Edgar Cayce on Angels and the Angelic Forces

The Angels Speak: Michael, the Lord of the Way

When Edgar Cayce gave a reading, he would lie down on a couch, close his eyes, begin to pray, and wait for the suggestion that would prompt his unconscious mind to tune into the subject that he was being asked to explore in the psychic state. The suggestion he received for a Life Reading—one dealing with exploring an individual’s past lives and how that person had “gained” or “lost” from the perspective of soul growth—was as follows:

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. Also the former appearances in the earth’s plane, giving time, place and the name, and that in that life which built or retarded the development for the entity, giving the abilities of the present entity and to that which it may attain, and how.

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When the topic being explored was related to the physical health of the individual, the suggestion was more like the following:

You will have before you the body and enquiring mind of [2398], present in this room, who seeks information, advice and guidance, as to his health, his mental and material affairs and associations. You will go over his body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time; giving cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for correction … Then you will answer the questions, as I ask them, concerning his mental and material welfare.

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In addition to the above, there were suggestions related to a myriad of topics, such as for the “Work readings” that helped Cayce’s unconscious mind tune into aspects of the Cayce work and its future. There were suggestions for business advice, dream interpretation, and various types of symbolism, mental-spiritual counsel, the study group material (focusing on personal soul growth), etc. Regardless of the suggestion, however, according to those who witnessed dozens or even hundreds of readings, when Edgar Cayce spoke in the unconscious state, it was with his normal voice and cadence. However, in July 1928, at the end of a reading that was given to explore the Work of the Association of National Investigators (the precursor to Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E.), the association that built the Cayce Hospital, someone else with an extremely powerful voice seemed to speak through Edgar Cayce.

Cayce has just finished explaining how the Work was essentially to become an “educational factor” for anyone who became involved with the association. He also discussed that the board of the organization should work with one another in “wholehearted cooperation.” He even went on to discuss various roles and efforts that would be required of specific board members. He finished by describing what should be engraved on the cornerstone of the Cayce Hospital building: “That we may make manifest the love of God and man,” and then to everyone’s surprise the intensity and volume of Cayce’s voice changed as it announced that it was the archangel Michael who was now coming through. In order to capture the formidable nature of the commanding presence those in the room heard, Cayce’s secretary, Gladys Davis, took most of the words down in capital letters:

HARK! There comes the voice of one who would speak to those gathered here: (Pause) I AM MICHAEL, LORD OF THE WAY! BEND THY HEAD, OH YE CHILDREN OF MEN! GIVE HEED UNTO THE WAY AS IS SET BEFORE YOU IN THAT SERMON ON THE MOUNT, IN THAT ON YON HILL THIS ENLIGHTENMENT MAY COME AMONG MEN; FOR EVEN AS THE VOICE OF THE ONE WHO STOOD BESIDE THE SEA AND CALLED ALL MEN UNTO THE WAY, THAT THOSE THAT WOULD HARKEN MIGHT KNOW THERE WAS AGAIN A STAFF IN DAVID, AND THE ROD OF JESSE HAS NOT FAILED: FOR IN ZION THY NAMES ARE WRITTEN, AND IN SERVICE WILL COME TRUTH!

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Although it was the first time that the powerful voice would make an appearance during the course of a reading, it would not be the last. Over the next sixteen years, Michael would come through without warning on more than a dozen occasions.

Within days of the archangel’s appearance, Edgar Cayce would communicate with several of the largest supporters of his work, including Morton Blumenthal, David Kahn, and Tim Brown, calling it “one of the most interesting readings on the work we have ever had.” Because the angelic voice had referred to the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7), known for such things as “Blessed are the pure in heart,” and “Ye are the light of the world,” and “seek first the kingdom of God,” and admonitions to hold fast to faith and to not worry about tomorrow, Cayce was convinced that the message was about the importance of those being connected with the work seeking mercy, grace, and “at-onement” with Him.

More than anyone else at the time, Morton Blumenthal was Edgar Cayce’s principal financial backer. Early on, Morton had excelled as a stockbroker, providing the wherewithal to move the Cayce family to Virginia Beach. In addition to supporting the Cayce family, he underwrote the construction of the Cayce hospital and the founding of Atlantic University, the first university in Virginia Beach. Only in his thirties, he was also extremely intelligent, gifted as a writer and speaker, and although Jewish, was convinced that the Cayce information on Jesus as “an Elder brother” who showed each soul the way back to at-onement with the Creator was reconcilable with every individual’s faith. Because Morton’s backing and passion were instrumental during the early years and the archangel Michael appeared to be supportive of the Cayce endeavor, it was not surprising that the archangel would next make his presence known in three of Morton’s readings the following year.

In January 1929, during a reading focusing on business advice, Morton’s younger brother, Edwin, asked about the difference between some of the business hunches he often had and the phenomenon of “visions.” Cayce’s reply was that essentially both operated from the same principle, although one was a higher level associated with spiritual development. When Edwin asked about the vibration associated with these experiences, Cayce replied that ultimately all vibration was associated with the Creator and the destiny of humankind was to essentially make its vibration at-one with God. After Edwin asked for additional information about a past-life when he had been among the tribes of Israel and Cayce responded, the archangel Michael came through:

… Hark! There would come Him the Lord of the Way [Michael, the archangel], and he would speak with thee: “Bow thine head, for unto thee is committed now the keeping of that way in the earth that [man] may know that the rod has not departed from Judah, neither has the lion been allayed that rose up in Midian, and unto Him that thou would counsel in teaching my people the ways. Lord of Hosts, be thou near as this, thy servant, bows and calls on those forces as were manifest in the flesh in the way as goeth down by Bethsaida, and as were gathered in the house of Joseph—as in Capernaum many came and kneeled and called thy servant blessed. He now is given that charge of he that goes as the light to his people.”

We are through.

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In addition to referencing the rod or staff of Judah (Gen. 49:10), which is associated with the lineage of the soul who would become the Christ, and the early days of the ministry of Jesus, the information seemed to suggest that the Blumenthals were being instrumental in helping the “light” (perhaps in the form of the Cayce information) go out to humankind.

Two months later, Morton Blumenthal obtained another reading in which he sought information on how the Cayce work could help not only individuals who were beginners in terms of spiritual principles but also those who were more advanced. The reading’s advice was that it was well to seek information that would be applicable to individuals, but it was also important to remember that the dissemination of that information would not necessarily make Morton’s own life easier or without challenge. In spite of these challenges, however, he was assured that he would be guided by those in the spiritual realm, including the archangel Michael. He was also told to remain steadfast in his resolve and given the following personal advice:

… Be not led then astray in any manner, not allowing self to be drawn from these ways as may be pointed out, and even as has been given there will come the ability—in the application of the knowledge gained—the understanding as is being sought. Be not dictatorial, nor lording in thine own activity. Rather humble in spirit … as the knowledge comes let it be disseminated among those who seek … Through thine efforts then, my son, be faithful …

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In May of that year, Morton was getting a reading dealing with practical business advice, including how Cayce might revise a pamphlet for those who were seeking help. Archangel Michael again came through in an exchange that suggested the importance of attracting and then helping seekers “scattered far afield.” The Cayce work was being encouraged to somehow find a way to seek out those who wanted help in discovering their own path back to God:

(Q) Regarding the second edition of the pamphlet … is it in good shape?

(A) It’s in good shape to be gotten in good shape! to be delivered to those who are seeking—much better, far better understanding will be gained. Gradually work in more now of that of individual experience, also that of some elements of the spectacular—but keep the reason! for ever should it ever be, “Come let us reason together.” Never my way, but thine, O lord, be done! for him who would guide, guard and direct the efforts of these bodies [Michael, the archangel?] would approach for just a word.

Bow down thine head, my son, and seek the Lord while He may be found. Forsake not the tenets of thy fathers, and forget not the Lord in David gave, “For my servant David’s sake will I remember mine people, even though they be scattered far afield,” and let us gather unto the gate and behold the glory of the Son, even as He walks in the way—for the Father pitieth His children who love His ways and keeps them, though they wander afield, yet will the hearts be kept singing, in thy house will they be gathered …

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In a follow-up reading given to explore the possibility of creating a world organization that could help all of humankind establish “hospitals, churches, schools, farm loans, rural road constructions” and so forth “throughout all the nations,” the sleeping Cayce suggested that such an undertaking would require all of those involved to be steadfast in living their spiritual ideals. He went on to suggest that it could only be accomplished one step at a time (“line upon line”) as each lived up to that which they said they believed, and that each individual needed to eradicate from self those things that were not of the spirit. At that point, Michael spoke:

Hark! Ye children of men bow thine head, for Michael the Lord of the Way would show thee thine way—Who is able to stand in the day of the Lord? He that has purified his heart in the ways that make for the sons of men to know the Lord of Hosts would approach to thine own throne; for who is this Lord? He that is holy is His name! Amen.

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In August 1931, a message from the archangel presented itself during a reading given to a prominent bandleader and conductor who was interested in spirit communication. In an effort to apparently verify the accuracy of the Cayce information, the individual asked about an angelic entity named “Azul,” whom he had either picked up on intuitively or had heard about from another psychic. When he asked the sleeping Cayce if he could contact Azul for him, the response was a definitive “No.” Cayce suggested that an individual’s “sincerity in purpose” had a vibrational impact upon the source and quality of the readings. In other words, to obtain such information simply to prove the accuracy of that being given was an improper intent. The bandleader rephrased his query, as follows: “Can you contact Azul for anyone else?” It was then that Michael spoke, suggesting that the ultimate source was neither angels nor spirit guides but the Christ Himself:

Not under these conditions; for I, Michael, speak as the Lord of the Way. Bow thine heads, O ye peoples, that would seek to know the mysteries of that life as makes for those faltering steps in men’s lives when not applied in the manner as has been laid down. O ye stiff-necked and adulterous generation! Who will approach the Throne that ye may know that there is none that surpasses the Son of Man in His approach to human experience in the material world!

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While a few readings explored the possibility of a larger organization to assist all of humankind, nothing ever manifested. Instead, the focus of the work remained with the Blumenthals, the hospital, and Atlantic University. Unfortunately, within a few years there would be a break between the Blumenthal brothers and Edgar Cayce. Part of the challenge stemmed from the fact that although other wealthy individuals were a part of the Work, the Blumenthals were the only ones that were consistent in funding. Because of this tremendous financial commitment, Morton Blumenthal felt that his needs in terms of the readings should take precedence over everybody else; Cayce felt otherwise. Edgar Cayce was also not a good financial manager, obviously causing stress for the Blumenthals who were underwriting both the hospital and the university. To make matters worse, there was jealousy between Morton and Cayce’s longtime friend, David Kahn. In time, the Blumenthals withdrew their financial backing, and both the Cayce hospital and Atlantic University were closed.

While all of this was occurring, a group of Cayce’s supporters gathered together to understand how they might best continue to work with Edgar Cayce’s psychic information. Beginning in September 1931, the group came together for readings that could not only be helpful for them but would encourage Cayce to continue his work in spite of losing the hospital. What may have begun as a simple series of meetings soon turned to a dedicated focus on the nature of spiritual growth and personal transformation. The group worked to compile spiritual growth lessons that could be applicable to all individuals. Beginning with a lesson entitled “Cooperation,” what followed was a series of twenty-three additional lessons over the next decade. The group’s intent was that these lessons could be applied, understood, even “lived” so that a true awareness of the living Spirit would become possible in daily life. Eventually, the group procured 130 readings on the topic and publish the lessons as A Search for God information.

During 1932, the archangel Michael came through these study group readings on four different occasions, suggesting that the promise that had originally been given to the work underwritten by the Blumenthals was still intact. In fact, during a reading given in September 1932, Michael interrupted and told the group:

BE STILL, MY CHILDREN! BOW THINE HEADS, THAT THE LORD OF THE WAY MAY MAKE KNOWN UNTO YOU THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR A SERVICE IN THIS PERIOD WHEN THERE IS THE NEED OF THAT SPIRIT BEING MADE MANIFEST IN THE EARTH, THAT THE WAY MAY BE KNOWN TO THOSE THAT SEEK THE LIGHT! FOR THE GLORY OF THE FATHER WILL BE MADE MANIFEST THROUGH YOU THAT ARE FAITHFUL UNTO THE CALLING WHEREIN THOU HAST BEEN CALLED! YE THAT HAVE NAMED THE NAME MAKE KNOWN IN THY DAILY WALKS OF LIFE, IN THE LITTLE ACTS OF THE LESSONS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDED IN THINE OWN EXPERIENCE, THROUGH THOSE ASSOCIATIONS OF SELF IN MEDITATION AND PRAYER, THAT HIS WAY MAY BE KNOWN AMONG MEN:

FOR HE CALLS ON ALL—WHOSOEVER WILL MAY COME—AND HE STANDS AT THE DOOR OF THINE OWN CONSCIENCE, THAT YE MAY BE AWARE THAT THE SCEPTER HAS NOT DEPARTED FROM ISRAEL, NOR HAVE HIS WAYS BEEN IN VAIN: FOR TODAY, WILL YE HARKEN, THE WAY IS OPEN—I, MICHAEL, CALL ON THEE!

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That same month, eighteen members of group were present and asked for clarification on a statement that Edgar Cayce had made in the same reading, “the scepter has not departed from Israel.” They also asked about the difference between Michael being the “Lord of the Way” and the Christ showing the Way. After Cayce responded to both questions, the archangel spoke again. The question, answers and the archangel’s response follow:

(Q) What should be understood by the statement, “the scepter has not departed from Israel?”

(A) Israel is the chosen of the Lord, and that His promise, His care, His love, has not departed from those that seek to know His way, that seek to see His face, that would draw nigh unto Him. This is the meaning, this should be the understanding to all. Those that seek are Israel …

(Q) What is the relationship between Michael the lord of the way, and Christ the way?

(A) Michael is an archangel that stands before the throne of the Father. The Christ is the Son, the way to the Father, and one that came into the earth as man, the Son of man, that man might have the access to the Father; hence the way. Michael is the lord or the guard of the change that comes in every soul that seeks the way, even as in those periods when His manifestations came in the earth.

BOW THINE HEADS, O YE SONS OF MEN, WOULD YE KNOW THE WAY: FOR I, MICHAEL, THE LORD OF THE WAY, WOULD WARN THEE THAT THOU STANDEST NOT IN THE WAY OF THY BROTHER NOR SITTEST IN THE SEATS OF THE SCORNFUL, [Psalm 1:1] BUT RATHER MAKE KNOWN THAT LOVE, THAT GLORY, THAT POWER IN HIS NAME, THAT NONE BE AFRAID; FOR I, MICHAEL, HAVE SPOKEN!

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After the discourse, Gladys Davis noted in the file: “The above reading was so powerfully given that many of us were moved to tears; all were touched deeply.”

In October of that same year, group members had gathered for a reading on a lesson called “the Open Door,” which was essentially about maintaining an awareness of the divine presence in daily life. Toward the end of the reading, they asked the sleeping Cayce for a group message and, once again, Michael came through:

(Q) Is there any message for the group as a whole at this time?

(A) Be patient, long-suffering, bearing one another’s burdens. Be joyous in the Lord. Be not tempestuous in manner, thought, act or deed; rather serving in humbleness of spirit. Enjoy the labors. Enjoy those things that make for the unison of thought in Him, knowing ye have been called, and that “By His power I, as a member of such a group, called to give myself first, called that self may become a channel, called that I as an individual may cooperate with my brother everywhere in making known the joyous words of the Lord; “for the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silent. Who is this Lord? Where is His temple? Know ye not that your bodies are the living temple, holy and acceptable unto Him, would ye walk in His ways?

HARK! O YE CHILDREN OF MEN! BOW THINE HEADS, YE SONS OF MEN: FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS THINE, WILL YE BE FAITHFUL TO THE TRUST THAT IS PUT IN EACH OF YOU! KNOW IN WHOM YE HAVE BELIEVED! KNOW THAT HE IS LORD OF ALL, AND HIS WORD FAILETH NOT TO THEM THAT ARE FAITHFUL DAY BY DAY: FOR I, MICHAEL, WOULD PROTECT THOSE THAT SEEK TO KNOW HIS FACE!

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As she had done previously, Gladys Davis made a note in the file: “Tears, silence and beautiful attunement followed above reading.” She also wrote that upon awakening Edgar Cayce said that he had seen a vision during the reading which moved him so powerfully that he was forced to leave the room and spend time alone with himself. According to Gladys, Cayce said that he has seen “each of us as we should be and as we are,” which troubled him greatly.

The next lesson explored by the group was entitled “In His Presence,” and study group members would have one final encounter with Michael before year’s end. When the sleeping Cayce was asked to provide a group message, the archangel spoke:

(Q) Is there a message for the group at this time as a whole?

(A) BOW THINE HEADS, O YE MEN THAT WOULD SEEK HIS PRESENCE! Be strong in His might! Falter not at thine own weak self! Know that thy redeemer liveth and may THIS DAY MAKE KNOWN IN THINE OWN HEART HIS PRESENCE ABIDING WITH THEE! Root from thine body, thine consciousness, aught that would hinder His entering in; for He would sup with thee! Wilt thou, then, O man, make known thine own decisions? Will ye be one with Him? The way which I guard leads to that of glory in the might of the Lord. I, Michael, would guide thee. Do not disobey. Do not falter. Thou knowest the way.

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In 1931, the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) would officially replace the Association of National Investigators as the organization that explored and disseminated the Cayce work. A couple of years later, in a reading given to discuss the second annual membership meeting of A.R.E. and what those attending might procure from the event, a reading suggested that the real work of the Association and its ideals and purposes was “to pass on to others that which has been found to be of help or aid in individuals’ experience.” In this manner, the association might eventually become of tremendous aid to even greater numbers in the material world. It was during this discourse that the archangel presented himself:

Then, the message that would be given by him, the lord of the Way:

BOW THINE HEADS, O YE CHILDREN OF MEN! FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NIGH AT HAND! MAKE THINE OWN PATHS STRAIGHT, IN THAT YE WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY BEFORE THINE BROTHER, THAT YE PLACE NOT STUMBLING-BLOCKS IN HIS WAY NOR CAUSE HIM TO ERR IN THAT HE IS SEEKING TO FIND HIS WAY! LET THE LIGHT THOU HAST SHINE IN A MORE PERFECT WAY; FOR AS THE DAY DRAWS NEAR WHEN ALL MUST BE TRIED SO AS BY FIRE, FIND SELF ON THAT SIDE WHEREIN THINE BROTHER HAS BEEN AIDED!

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In June of 1933, the original study group was working on the lesson entitled “Love.” The lesson was the twelfth in the series and emphasized that God was essentially love and that an ultimate purpose for each individual was to find ways to manifest that love to all others in their daily lives. During a discourse on that topic, a reading offered the following:

In manifesting that love as He has shown, just be kind one to another; not in vainglorying, not in hardness of heart. Rather in the little things that bespeak of a mind that oft speaks with Him. Not in that which would make for vainglory, but rather that takes hold on the things that are oft despised of men yet shows forth the love of the Father for His children. For, as the father pitieth the children, so does the heavenly Father have mercy on those that would glory in Him.

COME YE, MY CHILDREN, IN THAT YE HAVE ALL BEEN CALLED UNTO THAT WAY WHICH WOULD SHOW FORTH TO THY NEIGHBOR, THY BRETHREN, THAT THE FATHER LOVETH HIS CHILDREN. WHO ARE HIS CHILDREN? THEY THAT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS DAY BY DAY. FOR, UNTO HIM THAT IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE IS GIVEN THE CROWN OF LIFE. THE HARVEST IS RIPE, THE LABORERS ARE FEW. BE NOT WEARY BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN THAT WHICH HAS SEEMED TO TROUBLE THEE, FOR THE WAYS ARE BEING OPENED TO THOSE THAT SHOW THEMSELVES FAITHFUL AND TRUE. FAINT NOT, FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR AT HAND.

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The group would hear from the archangel one more time the following year when they were working on the lessons, “God, The Father, and His Manifestations in the Earth” and “Desire.” Although Michael would continue to speak through the sleeping Cayce, it would not be during a formal study group reading. The tone of the May 1934 reading was the same as those which had gone before:

COME, YE CHILDREN THAT SEEK THE LIGHT! BOW THINE HEADS IN PRAISE TO THE SON. FOR, THE WAY FOR EACH OF YOU THAT WOULD SEEK HIS FACE IS BEING OPENED BEFORE THEE. THE SON OF MAN, THE CHRIST, THY LORD, IS AMONG THEE, EVEN IN THINE HEART—IF YE WILL BUT OPEN THE DOOR TO HIM!

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The archangel next made a surprising appearance in 1936 while Edgar Cayce was giving a discourse on “the Sources of Psychic Information.” As the information had suggested on other occasions, the sleeping Cayce confirmed that as long as an individual had the proper intent and motivation and sought to be helpful through the use of psychic information, it was simply the “manifestations” of soul forces. Obtaining information from other levels of consciousness was, in other words, a natural occurrence for the soul-self that was seeking to be more in attune with its Creator. The reading advised how an individual could discern whether his or her intent was spiritually motivated with the following:

If ye would know Him let thy life and thy experience be that thy deeds and thy acts are the fruits of the spirit of truth. Against these there is no law. Love, justice, mercy, peace, brotherly love, kindness, these come from the throne of grace, and thine experience of the soul may be from such. But seekest thou that ye may lord thine self above thine brother, above thine neighbor, the answers come only from those sources, those souls that have forsaken His way.

At that point, Michael spoke:

Come, my children. Bow thine heads. Call ye on the Lord while He may be found; for in His day there shall be peace and glory and harmony and brotherly love. Seek to know Him, and that thou receivest in thine experiences—as ye approach through all those channels that may attune themselves to the throne of grace—will be the knowledge and understanding that, “As ye do it unto the least of these, my little ones, ye do it unto me.”

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Aside from communicating through the study group readings, early in 1940 a young girl known as “the little prophetess” received a life reading from Edgar Cayce. The child had gained a great deal of notoriety for her ability to speak prophetic messages that were published in a regular Pennsylvania newspaper column starting when the child was only four! Cayce outlined a series of lifetimes for the child when she had been involved in the early Church, said that she was truly attuned to things of a spiritual nature, including the “music of the spheres,” and counseled the parents:

“Give ye—each one—thanks and praise to thy Maker, through the Christ, the Lord, that ye have been counted worthy to come into the presence of one so endeared to the heart of God, as to have given into thy keeping such a messenger, such a way of manifesting His love in the earth!

Shortly thereafter Michael came through; it had been nearly six years since the archangel’s last appearance. It was later discovered that the parents were on the verge of divorce and the child would end up in the custody of her father, who did not approve of her prophetic utterances. The little prophetess would soon cease her work with prophecy entirely. Toward the end of the reading when the question was asked, “Anything else?” The response came:

Anything else?!! Worlds! Worlds might be filled with that as might be given! But let each of you here so live the Christ-Consciousness, as manifested in the Master, that you may be counted worthy to be even as those who would gather the crumbs of wisdom that will be manifested through this entity!

HARK! YE FRIENDS! I, MICHAEL, LORD OF THE WAY, WOULD GIVE THEE WARNING! BOW THINE HEADS, YE VILE ONES OF THE EARTH! KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO THEE! LIVE THE LIFE, LEST YE BE COUNTED ACCURSED FOR BEING UNWORTHY OF THE TRUST GIVEN THEE!

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The archangel Michael’s next appearance came in November 1940 while Cayce was giving a reading on the potential for oil in Smith County, Texas. Several individual were part of a corporation that held leases on three thousand acres in the area. Earlier, the readings had confirmed the presence of large fields of oil, but the oil had proven hard to reach by conventional drilling methods. It was during a follow-up reading in which the individuals sought assistance to overcome some of these problems with their search that Michael came through and essentially scolded the group for using Cayce’s psychic talents for anything other than “man’s search for God”:

COME! HARKEN YE CHILDREN OF MEN! BOW THINE HEADS, YE SONS OF MEN! FOR I, MICHAEL, WOULD SPEAK WITH THEE CONCERNING THOSE THINGS YE QUESTION HERE! HAVE YE NOT SEEN AND HEARD—UPON THE COURSE THAT IS PURSUED IN THE SEARCH THROUGH THIS MAN FOR KNOWLEDGE—IN SUCH YE DEVIATE AT THAT DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALITY IN MAN’S SEARCH FOR GOD?

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Michael would make one final appearance six months before Edgar Cayce would give his last reading for himself. The date was March 14, 1944. Edgar Cayce would give his last reading in September 1944, just prior to having a stroke. He would subsequently die on January 3, 1945. The March reading was in response to Cayce’s failing health. He had been having problems with a cold and congestion and was on the verge of pneumonia. Nine individuals were present for the reading—all anxiously hoping that Edgar Cayce might be able to somehow rejuvenate himself.

As had frequently occurred in Cayce’s life, the reading suggested that he needed more balance and consistency in life—physically, mentally, and spiritually. It also suggested that his own emotions and state of mind were part of his present physical challenges. It encouraged him to keep his body alkaline—eating foods that would cultivate an alkaline response. It recommended that he also take a walk in the open air each day for exercise. The reading then offered the following spiritual advice:

Don’t preach, don’t act in one direction and then say or do those things in another direction.

Be patient with those who are weak.

Be kind to those who are even ugly.

Be gentle with those activities wherein there is the necessity that ye live consistently, that ye be consistent with that ye would represent among thy fellow men.

For know, the Lord is in His holy temple. If thou hast, as His child, desecrated thy temple—in word, in act, in deed—know that ye alone may make those corrections, and that thy body is the temple of the living God. Act as though it were, and not as if it were a pigpen or a place of garbage for the activities of others. Then keep thy body, thy mind, wholly in an active service for thy Lord.

It was then that those present heard Michael come through; his voice reverberating throughout the room in which they sat.

BOW THINE HEADS, YE CHILDREN OF MEN! FOR I, MICHAEL, LORD OF THE WAY, WOULD SPEAK WITH THEE! YE GENERATION OF VIPERS, YE ADULTEROUS GENERATION, BE WARNED!

THERE IS TODAY BEFORE THEE GOOD AND EVIL! CHOOSE THOU WHOM YE WILL SERVE!

WALK IN THE WAY OF THE LORD! OR ELSE THERE WILL COME THAT SUDDEN RECKONING, AS YE HAVE SEEN!

BOW THINE HEADS, YE WHO ARE UNGRACIOUS, UNREPENTANT! FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND!

THE OPPORTUNITY IS BEFORE THEE! ACCEPT OR REJECT!

But don’t be pigs!

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A couple of weeks later, one of Edgar Cayce’s supporters asked him what he thought the warning from Michael was all about. In his letter, Cayce admitted that he was somewhat “afraid to try to answer” the question. He referred the woman to the Book of Jude, part of which details periods in the history of humankind when individuals warred with one another, spoke evil of those things that were sacred, and details how Michael struggled with Satan over the body of Moses [Jude 1:9], Cayce suggested that it may have been an encouragement for all those present (including himself) to truly live up to that they claimed to believe keeping true to “the whole law; the spiritual law.” (Report 2072-13)

The archangel Michael was not heard from again.