Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet
by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
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Author: Sidney D. KirkpatrickEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-11-01
ISBN: 1573228966
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
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Book Review: Never Before Revealed Info About Cayce's Life
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, I admit it. The main reason why I wanted to read this book was because it supposedly exposed the possibly of a sexual relationship between American's best-documented seer and the young lady who documented the psychic's trance readings, Gladys Davis.
And, I was not disappointed. The book describes readings in Cayce's psychic source encouraged sexual union. Naughty, naughty, especially considering that Edgar was already married and was also 27 years older than Gladys.
Evidently, the two of them had, in a long ago past, been one soul. Like Shirley MacLaine in The Camino, Gladys and Edgar had once been one androgynous being--the readings say female because female was stronger--and they had been separated into a male and female half. Eventually, in some future lifetime, they would unite into a whole again.
To my delight, this book has many more tidbits of intriguing information that I, in my years of fascination with Edgar Cayce and his trance readings, had never heard about, for example, that inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla met with Cayce because of their interest in electricity and the psychic.
Neither did I know that Cayce, in trance, had invented a perpetual motion machine that unfortunately, was never successfully manufactured partly because it did not have the required mental energy of high-spiritually-minded people. Verrry interesting!
Read it! The book is jam-packed with titillating details "never before revealed" about Cayce's personal and professional life. It's all here--from Atlantis to an overview of Cayce's healing philosophy!
One of a number of biographies on Cayce, all of which I have found fascinating: There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce, Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet, and Edgar Cayce: Mystery Man of Miracles.
Carol Chapman, Award-winning photographer of the Divine in Nature: With Quotes from Edgar Cayce and author of When We Were Gods: Insights on Atlantis, Past Lives, Angelic Beings of Light and Spiritual Awakening.
Summary of Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet
This is the critically acclaimed definitive biography of the humble Kentucky farm boy who became the father of the holistic movement and who is universally regarded as the greatest psychic of modern history. Best-selling author Sidney Kirkpatrick and his wife Nancy spent nearly seven years researching and writing this book which has been hailed by Cayce scholar Paul Johnson as "the most informative and enlightening book ever written about the seer."Edgar Cayce was one of the most humble and influential people of his day, a man whose outstanding psychic abilities appeared to heal hundreds of patients. The F.B.I. and even master magician Henry Houdini couldn't debunk or explain Cayce's amazing gifts. Biographer Sidney D. Kirkpatrick has no interest in probing the question of whether Cayce had legitimate psychic powers. Rather he presents an evenhanded story about the life of this American prophet, using a myriad of sources, including transcripts of his trances as well as Cayce's personal letters and papers. (Kirkpatrick is the only author to be granted unrestricted access.)
What makes this biography especially fresh and lasting is Kirkpatrick's excellent storytelling skills, evidenced in his opening pages when he describes Cayce entering his characteristic trance to diagnose a seemingly dying infant in the other room. Although Cayce prescribed a seemingly lethal dose of the homeopathic belladonna (deadly nightshade), the baby survived and was healed. Whether telling of these miraculous moments or the horrifying harassment in Cayce's life, Kirkpatrick always stays grounded in documented facts and clear information. Cayce aficionados will enjoy especially the accounts of encounters with George Gershwin, Marilyn Monroe, and even the likelihood that he met with President Woodrow Wilson. --Tara West
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