Edgar Cayce on the Reincarnation of Biblical People. Kevin J. Todeschi

there is the adherence to—or the desire of information, knowledge, or that in which the entity interests self—in comparative religions, comparative philosophy, comparative things having to do with the mental and spiritual influences in the lives of men. Yet it also makes the entity a hard taskmaster.

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      Mr. [3001] was told that he also possessed abilities with “mechanical things, or those things prepared by mechanical things” and could write, if he chose to do so. As long as he overcame his own hardheadedness and treated others as he would choose to act toward his Creator, he would find joy in life and understand the purpose for which he had come into the earth. He was encouraged to begin learning how he could serve those around him.

      The only report on file states that Mr. [3001] and his wife were planning to attend the A.R.E. membership Congress in 1943.

Benjamin

       Genesis 35:15-29, 42-43, 45-46, 49; Exodus 1:1-7; Deuteronomy 33; I Chronicles 2:1-2, 7:1-7Case 221

      Benjamin was the second son born to Jacob and Rachel, his father’s favorite wife who died shortly after Benjamin was born. After Joseph was sold into slavery, Benjamin became his father’s favorite. When there was famine in Canaan, Jacob reluctantly sent Benjamin and his brothers into Egypt to buy grain. When it was finally revealed that Joseph was not dead but had become prime minister of Egypt, Jacob and his sons all moved to Egypt. (See also “Reuben.”)

      In 1940, in a reading given to the Glad Helpers Prayer Group, Cayce discussed the activity of the body’s endocrine system and the important influence parents played during conception in attracting a soul into the earth. In a brief side comment in this regard, Cayce stated that the soul that had been Saul had also incarnated as Benjamin, the second son of Jacob and Rachel. (See also “Saul” and “Seth.”)

Boaz

       (also known as Booz)Ruth 2-4; I Kings 7:21; I Chronicles 2:11-12; Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:32Case 2694

      Boaz was a wealthy landowner who lived near Bethlehem. He took pity on a young woman named Ruth, who scoured fields that had already been picked looking for something to eat. His kindness eventually led to their marriage. (See also “Ruth” and “Naomi.”) Their son became King David’s grandfather.

      In 1927, a thirty-one-year-old Realtor and businessman obtained a life reading. He was told that in addition to a developed intellect he also allowed himself to be governed by love and sentiment—even to his own undoing. A true diplomat in the handling of delicate situations, he often placed others’ needs before his own. Cayce told him that throughout his life he would have influence over the lives of many and be in control of substantial amounts of money. Since he honored truth above all things, his reading stated that he could have excelled as a lawyer.

      In past lives, he had lived in France during the time of Richelieu, where he had been a member of the church aristocracy and was very disappointed by Richelieu’s activities. During the time of Nero, he had been a soldier in the court, yet managed to act and live for the good of others. In ancient Greece, he had worked on sailing ships. In ancient Egypt, he had been among those who had attempted to bring together a divided people. His lifetime as Boaz could be of the greatest help to him in the present:

      In the one before this we find in one that was made known in the lands of the day when the entity rose to position, power, wealth, in the name Boaz, and the entity then brought much good to the peoples of that day, especially in the reclaiming of lands for those oppressed, or for those who had lost same, through the laws of redemption of lands that were taken for debt or for the reason of exile, giving especially to the peoples through that offspring that brought David in the land—and the entity gained through this experience, as there was much to the tenets followed, and the expressions of action by the entity through the experience. In the urge as is seen, is that especially toward real estate—for the entity wrote the first advertisement for sale of lands in this age.

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      His talent with real estate and assisting many others came to fruition in subsequent years when he served in various executive posts for the FHA and, as his life reading had predicted, [2694] had control over vast sums of money. No additional reports are on file.

Caleb

       Numbers 13:1-33; 14; 26:65; 32:10-13; 34:16-29; Deuteronomy 1:34-36; Joshua 14, 15, 21:12; Judges 1, 3:9; I Samuel 25:3, 30:14; I Chronicles 2, 4:15, 6:56Case 1292

      Representing the tribe of Judah, Caleb was one of the twelve spies that Moses sent to scout the Promised Land of Canaan. Only Caleb and Joshua brought back a report encouraging the conquest of Canaan as had been decreed by God, while the rest of the Israelites were afraid to follow God’s command. Because only Joshua and Caleb had remained faithful, they were the only two among the original members of the twelve tribes sent into the wilderness who were allowed to enter the Promised Land. After the conquest of Canaan, Caleb was given Hebron and the area surrounding it. Later, he promised his daughter Achsah’s hand in marriage to whomever would assist him in conquering his lands.

      Parents of a three-year-old boy obtained a life reading for their son on the same day that the boy’s father received a physical reading. Told that their boy was sensitive, stubborn, idealistic, expressive, and high-strung, they were encouraged to always reason with their child, frequently explaining to him the rationale behind things. Because he would be inclined to act and think quickly, the parents were encouraged to provide [1292] with basic spiritual principles in his upbringing.

      In his most recent past life, the boy had been involved with law and order during the early settlement of California. From that same experience, he had also developed an interest in new fields of activity or study, such as science, innovations, and music. At the same time, however, the California experience had given him an innate fear of firearms and explosions. During a lifetime at the height of the Roman Empire, [1292] oversaw tax collections for portions of the empire in Greece, Turkey, and Palestine. Cayce said that the boy possessed abilities as an orator as well as in law and order, and would be given some measure of authority by the latter portion of his present life. In fact, the reading stated that it would even be possible for their son to be a United States Supreme Court judge.

      The parents were told that their son had also served as a diplomat in ancient Egypt, whereas in Atlantis he had misused spiritual principles for material gain. The boy’s most influential life, however, had been as an Israelite who had left the bondage of Egypt to find the Promised Land:

      Hence the entity was ever looked to as one to be counseled with, as one to be looked upon as a leader, as a sage in Israel; Caleb, then as the companion of Joshua, with the children of Judah that made for the cleansing of the land for that which became the Holy City; that has meant, did mean so much in the experience of the people as a people and of the world; that has had, does have so great a mental influence upon the world today, as it ever will.