My Life as a Seer: The Lost Memoirs

by Edgar Evans Cayce, A. Robert Smith (Compiler), Charles Thomas Cayce (Introduction)

Only recently discovered, this new memoir delivers Cayce's important message to the world at crucial time: the dawn of the twenty-first century. In this personal, moving story, readers learn how Cayce felt about his amazing powers; the angelic presence that told him he would become a healer to millions; his extraordinary ability as a child to learn his school lessons simply by sleeping on his books. We're also given a "behind the scenes" glimpse at his many psychic readings. Throughout his life, Cayce was the voice people turned to for advice on issues as diverse as health and world issues. Now, Cayce speaks once more on these topics and delivers his ultimate message to humanity for the first time. My Life as a Seer brings to life the emotional frustrations, motivations, fears, and visions of the century's premier spiritualist.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction, Occult, Paranormal, Biography

413 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

The origins of life, in the metaphysical sense, began with the creation of the celestial beings. According to Edgar Cayce’s readings of the Akashic Record, first came the Son, the Logos, or the Word -- as indicated in John’s Gospel: “In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” Out of the Word or this central primordial expression of life, all else was created. Again in John’s Gospel: “All things were made through this One.” In Cayce’s readings: “We have first the Son, then the other sons or celestial beings that are given their force and power.” Evil and the forces of what humanity has called the Devil developed as a result of rebellion against the flow of creation, the harmony of the original ideal that all life was to follow. Cayce puts it this way (note: the emphasis and parentheses are Cayce’s)
Edgar Cayce has been called the "sleeping prophet," the "father of holistic medicine," and the most documented psychic of the 20th century. For more than 40 years of his adult life, Cayce gave psychic "readings" to thousands of seekers while in an unconscious state, diagnosing illnesses and revealing lives lived in the past and prophecies yet to come.

Reviews

[Jam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the ideas are fascinating, as are some of the accounts in it, but it felt like a slog to get through. Enjoyed some of the later chapters where he was going over his beliefs, however.

[Hina Ansari · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF – Did not finish

I really tried, really. I wanted to finish this book, give it some sort of completion. It just became more onerous with each passing page. The story initially sounds intriguing. As the book progresses, it soon becomes apparent there is no real thread, no storyline to follow. The author, Edgar Cayce (pronounced Casey, apparently) learned from an early age that he could communicate with things that most people couldn’t, like ghosts or something, it is never made clear. I doubt he truly knew. He would go into some sort of sleep-like state and perform what he described as ‘readings.’ In this state, he could ask about a person’s wellbeing or any number of things. The story shifts from his success and turbulent times when people accused him of being a fraud. One of his employees spent an extensive amount of time chronicling and sharing his work. This is the closest thing to proof that Mr. Cayce has working in his favor.

The story, if you can call it that, is interesting, but the writing is dated and quite dry. The dialogue, when it appears, which is quite infrequently, is stilted, much from the time the book was written from, the early 1900s. This was a book selected from book club and one I would have never picked up. Having said that, I’m not sure this is a book worth too much time and effort, save perhaps for occasional light reading. An attempt to read it straight through made it uninspired.

[Wisteria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I give this five stars because Cayce was not a literate man, yet he is the one who wrote an autobiography. It is his story in his own words. It sometimes reads like a diary, other times, he tries to explain parts of his life in story form. He was not a writer. He was a psychic. I don't think this book should be judged on his writing style, but rather by the fact it is from him in his own words.

This was probably a painfully slow and tedious work for him, because he wasn't a writer. I also like that the errors that he made were left in, so that you really do get to "hear" it in his own words.

Judging this as a "bad" book indicates (I think) little knowledge of who he was.

I used to work at the Edgar Cayce (A.R.E.) medical clinic in Arizona. I was privileged to have met Hugh Lynn Cayce and Jess Stearn. I also worked with both Drs. Bill and Gladys McGarey.

Anyone closely involved in the Cayce work will appreciate his story in his own words, mistakes, misspellings and all.

[Deb Nowack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting but I will not finish as for the most part this book details his life, not the details of his readings because he states he is not aware of what he said as this was an unconscious process and unfortunately this is the part I was most interested in.

[James M. Hobbs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not What I Expected, Unfortunately

Having known of Edgar Cayce for most of my adult life, and hearing the many fantastic tales of his life, unfortunately I was disappointed with his story as told within this book. It left more doubts about his abilities than what I anticipated. The actual transcripts of his readings that are contained within the book reminded me of the Nostradamus writings that were given various meanings well after they were written. Full of nonsensical gibberish that made no sense other than what someone wanted them to mean. Read the book and make your own conclusion.

[Emmies · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the whole book minus a few of the appendix chapters. This book changed my life, answering some life questions that I have had. I highly recommend reading it to anybody on a spiritual journey. It is not a book that you get lost in, but reading the whole story truly makes you appreciate Edgar for who he is and what made him that way. It took me a few months to read and I plan to read it again one day.

[Maura Curran · Rating 5 out of 5]

here are startling insights into the personal life of Edgar Cayce, the most documented psychic in America. This book contains the words of Mr. Cayce which were compiled and edited by A. Robert Smith, former editor of the magazine, Venture Inward. The appendix includes several readings pertaining to Mr. Cayce's former lives when male and female was contained within one body. Most of all, this memoir shows the sometimes-grueling difficulty of being a psychic sought by many and yet never being able to hear one's own report, always having to depend on someone else to tell him what he said while in trance. Edgar Cayce's recommendations saved the lives of many sick people given up for lost by the medical establishment as well as helping those who were suffering an imbalance in their lives.

[Catwall · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story of Edgar Cayce in his own words. I enjoyed this edition.

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I first read about Cayce in my teens and forgot most of how he did his work. Fascinating to hear in his own words about his readings and how he "prescribed" what to do to help people despite never having any medical background.He spent his life doing good and was a very religious man.

[Richard Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having a fascination with reincarnation, I found this book, was introduced to Edgar Cayce and through it taught myself to meditate, then had a spiritual awakening! Basically, this book changed my life.

[Luna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Edgar Cayce tells of his life. Quite interesting.

[Pattik · Rating 2 out of 5]

still reading

[Maryellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

fascinating man!

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting at first, but gets tedious and boring.

[Kathy Robbins · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little slow and repetitive. Not as interesting as I was anticipating it to be.

[Jen Messmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting!