Biography:
Psychic healer; author; photographer. Born– March 18, 1877, near Hopkinsville, Ky. Parents– Leslie B. and Carrie Cayce. Married– Gertrude Evans. Children– Three. Education– through eighth grade at local schools in Hopkinsville; widely read on his own. Trained as an apprentice in the photography studio of W.R.Bowles in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Began psychic readings early in his life. Lived in Alabama 1912-1926; worked as a reporter for the Anniston Star, for Russell Brothers photographic studios in Anniston, for Tressler photographic studio in Montgomery and at a studio which he later owned in Selma. Moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1925 and worked as a professional psychic. In 1931, founded the Association for Research and Enlightenment to keep records of his cases. Became known as the “Sleeping Prophet” because he would put himself into a trance to diagnose ailments and prescribe treatments. Several books of his writing were compiled after his death. Died January 3, 1945.
Source:
Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology and Joseph Millard’s Edgar Cayce, Man of Miracles. Neville Spearman, 1961.
Publication(s):
Atlantis–Fact or Fiction. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1968.
Before the Beginning. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1963.
A Diet/Recipe Guide. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1967.
Dreams, Your Magic Mirror. New York; Dell Books, 1968.
Edgar Cayce on Prophecy. New York; Hawthorn, 1968.
Edgar Cayce on Reincarnation. New York; Hawthorn, 1967.
Edgar Cayce’s Story of Jesus. New York; Coward McCann, 1968.
Lost Atlantis. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1958.
123 Questions & Answers From the Edgar Cayce Clairvoyant Readings. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1966.
The River of Time. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1965.
A Search for God. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1950.
Story of Attitudes and Emotions; the Two-Edged Sword. New York; Coward McCann, 1972.
Symbols & the Self. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1965.
That Ye May Heal. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1950.
What I Believe. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1946.
Papers;
The papers of Edgar Cayce are owned by the Edgar Cayce Foundation and are housed in the headquarters of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.