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• The Importance of the Sacred
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• Reflections on Mind as Healer...... 4

• A Case of Spontaneous Healing

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Working with Meditation — Experiment 6

Background
The Edgar Cayce readings contend
that each of us has the capacity (and
ultimately the destiny) to grow in an
awareness of our ultimate relationship
with the Creator. That relationship is
cultivated, in part, by working with per-
sonal attunement, and one of the most
frequently recommended tools for at-
tunement is meditation.
In addition to advice and counsel
given the original prayer group and the
first study group, Cayce recommended
meditation as a means of listening to
the Divine within and becoming aware
of our oneness with God. In fact, on one
occasion the reading told an IBM execu-
tive: “As has been indicated, take the
more often the God-Consciousness into
thine own deeper meditations. For He
will walk and talk with thee.” (1497-1)
From the readings’ perspective, the
first stage of meditation involves think-
ing about the message of an affirmation,
such as “I am at peace.” After a few mo-
ments of thinking the words, the sec-
ond stage involves feeling the meaning
behind those words. For example, you
could continue saying, “I am at peace,”
however, the feeling behind these words
can be much more meaningful. It is like
the difference between thinking “I love
my child” versus feeling the meaning be-
hind those words. From Cayce’s perspec-
tive, whenever individuals can hold the
feeling of the affirmation throughout
their entire being, they are truly medi-
tating and building the focus of the af-
firmation within themselves.
To work with this experiment, make
a commitment every day for a week if
you are a new meditator, and a month
or more if you have meditated before, to
consistently and persistently work with
meditation.
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The Importance of the “Sacred”
Bone—the Sacrum
Numerous references in the Edgar
Cayce readings allude to the importance
of the sacrum and pelvic region of the skel-
etal system, as they relate to overall func-
tion and balance in the nervous system
and associated organs controlled by these
nerves. Sacral disturbances were even re-
ported to have caused various psychologi-
cal disturbances in individuals.
Early physicians recognized the im-
portance of the region and labeled this
“keystone” bone of the pelvic bowl the
“sacred” bone, or sacrum. They observed
that children or adults with abnormali-
ties or chronic pain in this region—a not
uncommon phenomenon—developed
abnormally and were often plagued by
impairment or, as Edgar Cayce would say,
“dis-ease.” It is estimated that one in seven
humans has some form of bony congenital
abnormality at the lumbar-sacral junction.
From my clinical observation, cases
of sacral and pelvic joint misalignments
constitute a majority of the low-back-pain
patients I see. If the condition is allowed to
intensify long enough, it can even result
in inflammation of the sciatic nerve. Men-
strual pain, endometriosis (an often-pain-
ful disorder in which tissue that normally
lines the inside of the uterus grows outside
the uterus), constipation, impaired urinary
tract function, and reproductive disorders
are associated with chronic distress and in-
flammation in the sacro-pelvic region.
The Cayce readings confirm that dis-
turbed neurological function in the sacral
plexus can cause an imbalance in the
nervous system, throwing various other
systems into imbalance. Reading 1513-1
stated, “For through pressures upon nerve
energies in the coccyx area [tailbone] and
the ileum plexus [a portion of the intestine],
as well as that pressure upon the lumbar
axis [lower spine area], there has been a de-
flection of coordination between the sym-
pathetic [nervous system—a portion of the
autonomic nervous system that regulates
the body’s unconscious actions] and the ce-
rebrospinal nervous system [the portion of
the nervous system concerned with trans-
mission of impulses from the brain and sense
organs to the voluntary muscles].”
Biomechanical sacro-iliac [the joint be-
tween the sacrum and ilium] (S-I) problems
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By Dr. John R. Bomar, DC
often manifest low-back pain upon first ris-
ing from bed, or after sitting for a period of
time. The pain then eases some with walk-
ing and movement. This is thought to be
because of a buildup of excessive fluid in
the back of the joint capsule which is then
relieved with joint movement. These symp-
toms contrast with low-back pain coming
from the lumbar spine and discs, which is
often less painful in the morning and in-
creases as the day progresses. Lumbar/disc
The pelvic “bowl” with its sacral
“keystone,” from an early 20th century
book of anatomy.
pain is also relieved to some extent by lying
flat on the back with the knees up, while S-I
joint pain is not.
Many people suffer chronic, recurring
episodes of low-back pain from falls or
other trauma that occurred in childhood or
early life but the symptoms do not mani-
fest immediately. The resulting mechanical
disturbance slowly intensifies over time to
eventually break through the threshold of
pain perception. A three-year-old girl, suf-
fering from fevers and organ imbalance,
was given a reading which explained,
“These as we find arise from a pressure ex-
istent in the lumbar, sacral and coccyx area.
This was produced in those periods when
the body was first presented in birth, and
then through a pressure exerted by the
body sitting down too hard has caused
the conditions to become more acute.
That it affects the lymph and the nervous
system is because of the pressure that ex-
ists in these areas. That it affects the body
by its mere activity is the indication of the
involvement of the locomotory center,
and the nerve system as related to same.”
(1627-1)
Women especially seem susceptible to
SI misalignments because of their larger
pelvic bones and the joint-shearing-lever-
age produced with mechanical stress or
trauma. Inflammation and reflex muscle
spasms in the gluteal (buttocks) region co-
exist when the joints are misaligned. Mus-
cle spasms, if they exist long enough, then
produce problems in the muscles them-
selves due to impaired blood flow and a
buildup of toxic metabolic waste. Thus, the
muscles become “locked” in spasm and
the pelvic bones repeatedly misalign, even
after being re-set. This same phenomenon
of chronic one-sided muscle pull is also
common in all other joint misalignments
and explains why in the Cayce readings
it was very common for a series of treat-
ments, which included soft tissue therapy,
to be needed for full recovery.
Leg length inequality (LLI), a difference
in the actual length in the leg bones, al-
most always results in some degree of
pelvic twisting and rotation. This repre-
sents the body’s attempt to compensate
for the inferior tilt of the sacral base which
throws off the balance mechanism of the
spine during the growth years, resulting
in some degree of spinal rotary curvature.
These deviations from normal spinal bal-
ance always produce some form of pos-
tural variation and play a significant role
in producing spinal biomechanical lesions
According to Cayce, these lesions can cre-
ate nerve “impingements” which adversely
affect the nervous system’s ability to con-
trol healthy, normal organ function, result-
ing in the various disorders he described.
Almost everything in the human body is
symmetrical—left balances against right.
And, asymmetry produces discord.
The simplest way to determine if you
may have a clinically significant LLI is to
have someone examine you from behind
while wearing only underwear. There will
almost always be a tilt in the waist-band
line, lower on the short leg side. There is
also an asymmetrical appearance of the
flank fat-folds (horizontal creases between
Continued on p. 3
CORRECTION: Sincere apologies
to readers and to writer Cassina
Tarsia! We inadvertently added
a last paragraph to her Summer
2017 Cayce Quarterly article,
“Awakening and Healing
Memories of Past Lives,”
which was meant to be part
of a different article.
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 Continued from p. 2
our buttocks and thighs), one higher than
the other. Usually one shoulder is higher
than the other and there may be a visible
rib elevation in the thorax when viewed
from behind with the person bent forward
while standing. From my experience in
the chiropractic field, a common misun-
derstanding related to having a short leg
involves an examination that does not in-
clude adequate X-Ray exams.
Ankle/foot over-pronation (rolling in of
the foot when walking or running) can be
a factor in sacral imbalance if the prona-
tion affects one foot more than another,
shortening that side while putting weight
on it. This very common disorder often
goes undiagnosed and untreated and can
be appreciated by simply looking at the
X-ray of a clinically significant leg length
inequality (LLI) resulting in sacro-pelvic
imbalance and rotation.
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Achilles tendon with a person standing. If
the tendon bows to the inside, pronation
is present. In later life, and sometimes ear-
lier, this condition will cause a bunion for-
mation at the great toe with lateral (outer)
toe deformity due to the abnormal weight
loading on the medial (inner) forefoot.
Another commonly
overlooked complica-
tion in sacro-pelvic dis-
order is an imbalance
in the resting tone
(level of contracture)
of the sacro-tuberous
ligaments (ligaments
are fibrous connective
tissue that connect bones to other bones).
“Hypertonus” is an overly contracted state
of tissue. To determine if imbalance is pres-
ent, compare the feel of one side of your
posterior to the other. The ligament that
connects the tip of the sacrum to the bot-
tom of the pelvic bone (the ischial tuber-
osity) is an important restraining force in
normal human locomotion. Imbalance
here reflects the distressed condition in
the large muscles of the buttocks and must
be addressed properly if rehabilitation and
normal function is to be regained. Osteo-
paths, chiropractors and physical thera-
pists have developed various techniques
of sacro-tuberous ligament-release to ad-
dress these conditions.
The most common mistake patients
make is to apply heat to an inflamed joint
structure. Heat sensors override pain sen-
sors so it can be easy for patients to be mis-
led because using a heat pad makes them
“feel better.” In the process they magnify,
rather than help, the problem. My advice
to patients with musculoskeletal pain is
“heat on muscles, cold on joints.” Spastic
muscles benefit from warmth and low heat
because it flushes and relaxes the tissue.
Joint inflammation benefits from cooling
and is reduced because of the thermal ef-
fect which decreases the rate of biochemi-
cal reaction that perpetuates inflamma-
tion. Always place a cloth between the skin
and a cold pack. Cold application that does
not ease joint pain should be considered
a red-flag warning and medical consult
should be made.
The next most common mistake I have
seen patients make is to think only in terms
of symptoms. Pain is only a signal, like a fire
alarm in your house. The alarm is not the
fire, and turning off the alarm does not
quell the fire. Turning off the alarm is the
easy part of my work; attaining full recov-
ery and rehabilitation is the hard part. The
Cayce readings commonly recommended
a series of treatments over months, involv-
ing as many as 50 or 60 office visits. While
this may seem excessive, remember, these
were conditions that had often been de-
veloping over decades. The longer a con-
dition has existed, the more work and time
it takes for complete resolution. In most
cases of simple musculoskeletal pain, with
proper treatment and management, pa-
tients often attain pain-free status within
a week or two. Yet the underlying biome-
chanical lesions or injuries are far from
fully corrected. “Patience, persistence, and
consistency” was the advice of the Cayce
readings when it came to applying the
needed therapies to regain health. Sadly,
many patients remove themselves from
active treatment, just as real, objective im-
provement is just getting started, because
they have become free of pain.
The normal function and ease of the “sa-
cred” bone is an important consideration
in maintaining health, vibrancy, and vital-
ity. Proper evaluation, diagnosis, and treat-
ment of these conditions is a somewhat
specialized art that depends on experi-
ence and proper training. The sacro-pelvic
structure constitutes the foundation upon
which the upper body rests; balance here
is a good start to a healthy life.
Meet the Author: Dr. John Bomar DC
Dr. Bomar is a chiropractic physician who
practices in Arkadelphia, Ark. He has been
a student of the Cayce readings for many
years and has lectured at A.R.E. conferences
and written articles for Venture Inward.
An honors graduate of Palmer College of
Chiropractic, he served on the board of the
Arkansas Chiropractic Association and was
a founding board member of the Arkansas
Chiropractic Educational Society. Please
send any questions or comments to him at
JohnRBomar@hotsprings.net.
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Reflections on Mind as Healer
Nowadays more health care profession-
als as well as their patients recognize that
mental states and physical well-being are
intimately connected. The body and the
mind are not separate from each other;
they constitute part of a single system, in-
fluence one another, are interrelated, and
work in close harmony with one another.
Most people acknowledge that an un-
balanced, unhealthy mind can lead to
an unbalanced, unhealthy body (the op-
posite is also true). Illnesses of the mind
or long-term negative, nonconstructive
thought patterns may trigger or worsen
“dis-eases” in the body. This awareness is
reflected in the Edgar Cayce material. One
example is found in A Search for God, Book
II: “What we think, what we put our mind
to work upon, to live upon, to feed upon,
to live with, to abide with, that our soul
body becomes. That is the law...” (Destiny
of the Mind, Lesson 5) Reading 1436-1
states: “...Mind being the Builder...is the con-
tact for the life forces in materiality or physi-
cal body.”
Effects of Brain Chemistry
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By Elaine Hruska, MA
another. However, from everyday experi-
ence we know that brain chemistry gov-
erns more than just the emotions. For
example, when your mind feels terror,
one of the effects caused by the resulting
surge of adrenaline is that your stomach
churns.
Yet effects may be even more direct
with the powerful chemicals in the brain,
such as serotonin. These circulate not just
in the brain, but all through the body. Be-
cause of this, effects are felt and created
throughout the physical system. Since
research is in the preliminary stage, it is
not well understood just how these brain
chemicals (neurotransmitters) affect the
course of an illness or disease.
When serotonin is circulating in the
bloodstream, for example, it appears that
platelets become less sticky, thus less
likely to clump together to create blood
clots that block arteries. To keep serotonin
in circulation, physicians regularly advise
patients who have suffered heart attacks
to take a daily dose of children’s aspirin to
prevent blood clots.
The Role of Stress
Both acute and chronic, stress can also
be harmful to the physical body. The brain
first detects a threat, then signals the
body in the form of hormones and nerve
impulses to go on alert and prepare for
“fight or flight.” Muscles tense, the heart
beats faster, arteries widen, the stomach
stops digesting, the lungs ventilate faster,
and the adrenals release stress hormones.
Thus, the body is prepared for action.
When the threat has ended, the stress
hormone levels drop. Ideally, when the
danger has passed, the response turns
off. But many people today are suffering
from chronic stress in just trying to deal
with the ordinary pressures of modern
life. This constant emotional tension con-
tinues the “fight-or-flight” response and
weakens the immune system, making the
body less able to deal with and overcome
illnesses or making infectious diseases
worse. Though useful in the short term,
this flood of hormones can be subtly toxic
in the long run. So, any attempt we make
in trying to reduce the level of stress—
whether through meditation and prayer,
regular exercise, or by adopting a more
positive attitude—could add up to many
years of a significantly healthier life.
These disciplines engage the mind,
helping it to focus on the spiritual and
physical dimension of our lives, while at
the same time creating a healing activity
in our bodies. One reading describes the
work of the “mental body” as enabling an
individual “to centralize or to agree within
itself as to its hopes, its desires, and how it
would use its abilities and its efforts.” (3254-
1) The reading cautioned against using
the mind’s abilities for selfish purposes,
as then “there will be little use of any cor-
rective measures.” In other words, unless
there is the proper, unselfish attitude, re-
medial treatments would be useless and
the healing would not occur. As stated
concisely in another reading: “The physical
and the mental and the spiritual are one...”
(4308-1)
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 A Case of
Spontaneous Healing
By Edgar Cayce
This story was adapted from “Mind as Related to
Healing,” a lecture Edgar Cayce gave at the Cayce
Hospital in Virginia Beach, Va., on February 1, 1931.
In all my experience, I have only seen one case of in-
stantaneous relief.
About twelve years ago a young man came to my
office and asked for a reading for his wife who was in
Wisconsin. I asked him to have his wife come to listen
to the information. He said, “All right, if you think that’s
best—but she can’t hear anything! That’s what’s wrong
with her!”
A few days later they both came to my photo studio,
where I was giving readings at the time. As soon as I
talked with her, I could see that she was able to read lips.
She said it had been three years since she had been able
to hear.
The reading gave that it was a case of suppression,
through the treatment accorded her by her husband, who
made fun of her abilities. When I became conscious again,
the husband said to me, tears streaming down his face,
“God alone knows how true the things are that you have
given. I don’t know how you knew them.”
He hadn’t noticed his wife, and when we looked
around she was almost hysterical, her hands going up
and her eyes wide open—“I have heard every word that
man said, and I can hear yet!”
She has been able to hear ever since. This was the sto-
ry they told me: He had met her on a Sunday afternoon
and they had married on Wednesday. He didn’t know
anything about her family and she didn’t know anything
about his family. They decided to spend one day there and
then go to meet the families. That afternoon when they
went to their hotel and were in their room, she suddenly
said, “Listen! Uncle John is talking.” He answered: “What
in the name of God are you talking about?”
As the husband related the rest of the story, “I didn’t
know what sort of a person I had married—I didn’t know
anything about such stuff. She said nothing more. We
went out to dinner and when we came back we talked
a little while, and just before I turned out the light, she
said, ‘Listen, Uncle John is talking again.’ I gave her a gen-
teel good cussing and the next morning she couldn’t hear
anything I had to say, and hasn’t heard from that day to
this.
“I haven’t been able to stay away from her, neither
have I been able to stay with her—but what you have
told has aroused within me a consciousness that I haven’t
understood what this is all about. I understand from what
you have given that she has possessed some ability not
given to ordinary human beings to understand.”
Many of us don’t want to understand, for we have
built something within our own selves that makes us
afraid to understand anything about the unseen forces,
or the things we can’t feel, touch, hear, and taste, which
pertain to the psychic or to the spiritual side of things. We
want to hear about them, but to experience them—No!
If we are willing to pay the price, mind is able to
build within our own self that necessary to bring heal-
ing; that necessary for our own understanding of our
relationship to our God.
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Develop a Tradition of Dreaming!
Eleven Methods for Remembering
Your Dreams
My introduction to the fascinating study
of the subconscious mind began in 1978
when I attended my first lecture on dreams
at the A.R.E. After following the presenter’s
guidance, I was excited to discover I could
remember my first complete dream—
something that hadn’t happened in many
years—and was able to write this dream in
a notebook for further study.
Following this first dream recall experi-
ence, I mistakenly assumed it would be
easy to continue the progress I had made.
The road, however, was more difficult than
I imagined. Not until 1990 would I hit my
stride. And even then, it was a learning
curve before I was able to understand and
evaluate different methods that can be
used to improve dream recall—or better
still, advance to “incubating” dreams on
specific subjects.
Since then, I have recorded over 25,000
dreams in my journals! They have provided
incredible information for all aspects of
my life, most especially career guidance,
health, and investment activities.
I found that the following methods
helped rapidly accelerate my dream recall
and success with dream incubation. The
final item summarizes my recent two-year
study using what I call “Psychic Attune–
ment” as an additional means to enhance
dream response.
1. Remember and Recall: This is a
simple yet powerful method for recall-
ing your dreams. When you first wake up,
remain motionless and try to recall if you
By W.H. Stover, MA
have had a dream. If there is no dream,
remain motionless and repeat the phrase:
“Remember—Remember—Remember,
Recall—Recall—Recall.” Say this silently to
yourself several times, then wait in silence
for a minute or two and see if a dream ap-
pears. If no dream comes to mind, keep
repeating this phrase for five or more cy-
cles. My experience is that this technique
will bring up a dream about 30 to 50% of
the time.
2.  Written Recall: This method is simi-
lar to “remember and recall,” but is done in
written form. Keep a pad of paper and pen-
cil near your bed. When you first awake,
write out the phrase, “Tonight I was dream-
ing about…” and then fill in the rest. Write
whatever comes to mind.
3.  Move to Another Room: If you are
not dreaming in one room, try another. Ob-
serve what happens. I started this process
because my master bedroom in Virginia
Beach faced east across the Chesapeake
Bay. When strong winds or rain came from
that direction, the room was excessively
noisy and I had very few dreams that I could
remember. As a result, I moved to a spare
bedroom on the other side of the house,
which was much calmer. The result was
not only a better sleep experience, but an
effective way of jump-starting the dream
process. Now, if I wake early and I am not
having a dream, I will switch bedrooms,
and typically start dreaming when I do.
4.  Change Bed Positions: If changing
rooms is not possible, consider re-orienting
Continued on p. 6
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 Continued from p. 5

Dreams, visions, impressions…in the normal sleeping state are… 11. Psychic Attunement: Along with
experiences necessary for…development, if the entity would apply the various dreaming techniques, I use a
them in the physical life. These may be taken as warnings, as advice, as procedure I developed and call Psychic
conditions to be met…to be viewed…as lessons, as truths... (294-70) Attunement, which uses acupuncture to
generate messages from the higher self.
Dreams… should be made record of, else the physical in gaining its I have found the experience is similar to
equilibrium often loses much that may be worth while… (294-46) having a dream while wide awake in the
middle of the day!
To start, I used an acupuncture needle
... [through] dreams…the entity... may gain the more perfect near the tip of my chin, an area referred
understanding of the relations between God and man, and of the way to in acupuncture texts as Ren 24. The
in which He, God, manifests himself through mankind. (900-143) psychic nature of this point is based on
ancient wisdom traditions, and though
your bed. If your bed is oriented east-west, work best for you. I prefer lavender, jas- rarely reported in contemporary literature,
turn it in a north–south direction. Also, try mine, and sandalwood. I burn incense ev- is highly effective in creating messages.
sleeping with your head toward the north ery other day in at least three locations in Over time, I stopped using acupunc-
to see how that effects your dreams. Ex- my home, including in my study where I ture needles in favor of tiny beads called
periment with these positions, as they do write and use the computer. “acupuncture seeds,” which are readily
not work the same for all. 8. Crystals: Crystals can be extremely available online. These very small beads
5. Written Affirmations: Another useful for promoting dreaming. Begin by are taped onto the desired point near the
method to increase dream recall frequen- using a quartz crystal, perhaps held in the tip of the chin with adhesive tape and al-
cy is using written affirmation statements. left hand, kept in place with tape, or by in- lowed to remain in place over night. My
This is done by composing a specific, short serting it in a glove. Amethyst, rose quartz, experience is that they do not create any
affirmation regarding the result you wish citrine, and Herkimer diamond have also immediate messages (like using a needle
to achieve, and then using it daily for at been used to improve dreams. In recent does) but when left in place overnight,
least 21 days. An excellent affirmation I years, I have found kyanite and tiger’s eye they altered my dream recall dramatically.
often use is: “I am using His ever-present to be highly effective. As an alternative to During one period, for example, I used a
love to recall three psychic dreams ev- holding them in your hand, crystals can be seed on my chin every night and my nor-
ery night now.” In practice, this phrase is taped to the wrist or on the forehead, po- mal dream recall of 56 dreams per month
written out 20 times per day for 21 days sitioned over what is often referenced as jumped to 80 dreams. After three consec-
or more. I have used this method exten- the “third eye”. Crystals can also be placed utive months, my overall recall averaged
sively. In the fall of 2004 and early 2005, under a pillow, inside a pillowcase, on a 95 dreams per month. Not only this, but
for example, I used this written affirmation nightstand, under the bed, or suspended my dreams were more vivid and lucid. So
procedure for one month to nearly double over the bed. It is strongly recommended successful was this technique that, as an
my average dream recall from 33 to 60 per that you evaluate a crystal and its place- additional experiment I instead slept with
month! ment or location for at least two weeks to a seed taped over my “third eye,” which
6. Aromatherapy: Some scents rec- see if it is effective for you. Experiment as wasn’t nearly as effective as when I had
ommended to promote vivid dreams in- necessary to get the desired results, and placed it on my chin.
clude angelica, lavender, chamomile, and keep records so you can tell what is work-
In closing, a gentle reminder: What works
lemongrass; while more lucid dreaming ing best for you. Consistency and intent
for one individual may not be effective for
can result from anise, dill, and clary. While are vitally important.
another. I encourage you to experiment for
using chamomile, I dreamt of rosewood 9.  Sticky Notes: Simply write out a
yourself. In recalling and incubating your
instead; so I switched to rosewood and short dream request on a Sticky Note—
own dreams, you can gain helpful infor-
got good results. When it comes to aro- and paste it on your forehead before go-
mation about all aspects of your life, from
matherapy, remain flexible to find what ing to sleep. (Use an additional piece of
career and health to investment guidance
works best for you. Scotch tape to firmly anchor in place, if de-
and beyond. Dream big(ger)!
7.  Burning Incense: Different incense sired.) Try this for three consecutive nights.
may bring different benefits to dreaming. If there is no dream on the desired subject,
To increase dreaming, some sources rec- move on to another technique. Meet the Author: Walter Stover, MA
ommend jasmine and rose. For psychic 10.  Vitamin B6: The strongest effect I Walter received a Bachelor’s degree in
energy, eucalyptus, sandalwood, and jas- get from any supplement is with vitamin B6, Chemical Engineering and worked in research
mine are recommended. For spirituality, which has been referred to as the “dream” and development for two Fortune 500
Companies. He received his Master’s Degree
sandalwood, frankincense, and myrrh are vitamin. One book even listed a side ef-
in Transpersonal Studies in 2001 from Atlantic
good choices. Many suppliers offer blends fect of B-6 may be that it causes overly
University and is the author of Dreams—My
of several incenses to promote dreams, vivid dreams. Consult with your physician Lamp unto the Darkness. To participate with
and these are well worth exploring. Check before adding this to your regimen, and to him in dream experiments or find out more
out a variety of incense to find out which confirm proper dosages. about his research, visit stockdreams.org.

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Rediscovering Patient-Centered
Healing
Use that thou has in hand
day by day. (1440-2)
One of many great things about the Cayce
health readings is the personal advice and
personalized therapy offered for each pa-
tient. (That sounds like a good definition of
holistic medicine!) In other words, Cayce’s
“source” appeared to tailor treatments ac-
cording to the patient’s physical condition as
well as consciousness. It was by no means a
one-size-fits-all proposition.
From my viewpoint, the most “touching”
avenues to healing which Cayce recom-
mended were those of osteopathy, chiro-
practic, and massage. Subtler than drugs
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By Robert McNary, MD
and surgery, these “hands-on” modalities
achieve a number of far-reaching results.
First, they address the human form at a
whole-body level. The methods take time
and allow rapport to develop between prac-
titioner and patient. They are not simply in-
and-out appointments, but require many
sorts of mutual interplay, even if unconscious
and unnoticed. That interplay is not just at
the physical and conversational level; it can
reach as far as the higher levels of forces and
energies of which Cayce frequently spoke.
The Creative Forces are at work as much in
healing as they are in the creation of a new
body and soul entering into the Earth experi-
ence.
Next, the movement of energy—variously
called currents, prana, chi, or mana—from
practitioner to patient and back, allow for
a cooperative, holistic balancing. An equal-
izing and harmonizing action which, when
properly done, is healing for both involved.
Finally, that living interplay “wherever two
or more are gathered” may also attract heal-
ing forces, in a manner somewhat similar to
the way Cayce drew information from his
source.
There was another “hands-on” method
that Cayce less frequently prescribed, but
which may have just as much effect and
value, even in less highly trained hands: The
magnetic healing suggested in a few hun-
dred Cayce readings.
Human magnetism and healing goes back
to before the time of Christ and his disciples.
Jesus Christ healed in several ways, but in my
opinion, some of his success was due, at least
in part, to his radiant and magnetic touch. He
strongly urged that his disciples go forth, to
preach, and to heal. But over the ages, the
healing work of churchmen, priests, and
followers of Christ was displaced with the
seeming advances of society and medicine,
lessening the potential for congregational,
community, and cooperative healing.
One of the re-discoverers of magnetic
healing was Anton Mesmer, from whom
we have the commonly misunderstood
and misused term, mesmerize. The Austrian
physician brought his animal magnetism (as
opposed to metallic magnetism) into broad
display in Paris in the late 18th century. Us-
ing several methods including laying on
of hands and hypnosis, he purportedly re-
lieved and healed the ailments of thousands
of citizens, most of whom had gained little
benefit from their regular physicians. For a
decade, he was the talk of the capital. For
example, Baron Du Potet de Sennevoy, a
leading French spiritualist of a later genera-
tion stated, “It is impossible to conceive the
sensation which Mesmer’s experiments cre-
ated in Paris.”
Eventually, Mesmer began to teach his
methods to members of the French upper
classes—physicians, clergy, and laymen—
through his Societies of Harmony in Paris,
and many of the larger cities of the Prov-
inces. Had his work been given free play, the
face of modern medicine might be more car-
ing, compassionate, touching, and effective.
When political considerations, medical
envy, and the French Revolution got in the
way of Mesmer’s work, he returned to his
home country and receded into relative ob-
scurity. His work, like Cayce’s, was not appre-
ciated fully during his lifetime.
Today, energy workers using therapeu-
tic touch, Reiki and other similar methods
are doing—in their own ways—what was
championed by Cayce, Mesmer, and Jesus;
offering personal advice and personalized
therapy based on the unique needs and dis-
position of each patient.
Meet the Author:
Robert McNary
Dr. McNary lives in
Harlowton, Montana,
and is the author of
People Medicine: A Frugal
Physician Prescribes
Common Sense and
Enthusiasm. His book is
available on Amazon.com
and through the website
peoplemedicine.info which hosts his blog.
A.R.E. Members can download the Circulating
File, Magnetic Healing: Laying On of Hands at
EdgarCayce.org/members.
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