On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:45:10 GMT,

In article <l9bdnvoeiacbd2bqmibaelpq5t366t77f0@4ax.com>, Peter Lemesurier

<lemesur@bengalstripyethisoutvillas.demon.co.uk> wrote:

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 18:21:30 GMT,

"The greater portion of Japan must go into the sea." (given January
19, 1934 -- well *after* Wegener had published his hypothesis).

Yes, I've looked that up and that's correct. However, Wegener's hypothesis
was not accepted by the scientific community until the 1960s. (See
http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/henke/160/160Lec2.html - there are other

links,

but felt that an academic source would be most reliable).

So the question, then, is 'what was Cayce in touch with, and via what
route' -- the source, or the later acceptance? He did rather tend to
'tap in' to the latest 'crazy fad', whether about the pyramids
(pyramidology), health (spinal work particularly) or anything else --
whether because he had recently read about it, or because it was 'in
the ether'...

Yes, that is the question, isn't it? ;-)

According to those who knew him and his wife, it was Gertrude who was the
big reader, not Edgar. So, I would tend to doubt that he made any effort to
keep up on geological or health theories, although he could very well have
been influenced by those around him. Theories on the pyramids may have been
something he'd have an interest in, as that was mixed up with religious
thought at the turn of the 20th century, but much of the rest doesn't seem
likely (IMHO, of course).

According to the readings, Cayce got his information from the minds of those
around him, and occasionaly from "the Akashic Records" (or, the Book of
Life), both of which I would put into the category of Jung's (theoretical)
collective unconscious. As to whether this was actually the case, I don't
think anyone can say for sure - certainly there is no mechanism for proving or

disproving either at this point.

I think it all probably boils down to whether or not one believes that there
may be a mechanism whereby people may get some kind of foreknowledge of
possible events, or inner guidance/urges in choices, so as to help them or
prepare them for events that are to come. I think that those who believe in or

accept such a sense would fall into 3 categories - those who have experienced
it firsthand, either themselves or via observation in family/friends; those
who want to believe, but have no experiences to support such a belief; and
those who are willing to take other's word for it, but have no particular
interest or experience with it.

Sure. However, being the old skeptic that I nowadays seem to have
become, I find myself rather wondering whether these weren't actually
all themes that he had previously discussed with his wife! ;)

Similar thing, oddly enough, with Sri Aurobindo...