Edgar Cayce & The Secret of the Sphinx

Many of you who are following this blog will no doubt already be aware of America's greatest seer, Edgar Cayce, but for those who don't know who he is..

`Cayce' is pronounced `Caysee'.

Edgar Cayce was born 1877  and died in 1945.  He became known as the `Sleeping Prophet' for his ability to make predictions, diagnose illnesses and disease and suggest remedies and cures for them, with uncanny accuracy and with phenomenal success. It is claimed and well documented by historians and many reliable witnesses, that he could answer philosophical questions, explain the universe and the planets, the meaning of life and death, the afterlife and reincarnation, speak of Atlantis and many more incredible and fascinating subjects, scientific and metaphysical - all in a trance-like hypnotic state, in all, covering 10,000 different subjects and leaving 21,000 predictions.

A devout Christian, it troubled Cayce, at first, that he was a conduit for this mysterious voice, which later became known to him as `the source'. Over time, it became clear that the voice had only good intentions as it (is claimed), diagnosed and prescribed remedies for thousands of sick and diseased people; many of whom conventional medicine of the time, had failed them.  It is reported that many of these diagnoses were performed with only the patient's name and or address, with stunning degrees of accuracy, verified by medical practitioners of that time, and many of the remedies have been proven accurate in more recent years. 

This man had no knowledge of biology or medicines and often asked advice from a doctor, in order to understand many of the medical terminology in the readings.   Prior to him developing this gift he had been an insurance salesman and a photographer.  A cynic or hardened sceptic might wonder if Cayce benefited financially from his gift. It is documented that he asked for no fees but accepted donations.  A shy man, uncomfortable with being the focus of attention it appears that Edgar Cayce's sole motivation was fuelled by his passion to serve God, and his desire to help people.

Many of Edgar Cayce's predictions have come true.

He predicted the 1929 Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression.
He predicted the death of two presidents.
The rise and fall of Hitler
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Blood as a diagnostic tool
There was a race of people called `The Essenes'
Pole shift.  Yes, it's already begun if you look into it.

Okay, he got some wrong.  The source' did say though (paraphrasing), that predictions of the future are changeable; the outcome depending on the actions of mankind.  You can't argue with that, but you can find out more about his wrong predictions, here.

Here are more links for further investigation.  I have included a link to the Sceptic's Dictionary's view of Edgar Cayce as they do their homework and are usually fair.  Don't forget to research their claims though, as you would with anything.  Read both sides to the story and then make your own mind up.

http://www.edgarcayce.org/edgar-cayce1.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce
http://www.edgarcayce.org/
http://skepdic.com/cayce.html

And of course we have to give the Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. a mention.  This is the non-profit Association for Research & Enlightenment, founded in 1931 by Edgar Cayce himself. It's aims are:-

"to explore spirituality, holistic health, intuition, dream interpretation, psychic development, reincarnation, and ancient mysteries—all subjects that frequently came up in the more than 14,000 documented psychic readings given by Cayce"

Members of A.R.E. can access the entire set of 14,306 readings - including the ones in which he metioned the Sphinx and the Hall of Records.

http://www.edgarcayce.org/

The Hall Of Records

In 1932, Cayce gave a reading in which he spoke of three chambers spread throughout the world. One chamber is said to be in Egypt, underneath the Sphinx's paw, another somewhere on the Yucatan Peninsula and one on the lost continent of Atlantis.

This chamber is said to be the mythical `Hall of Records' - a library housing scrolls which, are claimed by Cayce to reveal the history of the lost continent of Atlantis and the missing history of the human race.

Cayce predicted that that three chambers would be discovered underneath the Sphinx’s paw, before the end of the 20th century.

Here are the details of the readings.

Give in detail what the sealed room contains

A record of Atlantis from the beginnings of those periods when the Spirit took form or began the encasements in that land, and the developments of the peoples throughout their sojourn, with the record of the first destruction and the changes that took place in the land...

This in position lies, as the sun rises from the waters, the line of the shadow (or light) falls between the paws of the Sphinx, that was later set as the sentinel or guard, and which may not be entered from the connecting chambers from the Sphinx's paw (right paw) until the TIME has been fulfilled when the changes must be active in this sphere of man's experience.

"Between, then, the Sphinx and the river.”

In which pyramid or temple are the records mentioned in the readings given through this channel on Atlantis, in April, 1932?

As given, that temple was destroyed at the time there was the last destruction in Atlantis.

Yet, as time draws nigh when changes are to come about, there may be the opening of those three places where the records are one, to those that are the initiates in the knowledge of the One God:

The temple by Iltar will then rise again. Also there will be the opening of the temple or hall of records in Egypt, and those records that were put into the heart of the Atlantean land may also be found there - that have been kept, for those that are of that group.

So what evidence is there to support these readings?

In the early 1970's, cavities were discovered by the Egyptians from Ain Shams University in Cairo and Stanford Research Institute, US, using ground-penetrating radar. Further cavities were discovered in 1977 by the SRI and funded by the US National Science Foundation.

The following website, although sceptical of Cayce's claims, presents details of all of the discoveries (several passages excavated) made in and around the Sphinx, in more recent years.

http://www.catchpenny.org/chamber.html

And that's unfortunately about it, so far.

Rumours and conspiracies can be found aplenty with claims of cover-ups and spin.  There's also a rumour that a secret excavation is underway right now (June 2013):-

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread569896/pg1

You can't blame them for being guarded with their treasures/history, but the mystery continues to tantalize us with little clues from time to time and makes us yearn for answers.

So to conclude, Edgar Cayce said that the Hall of Records beneath the Great Sphinx would be discovered before the end of the 20th century.   If those cavities discovered in the 70's are in fact the Hall of Records, then you have to say, he was right.

Denham Crow 2013