This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on
      Arctic Crescent, Va. Beach, Va., this 8th day of January,
      1933, in accordance with request made by those present.

      P R E S E N T

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
      Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Florence & Edith
      Edmonds, H. L. & L. B. Cayce, Mildred Davis, Ruth LeNoir -
      and Dr. Jas. R. Parker toward the last.

      R E A D I N G

      Time of Reading
      4:00 to 4:15 P. M.

   1. GC:  You will have before you the group gathered here and
      their work on the lesson "The Cross and the Crown."  You will
      please give further material on this subject which will aid
      us in developing this lesson.  You will answer the following
      general and individual questions, as I ask them:

   2. EC:  Yes, we have the group as gathered here, as a group, as
      individuals, and their work on the lesson "The Cross and the
      Crown."

   3. As indicated by the outline, or the basis of thought, as well
      as the meditation and the questions that each should ask
      themselves, the group, the individuals, have reached then
      that place in their study, their work, where - as it were -
      they are, as individuals, to apply that in their experience,
      in giving out to others in the lessons that are being and are
      to be prepared, that they have experienced in preparing
      themselves for the various channels of blessings each are to
      be in the service as of furnishing data in lessons for
      others.  Much in this manner:

   4. Why has the way of the Cross been chosen by the group?

   5. Why is it necessary that each must bear a cross?  Just
      because the cross was borne for us by another?

   6. Why was it necessary that He, the maker of heaven and earth,
      bear a cross as a man?

   7. Why did He come into the world as a man, that He might as a
      man bear a cross?

   8. Why do we as individuals necessarily bear much that He did,
      yet we say taking His yoke upon us the cross becomes easy?

   9. These and similar questions must be answered by each
      individual, and give in their own hearts an answer that will

      satisfy them in the light of that which has been their
      experience through the living of the lessons that have been
      given to others.

  10. Does the life, do the lives, lived in accordance with thine
      own faith, thine own virtue and understanding, thine own
      walking in the Presence, make for the explanation of why each
      soul must bear a cross?

  11. Why has the Cross been chosen, rather than many of the other
      philosophies of thought that make for a unison of conditions
      in the experience - and make for the correlation of the
      material and spiritual life?

  12. Why is the Cross the emblem of shame yet necessary, for the
      Crown that is to be in the experience of those that bear
      same?  For we have reached that place in the experience where
      WE, as individuals, will walk no more with this thought or
      else say as Peter, "Thou alone hast the words of eternal
      life, to whom shall we go?"

  13. These, then, are the questions that each individual should
      ask SELF, and put into the lesson; as:  "Why I as a soul, in
      the development through this material plane, must bear a
      cross."

  14. Then, when this portion has been received by selves, and the
      answer written, we may give "Why the Crown."

  15. We are through for the present.

 (262 36)

T0262-036 * [Pg 1]

      This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Edmonds'
      home on Pennsylvania Avenue, Norfolk, Va., this 22nd day of
      January, 1933, in accordance with request by those present.

      P R E S E N T

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
      Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Florence & Edith
      Edmonds, Frances Y. Morrow, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Mildred Davis,
      Helen Storey and Ruth LeNoir.

      R E A D I N G

      Time of Reading
      4:00 to 4:30 P. M.

   1. GC:  You will have before you the group gathered here, and
      their work on the lesson of The Cross and the Crown.  As the
      questions suggested in the last reading have been answered,
      will you please continue the counsel as "Why the Crown",
      giving that which will be strengthening and helpful to each
      in their daily life.  You will answer the questions as I ask
      them.

   2. EC:  Yes, we have the group as gathered here, as a group, as
      individuals, and the work of each that have contributed to
      this present understanding.

   3. In the study, in the thought, this is found to be experienced
      by all - that there was the necessity, for man's
      understanding, for the entering in of the Son of man, and
      that the Cross becomes the emblem of Him who offered himself,
      of himself.  For that cause, for that purpose came He into
      the world, that He himself - in overcoming the world - might
      gain the Crown.

   4. So, each in their respective lives, their own experiences,
      find their cross overcoming the world, overcoming those
      things, those conditions, those experiences, that would not
      only enable them to meet the issues of life but to become
      heirs with Him of the Crown of Glory.

   5. What, then, is this Crown of Glory?  Does this bespeak only
      of those things, those conditions, that have to do with the
      spiritual life?  Did the overcoming give the authority?  Did
      the overcoming make this Son of man the Lord, the Glory, the
      Crown of Life?

   6. So He, as the pattern for each, makes the way clear, the way
      open that each soul - as it meets the crosses, endures the
      temptations and overcomes them - may become an heir, JOINT
      heir with Him to the Crown of Glory; with power temporal,
      power mental, power spiritual to become the Sons and
      Daughters of God, as many as are called - and all that

      fulfil that purpose for which they, as individuals, are
      called - and carry on in that manner, overcoming, meeting,
      bearing within themselves.  Not in sorrow, not in wailing,
      but in the JOY of the Lord.

   7. Then, the first of the signs that may be given - to as many
      as have met the cross, as have endured, is given that which
      enables them - in whatsoever state they find themselves in
      meeting their crosses - to do so in the JOY of the Lord.
      Happiness and joy go hand in hand.

   8. He that overcomes, then, is joyous in the knowledge that
      power to meet, power to use, power to overcome is given in
      his understanding.

   9. With joy, then, do such individuals enter into the service
      that may be their part, their portion, as the channels, the
      ways in which they may serve in the making known to others
      the Way of the Cross and the Crown of Glory that comes with
      the same, in the knowledge of the life being spent in a way
      that He would have one go; for His presence then abides ever.
      The door is open.  The virtue and understanding finds
      activity.  The faith is renewed day by day, for self is
      understood in the relationships of each and every condition
      that arises - either from the mental, the material or the
      spiritual forces; for the access of the Father is held as a
      cooperative force in whatsoever sphere of activity an
      individual is engaged in this service.

  10. Then, let each know that in enduring the cross, the patience
      that makes for the awareness of the soul - finds its kinship
      with the Father in the manner of service that may be rendered
      day by day.

  11. As He has given, and as has been presented again and again,
      not in times nor seasons, not in new moons nor in any place,
      but EVERY day, EVERY hour we show forth His love in a manner
      that makes for the knowledge of all contacting us that He
      walks with us, that He is our friend.

  12. With the cross comes the crown to those that are faithful in
      the few things, and their joys shall be many in the service
      that each are called to do; for His ways are made known to
      those that seek.  As He has given, he that seeks shall find,
      to him that knocks shall it be opened.

  13. Ye shall enter into the joys of thy Lord, ENJOYING that crown
      that brings joy, happiness, harmony, peace; for HE is the
      Prince of Peace.

  14. Ready for questions.

  15. (Q)  The paper, "Present World Conditions" which we sent to
      the Argosy Publishing House, Pennsylvania Ave., Washington,

      D.C., has been returned to us, unclaimed.  Is there any
      further advice to us concerning this address or the paper?
      [See 3976-11 Reports.]
      (A)  That is the address, that is the building.  If these are
      rejected, then send on to the others.

  16. (Q)  Upon what is His glory in the Crown conditioned?
      (A)  Faith-ful-ness.

  17. (Q)  Please explain, "He with the cross, represents something
      in the experience of every entity in their activities through
      the earth and has led in all the experiences of thought in
      any of the presented forms of truth in the earth and comes at
      last to the cross."
      (A)  As we have given, and as was given by Him, in the
      beginning He was the Son - MADE the Son - those of the Sons
      that went astray; and through the varying activities overcame
      the world through the EXPERIENCES, BEARING the cross in each
      and every experience, reaching the FINAL cross with ALL
      power, ALL knowledge in having overcome the world - and of
      Himself ACCEPTED the Cross.  Hence doing away with that often
      termed karma, that must be met by all.  The immutable law of
      cause and effect is, as evidenced in the world today, in the
      material, the mental and the spiritual world; but He - in
      overcoming the world, the law - became the Law.  The law,
      then, becomes as the schoolmaster, or the school of training
      - and we who have NAMED the Name, then, are no longer UNDER
      the law as law, but under mercy as in Him; for in Him - and
      with the desires - may there be made the COORDINATION of all
      things.

      Remember the pattern in the mount, in self, in the physical
      body, in the mental body, in the spiritual body.  THAT is the
      mount!  So long as there is perfect coordination in the
      mount, all things work together for the GOOD of the mount.
      When there is the rebellion in the mount, then there is
      disconnection, destruction, disconcerted effort, and the
      coordination - the cooperation of activity - is made awry.
      Hence death in the physical ensues, by the disintegration,
      through the disconcerted action, through the INCOORDINATED
      action and this mental, and physical, and spiritual.

      So, in overcoming all He set that as the Throne, or the mercy
      seat, that is within the temple, as the pattern, as in the
      mount - and in the mount, "I WILL arise and go to my Father,
      in Him, through Him.  I WILL!  I WILL!

  18. (Q)  What is to be understood by the definite stand we all
      must now take?
      (A)  As the reason, MATERIALLY, that the  Cross - rather than
      the mental, or any other phase of experience - is accepted as
      the Ideal.

  19. We are through for the present.

T0262-037 * [Pg 1]

      This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Edmonds'
      home on Pennsylvania Avenue in Norfolk, Va., this 5th day of
      February, 1933, in accordance with request made by those
      present.

      P R E S E N T

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
      Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Florence & Edith
      Edmonds, Frances Morrow, Annie & H. L. Cayce, Mildred Davis,
      Helen Storey, and Ruth LeNoir.

      R E A D I N G

      Time of Reading
      4:10 to 4:35 P. M.

   1. GC:  You will have before you the group gathered here and
      their work on the lesson, "The Cross and the Crown."  You
      will answer the questions which they will ask as individuals
      and as a group.

   2. EC:  Yes, we have the group as gathered here, as a group, as
      individuals, and their work on the preparation of the lesson,
      "The Cross - The Crown."

   3. In the preparation of selves, in the study - as there may be
      given through each that which may enable others to comprehend
      and understand the lessons, the causes for the selection of
      this means of approach to that as should come in the next
      lesson, THE LORD THY GOD IS ONE, so does each individual find
      the necessity for analyzing themselves as to that which is,
      which has been, which may be, the impelling influence in
      their lives.  And there must be put out of same that as
      would bespeak of selfishness, or the magnifying of those
      desires that are gratifying only to the carnal influences in
      lives.  Ready for questions.

   4. (Q)  Please explain, "Ye may be known by the name He has
      given."
      (A)  As He gave, there is no other name given among men
      whereby they may be saved.  Saved from what?  For what
      purpose?  So, in the expression given, this name which has
      been chosen should stand for the answering of those questions
      in the experience of each individual.  For, as has been
      given, to those whom He has called gives He the power to
      become the sons of God.  And called for a service in some
      specific direction or channel, that each may be a channel of
      blessing to someone.

   5. (Q)  Please explain more fully what is meant by the mount as
      patterned in the physical body.
      (A)  A whole volume might be written on this subject!  The

      reference is given as to the pattern given in the mount as
      for those under that particular dispensation, for THEIR
      edification in the approach to that they worshiped through
      that period.  And the pattern in the mount is represented in
      the body through that shown in the glorification in the
      mount, as seen upon transfiguration, showing the specific
      reference as to the Cross and the Crown.  For, as the pattern
      in the first approach of man that came to the outer court
      (the physical body), the inner court (the spiritual man) is
      approached through the mental body (to the holy of holies),
      where the Father may speak as face to face.  So, in the
      vision - or the representation in the mount, the law and the
      prophets were represented in the physical, the mental, the
      spiritual; in Moses, Elijah, and the Christ.

      So, in selves do we find the physical, the mental, the
      spiritual (in self) as the patterns that must find the
      counterpart in the experiences of others, the application of
      the many, and the direct application of self in this PRESENT
      experience.

   6. (Q)  As I call the name of each individual in the group, you
      will please give an individual message of guidance:  First,
      [993]:
      (A)  As has been given, the way is set before self - and to
      remain faithful in that which is undertaken, leaving Him as
      the guide from day to day.

   7. (Q)  [560]:
      (A)  As the reasoning of self leads the way, in the
      experiences of the awakening in self of those activities from
      day to day, so keep self in the way of following in HIS
      guiding ways.

   8. (Q)  [69]:
      (A)  Unto him that hath been given much is much required, and
      as there is seen the necessity of meeting those conditions
      that must answer for the hope that is within self, renew same
      only in the strength of that as must be the guide through all
      phases of the experience.

   9. (Q)  Please tell me the condition.
      (A)  That in self that would make for the RENEWING of the
      hopes within self.

  10. (Q)  [[69]'s husband]:
      (A)  Keep in the way that is open before thee, in giving to
      those that self contacts the concept of the vision held by
      self that lies ahead.  [See 262-40, Par. 13-A.]

  11. (Q)  [585]:
      (A)  As those conditions arise that make for the testing of
      self's own hold upon the promise, know these are efficient

      and sufficient unto thee; that these will guide in those
      periods when there is the need of same.  Faint not, for the
      Crown is ahead.

  12. (Q)  [538]:
      (A)  Keep self close to that mental and spiritual awakening
      that comes with the communion with Him in thine inner self,
      for He is able to guide through all shadows that may arise.

  13. (Q)  [294]:
      (A)  Keep the faith, for he that endures will wear the Crown
      of Life.

  14. (Q)  [341]:
      (A)  As the way is opened for the giving out of that gained
      through the activities of the mental AND material in the
      spiritual relationships, be ever ready - as He gave, "Go call
      thy brother."

  15. (Q)  [288]:
      (A)  As the awakenings come in the varied experiences,
      through the study of those hardships that come to self or to
      others, so may the cheering hand bring that of peace and
      harmony to thy fellow man.

  16. (Q)  [295]:
      (A)  In the promise that in thee may come the blessings to
      many, make thyself - then - as a perfect channel, that the
      glory may come to those that seek His face.

  17. (Q)  [413]:
      (A)  Keep the way open and the heart attuned to those calls
      from within, that His glory - through the activities in the
      mental self - may gain the more of the peace and harmony from
      contentment in His service.

  18. (Q)  [303]:
      (A)  In keeping thy face to the light the shadows fall far
      behind.  His strength will sustain, His love is sufficient,
      His power does not abate - to those who are faithful in His
      service.  Spend SELF in the love for His ways.

  19. (Q)  [462]:
      (A)  Keep the way that brings for gladness in the strength of
      the power of HIS might in thy life.

  20. (Q)  [404]:
      (A)  The door is open, the way is before thee.  Let that as
      makes for a closer walk with Him guide thy every footstep in
      the choosing of the way before thee.

  21. (Q)  [379]:
      (A)  In the way of the Cross is light.  Though it may have

      its crown of thorns, it has also its glory that passeth
      understanding in the finite mind.  Yet, as the infinite opens
      the way the thorns become less and the way the brighter.

  22. (Q)  [307]:
      (A)  The glory of the Lord is in the service of self day by
      day, in HIS ways being made known unto others through the
      life that self shows in the experiences that may be given to
      others as signposts along the way.  For, he that endures will
      bear the cross and the crown.

  23. (Q)  [243]:
      (A)  The way before thee is in His keeping.  Trust ye in Him.

  24. (Q)  Is there any message for the group as a whole?
      (A)  Be joyous in thy service day by day.  Let not trouble
      bar thee from knowing the peace, the happiness, the joy in
      the Lord.

  25. (Q)  Any other message at this time?
      (A)  Keep the heart singing.  Keep the glory of Him before
      thee.  Amen!

  26. That is all.

  27. We are through for the present.

T0262-038 * [Pg 1]

      This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Edmonds'
      home on Pennsylvania Avenue in Norfolk, Va., this 19th day of
      February, 1933, in accordance with request made by those
      present.

      P R E S E N T

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
      Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Florence & Edith
      Edmonds, H. L. Cayce, Frances Y. Morrow, Mildred Davis, Helen
      Storey, and Ruth LeNoir.

      R E A D I N G

      Time of Reading
      4:25 to 4:50 P. M.

   1. GC:  You will have before you the group gathered here and
      their work on the lesson, "The Cross and the Crown," a copy
      of which I hold in my hand.  As I call each paragraph you
      will comment on it and make such suggestions for corrections
      or additions that will make this lesson a more complete
      expression of the truth we are trying to convey.  You will
      answer the questions which will be asked by the group or by
      individuals in the group.

   2. EC:  Yes, we have the group as gathered here, as a group, as
      individuals, and their work on the lesson.

   3. (Q)  GC:  Par. 1.
      (A)  This is very good.  There may be the addition showing,
      in the introduction, just why the group as a group chooses
      the Way of the Cross as THEIR way; for, as is set forth, IF
      ye know the truth the truth shall set you free.  In the Cross
      then, there must be more freedom than is ordinarily termed or
      considered in a way of the cross.

      (Answer "Very good" to each paragraph from 2 through 39.)

      In considering additions to the reasons, as suggested in the
      preamble or introduction, it will be found that some minor
      changes will be necessary in the presentation of that given
      in Par. 12.

      As we begin with the next lesson, then, presented in KNOW HE,
      THE LORD THY GOD, IS ONE, the affirmation should be:

      AS MY BODY, MIND AND SOUL ARE ONE, THOU, O LORD, IN THE
      MANIFESTATIONS IN THE EARTH, IN POWER, IN MIGHT, IN GLORY,
      ART ONE.  MAY I SEE IN THAT I DO, DAY BY DAY, MORE OF THAT
      REALIZATION, AND MANIFEST THE MORE.

      Then, the culmination of this series of lessons will be LOVE;

      for He so loved the world as to give His son, His self, that
      man should come to the realization of the Oneness of the
      Father in the earth.

      As this group, as a group, as individuals, have been chosen
      that they may manifest the power, the might, the glory of the
      love of the Father, so may each come step by step to the
      realization of that wonderful experience in themselves of
      being a channel through which many may come to know the
      mercifulness of God, the loving-kindness of His love, the
      power in His name.

      And all may be on fire with the powers that may manifest
      through them; becoming less and less self-centered, less and
      less selfish; and more and more at peace and in harmony with
      those experiences that are theirs in the going about to show
      forth His love, through the application of that each are
      gaining through their walks with Him in prayer, in
      meditation.

      So, their coming together may mean more and more the shedding
      abroad those truths that make THEM free in their abilities to
      become lights, helpers for, through and by, His power.

      As ye seek then, my children, to know His way, so does He
      glorify in thee that whereunto thou hast been appointed.

      Keep thine heart open, that the Voice of Him who has called
      may quicken each thought, each act, in thy daily walks.

      For, little by little, line by line, do ye grow in grace, in
      knowledge, in understanding of His ways.  They are not
      hidden, nor afar off; for ALL is made manifest to those that
      will hear, will see, the glory of the Oneness of the Father.

   4. We are through.