may be brought about. For . . . man—by his compliance with divine law—bring[s] order out of chaos . . . by his disregard . . . bring[s] chaos and destructive forces into his experience.”
It would be a mistake, however, to explain away all of the readings that may have been incorrect, as some statements have simply proven to be inaccurate. For example, in 1933 the question was asked, “Will the earth upheavals during 1936 affect San Francisco as it did in 1906?” Cayce responded: “This’ll be a baby beside what it’ll be in ‘36!” (270-38; 2/13/1933).
There are also a couple of readings that do not appear to be information directly from Edgar Cayce, including 311-10 when the source identified itself as “Zorain. Student with Zoroaster,” and reading 3976-15 (already cited above) when the pronouncement came: “I, Halaliel, have spoken.” And just who is Halaliel? The archangel of karma. Certainly, we must have some potential for grace in our collective global futures?
The readings dealing with changes in world affairs are both insightful and inspiring. These readings suggest that the Christ Spirit sat with Woodrow Wilson as he was proposing the League of Nations. They are also adamant in their stance that all of humankind must strive to find a common ideal. Regardless of our differences in race, culture, or religion, and regardless of our differing ideas, the readings suggest we can share a common ideal: “ ‘Thou shalt love the Lord Thy God with all thine heart, thy neighbor as thyself!’ This [is] the whole law, this [is] the whole answer to the world, to each and every soul. That is the answer to the world conditions as they exist today.” (3976-8)
Elsewhere, the readings suggest that whenever war, strife, and turmoil occur in the affairs of humankind, sun spots occur as a natural consequence. On one occasion Cayce went so far as to state that the phenomenon of sun spots was inextricably connected to instability and turmoil upon the planet earth itself. (5751-1) In other words, instability among people leads to instability upon the planet and throughout the universe! Along similar lines, when a forty-year-old woman asked for more information about herself and her relationship to the universe, the response came that for all individuals everything that was out of accord with spirit and divine laws somehow had an impact upon the heavens. (2408-1) On another occasion, Cayce told a group: “For as the people of each nation pray, and then live that prayer, so must the Spirit work.” (3976-23)
One of the most interesting dynamics of people working together is that they can raise the “vibration” of energy and thought to a higher level. Simply stated, this means that literal physical earth changes seen decades ago by Edgar Cayce could now be changes that will occur on a different level. Certainly, some earthquakes will continue to occur as part of the natural physical evolution of the planet. But potentially even more influential changes could come from world-wide political turmoil (such as what is occurring in the Middle East), global economic challenges (that are reinforcing the awareness of our interconnectivity), and many more upheavals that are not necessarily geological in nature.
To be sure, many of the readings in this volume could have been categorized in more than one section. For example, there are world affairs readings that also address changes for the future, and there are statements in some of the readings that are categorized as partially wrong that are absolutely correct. However, rather than dividing a single reading into multiple categories, a subjective determination was made as to where it ultimately best fit.
In terms of ultimate changes, just what did Edgar Cayce see for our collective futures? The readings state that eventually one hallmark of the age we are entering could be described simply as “purity.” (1602-3) It is important to point out that we’re not going to wake up one day soon and think “Oh my gosh—we’ve entered an age of purity.” Instead, there is a gradual transition between ages. In addition to purity, the readings suggest that the age is ultimately one of globalization in terms of understanding that each individual is responsible for every other individual. Certainly, with the globalization of communications brought on by the Internet, this may have already become a reality. Finally, in addition to globalization and purity, the Edgar Cayce readings also state that spiritual consciousness will reach such a height of development during this period that eventually each individual will be able to communicate directly with the Divine.
In the end, the Edgar Cayce readings on earth changes are really about the fact that a new world is being born. The earth changes we experience—whether geological, economical, global, political, etc.—provide an opportunity to understand our relationship with one another and get our priorities back in focus. Perhaps the time has come to look at this material in a new light? The changing events in our world and in our lives are to enable us to remember why we are here. Our planet is in the midst of upheavals that will enable individuals everywhere to eventually gain this realization: with God as our Creator we are all part of the same family. That understanding and experience is our collective destiny. We don’t want to fool ourselves: the geological condition of the planet makes some earth changes inevitable. In other words, there will continue to be earthquakes. But the purpose of the changes we are experiencing is not for the earth changes themselves but simply a step toward reawakening to our joint destiny as spiritual beings manifesting in the earth.
Kevin J. Todeschi
Executive Director & CEO
Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. / Atlantic University
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Changes in Prehistory
[Background: Reading regarding the appearance of humankind in the earth, the various races, and changes in the earth’s surface.]
Reading 364-13; November 17, 1932
(Q) Are the places designated for the beginning of the five races correct?
(A) As we find, these are changed, in that: Those in the Gobi, the yellow. The white—rather in the Carpathians than India, though this is the change to which they are made. The red, of course, in the Atlantean and in the American. The brown in the Andean. The black in the plain and the Sudan, or in African.
(Q) Where was the Carpathian region?
(A) Aarat.
(Q) Where is the location? Is it on the map today?
(A) Southern part of Europe and Russia, and Persia and that land. Caucasian mountains.
(Q) Why was the number five selected for the projection of the five races?
(A) This, as we find, is that element which represents man in his physical form, and the attributes to which he may become conscious from the elemental or spiritual to the physical consciousness . . .
(Q) Did the appearance of what became the five races occur simultaneously?
(A) Occurred at once.
(Q) Describe the earth’s surface at the period of the appearance of the five projections.
(A) This has been given. In the first, or that known as the beginning, or in the Caucasian and Carpathian, or the Garden of Eden, in that land which lies now much in the desert, yet much in mountain and much in the rolling lands there. The extreme northern
