Theos-Talk Archives (October 2004 Message tt00152)

Hey,

Although Dallas's "question" appears to have been a rhetorical one,
expressing resentment of my presence here as he done repeatedly,
others might be actually interested in Edgar Cayce's relevance to
theosophy. So here is a brief outline. First I will say though that
Cayce's relevance to the topic of meditation and the undesirability of
focusing on specific entities, which is of Theosophical interest, has
already been established in several posts.

1. The doctrines in the Cayce Readings are heavily theosophical in
the general sense (i.e. as explained by the works of Antoine Faivre)
but they are also Theosophical in the Blavatskian sense. The three
fundamental propositions of the SD are fully harmonious with Cayce's
worldview, and the Three Objects of the TS equally harmonious with the
mission of the ARE. More specifically, a plethora of Caycean
teachings about subjects like Atlantis, chakras, Masters, etc. draw on
Theosophical ideas.

2. The crucial turning point in Cayce's life was his encounter with a
Theosophist, Arthur Lammers, who started asking him questions about
subjects like the Great White Brotherhood, Atlantis, reincarnation,
etc. in the early 1920s. He had been doing trance readings almost
entirely for medical reasons for 20 years, but henceforth would
expound in trance on a wide variety of spiritual/metaphysical topics.

3. No one in the twentieth century, at least in the English-speaking
world, has given greater exposure to basic Theosophical doctrines than
Edgar Cayce.

Hope that helps.

Paul