Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet

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Summary: Very Puzzling life and book, successful cures from trance?
Review: Although there is impressive testimony that many of Edgar Cayce's medical treatments proved to be successful, and are still used today, in one form or another, it boggles the scientific mind to be able to accept that such cures were imparted to Mr. Cayce through a trance like state of sleep and that during his waking hours he had no knowledge of the meaning or methods of his prescribed cures.There is much mumbo jumbo in the book, involved with trying to explain the meaning of his various predictions about the changes to take place in the world. Due to the vagueness of most of his predictions, one could pick a year and find some thing to apply it to to prove that he had great powers. His greatest supporters in today's world would seem to be the osteopaths who have successfully used his prescriptions and natural alternative treatments to help ailing patients. Would be interesting to hear a report from their view!

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Summary: Very Puzzling life and book, successful cures from trance?
Review: Jess Stearn's style of writing may tend to be a tad sensationalistic, but he certainly makes you think. Especially now that it is l998, reading Ch. 3 on earth changes can be a bit chilling. I love the book because it set me on the spiritual path with both feet. Edgar Cayce, the greatest prophet of our century, the Father of Wholistic Medicine and simple man with a great heart and a cosmic mind, will be a truly "real character" for you, by the time you finish this remarkable book. Thanks Jess for making him so accessible!

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Summary: This is a great introduction to a great man. Unforgettable!
Review: Jess Stearn's style of writing may tend to be a tad sensationalistic, but he certainly makes you think. Especially now that it is l998, reading Ch. 3 on earth changes can be a bit chilling. I love the book because it set me on the spiritual path with both feet. Edgar Cayce, the greatest prophet of our century, the Father of Wholistic Medicine and simple man with a great heart and a cosmic mind, will be a truly "real character" for you, by the time you finish this remarkable book. Thanks Jess for making him so accessible!

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Summary: Edgar Cayce Killed People
Review: Most dramaticly and ironcally his own son

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Summary: There's more here than prophesy
Review: One has to consider the time this occurred and the level of education of Edgar Cayce. He was incredible and I find it sad that people reading it today are unable to grasp the importance of his work. I think this is a book all thinking people should read and understand in context. If a reader is too literally minded or unwilling to accept the possibility of miracles then (s)he should read something else.

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Summary: A Prophet and Remarkable man
Review: One has to consider the time this occurred and the level of education of Edgar Cayce. He was incredible and I find it sad that people reading it today are unable to grasp the importance of his work. I think this is a book all thinking people should read and understand in context. If a reader is too literally minded or unwilling to accept the possibility of miracles then (s)he should read something else.

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Summary: There's more here than prophesy
Review: The story of Edgar Cayce and other people with parapsychological ability is a most compelling and interesting phenomenon of mental capacity. That some people have this type of psychic ability demonstrates the vast power and perception of the human mind that warrants investigation. That this type of phenomena doesn't necessarily "fit" into mainstream psychological study causes severe conflict with generally accepted mainstream beliefs about the workings of the mind. As a consequence, the field of orthodox study tends to put people like Cayce into the catagory of fakes and charletans, at worst, and to ignore them at best. The study of this type of psychic phenomenon would go far in explaining the unknown regions of the mind. Scientific discovery necessitates following examples that are exceptions to the general rule. People with parapsychological powers ala Cayce provide great opportunity to track the great uncharted regions of the human psyche.

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Summary: The mysteries of the universe and God are revealed.
Review: This is a true book about a man that actually lived in the earlier part of this century. He had amazing God given powers to help people. This book will change your life. This is a must read for anyone who believes in God and an even bigger read for those who don't. This book will show you how religeon and all the mystical 'unknown' things of the universe are all related and all come from God. The amazing Mr. Cayce had all of his questions answered from God's book of universal knowledge. I guarentee, once you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down.

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Summary: false prophet of my youth
Review: This was one of the most influential books of my youth in the 60s. I accepted it as truth. The alleged success of Edgar Cayce's remote healing led me to accept his other claims about the mystical nature of human life, reincarnation, etc. The book made many specific predictions about future geological and political events for the crucial years 1958 to 1998. Alas, as I reread my old copy of this book, none of the predictions have come to pass. I am forced to conclude that Edgar Cayce was not at all omniscient, was in fact just another human with no pipeline to universal knowledge. I have no further reason to accept his statements about the nature of life and death. In fact, I have become a total skeptic on all things mystical. It will be interesting to me to see how the total failure of all the specific predictions is treated in a new edition of the book, I imagine there is a lot of tortured logic. Anyway, I gave him a 30 year test and he failed.