{"id":954,"date":"2017-02-21T15:40:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T22:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=954"},"modified":"2017-09-19T10:41:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T17:41:11","slug":"cayce-edgar-1877-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"CAYCE, EDGAR, 1877-1945"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Psychic healer; author; photographer.\u00a0 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\u00a0 of W.R.Bowles in Bowling\u00a0Green, Kentucky.\u00a0 Began psychic readings early in his life. Lived in Alabama 1912-1926;\u00a0\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology and Joseph Millard’s Edgar Cayce, Man of Miracles. Neville Spearman, 1961.<\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atlantis–Fact or Fiction. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1968.<\/p>\n

Before the Beginning. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1963.<\/p>\n

A Diet\/Recipe Guide. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1967.<\/p>\n

Dreams, Your Magic Mirror. New York; Dell Books, 1968.<\/p>\n

Edgar Cayce on Prophecy. New York; Hawthorn, 1968.<\/p>\n

Edgar Cayce on Reincarnation. New York; Hawthorn, 1967.<\/p>\n

Edgar Cayce’s Story of Jesus. New York; Coward McCann, 1968.<\/p>\n

Lost Atlantis. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1958.<\/p>\n

123 Questions & Answers From the Edgar Cayce Clairvoyant Readings. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1966.<\/p>\n

The River of Time. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1965.<\/p>\n

A Search for God. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1950.<\/p>\n

Story of Attitudes and Emotions; the Two-Edged Sword. New York; Coward McCann, 1972.<\/p>\n

Symbols & the Self. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1965.<\/p>\n

That Ye May Heal. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1950.<\/p>\n

What I Believe. Virginia Beach, Va.; Edgar Cayce Pub. Co., 1946.<\/p>\n

Papers;<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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