Edgar Cayce on Vibrations. Kevin J. Todeschi
VIBRATIONS
Edgar Cayce on Vibration
For, all vibrations are part of the universal consciousness with each and every entity.
1921-1
The first mention of the term vibration in the Edgar Cayce material appears to have occurred on July 26, 1909, when Edgar Cayce was asked to give a reading by a father who was concerned about the health of his son. The child was twenty-one-months old and was suffering from dizzy spells and an infection in the knee that was creating problems with the boy’s right leg, causing the child to be weak and hesitant to take more than a few steps. The boy also had a difficult time sitting up straight. In spite of the fact that the boy’s parents had sought conventional medical help, the doctors had been unable to treat the child’s condition.
More than forty years later, the boy’s sister supplied the Edgar Cayce archives with her memory of her brother’s situation:
The doctors thought there was an infection in the knee joint, for he cried whenever he put any weight on his right leg and finally could not walk at all . . . it was becoming painful for him to sit up. His knee was badly swollen and inflamed and the doctors were planning to put his leg in a cast.
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Complicating the family’s situation at the time of the reading was the fact that the father was in Indiana on an extended business trip, while the mother, the son, and the couple’s other children were in Little Rock, Arkansas. When the boy’s father heard from his wife that their son’s condition had worsened, he immediately wrote to Edgar Cayce for a reading. In spite of the fact that Edgar Cayce was in Alabama at the time of the reading and the boy was in Arkansas, Cayce was somehow psychically able to provide a thorough description of the problem as well as a suggested course of treatment. More than one year later, the father would sign a sworn affidavit for a Boston research society, testifying to the efficacy of Cayce’s work. This is the content of that affidavit:
November 21, 1910
The following is my testimony regarding the illness of my child and the invaluable service Mr. Edgar Cayce rendered in affecting his cure.
On or about July 17th, 1909, our baby boy 21 months old was taken very sick with a high fever, temperature 103, for 24 hours a physician was summoned and baby continued worse beginning to jerk considerably, which continued several days. Even after fever subsided, and was unable to hold himself up. Previous to being sick he was a very stout and healthy child walking and running everywhere. Two weeks went by and he was still unable to sit or stand, although without fever. Appetite good, but when he would attempt to stand he would fall and cry. Physician attending him all the time. After the fever subsided the doctor assured me the worse was over, so I continued my work on the road. It was after my leaving home that they discovered that baby’s inability to walk. My wife became alarmed and wrote me the situation. I wrote Mr. Edgar Cayce at Bowling Green, Ky. [Cayce would be in Alabama at the time of the reading] and asked him to diagnose the case, giving him Mrs. Putman’s address in Little Rock Ark. He immediately sent her a diagnosis and a copy of same to me at Terre Haute, Ind.
At the time the above occurred my wife was visiting in Little Rock and on receiving Mr. Cayce’s diagnosis returned to Bowling Green, Ky. and placed baby under the care of Dr. T. W. Posey, osteopath. After reading diagnosis given by Mr. Cayce, Dr. Posey pronounced it true to his own. He treated the child nearly two months and dismissed him as cured. He is now three years old and in seeming perfect health. I take worlds of pleasure in making this sworn statement in behalf of Mr. Cayce, as it is very likely that our little boy would not be with us today in a bright, happy, healthy condition, both mentally and physically, had it not been through his assistance. I hope that his testimonial will aid some one else to find as much joy through his assistance as we have.
Respectfully, F. O. Putnam, 1600 Park Ave., Little Rock, Ark.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of Nov.
1910
[signed] E. R. Ratterres–Notary Public
The reading stated that the child’s condition had caused a breakdown of the functioning of his internal organs. As a result, he was experiencing nausea, an enlarged liver, an excess of bile, immobility, an overtaxing of the kidneys, and a problem with circulation. The bowels were also impacted with excess waste material, which was aggravating the situation. If left untreated, Cayce warned that the condition might lead to paralysis as well as a curvature of the spine. The suggested treatments included a stimulation of the child’s nervous system, especially through the use of “vibrations” resulting from osteopathic adjustments and manipulation and a stimulation of the child’s elimination processes. The reading would be the first time that the Cayce information tied vibrations into the subject of health and healing, but it would certainly not be the last. Between 1909 and 1944 more than one thousand readings would discuss the importance of vibrations in connection with health, healing, and the treatment of illness and disease.
From Cayce’s perspective, each organ and function of the body is designed to operate in an optimal manner. That optimal manner creates a resonance, or a vibration, that maintains equilibrium, enabling the organ to function properly and work in connection with every other system in the body. When a physical function or one of the body’s organs is not working properly, there is a resultant discordant vibration that impacts the entire physical body. The readings suggest that not only does each system have its proper vibration but also that vibration can be used through various means in conjunction with other healing modalities to facilitate healing. Therefore, one aspect of Cayce’s approach to healing is to create the means whereby the body’s systems can return to their optimum vibration, and the body becomes a cooperative partner in the healing process.
As will be discussed later, health readings were given for every imaginable problem and disease afflicting individuals in the first half of the twentieth century. Depending upon the illness, Cayce recommended treatments including everything from surgery and medicine to exercise, a change in diet, osteopathic and chiropractic adjustments, physiotherapy, and a change of attitude. In fact, Cayce’s “medicine chest” frequently drew upon a variety of healthcare practitioners. Therefore, it is a mistake to assume that the readings only focused on homeopathic and naturopathic remedies, as depending on the condition, they also recommended various allopathic, pharmacological, and surgical approaches.
One example of a health reading from the Cayce files that has a great deal to do with the subject of vibrations concerns a middle-aged woman who made this request for help: “I have been in bad health for several years and having heard of some of your work am in great hope that you can tell me a cure for my trouble.” Although she was only thirty-seven-years old, the woman’s complaints included nausea, vertigo, a tingling, or “needle pricks,” in the extremities of her body, nerve strain, depression, cold feet, hot flashes, stiffness in the joints, and indigestion.
During the course of the reading, Cayce systematically examined and commented upon the functioning of each of the body’s major systems and organs, including the blood circulation and supply, the nervous system, brain, throat, heart, lungs, stomach, digestion, liver, pancreas, kidneys, elimination processes, and so forth. Overall, the reading suggested that the main cause of the woman’s multiple problems was toxemia–somehow toxins had accumulated within the physical body and these toxins were now being circulated throughout the bloodstream. The problem had essentially occurred because of improper diet, poor eliminations, nervous strain, improper digestion, and the resultant strain on various organs. Demonstrating how each of the body’s systems was interconnected as well as describing the interrelationship between vibrations and physical health, Cayce’s statements to the woman included the following:
. . . for, as we find, the body–each