the United States from Ireland. Eventually, he would become one of the founders and organizers of the Disciples of Christ Church.
In a reading which saw great promise for the child’s future, the father of a four year old was told that his son had often been responsible for the manifestation of spiritual truths in the earth. If the child were guided aright, once again he would bring much help and assistance to humankind:
Before this the entity was in the Scotch land. The entity began its activity as a prodigy, as one already versed in its associations with the unseen—or the elemental forces; the fairies and those of every form that do not give expression in a material way and are only seen by those who are attuned to the infinite.
Then the entity in the developing was in the name Thomas Campbell, the reformer in the land of the present nativity; which, as combined later with Barton Stone, brought into activity that known as a denomination.
The intent and purpose was to unify all Protestant thought, speaking where the Book spoke, keeping silent where it kept silent upon the activities or associations of individuals in relationships to groups or to masses.
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Additional lives in the Holy Land had demonstrated that the soul had acquired a deep personal relationship with the Creator, learning how to manifest spiritual principles in the earth. Cayce suggested that [2547] was a great soul and possessed nearly limitless spiritual potential. The boy’s parents were encouraged to guide him in matters of spirituality and to acquaint him especially with the stories in the Old and New Testaments.
In 1957, one of the few reports on file states that [2547] had married and that he and his wife were both very active Baptists, each teaching and working in religious education.
Carroll, Charles
1737-1832
Case 3178
An American patriot, Charles Carroll is best known for having been the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence and the only Roman Catholic to sign that document. He also served as a U.S. senator from 1789 to 1792.
In 1943, a middle-aged auditor and employee of the U.S. government was interested in obtaining a life reading for himself. Among the questions he submitted was, “Did I live in America during the American Revolution?” He was told that he had been Charles Carroll: “Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity when there were turmoils and even the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Then entity was the last to sign …”
According to [3178]’s reading, a trend that the individual had often allowed himself to fall into was the habit of waiting “for something to happen,” a trait which often led to indecision. In England he had led various groups of people but had often waited to the last minute before making any decision. In Egypt he had taken part in a rebellion and later switched sides to support the very individual against whom he had once rebelled. His affinity for independence was traceable to a life he had lived in Persia when he had been a soldier defending the rights of his home people against invading Greeks. As an aside, Cayce suggested that [3178] learn numerology because—according to the soul’s records—the individual had been born on the same day for the last three lifetimes.
He was apparently already in a job well suited for his soul talents which were along the lines of, “Anything that has to do with the handling of campaigns, programs, or things having to do with others’ financial status, or as a clerk of a town, community, county, or the like.” (3178-1) He was encouraged to work on his tendency toward indecision.
One of the few reports [3178] submitted states: “For some time prior to my ‘life reading,’ on Aug. 24, 1943, I had been thinking about the similarity between the problems of this Country now and then, I had even thought quite a bit about the place the ‘Founding Fathers’ have in our present-day life, so you can imagine my feelings when my ‘life reading’ came.”
Cato, Valerius
First Century B.C.
Case 2162
A Roman grammarian and poet, Cato was considered to be the leader of a new school of thought in poetry that emphasized mythological epics and lyrics rather than traditional dramas. In his day, he was thought to be a very talented writer. Although he was frequently complimented for his work by his contemporaries, he died very poor.
An eighteen-year-old boy was told that two of his previous incarnations would be extremely influential in the present: one as the Roman poet, Cato, and the other as the American politician, Cassius Marcellus Clay. (See also “Clay, Cassius Marcellus.”) In addition to writing, he was encouraged to study international relations and political science. As to whether or not he could match the reputation he had achieved in the past was dependent upon his application in the present:
This might apply especially to those experiences when the entity was the politician, Clay; which bring into the present experience of the entity the ability as a speaker, a leader, one with a special interest in political science, or political economics, or those things that would have to do with the activities of peoples in many walks of life, rather than in that as would pertain to mechanics. However, from other experiences in the earth we find that such has been a part of the entity’s application, in things pertaining to engineering.
But in the Roman activity as Cato, the entity was a writer of verse, a describer of those conditions which prompted the activities of the Romans in their surge through the varied lands, as well as the promptings of the activities of those in authority, with little thought of the producer of those influences brought into the experiences of others—a people to be ruled!
Thus we find, as the entity analyzes self and its activities and its sojourns in the earth, there will be found the abilities to write—whether as a reporter, or of verse, or of prose, as a description of activities of groups or sects or the like; these are of particular interest to the entity.
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His past lives had provided him with innate talents with both the arts and writing and in leading people. In Jerusalem, [2162] had been a soldier and an architect. In ancient Egypt he had been a builder of some of the temples where he had gained the ability to direct others.
At the time of the reading, [2162] was a student at Harvard. There are no additional follow-up reports as to the direction the young man’s life took.
Cecilia, Saint
ca. Second or Third Century
Case 2156
Considered the patron of music and musicians, Saint Cecilia became a martyr for refusing to worship the Roman gods. One of the most famous saints of the early church, she is revered for her virginity, for her conversion of others to the faith, and for her distribution of possessions to the poor. According to legend, because of her faith, Cecilia was ordered to be burned; however, the flames could not harm her. As a result, she was beheaded.
The mother of a four-and-a-half-year-old daughter obtained a life reading for her child. Others had commented that the young girl often appeared to be in touch with something beyond the everyday world. Repeatedly, she had been called a “wonder child” and a “little prophet.” From the time the child had learned to speak, she
