America’s “Sleeping Prophet”

Have you heard of Edgar Cayce?

He was an ordinary man who could do extraordinary things, and he is called “America’s Sleeping Prophet” and the “Father of Holistic Medicine.” He is widely regarded as one of the greatest psychics of all time.

Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) was a photographer by trade, but he is known for his ability to go into a trance-like state and diagnose people’s illnesses and offer medical advice that was very effective in treating their various ailments.

Sounds weird, right?

Well, actually, his ability to do these readings is well documented, and his holistic remedies are known to have helped many people.

And he wasn’t some kind of weird mystic. He was a normal man with a normal worldview.  He believed that he was given this ability by a Higher Power in order to improve the life of others.

He also gave readings on a number of interesting topics like ancient archaeology, reincarnation and spirituality, metaphysics, and future prophecy.

During his waking life, Edgar was a regular man, a devout Christian and Sunday school teacher, and well loved by his friends and family. But his remarkable ability to do these psychic readings made him quite a celebrity in his day.

Since his death, it has been revealed that he did readings for US Presidents, famous movie stars, writers, artists, military intelligence officers, and even the mother of Ernest Hemmingway, who was concerned about her son’s writing and apparent mental torment.

Cayce’s readings were known to be very accurate and helpful to thousands of people. He used his gift to help others for a majority of his adult life, and even more remarkably, there are over 14,000 detailed, written accounts of his readings and their accuracy and efficacy.

I have been fascinated with this character in American history for almost two decades, and I’m always interested to learn more about his teachings and simple solutions to life’s ailments and predicaments.

Today his legacy lives on in through A.R.E, the Association for Research and Enlightenment. Their website is a portal to a world of holistic health information, metaphysics, as well as the readings themselves that Cayce is known around the world for giving.

One of the best things about Edgar Cayce is that he used his abilities to help people. 

Edgar Cayce offered his help to the world without profiting or scamming anyone in the process as he never even charged people for the advice he gave through his readings.

I’ve read a couple of books about Cayce’s medical advice and other teachings. He was able to tap into an other-wordly source that provided people with knowledge and inspiration that lives on today.

This Decoding the Past documentary provides a good introduction to this man and his amazing abilities.

Of course, people like to hype up the “doom and gloom” of prophets, but Cayce was actually very positive. His source explained that mankind is not bound to any future doomsday fate. We have the power to change our minds and hearts and even our destiny.

A cataclysmic end times scenario is not set in stone. We do have free will and can alter our course in our personal lives as well as in our collective destiny as the human race.

Just think about this: It has been 70 years since the invention of the atomic bomb. Despite the proliferation of these horrific weapons, we have not experienced the mass destruction of nuclear winter that so many people of the 20th century predicted. Somehow, we have thus far avoided extinguishing ourselves in this way. It’s a miracle, really.

Could we really be changing things for the better? Are we altering our path to avoid inevitable destruction?

This is not to suggest that there still aren’t many threats that we face as a human race. Of course we have much to overcome. But maybe we are beginning to redirect ourselves as a human race.

Maybe we will not choose the insane path of assured mutual destruction?

Maybe instead, we will choose the path of love and end up in a golden era of peace that so many religious and spiritual teachings have promised us.

If this seems idealistic and woo-woo, then good!

Perhaps it is just this kind of thinking that will re-direct us to the right path without the doomsday ending. Yeah, things are really bad in some ways. But things are also really, really amazing in many ways too.

I’m trying to realize the simple and everyday miracles that I experience in my daily life, things like having nutritious food, warm running water, and an amazing device connected to all the people and information I could possibly need or want in my pocket or palm at all times.

Now that is pretty amazing and never before in human history have so many people had access to so much, including each other!

Louis C.K. has a hilarious and poignant bit about this very concept that everything is amazing and yet still people complain.

He is right. We experience miracles every day if we are only willing to look up and see them.

It can’t be BAD to think that life on earth is getting better instead of worse, right? And if we think it enough, it could be that we believe it into being true.

Love our home and its people, places, beauty, and bounty. This is an easy step to making it a safer, happier and healthier place to be.