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Contents 1 Really long reply 2 New age stuff is Not for everyone it is only an alternative 3 A great article ! 4 ARE Summer Camp? 5 Everclear Reference 6 Biography incomplete 7 Keeping Cayce's page seperate from the areas he studied 8 Earth Changes?

[edit] Really long reply

Please go ahead an put you views, I will not touch it then.

>But we still have to find some way to give it as much perspective as possible.
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>Can't we let the New Agers have their section, and us skeptics have ours?
>I got peeved when some New Ager removed the skeptical voice I

I believe in perspective.
I am not advocating or deleting any major skeptical material.
The truth is, it would be good to give both sides. Many new agers tend to become cultic and detached from reality. I resent this very much and wish very much that they never knew about Cayce other new age stuff. There are just too many new agers who are not down to earth.

Could I ask which deleted portion you are referring to that you (dino)are peeved?

Well my own edit was that he really never claimed to be a medical authority. That 's exagerating his claim. He really focused on spiritual stuff. And for some , his advice is enlightening, eg. --You go to heaven on the wings people youve helped , You are your brothers keeper etc.. - -- I will try hard not touch the skeptic stuff though. It would be good for people to see both the bad and good side of things. Pls do insert your (skeptic)views to give a balanced perspective. At least I telling you guys out in the open.

About the Lindenberg case, as with others psychics are at times, affected by the mental state of the participants. Thingking and believing it won't work affects the psychic. But I am not touching the Lindberg paragraph.

[edit] New age stuff is Not for everyone it is only an alternative

Gnostics, Rosicrucians, Cayce may not be good with out the sufficient amount of spirituality ( and Chrisitanity if you were raised as one.) I don't recommend it for everyone, although I read and follow it. It was however, a power revelation for me because with the concept of Karma (which I got from Cayce not Buddhism/Hinduism), everything because fair and just and evolving, getting better. If Cayce's Christian background helped me a lot. It would have taken me a lot longer if I had to research Hinduism and Buddhism.

[edit] A great article !

If this gets deleted, I understand, but from the articles I've seen in Wikipedia, this is a rare one involving spiritual concepts that has not been totaly dominated by a secular humanist POV. Good Job!

[edit] ARE Summer Camp?

Removed the section. A summer camp created by admirers fifteen years after his death really has no place in the guy's biography.

[edit] Everclear Reference

Edgar Cayce is referenced in the song "Why I Don't Believe in God" by Everclear (or "Culver Palms" by Colorfinger):

I heard the truth about you yeah you And it doesn't really read at all

Scared woman in a private hell Hushed voice like electric bells Strange talk about Edgar Casey in the long lame walk of the dark 70's Strange talk about Edgar Casey in the long lame walk of the dark 70's

This is interesting, and I've always wondered of the significance of this.

[edit] Biography incomplete

From 1912-1920 Cayce lived in Selma, Alabama. He worked as a photographer for the first year, after which he purchased the studio in which he worked. There is much more info at EdgarCayce.org, if anyone wants to update this article.

[edit] Keeping Cayce's page seperate from the areas he studied

Many of Cayce's "readings" or "interpretations" were very troubling for mainstream orthodox beliefs. Talk of reincarnation and statements which refer to God as a colloquial term such as in this statement from a reading "Hence, as it has been oft called, the record is God's book of remembrance;" will certainly rub some people the wrong way.

It remains important that we recognize and resist the need to contradict these facts, Cayce did say this, and we must all avoid trying to contradict and debate his claims as stated on the page, which are intended to simply iterate the facts and history of the man and his claims and beliefs. We would likewise no more go to a famous Christians page and attempt to debate the merits of Christianity and it's claims and beliefs, because it diverts us from the facts and puts challenges and debate where they need not be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.222.165 (talk) 04:13, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Earth Changes?

I was completely astonished to find that there was no mention whatsoever of Earth Changes anywhere in the article. How on earth (no pun intended!) could that have been overlooked? (Ironically, Cayce is mentioned in that article.) I added a short intro paragraph, but it really ought to be expanded by an editor who is familiar with the subject. Cgingold (talk) 10:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)