to do with the greetings in either.
• 2897-1 15. One that has those INNATE influences in the occult forces IN nature, IN the human element that goes to make up the mental forces of individuals, as to be able to USE same in the CORRECT or INCORRECT direction. These governed much by that as is often called temperamental in the individual, and in the individual's application of self towards others. In this oftentimes making enemies that are subtle in their reactions, yet fearful of the entity as to THAT entity's abilities.
• the aid to those that set aright those connections between that one that became the scribe and counsellor of the natives, and those of that one that had brought the destructive influences in the temple. Setting, then, the music in the temple - leading in the temple worship, and gained for self and for the peoples whom the entity served MUCH in that set IN music. Hence the appeals in the present to those especially of oriental, Egyptian, or especially of mysterious music. One that brings from strings and music of the stringed instrument those especially of the weird, bringing that of the closest understanding to the entity. Then in the name Abenmi. In the present, MANY of these will find that the entity may aid in many directions as have YET NOT been touched.
• 20. In the one before this we find in that land now known as the Atlantean, or in Poseida, and in the city then of Achaei [?] the entity ruled in pomp, power, and in the understanding of the mysteries of the application of that often termed the night side of life, or in the applying of the universal forces as understood in that period. The ENTITY used them for aid. Many of the subjects (and [this was] the overthrowing of the entity) used them in the destructive influences. The entity ruled with the will; NOT by firm hand, not by destructive influences, but rather as one that would aid in counsel, aid in the understanding, aid in the relationships of one to another. Gaining throughout the experience, and the entity in the present influence finds those of this period often finding that which produces an unrest, a seeking for that not wholly grasped; yet knowing it (that sought) is JUST beyond.
• 21. In the abilities of the entity in the present - these, we find, lie in that of the creative, of that as will bring the better understanding of the emotions of the body physical as related to the emotions of the body mental, and expressed in that line of rhythm in music, or in word, or in understanding. These, and in these lines, and in assisting others to understand these - for the entity may become either the writer, the musician, the painter, or the one accomplished in either of these.
• 398-1 To be sure, this gives that indication that there will be that within the experience of the entity in the present, (as the air of mystic influences and the attraction for same) which may be enhanced or entirely eliminated by the trend of the development. As may be well understood (and will become gradually more and more understood by the mental-mind of man), the developing of the mental attributes of the human family will grow more and more to represent the whole period of transition, in the way of developing the human race or family through that known as the form, not of biological but of sociological conditions in the evolution of man in each experience. So, one that has encompassed or covered the greater period in the developing of the individual entity or soul would be called the old, or the more highly evolved, or greater developed soul. This one will be unusual!
• 1437-1 25. From those very associations we find arising in the present those peculiar interests the entity has had in the occult and the mysterious and the mysteries of life.
• 26. These become an innate desire. Hence if these are made to become in all experiences not as a mere gratification of pleasure but such as to bring hope and joy and peace into the experiences of others, these may be turned into channels in which they become as stepping-stones for greater understanding, greater material as well as mental successes.
• 2533-8 Yet, just as the body may in its own material mind visualize, draw, a concept, a picture of an incident that has happened in time, so may the body in spirit and in spiritual mind project itself, be conscious of elements, be conscious of form, by and through spirit mind - as patterned in a conscious mind. Mind, then, becomes as a stream, with its upper and lower stratum, with that which moves swiftly or that which is resting upon either spirit or physical being.
• These come, then, as flashes to a conscious mind. They may be gradually sustained, maintained. Just as mind may be projected. [See 2533-8, Par. R2, newspaper article.]
• in what manner there may be the projection; or even as the body may interpret it when the body in itself may levitate itself from matter. Begin with self, then; attuning self in mind to spirit, until there is the ability in self to see self levitated from its own body. See it pass by. See it stand aside. See it act in all of the activities. This, then, will give the entity that ability within self to discern incarnate and disincarnate entities in their own activity.
• Begin with self, not outside of self, if you would keep your own rational self.
• 8. (Q) Give meaning and pronunciation of the word J-A-H-H-E-V-A-H-E.
• (A) Java; meaning the ability within itself to know itself to be itself and yet one with, or one apart from, the infinite; to be a part of that realm of helpers; to know self as a part of and in that realm where the angels are, or in that realm of the individuals who have been, who are, with the Announcer, the Lord of the Way, and who have attained the consciousness of the Christ-within.
• 9. (Q) What is meant by the Hidden Way?
• (A) Just as we have been trying to explain to the entity - the finding of the consciousness of self within as related to, as being at-one with or as a part of, or separated from, the whole.
• For as was given so oft, this is found within. For thy body is indeed the pattern of the heavenly body, yet it only grows to same, as it grows away from same; though it may be within the three-dimensional realm. This is the Hidden Way. For as the entity uses, never abuses but uses self in service, it finds the Way. For who is the greater among you? "He that is the servant of all." Who would know the Hidden Way? They who seek to do His biddings alone.
• 195-14 (A) As the monuments were being rebuilt in the plains of that now called the pyramid of Gizeh, this entity builded, laid, the foundations; that is, superintended same, figured out the geometrical position of same in relation to those buildings as were put up of that connecting the sphinx. And the data concerning same may be found in the vaults in the base of the sphinx. We see this sphinx was builded as this:
• The excavations were made for same in the plains above where the temple of Isis had stood during the deluge, occurring some centuries before, when this people (and this entity among them) came in from the north country and took possession of the rule of this country, setting up the first dynasty. The entity was with that dynasty, also in the second dynasty of Araaraart, when those buildings were begun. The base of the sphinx was laid out in channels, and in the corner facing the Gizeh may be found the wording of how this was founded, giving the history of the first invading ruler and the ascension of Araaraart to that position.

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